Turning a Passion for Singing Into a Career as a Voice Specialist with a Thriving Lifestyle Private Practice with Rachel Goldenberg
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What makes starting a private practice easier for clinicians today?
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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 today's episode is such a treat, especially for those of you who love voice, singing, or who are interested in carving out a niche that truly reflects who you are. I'm thrilled for you to meet Rachel Goldenberg, a speech language pathologist, clinical voice specialist, and singing teacher based in Montclair, New Jersey. She's the founder of Of My Inspired Voice, a private practice that beautifully blends her lifelong passion for your music with her clinical expertise in voice and airway health.
I've gotten to know Rachel as part of her participation in the Lifestyle Private Practice Accelerator, and it has been so cool to watch her journey. One of the cool things about Rachel is that she has had an anything but linear journey to private practice. Rachel went back to grad school during the pandemic. pandemic. She packed up her entire life, moved across Canada with her kids, and rebuilt her career again. And through all of it, she kept following her curiosity, her passion for voice science, and her desire to help people in a deeper way. In this episode, Rachel shares how her passion for singing led her into becoming a voice specialist and going back to school to become a speech language pathologist.
She also talks about how she built her private practice and her referral network and why this flexibility and having a lifestyle private practice has been essential for her family. So if you've ever wondered whether your unique background, passion, or past careers could make you a stronger clinician and private practice owner, then Rachel's story is going to light you up. She's thoughtful, generous, incredibly knowledgeable, and proof that your dream niche is not only possible, but it might already be inside you, waiting to be claimed. So settle in and 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. Can you please share your name, your location, and the name of your private practice?
I'm Rachel Goldenberg. I am a speech language pathologist, clinical voice specialist, singing teacher in Montclair, New Jersey, and my private practice is called My Inspired Voice.
I am so excited to have you on. And, you know, I haven't had as many voice people come on. So I think that this is going to be very inspiring for all of those who are interested in voice. Before we get to how your practice is now, can you please share a little bit about how you got started in the profession and then at what point did you start thinking about private practice?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What makes starting a private practice easier for clinicians today?
0:00–5:39
2
How did Rachel’s love of opera and early music training shape her career path?
5:39–10:00
3
Why did she decide to return to graduate school during the COVID‑19 pandemic?
10:00–14:09
4
How did Rachel build My Inspired Voice and create a steady referral network?
14:09–18:30
5
In what ways does a lifestyle private practice give her flexibility for family life?
18:30–22:16
6
What marketing strategies (website, SEO, referrals) keep her practice full without heavy advertising?
22:16–26:38
7
How does being in her ‘zone of genius’ affect the types of clients she sees?
26:38–30:16
8
What practical advice does she give to clinicians ready to launch their own private practice?
30:16–33:38
Speakers
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