#158. How a Simple Scheduling App Can Help You Run a Healthier Private Practice

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She was on the edge of burnout…

…getting sick more often, and having to cancel appointments with clients she loved - all because she’d lost any semblance of control over her calendar.

Funny isn’t it? How easy it is for us to get ourselves in trouble - just because we want to be there when our clients need us, or - heck - because we’re trying to make a living. 

But it happens - a lot. And it breaks my heart. 

I used to be the same way - until I finally made the decision to try something new, and maybe - just maybe - change the way I set up my work week, just by changing the way I handled a client’s requests for an appointment. 

Such a small thing. Such a big impact. 

It took me a good three years before I was finally willing to try it, to set up a scheduling app in my practice so that clients could schedule without calling me.

I fought that idea because I thought I would be giving up control - and I couldn’t have been more wrong. 

In this episode, you’ll learn: 

1. How losing control of your weekly calendar can impact everything: your health, your ability to be there for your clients, and your income. 
2. The simple change you could make that would totally serve your clients but still give you complete control over how your day goes and how you structure your time. 
3. The step by step process I went through to implement this change in my own practice, and the completely unexpected win-win it turned out to be for everyone. 

AND I’ll share with you how my client got her life back - and so can you. 

Seriously - I know the way most of us handle this. We pull out our little planner at the end of a session, look at our client, and say, “So! When would you like to come back?” 

And the back and forth begins. 

There’s a better way, y’all. And your clients will love it as much as you do. 

Give this a listen. 

~Wendy

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MENTIONED:  

• Acuity Scheduling
• Calendly
• GenBook
• Google Calendar
• OnceHub
• Simple Practice
• Therapy Notes

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