I have a very special guest on today’s episode, my sister-in-law and dear friend Emily Brown Levis. Emily owns her own therapy practice operating as a couples therapist and a supervisor for other therapists starting off in their careers. What is unique about Emily is how she left a flourishing practice she had with a business partner in Northern Virginia to move to a new city to marry her husband, and in doing so had to restart her business from scratch. Living in a new city, with a new husband, and starting her business over was a year filled with some of life’s largest transitions. Emily speaks to how she navigated that with immense grace for herself in the process. In this episode Emily shares honestly about her own journey through burnout and a depressive episode that led her to do some real and deep heart work, asking herself if being a therapist is really what is best for her and how she ultimately came to the decision that, yes, it is, but it has to be done in a way that provides balance and allows her to live her life to its fullest potential without burnout and without working with just anybody. And be sure to listen in, as Emily explains that a secret to her success this time around has been getting clear on who her ideal client is, and trusting the process to the point of turning away potential clients that didn’t fit that mold. So with that introduction, I hope you enjoy today’s episode of the self-employment success podcast with Emily Brown Levis.
