Start Small, Grow Smart: How a Maternity Leave Side Project Became a Multi-Provider Therapy Hub with Jacklin Bloodgood
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What is the overall focus of this episode and who is the guest?
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How did Jacklin decide to start a private practice during her maternity leave?
Now on to the episode. Welcome back to another episode of the Private Practice Success Stories Podcast. I'm your host, Jenna Kester-Kasbon, and today I'm bringing you a story that proves that you don't have to have it all figured out before you start. You just have to take the next small step. I'd like to introduce you to Jaclyn Bloodgood. Jacqueline is a speech language pathologist, the owner of Just Speechy LLC, and the founder of the Therapy Hub in Manahawka, New Jersey. She's also a graduate. Of the Start Your Private Practice program, where I have watched her post win after win, and trust me, this episode is packed with them. Here's what makes Jacqueline's story so powerful: she ran the numbers during her maternity leave and realized that she only needed to work about a day and a half in order to replace her full-time income.
So she did. And then she kept saying yes to the next opportunity and the next one after that. In this episode, Jacqueline opens up about starting her private practice during her maternity leave so she could be home with her daughter, the simple math that made her realize that private practice was more time at home and more income, how she accidentally signed her first school contract and then turned it into her first hire. And how she built the Therapy Hub, a one-stop shop space serving kids and their parents, plus a virtual video library reaching families everywhere. If you've ever worried that you don't know enough about business or that you should wait until your kids are older, or that you can't possibly afford a clinic space, this episode is gonna change your mind.
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.
Okay, so before we begin, can you please share your name, your location, and the name of your private practice?
Yes, my name is Jacqueline Bloodgood. I am located in Manahawkin, New Jersey, and my private practice is Just Beachie LLC and I also own the therapy hub, which is where Just Beachie works under.
So Jacqueline, I am so excited to be doing this because I've gotten to know you in the Start Your Private Practice program where you've posted some amazing wins and I know that your private practice is underway and is doing very, very well. But before we get to how things are doing now, can you take us back to the beginning and tell us how you got started in the profession and then when did you start thinking about private practice? Yeah.
Yeah, for sure. So I started thinking about private practice while I was still in graduate school.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the overall focus of this episode and who is the guest?
0:00–0:51
2
How did Jacklin decide to start a private practice during her maternity leave?
0:51–7:50
3
What simple math did she use to prove private practice could give her more time at home and higher income?
7:50–9:31
4
How did Jacklin accidentally land her first school contract and turn it into her first hire?
9:31–32:04
Speakers
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