How to leave work behind on vacation

When I was watching toucans eat their breakfast in Belize, I was fully in the moment. ☀️

I wasn’t stressed about how much this trip cost, or that I was taking too many days off work, or the admin tasks I’d have to catch up on when I got home.

I was excited to be in nature, see the wildlife, smell the rainforest. 

🥹 seriously… is this picture even real life?!

And it’s only possible because I built my private practice in a way that gives me financial freedom and time flexibility. 

Here are 3 things I focus on that allow me to go on multiple international trips every year without guilt or stress:

➡️ Mindset work to reframe my relationship with money

I had limiting beliefs about how much a therapist should make and it held me back from charging a higher fee. I’d feel guilty about taking a week off to go on vacation (and would have never booked a retreat in Belize).

Through mindset work, I learned to confidently charge based on my expertise and financial needs, and to embrace the freedom to take time off guilt-free. 

➡️ ️ Sustainable marketing with SEO

Search Engine Optimization. It’s the Google algorithm that helps people find you when they search for specific keywords on Google. 

This strategy brought over 10k visitors to my website in one year and those visitors turned into $350 – $500/hour therapy intensives.

SEO works to attract clients even when I’m in the rainforest. I’m not even kidding!

➡️ Therapy Intensives to work less and earn more

Offering intensives has helped reduce the number of sessions I do each week, giving me more time to focus on what matters, including my clients. 

These longer sessions offer opportunities for deep healing and lasting change for clients while giving me the freedom to fully show up for both my work and my life. 

Intensives also make it easier to take time off when I don’t have to worry about throwing my biweekly clients’ meeting schedule totally off kilter.

Thinking about offering therapy intensives but not sure how to get started? In my FREE 1-hour masterclass, I break down how to price, market, and book high-paying intensives—no ads or guesswork required.

Talk soon,

Amanda