It’s OK to be proud of your achievements – STOP HIDING THEM – instead, shine bright (like a diamond as Rihanna would say)
A couple of days ago I was searching for a book that I wanted…
Time to come clean
You probably know this already…
Or this is going to come…
Or this is going to come…
What I’m really thinking when criticised by others for selling my services…
I often get criticised, chastised and judged by others (mostly…
Are you suffering from Superwoman Syndrome?
Of course you do…!
I mean, how else have you’ve gotten…
I mean, how else have you’ve gotten…
Who to blame when you’re short of money in your Private Practice
I hear so many practice owners complain about…
Not having…
Not having…
My Success Does Not Depend On You
M Y – S U C C E S S – D O E S – N O T – D E P E N D -…
B U S Y …. ? L E A N – I N T O – I T
It is official.
Today is my busiest day of 2018.
Busy,…
Today is my busiest day of 2018.
Busy,…
I S – T H A T – O K – W I T H – Y O U … ?
I’ve been staying at a Gold Coast Hotel over the last couple…
Finding Your Space – Post Get It Done Retreat
I’ve just spent the last 3 days with 12 A-MAAAA-ZING private…
Ask Yourself This…
Is what you are doing RIGHT NOW bringing you closer to your...
Ideal private practice
Ideal family life
Ideal marriage
Ideal partnership
Ideal friendship
Ideal wealth position OR...
Ideal private practice
Ideal family life
Ideal marriage
Ideal partnership
Ideal friendship
Ideal wealth position OR...
W H O – I S – P A Y I N G – W H O …?
It is important to note that when you are taking new clinicians onboard - to join your group private practice as subcontractors - that they will come with a certain understanding of what to expect, how things are set up, and how things work or don’t work in a group private practice...
Running From Pillar To Post
Yesterday, was my 'Running from Pilar to Post Day' and I absolutely loved it! However, it wasn't always like that... For many years, having to run from 'pillar to post' left me anxious and resentful. Why? ...
Why Having a Coach Or Mentor is a ‘Painful’ Experience
This morning I decided to take the lovely Mishka (my hubby's husky) with me on my morning run. As always when running with Mishka, it was a 'painful' yet extremely rewarding experience. Painful, because having Mishka on the run means the following...
SHORT-CUTS versus FAST-TRACKING in your Private Practice
Around 18 months ago, I started a personal journey towards improving my personal fitness by running at least 3 to 5 days out of every 7. And, as with every new habit, you have your 'good' days and you have your 'bad' days. Today, started as a 'bad' day...
Private Practice Ownership Is Cold & Brutal. But It Is Also Spectacularly Beautiful & Real…
I’m writing this 20,000 feet into the Melbourne air on my way home to Brisbane... Looking out of my window to the ever-shrinking earth below me, I noticed in the distance the amazing view that I captured for you in this image. I’m guessing this might be Mt Buller where Aussies do their skiing or perhaps not – I’m not sure...
W H E N – L I F E – D R O P S – S H & T – O N – Y O U
Whilst on my usual morning run, I noticed something. Something that I have been observing on my runs, but which I hadn't brought to a conscious reflection until this morning... On my running route there are about 4 sections where it seems I become a target for these annoying little birds that tries their utmost to sh&t on me...
How I Doubled The Turnover In My Business Within 12 Months – Without Working Any More Hours – In Fact, I Was Working Less…
I know what you’re thinking. It sounds too good to be true. Like those get rich quick schemes that entice you to join, with the lure of passive income which only seem to work for other people but never for you. But believe me, it’s true. I literally DOUBLED my annual turnover...
Why I’m Always Breaking The Rules
I often get comments from other helping professionals and practice owners that go something like this... 'Geez Gerda, you are so brave to be doing what you are doing' ... 'Geez Gerda, you are breaking all the rules in the industry, I don’t think I could do that' ... 'Geez Gerda, aren’t you afraid of getting into trouble with the APS & AHPRA?' ...
Don’t Ask What Your Practice Manager Can Do For You…
One of the biggest confusions in private practice, is the difference between being a Subcontractor and an Employee. So much so, that clinicians more and more want the best of both worlds when working at a group private practice, leading to practice owners feeling like no matter what they do, it is never good enough in the eyes of the clinician. For example...
When Your Team Has a Sense Of ENTITLEMENT…
Have you ever felt like you give and give and give to your team, and then when you finally reign it in... those people leave. Here's what I've learnt about what to do when you feel like you're giving everything to your team and getting nothing in return. Watch below to learn how to get the balance between EMPATHY and ENTITLEMENT right...
If Finding a Clinical Team is a Challenge For You… Heed This Warning!
Over the last few months (not weeks) a common challenge raised with me by numerous Private Practice Owners, is the difficulty in finding ‘quality’ Clinicians to join their team. Now, before anyone gets offended… I’m not trying to insult anyone here. This is 'quality' Clinicians from the perspective of the practice owner...
Stop Shaming Group Private Practice Owners For Running Their Practice As A Business
Today was one of THOSE days... Where you wake up to a conversation on Social Media and you have no option BUT to set the record straight. So I did what any passionate and values-driven individual on a mission to change the allied health private practice landscape would do....
Mental Note To Self: Have Self-Compassion
My morning run today was an absolute disaster (according to my ever so 'helpful' Inner Critic). I was out of breath within the first 2 minutes. I had a stitch within the first 5 minutes. My legs felt like lead. And to be honest...
Your Ace Team Does Exist
For a very long time I was searching... I was testing and trialling... I was hiring and firing... I was grieving... For the team I KNEW in my heart had to be out there....
Do You Have What It Takes…?
So many new grads I speak to tell me that their ultimate dream is to go into private practice someday, which I soooo get! But only a small portion actually reflect on the question... 'Do I have what it takes....?' Firstly, to be a great private practice CLINICIAN...
Lessons from an 11 year old
Driving to school this morning, I’m chatting to my two boys about the fact that I will be away this weekend, as I’m going to Sydney to facilitate my Inner Circle Quarterly Retreat.
You Are Worth It…
When it comes to knowing your worth as a helping professional, you might fall into one of these two general categories. Category ONE, is where you truly get it. You understand, express and value your own worth as a helping professional and each day you take aligned action to demonstrate this...
Let’s clear up what appears to be a common misconception
Despite having been on holidays for the last 10 days, I have had contact with a lot of allied health professionals (mostly psychologists) over email, messenger, Facebook & LinkedIN. It appears that once we go away from our official place of work – generally our private practice – we take time out with family and friends for self-care...
Why do I choose to continue learning this lesson?
If you are over my ‘running lessons’ then stop reading now as this is another one of those. On a side note, this morning run thing is an activity that keeps on giving, but let’s get into this morning’s lesson. Today, it is a lesson that I should have learnt by now and it goes like this...
Tough love from your biggest supporter.
Because I have such respect for any clinician that takes the leap and decides to become a group practice owner as a means of extending their ripple effect of changing lives - because that is what makes us SOUL-ALIGNED Impact Entrepreneurs.
Are you doing the work you were born to do…?
Earlier today I did a livestream in my Next Level Mastermind Group on finding, embracing and then living your Genius Zone. You know.....
DEALING WITH A SCARCITY MINDSET
I think it is time we address this issue from a no-holds barred perspective. Not in a muddily-cuddly kind of way where the aim is to protect your self-esteem and make you still like me after you finished reading this post. But instead....
HOW ‘BRUTAL’ ARE YOU….?
Apparently I am very ‘brutal’ – or so I’m told. I recently learnt (through the grapevine) that I have been referred to as a ‘ball crusher’ ...
WHAT WOULD YOU DO….?
If you received an invitation from Sir Richard Branson, to visit him and his management team for a full 3 days on Necker Island – would you drop everything...
THE PASSING OF THE BATON
At my kids’ school, The Passing of the Baton occurs at the end-of-year celebration night, when the ‘Baton of Leadership’ is passed on from the current School Captains...
STOP WITH THE BLOODY DOUBLE STANDARDS ALREADY
Today I’m speaking predominantly to the Psychologists out there. And I’m going to jump straight in on this one…. I get so frustrated when I see Psychologists operating with DOUBLE STANDARDS.
IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO JOIN A WELL-RUN GROUP PRIVATE PRACTICE
That's Right! It is NOT a RIGHT. It is NOT a GIVEN. It is a PRIVILEGE. Personally, I really don’t care what title you have in front of your name or whether you have 10, 15 or 20 years of experience...
What would you say ‘YES’ to today…
What would you say 'yes' to today... If you already believed that you are worthy? What would you be DOING today, if you already BELIEVED that you are WORTHY? What would you be FEELING today, if you already BELIEVED that you are WORTHY? Whether we want to admit it or not, most of us are on this constant search for worthiness…. For love, for acceptance, or whatever else it is that you call it in YOUR life.
Subcontracting Challenges
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When Last did you Spend Time in that Deep Dark Corner?
I know this is a confronting question. But rest assured... This conversation is only between you and me. And as such, you can be completely honest about it – and I promise, so will I. During the first 3 years of my private practice, I didn’t even know THAT corner existed.
Private Practice Guru on Coach on Fire Radio
Gerda Muller joins Karen to discuss the importance of running a private practice as a profitable business and helping more people in more effective ways. This paradigm shift changed her business and life.
Money Needs a Home
I first heard this statement from one of my business mentors... “Money needs a home” An interesting concept I thought. A different way of thinking about money I thought. And, as with all things money, it took me some time to really get my head around the fact that money (an inanimate object that can unlock both the highest of highs and lowest of lows) need a home.
A Day in the Life of a Principal Psychologist
I was called to write this post with two people in mind... One, for the Clinician currently working in a group private practice. Why? Because I too often hear and read comments by clinicians about ‘greedy practice owners’ whom are lining their own pockets to the detriment of their clinicians. I am a group private practice owner, and I am honest when I say that yes we do hide a lot of things from you (to protect you and because it is our job to carry the risk) but the one thing we don’t do is line our own pockets.
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