It's Not Too Late: How a Veteran SLP Finally Started the Practice She'd Been Dreaming About with Angela Ruiz
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What inspired Angela Ruiz to pursue a private‑practice SLP career?
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To download your free copy, please visit startyourprivatepractice dot com backslash roadmap to sign up. Now on to the episode. Welcome back to another episode of the Private Practice Success Stories podcast. I'm your host, Jenna Castor Kasbon, and I'm so excited for you to meet today's guest, Angela Reese. Angela is a speech language pathologist and the founder of Angela Reese SLP Services in Houston, Texas, where she specializes in working with adults. She's also bilingual in Spanish and English, which makes her private practice a vital resource in a community that is traditionally Traditionally underserved. Here's what makes Angie's story so special. She didn't just decide one day to do a private practice.
She literally dreamed about it. Like an actual dream, vivid and specific. And she still remembers that dream years later. But that road from dream to reality, well, it took longer than expected. Angie worked in skilled nursing facilities during COVID. Then she had her own recovery from surgery. She worked through Job situations that pushed her to her breaking point. And she still had that little voice of imposter syndrome telling her that it was too late to start a private practice. But she kept coming back to that vision. And when she finally went all in just five months ago, everything started to fall into place. I've been working with Angie inside of the Start Your Private Practice program, and watching her build her practice has been such a joy.
In this episode, we talk about how a Literal dream that she had during grad school planted the seed for her future private practice nearly two decades before she launched it. How she's recovering from burnout and building something sustainable on her own terms and her own schedule. The exact weekly structure that she uses to balance clients, admin, and a PRN side gig. And how going slow doesn't mean you're not going. And why that mindset has been the secret to her rapid success. If you've been telling yourself that it's too late, or that you waited too long, or that the timing just isn't right, then Angie is here to call that out as the imposter syndrome bully that it really is. Only five months in, and she's got an office, contracts with assisted living facilities, a steady referral stream, and two international vacations under her belt.
You're gonna want to hear Hear this one. So let's dive in. I'm Jenna Castro-Kasbon, speech language pathologist, business coach, and creator of the Start Your Private Practice System. And I'm on a mission to turn stuck SLPs into successful private practitioners. If you're tired of dealing with high productivity requirements, high caseload sizes, and low pay, it's time to take control of your professional, personal, and financial life and finally get the freedom, flexibility, and financial abundance that you deserve by working with private clients in your own practice. Join me here each week as I share tips, best practices, and inspirational interviews on the Private Practice Success Stories podcast.
If you're a private practitioner or one in the making, you're in the right place, so let's get started. All right, so before we begin, can you please share your name, your location, and the name of your private practice?
Hi, Jenna. My name is Angie, and my location is I'm in Houston, Texas.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What inspired Angela Ruiz to pursue a private‑practice SLP career?
0:00–4:33
2
How did a vivid graduate‑school dream plant the seed for her future practice?
4:33–9:36
3
What events led Angela to recognize and recover from burnout?
9:36–10:18
4
How did she design a weekly schedule that balances clients, admin, and a PRN gig?
10:18–10:37
5
Why does ‘going slow’ actually accelerate success for new private practitioners?
10:37–11:03
6
What early results did Angela see after launching her practice five months ago?
11:03–12:17
7
How does Angela attract clients through her website, community ties, and referrals?
12:17–33:39
Speakers
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