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I‘m on a mission to help health professional grow successful, sustainable and profitable private practices by knowing their worth , understanding their experience and owning their influence! When we know that we are serving our client‘s to the best of our ability, because we have taken care of ourselves and have all the resources we need to be powerful clinicians - then we can help our client‘s achieve remarkable and long lasting transformation!
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Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
If you own an allied health practice, then you know the challenges associated with marketing your business. That’s why Jo was delighted that Matteo Banzon from Practice Conquest came on board as a sponsor of The Entrepreneurial Clinician podcast this season. Practice Conquest is a marketing agency that specialises in helping healthcare practices book more patients using digital media strategies such as Google Ads.
In this bonus episode, Jo and Matteo discuss:
- Why Matteo decided to specialise in working with healthcare professionals
- The reason Matteo starts by focusing on Google Ads when working with a new client
- How to build an effective Google Ads campaign
- The most common mistake made by allied health professionals in their Google Ads campaigns,
- The truth about how much money an effective Google Ads campaign will cost and the time it will take,
- The reason Matteo said ‘no’ to helping Jo with one of her Google Ads campaigns, and
- The generous offer that Matteo has made available to listeners of the podcast.
You can find out more about Matteo and Practice Conquest via their website Practice Conquest!
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Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
Welcome to the final episode of Season 4 of the The Entrepreneurial Clinician Podcast.
It has been a season full of raw, real and honest conversations about burnout; the experiences that led our guests to experience burnout and how each was able to recover from it and restructure their work and lives so that they can now do the work they love, and thrive.
So in this episode, Jo recaps each episode and finally shares 5 tactics you can implement to mitigate and manage your psycho-social safety in your work.
Special thanks to our podcast sponsor, Practice Conquest!
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If you know you need more support, please visit my website at https://jomuirhead.com
Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
This week on The Entrepreneurial Podcast, Jo is joined by Dr John Cummins to discuss the importance of stress management in managing and preventing burnout at work and the unfortunate health consequences that can follow from exposure to chronic stress levels.
In this conversation, Jo and John discuss:
- John’s experience with burnout and times in his life when he’s had to make significant changes in his life,
- The impact that chronic stress can have on your long-term health and longevity,
- The importance of interpersonal relationships at work and home in managing stress, and
- The health advice John would give an allied health practitioner starting their career.
About John: Dr John Cummins MBBS, FRACP, MPH graduated from Sydney University in 1984 and was accepted as a fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians in 1992 as a Consultant Specialist Physician in General Medicine. He obtained a Masters Degree in Public Health at the University of Minnesota in 1996. John has had extensive clinical experience in a variety of both public and private hospitals as a senior doctor, in addition to running his own private practices. In addition to being the director of Executive Medicine, John is also the Chief Medical Officer for a number of life insurance companies (NEOS, PPS Mutual and Clearview), and the Treasurer of ALUCA (Australian Life And Underwriting Claims Association) Subcommittee of Medicine.
You can connect with John via LinkedIn or via the Executive Medicine website.
Special thanks to our podcast sponsor, Practice Conquest!
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If you know you need more support, please visit my website at https://jomuirhead.com
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
As allied health professionals, we are trained to consider the psychosocial hazards that our clients face. But what about the psychosocial risks in our own work? How often do you take the time to acknowledge, assess and manage those risks in your practice or for your staff?
That’s the topic of discussion in this episode when Jo is joined by Kayur Kotacha. Kayur is a Physiotherapist and Mindful Yoga Teacher who brings a unique blend of medical knowledge, holistic practices, and heart-centred approach into healthcare.
In this conversation, Jo and Kayur discuss:
- Kayur’s unique perspective on burnout
- The role and insights that yoga and Eastern philosophy played in helping Kayur overcome burnout
- The importance of understanding your personal ethics and values
- The broad interpretation of ‘do no harm’ that Kayur adopts in his life and practice
- The psychosocial risks Kayur has seen as an allied health professional and practice owner, and
- The need to identify situations in which you (and your staff) are feeling conflicted which can contribute to burnout.
About Kayur: As a Human Biology graduate and a dual-qualified Physiotherapist and Mindful Yoga Teacher, Kayur Kotacha brings a unique blend of medical knowledge, holistic practices, and heart-centred approach into the field of healthcare and rehabilitation.
Founder & CEO of Transcend Rehabilitation in the UK, a boutique provider of Immediate Needs Assessments and Case Management solutions to the personal injury sector, and amidst the broader responsibilities as the company visionary, Kayur continues to manage a small caseload, because it is his belief that hands-on experience fuels innovative leadership and keeps the heart of the business’ practices closely aligned with the evolving needs of those we serve.
Kayur’s expertise also extends to Australia, where he provides Health, Recovery, and Rehabilitation Consultancy, primarily focusing on occupational rehabilitation & return to work across various insurance schemes including Workers Compensation (nationally), Life Insurance, and CTP.
Kayur, and Transcend Rehabilitation, promote a rehabilitation case management practice that is holistic, person-focused, outcome-orientated, and results-driven; aiming to settle for nothing less than the best possible healthcare delivery, as well as enabling rapid functional recoveries & return to work for those who have sustained traumatic personal injuries
Apart from his professional and business pursuits, Kayur is passionate about lifestyle medicine, natural wellness practices, teaching yoga, meditation, ancient wisdom, philosophy, travelling and photography. These interests not only enrich his personal life but also enhance his professional practice as well as an approach to business, allowing the provision of well-rounded and compassionate services to his customers and clients.
You can connect with Kayur via LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/kayurkotecha.
Special thanks to our podcast sponsor, Practice Conquest!
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If you know you need more support, please visit my website at https://jomuirhead.com
Tuesday Jan 14, 2025
Tuesday Jan 14, 2025
While not all allied health professionals may have experienced burnout, moral distress may be a more common but less-known experience for many. But what is moral distress and how is it different from burnout? In this episode, Jo is joined by therapist Minky van der Walt to explore this question.
In this conversation, Jo and Minky discuss:
- The difference between moral distress, vicarious trauma and burnout
- The impact of safe systems of work on moral distress
- What does it mean to deliver a safe system of work and how you can build that in your practice or workplace,
- The changes Minky has observed in workplaces that weren’t common 5 years ago
- The impact of a debriefing practice and how to create a safe space for it
- The importance of getting out of our heads into our bodies, and
- Minky’s advice to a new graduate to help them stay in the work
About Minky: Minky van der Walt (she/her) is a clinical member of PACFA, the Australian Music Therapy Association and the Music and Imagery Association of Australia. Within PACFA, Minky is an Accredited Mental Health Practitioner and Accredited Supervisor.
Through her work across medical, education and community settings, particularly as a child and family trauma therapist, Minky has become a passionate advocate for the wellbeing of helping professionals. In her private practice, Tempo Therapy & Consulting, Minky supports health professionals offering therapeutic supports, individual and group supervision and professional learning.
With expertise in chronic stress and post-traumatic mental health, Minky offers support based in trauma-specific practice, including Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing and Internal Family Systems Therapy approaches, music, creative arts and somatic processes, as well more traditional talk-focused approaches.
Minky is based in the beautiful lutruwita / Tasmania where she loves gardening, being in, on or near the ocean, or out and about with her not-therapy dog, Pablo.
You can connect with Minky via her website tempotherapy.com.au and on Instagram at @Tempo.therapy.
Special thanks to our podcast sponsor, Practice Conquest!
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If you know you need more support, please visit my website at https://jomuirhead.com
Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
This season of The Entrepreneurial Clinician Podcast has been focused on burnout and self-care. As a profession, we focus on caring for others, but what does it mean to care for ourselves? That’s the topic of conversation in this episode when Jo is joined by Sarah Gilbert. Sarah is a therapist who helps burnt-out therapists change the way they relate to the work they do.
In this conversation, Jo and Sarah discuss:
- Sarah’s experience with burnout, how she felt and the signs she noticed at both work and in her personal life
- How the mental chatter in our head often changes during times of burnout
- Prompts and techniques that Sarah uses to manage her energy
- The need to change the way you think about your work
- The importance of disrupting the sense of urgency, especially for non-urgent tasks
- The need for time boundaries in our work
About Sarah: Sarah Gilbert is a multi-faceted human who no longer simply identifies herself by the work she does. Sarah is a mom, wife, therapist, coach, bookworm, snarky friend, and Ted Lasso fan. She is located in the US, in Connecticut. After years of non-profit agency work, Sarah started her private practice, Transitions Therapy LLC in 2014; a practice dedicated to serving transgender adults and their loved ones connect to their most authentic sense of identity. In her coaching business, Sarah helps burnt-out therapists change the way they relate to the work they do to find wholeness, restoration, and sustainability in their work.
You can connect with Sarah via her website at sarahgilbertcoaching.com or on Instagram at @Snark.and.soul.
Special thanks to our podcast sponsor, Practice Conquest!
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If you know you need more support, please visit my website at https://jomuirhead.com
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
What role can professional supervision play in helping allied health professionals not only avoid burnout but thrive in their careers? That’s the topic of conversation in episode when Jo is joined by Shannon Heers. Shannon Heers is a therapist, Approved Clinical Supervisor, and the founder of Firelight Supervision.
In this conversation, Jo and Shannon discuss:
- How many private practice owners can feel alone and isolated and how that can contribute to burnout
- Shannon’s experience with burnout
- The direct correlation Shannon has seen between her clinical capabilities and her ability to thrive as an allied health professional, with the amount and type of supervision she had at the time
- The struggles many allied health professionals experience asking for help
- Why some mental health professionals struggle with the idea (and need) of supervision once licenced
- How becoming a clinical supervisor has been good for Shannon’s development and wellbeing
- Shannon’s advice on how to enjoy longevity in the profession
- The type, and amount, of support Shannon has in her life helps her avoid burnout and thrive as a clinician
About Shannon: Shannon Heers is a therapist, Approved Clinical Supervisor, and the founder of Firelight Supervision. Firelight Supervision provides clinical supervision to counsellors and social workers pursuing licensure, as well as clinical consultation for post-licensure professional growth and development. Shannon is also the owner of Catalyss Counseling, a private-pay group private practice located in Colorado. Shannon is passionate about decreasing therapist isolation, preventing burnout, and providing private practice therapists with the clinical support they deserve.
You can connect with Shannon via her website at Firelight Supervision.
Special thanks to our podcast sponsor, Practice Conquest!
Resources mentioned in this episode:
If you know you need more support, please visit my website at https://jomuirhead.com
Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Many factors can contribute to burnout in allied health professionals that are outside our control, including changes by Government or insurance companies. In this episode, Jo is joined by Brad Williams, an Occupational Therapist who has experienced this twice. Brad shares his experience about how his practice has defied the odds and thrived through two difficult periods and protective measures he has put in place to protect his relationships and his health.
In this episode, Jo and Brad discuss:
- Brad’s experience with burnout
- The importance of being able to adapt quickly when decisions are made by others that impact your business
- The Impact of a policy change that has had a massive impact on his industry and his business
- The personal costs he has experienced as a practice owner
- The extra-circular activities and other measures Brad has put in place to protect his health, energy and relationships
- The power of creating an organisation chart and detailing all the hats and roles that you wear as the owner of an allied health practice
- How Brad turned Covid into an opportunity for refinement in his business, and
- How he helps his team members adopt a similar positive, proactive and forward thinking mindset.
About Brad: Brad Williams is a CEO and wearer of many hats. He is the founder and CEO of Williams OT. He moved around a lot as a kid and didn’t grow up soon enough during school (maybe he still hasn’t). After ten years as a baker and pastry chef, he jumped into Uni and completed a bachelor’s degree in OT. Here, he was introduced to driving and has not looked back. After several years of working in a public hospital, he broke the shackles and started Williams OT in 2011. He developed an award-winning service, Williams Occupational Therapy, that has the clients at the heart of everything. A proud family man, Brad is a qualified OT Driver Assessor and Rehab practitioner with additional qualifications in Heavy Vehicle and Motorbike assessments and is a qualified Motor Driving Instructor. Along with continuing to help clients and run Williams OT, Brad is a creator of the Drive-Able Podcast, a board member of the road safety initiative, The Get Home Safe Foundation, and he is an invited representative on the National OT Australia Driver Task Force
You can connect with Brad via his website at https://www.williamsot.com.
Thanks to our podcast sponsor, Practice Conquest!
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If you know you need more support, please visit my website at https://jomuirhead.com
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Burnout doesn’t just happen to busy practice owners. It can happen to our staff too. So how do safe (and unsafe) systems of work impact on the risk of burnout for our workforce? Dr Julie Bajic Smith returns to the podcast this week to explore this question with Jo.
In this episode, Jo and Julie discuss:
- The implications of having a burnout workforce and the impact it can have on the quality of care delivered by staff
- Julie’s experience with burnout and realising that she didn’t want to manage people
- The importance of giving yourself permission to do things differently
- How Julie’s mission and passion have shaped her service delivery
- The importance of safe systems of work to protect staff from burnout
- What ‘emotional contagion’ is
- The impact emotional contagion can have (good or bad) on the culture in an workplace and on service delivery to clients
- How to separate positive and negative emotions in the workplace
- The importance of understanding what helps you switch off from work and better balance work and life, and
- Examples of workplaces that are managing the burnout risk well.
About Julie: Dr. Julie Bajic Smith is a registered psychologist who has over 15 years clinical experience in aged care. Julie is a board-approved psychology supervisor and she regularly delivers clinical supervision to intern psychologists and other mental health professionals. Julie is also an experienced researcher and writer. Her doctorate research examined wellbeing in home care workers and postdoctoral research focused on supported decision-making in dementia. She has significant experience in the assessment and the application of psychological treatments to older adults and recently published a book on enhancing emotional wellbeing in residential aged care environments.
You can connect with Julie via her website at wisecare.com.au.
Thanks to our podcast sponsor, Practice Conquest!
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If you know you need more support, please visit my website at https://jomuirhead.com
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Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
Prompted by a question from the Future Proofing Health Professional Facebook group about neuroplasticity, Angela Lockwood returns to join Jo on this week's episode of The Entrepreneurial Clinician Podcast to discuss neuroplasticity and its role in burnout and recovery from burnout.
In this episode, Jo and Angela discuss:
- what neuroplasticity is (and isn’t)
- that neuroplasticity isn’t reserved for certain people, professions or ages
- how neuroplasticity can contribute to health professionals experiencing burnout
- the need to be aware of the signs and symptoms of burnout
- the importance of creating space and taking an extra moment to enjoy moments of joy or peace and how it helps to reset our nervous system and brain
- how to utilise the neuroplasticity of your brain to recover from burnout
About Angela Lockwood: Angela is an Occupational Therapist, Podcast Host, Guest Expert, Speaker and Author.
With over two decades of experience as an Occupational Therapist, Angela has immersed herself in the exploration of focus—examining how individuals think, learn, and interact with their surroundings, their work and their mindset. As the author of “The Power of Conscious Choice" and "Switch Off: How to Find Calm in a Noisy World," Angela delved deeply into the intricacies of mindful decision-making and attention management. Her podcast, "Distracted," serves as an invaluable resource for those seeking clarity amidst the chaos.
You can find Angela via her website at www.angelalockwood.com.au
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