Replacing Burnout with Freedom and Flexibility with Evelyn Pierce-Ruhland
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What is the overall focus of this Private Practice Success Stories episode?
Starting a private practice isn't what it used to be. Today's clinicians are starting private practices much quicker, easier, and cheaper than before. And they aren't guessing their way through it or getting stuck in analysis paralysis, they're following a tried and true roadmap in order to save time, money, and frustration. There is no reason to reinvent the wheel or struggle to figure out how to start a private practice on your own. We've helped thousands of SLPs and OTs through this process and now we want to help you too. For a limited time, I'm offering a free copy of our private practice roadmap, specifically for SLPs and OTs who are curious about private practice and want to see what the journey looks like.
To download your free copy, please visit startyourprivatepractice.com backslash roadmap to sign up. Now on to the episode. Evelyn Pierce Ruland is a pediatric speech language pathologist with a private practice in Kingsville, Ohio called Inspire Speech and Language Therapy. After working in the schools for ten years, she was overwhelmed by the high caseloads, paperwork, and long hours. Feeling the burnout, Evelyn knew that she needed a change, so she quit her job, joined the Start Your Private Practice program, and had her first client within two weeks. In this episode, she talks about how the marketing tactics that she learned in the START program helped her build her caseload so that she could start seeing pediatric clients in local libraries across her rural area.
She also discusses how the flexibility of having her own private practice gives her the power to make her own schedule and have more work-life balance. I've gotten to know Evelyn during her time in both the Start and Grow Your Private Practice programs, and it has been so amazing to watch her grow into a successful private practitioner. If you are interested in hearing how private practice can help replace burnout with freedom and flexibility, this is a must-listen episode, so stay tuned. 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 dive in, can you please share your name, your location, and the name of your private practice?
Sure. Hi, my name is Evelyn Pierce Ruland, and I live in Northeast Ohio, and I serve as Ashtabila County for Pediatric Speech and Language Therapy. And the name of my private practice is Inspire Speech and Language Therapy LLC.
I am so excited to do this with you because I've gotten to know you through your whole course of your private practice journey. And before we talk about what your private practice is like now, can you please take us back to the beginning and to at what point in your career did you start thinking about private practice?
Right after college, a friend of mine started into private practice. And I was like, Wow, she's doing private practice. We just graduated. And I was like so impressed. And I saw her office and everything. And I was like, Oh, that's not for me. I wouldn't even know where to start. Like, I can't do this. So years went by and I had different jobs and Then I decided to stay home with my children. It was right after nine eleven happened actually. And then I was pregnant and a month later I gave birth to my first son. Life's too short. I'm going to stay home, take care of my kids right now. During that time I had thought that
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the overall focus of this Private Practice Success Stories episode?
0:00–5:04
2
How did Evelyn Pierce‑Ruhland first get introduced to private practice?
5:04–6:11
3
Why did Evelyn decide to leave her school job and what burnout signs did she notice?
6:11–6:50
4
How did Evelyn land her first client within two weeks after joining the START program?
6:50–8:34
5
What pricing strategies and payment options does Evelyn use for her practice?
8:34–30:58
Speakers
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