Mentoring with Geraldine

September has been a month of sustainable growth, and now we're making room for something a little different. In this short episode, I share what's coming up in October, why it's a good time to reflect on your practice...

I had a client eating schnitzel five times a week. Rather than a salad lecture, I asked her to bring it down to two. She thanked me for it and came back the following week. That's retention in practice. In this episode...

Your next client might already be sitting in your diary. We spend so much time thinking about getting new people through the door, but what are we doing with the people who are already there? I’m talking about retention...

This week I'm checking in with you about capacity, not more hours, because it's been a fortnight since we first talked about it, and I want to know how you're getting on.Here's what I cover: The power of one simple...

I’m kicking off September with sustainable growth, and this fortnight, we’re talking about capacity. When you run your own practice, it’s not just about how many clients you can fit into the diary. There’s the consult...

I got asked to hand over my bio recently and had to stop and rewrite the whole thing, because it wasn’t me anymore. Our work changes quietly. We take on different clients, learn new things and develop our practice, but...

Has Your Professional Identity Changed? Things change. Your practice changes, you learn more, you work with different people, and before you know it, the bio you wrote a year ago doesn’t really describe you anymore. In...

What did you say yes to this week that you're already resenting? Saying a clean no (and a clear yes) isn't as simple as it sounds, it's something we have to practise and normalise. My niece never says yes or no to...

We've just wrapped up July, which was our end of financial year month (hello, tax time and those awkward money conversations), so this month I'm shifting gears to talk about leadership and identity. And no, I don't mean...

It's been a week since we talked about stepping from practitioner into leader, and the yeses and nos work in the Strategy Lab workbook. Today I'm back with a nudge and three things to work on this fortnight: one clean...

AI is everywhere at the moment, and chances are your clients are arriving with advice from Google, social media, AI, or somebody they've spoken to along the way. So where does that leave us as practitioners? In this...

Every so often I like inviting someone onto the podcast because I always enjoy hearing how other practitioners have built their businesses. This week I sat down with Coby du Preez, massage therapist, business owner and...

This week's a bit of an encourager for you all, whether you're in the Strategy Lab or just out there in podcast land. So today I've got three questions for you to sit with, whatever you're doing right now (dishes...

We're hitting mid-year hard and everyone's worried about money. Same playbook as always. So let's talk about where you're actually flinching, because that's what I'm calling it. Your clients Googled their problem, found...

AI can save you time, but it still needs your knowledge, experience and good judgement. In this week's encourager, I share why AI should be a support tool, not the final answer. We revisit the importance of batching...