Building a Six Figure "Lifestyle" Private Practice with Samantha Asher
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To download your free copy, please visit startyourprivatepractice.com backslash roadmap to sign up. Now on to the episode. Question. Have you ever heard of a lifestyle or life-first private practice? It's a new concept that I coined because more and more of the students in my start and grow programs want to have private practices that offer great income and also great flexibility. If you've followed me for any length of time, you know that I teach people how to start traditional and non-traditional private practices. A traditional private practice is thought of as a brick and mortar location with employees and tons of clients. I have tons of students in my programs who want to have traditional private practices, and I've helped them build the systems, hire the support, and make sure that they have the financial
infrastructure to build them. In this model, the owner builds a clinic to serve their clients and their staff, and yes, reap the benefits of being the owner with people working under them. But since COVID, there's actually another type of private practice that I've started to help people build, which I call lifestyle or life first private practices. Lifestyle private practices are often smaller solo private practices where the owner determines their ideal schedule, decides how much money they want to make, and then they fill in their private practice caseload with the as many ideal fit clients and income streams as necessary. This model is more owner-centric and makes sure that the owner has more work-life balance, but is still bringing in a healthy income.
Professionally, it's great because usually these types of practices have certain types of clients that they want to work with. This model is great for parents who need flexible schedules for their kids, or people who have hobbies or want to have time for travel and self-care. I'm curious, what type of private practice do you want to build? A traditional private practice or a lifestyle private practice? Now, there's no wrong answer. I help people build both types of private practices. But you may not have known that a lifestyle private practice was an option. So today I want to introduce you to a shining example of someone who has done this. Now in full transparency, this is a replay of one of our most popular episodes and it highlights the benefits of having a lifestyle private practice.
What is a “lifestyle” private practice and how does it differ from a traditional clinic?
But at the time that this episode originally aired, I hadn't come up with the term lifestyle private practice yet. So, if you're exploring private practice as an option and you want to have something on the smaller side that allows you to have a flexible schedule without sacrificing your income, make sure to listen to this amazing interview with Samantha Asher. Samantha is a speech language pathologist who has built a six-figure lifestyle private practice in less than two years while only working three days a week. She built her her private practice to create a life that would support her family financially and allow her the flexibility to take her daughter to toddler ballet on Fridays and her son to my gym on Mondays.
I first got to know Samantha in the Start Your Private Practice program and then in the Grow Your Private Practice program. In today's episode, she shares why she decided to start her private practice, how she balances work time and family time, how she handled moving to a new state and kept clients in the old state, and how she's handled the financial aspects of her private practice.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:15
2
What is a “lifestyle” private practice and how does it differ from a traditional clinic?
3:15–11:14
3
Why did Samantha decide to start her own private practice during the pandemic?
11:14–16:49
4
How did Samantha land her first client and overcome early imposter‑syndrome?
16:49–21:58
5
When and why did she choose to transition from part‑time to full‑time private practice?
21:58–29:33
6
How did moving from Pennsylvania to Illinois affect her practice and how did tele‑practice help?
29:33–36:29
7
Why are online reviews important and how does Samantha ask clients for them?
36:29–38:11
Speakers
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