Listeners who tune in will feel confident and supported in their group practice journey, know how to build efficient systems and lead with clarity, do the work needed to create a thriving, values-aligned practice, become strong, ethical, and effective leaders who run their practice with ease and confidence.
Empowered to Lead
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Listeners who tune in will feel confident and supported in their group practice journey, know how to build efficient systems and lead with clarity, do the work needed to create a thriving, values-aligned practice, become strong, ethical, and effective leaders who run their practice with ease and confidence.
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August 4, 2026
Recruiting, Retaining, and Expanding in a Small Town: What Group Practice Ownership Really Looks Like with Dana Corr
<p>Dana Corr runs a thriving group practice in a Manitoba town of fewer than 700 people, and her journey has been full of honest lessons about hiring, expansion, boundaries, and what servant leadership actually looks like when you're the one carrying the business. If you're navigating growth in a smaller community or wondering whether your needs matter as much as everyone else's, this conversation is for you.</p><p></p><p><strong>What You’ll Hear:</strong></p><ul><li>What recruiting and retaining therapists looks like when your talent pool is a small rural community, and how Dana built most of her team through practicum students</li><li>The honest cost of hiring out of generosity rather than fit, and what she would do differently</li><li>Why Dana moved from a contractor model to employees, and how that decision connects to retention, expectations, and leadership clarity</li><li>What the expansion into a five-office building taught her about marketing, caseload management, and the scarcity mindset that creeps in when the space isn't full</li><li>How servant leadership can slide into people-pleasing, and why getting clear on your own needs is part of leading well</li><li>Practical advice for anyone considering an expansion, including what financial buffers and a business development plan need to look like before you sign anything</li></ul><br/><p></p><p><strong>Resources Mentioned on this Episode</strong></p><p>- Valley Art Therapy — Dana's practice in Manitoba</p><p>- <a href="https://grouppracticenetwork.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Time + Energy Audit for Group Practice Owners</a></p><p>- <a href="https://grouppracticenetwork.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Group Practice Connection membership</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Featured Guest:</strong></p><p>Dana Corr is a Canadian Certified Counsellor, Registered Canadian Art Therapist, and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, and the owner/director of Valley Art Therapy, a group practice based in rural Manitoba. She has grown the practice from a solo caseload into a multi-location team, navigating the realities of building and leading a business in a small community. Valley Art Therapy is a trauma-focused practice grounded in healing beyond words alone, integrating approaches like art and play-based therapy, somatic work, and EMDR. The practice is committed to increasing access to care in rural communities through multiple locations and strong community partnerships, while also creating a model of care that supports clinicians in doing meaningful, sustainable work.</p><p></p><p><strong>Connect with Dana:</strong></p><p>@valleyarttherapy</p><p><a href="https://www.valleyarttherapy.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.valleyarttherapy.com/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/valleyarttherapy/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/valleyarttherapy/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ValleyArtTherapy/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/ValleyArtTherapy/</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Meet the Host: Lisa Catallo</strong></p><p>Lisa is a Canadian psychotherapist, group practice owner, and business coach with over eight years of experience leading a thriving, values-driven practice. She works with therapists who are ready to step into their role as confident, ethical, and intentional leaders—without burning out or getting buried in the day-to-day.</p><p>Lisa’s coaching focuses on building sustainable group practices through efficient systems, effective leadership, and a deep respect for time and energy. Her approach is calm and encouraging, offering grounded guidance that helps therapists move from overwhelm to clarity—so they can lead with confidence and purpose.</p><p>Whether she’s supporting someone just starting to grow a team or helping a seasoned leader reclaim their role as CEO, Lisa brings a blend of insight, structure, and heart to everything she does.</p><p>When she’s not coaching or connecting with therapists, you’ll find her hanging out with her children and grandchildren, reading, walking by the water, or dreaming up new ways to make business feel a little lighter.</p><p></p><p><strong>Connect with the Host:</strong></p><p>Website: <a href="http://www.grouppracticenetwork.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.grouppracticenetwork.ca</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/grouppracticenetwork" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">instagram.com/grouppracticenetwork</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/grouppracticenetwork" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">facebook.com/grouppracticenetwork</a></p><p>LinkedIn:<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-catallo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-catallo</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Loved this episode? Let’s take it a step further.</strong></p><p>Grab the free <strong>Time + Energy Audit for Group Practice Owners</strong> to get super clear on where your time is going—and what it’s actually worth.</p><p>👉 <a href="https://www.grouppracticenetwork.ca/thank-you-etl" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Download it here</a></p><p></p><p>And if you're ready for consistent support, connection, and access to done-for-you tools? Come join us inside <strong>Group Practice Connection</strong>—the membership designed to help Canadian group practice owners lead with clarity and confidence.</p><p>✨ You don’t have to do this alone. <a href="https://www.grouppracticenetwork.ca/the-group-practice-connection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Check it out here</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Empowered to Lead</strong> is proud to be on the High Vibe Podcast Network Check out (Host Name) Gift in the Vault <a href="https://highvibepodcastnetwork.com/gifts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://highvibepodcastnetwork.com/gifts</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Share the Love</strong></p><p>✨ If this episode lit something up in you… tag us on Instagram @HighVibeLeaders and @grouppracticenetwork and let us know your biggest takeaway!</p><p>🦋 Don’t forget to rate & review — it helps us reach more conscious rebels like you.</p><p></p><p><strong>Listen & Subscribe</strong></p><p>🎧 <a href="https://empowered-to-lead.captivate.fm/apple" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a></p><p>🎧 <a href="https://empowered-to-lead.captivate.fm/spotify" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a></p><p>🎧 <a href="https://empowered-to-lead.captivate.fm/amazon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon Music</a></p><p>🎧 <a href="https://network.highvibepodcastnetwork.com/podcast/empowered-to-lead" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">High Vibe Podcast Network</a></p>
July 28, 2026
When Bigger Isn't the Goal: Leading from Your Values with Darbey Carlson of Fika Mental Health
<p>Not every growth story ends with growing. Darbey Carlson of Fika Mental Health shares how her practice expanded to seventeen people almost entirely by accident, the moment she paused to ask how it all actually felt, and why choosing to slow down can be the most values-aligned decision a group practice owner makes.</p><p></p><p><strong>What You’ll Hear:</strong></p><ul><li>How a practice can grow to 17 people almost by accident, and the moment that finally prompts a pause</li><li>The 10 to 12 therapist shift, where the culture changes and how to catch up to it</li><li>Detaching from hustle culture and the quiet belief that you are always supposed to want more</li><li>Being told she was too available, and what guarding your energy actually protects</li><li>Why naming your why and your values keeps your decisions from running on autopilot</li></ul><br/><p></p><p><strong>Resources Mentioned on this Episode</strong></p><p>- Fika Mental Health on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@fikamentalhealth</a></p><p>- Fika Mental Health website: <a href="www.fikamentalhealth.com " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.fikamentalhealth.com </a></p><p>- GPO Network, the free Facebook group for Canadian group practice owners: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/grouppracticenetwork" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Join here</a></p><p>- Group Practice Connection membership: <a href="https://www.grouppracticenetwork.ca/the-group-practice-connection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Join here</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Featured Guest: Darbey Carlson</strong></p><p>I’m a Registered Psychotherapist and Yoga Teacher who blends mind body approaches through additional training and experience in EMDR, ADHD, trauma, somatic work, and attachment based therapy. I founded Fika Mental Health around the idea of intentionally carving out space to pause, reconnect, and care for ourselves through therapy and wellness. My work focuses on creating spaces where people can drop the mask, feel more grounded in their nervous systems, better understand their attachment patterns, and settle into their human experience with greater self understanding.</p><p></p><p><strong>Connect with Darbey:</strong></p><p>Website: <a href="www.fikamentalhealth.com " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.fikamentalhealth.com </a></p><p>Social Media: @fikamentalhealth</p><p></p><p><strong>Meet the Host: Lisa Catallo</strong></p><p>Lisa is a Canadian psychotherapist, group practice owner, and business coach with over eight years of experience leading a thriving, values-driven practice. She works with therapists who are ready to step into their role as confident, ethical, and intentional leaders—without burning out or getting buried in the day-to-day.</p><p>Lisa’s coaching focuses on building sustainable group practices through efficient systems, effective leadership, and a deep respect for time and energy. Her approach is calm and encouraging, offering grounded guidance that helps therapists move from overwhelm to clarity—so they can lead with confidence and purpose.</p><p>Whether she’s supporting someone just starting to grow a team or helping a seasoned leader reclaim their role as CEO, Lisa brings a blend of insight, structure, and heart to everything she does.</p><p>When she’s not coaching or connecting with therapists, you’ll find her hanging out with her children and grandchildren, reading, walking by the water, or dreaming up new ways to make business feel a little lighter.</p><p></p><p><strong>Connect with the Host:</strong></p><p>Website: <a href="http://www.grouppracticenetwork.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.grouppracticenetwork.ca</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/grouppracticenetwork" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">instagram.com/grouppracticenetwork</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/grouppracticenetwork" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">facebook.com/grouppracticenetwork</a></p><p>LinkedIn:<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-catallo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-catallo</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Loved this episode? Let’s take it a step further.</strong></p><p>Grab the free <strong>Time + Energy Audit for Group Practice Owners</strong> to get super clear on where your time is going—and what it’s actually worth.</p><p>👉 <a href="https://www.grouppracticenetwork.ca/thank-you-etl" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Download it here</a></p><p></p><p>And if you're ready for consistent support, connection, and access to done-for-you tools? Come join us inside <strong>Group Practice Connection</strong>—the membership designed to help Canadian group practice owners lead with clarity and confidence.</p><p>✨ You don’t have to do this alone. <a href="https://www.grouppracticenetwork.ca/the-group-practice-connection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Check it out here</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Empowered to Lead</strong> is proud to be on the High Vibe Podcast Network Check out (Host Name) Gift in the Vault <a href="https://highvibepodcastnetwork.com/gifts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://highvibepodcastnetwork.com/gifts</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Share the Love</strong></p><p>✨ If this episode lit something up in you… tag us on Instagram @HighVibeLeaders and @grouppracticenetwork and let us know your biggest takeaway!</p><p>🦋 Don’t forget to rate & review — it helps us reach more conscious rebels like you.</p><p></p><p><strong>Listen & Subscribe</strong></p><p>🎧 <a href="https://empowered-to-lead.captivate.fm/apple" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a></p><p>🎧 <a href="https://empowered-to-lead.captivate.fm/spotify" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a></p><p>🎧 <a href="https://empowered-to-lead.captivate.fm/amazon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon Music</a></p><p>🎧 <a href="https://network.highvibepodcastnetwork.com/podcast/empowered-to-lead" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">High Vibe Podcast Network</a></p>
July 21, 2026
Staying Small on Purpose: Building a Practice That Actually Fits Your Life with Bianca Stefina
<p>Not every group practice owner wants to scale to seven figures, and Bianca Stefina is here to say that is more than okay. In this honest, refreshing conversation, Bianca shares how she built Mindfully Me Psychotherapy Clinic in Ontario from a cold coffee pitch to a steady team of practitioners she genuinely trusts, all while navigating burnout, multiple roles, and the question of who she is outside of her work.</p><p></p><p><strong>What You’ll Hear:</strong></p><ul><li>How Bianca filled her private practice caseload within six months by speaking passionately about what she actually believes in clinically</li><li>Why she chose a mixed business model with both renters and contractors, and how it has kept her turnover rate at just two people in four years</li><li>What staying small actually looks like in practice, and why the intimacy of a smaller team has been a feature, not a limitation</li><li>The moment burnout hit hard enough that it became the turning point for how she thinks about sustainability and leadership</li><li>Why she is moving toward hiring admin support, and the life moments that finally made her ready to let go of that role</li><li>A genuinely honest reflection on the hamster wheel of growth culture in the coaching space, and what it means to sit in what you have built</li></ul><br/><p></p><p><strong>Resources Mentioned on this Episode</strong></p><p>- Mindfully Me Psychotherapy Clinic: <a href="http://mindfully-me.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">mindfully-me.ca</a></p><p>- Instagram: @mindfully_me</p><p>- Run It Like a CEO Audit: <a href="http://grouppracticenetwork.ca/ceo-audit" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">grouppracticenetwork.ca/ceo-audit</a></p><p>- Group Practice Connection membership: <a href="http://grouppracticenetwork.ca/the-group-practice-connection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">grouppracticenetwork.ca/the-group-practice-connection</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Featured Guest:</strong></p><p>Bianca Stefina is a Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist, Clinical Supervisor, Founder of Mindfully Me Psychotherapy Group Practice and Co-owner of the Corporate Resilience Advantage. Bianca specializes in complex trauma, high performers and first responders in her psychotherapy practice using Brainspotting, IFS, Somatic work and EMDR. Bianca believes in memory reconsolidation at the core of her clinical work offering deep, transformative healing for her clients beyond talk therapy alone. Bianca also prides herself in being an ethical group practice with a value of people over profit. Bianca enjoys taking a leadership role in the clinical world through professional consultations on ethical and sustainable business practices for therapists and recently offering clinical supervision from a trauma based lens.</p><p></p><p><strong>Connect with Bianca:</strong></p><p>Mindfully Me Psychotherapy Clinic: <a href="http://mindfully-me.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">mindfully-me.ca</a></p><p>Instagram: @mindfully_me</p><p></p><p><strong>Meet the Host: Lisa Catallo</strong></p><p>Lisa is a Canadian psychotherapist, group practice owner, and business coach with over eight years of experience leading a thriving, values-driven practice. She works with therapists who are ready to step into their role as confident, ethical, and intentional leaders—without burning out or getting buried in the day-to-day.</p><p>Lisa’s coaching focuses on building sustainable group practices through efficient systems, effective leadership, and a deep respect for time and energy. Her approach is calm and encouraging, offering grounded guidance that helps therapists move from overwhelm to clarity—so they can lead with confidence and purpose.</p><p>Whether she’s supporting someone just starting to grow a team or helping a seasoned leader reclaim their role as CEO, Lisa brings a blend of insight, structure, and heart to everything she does.</p><p>When she’s not coaching or connecting with therapists, you’ll find her hanging out with her children and grandchildren, reading, walking by the water, or dreaming up new ways to make business feel a little lighter.</p><p></p><p><strong>Connect with the Host:</strong></p><p>Website: <a href="http://www.grouppracticenetwork.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.grouppracticenetwork.ca</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/grouppracticenetwork" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">instagram.com/grouppracticenetwork</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/grouppracticenetwork" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">facebook.com/grouppracticenetwork</a></p><p>LinkedIn:<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-catallo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-catallo</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Loved this episode? Let’s take it a step further.</strong></p><p>Grab the free <strong>Time + Energy Audit for Group Practice Owners</strong> to get super clear on where your time is going—and what it’s actually worth.</p><p>👉 <a href="https://www.grouppracticenetwork.ca/thank-you-etl" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Download it here</a></p><p></p><p>And if you're ready for consistent support, connection, and access to done-for-you tools? Come join us inside <strong>Group Practice Connection</strong>—the membership designed to help Canadian group practice owners lead with clarity and confidence.</p><p>✨ You don’t have to do this alone. <a href="https://www.grouppracticenetwork.ca/the-group-practice-connection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Check it out here</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Empowered to Lead</strong> is proud to be on the High Vibe Podcast Network Check out (Host Name) Gift in the Vault <a href="https://highvibepodcastnetwork.com/gifts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://highvibepodcastnetwork.com/gifts</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Share the Love</strong></p><p>✨ If this episode lit something up in you… tag us on Instagram @HighVibeLeaders and @grouppracticenetwork and let us know your biggest takeaway!</p><p>🦋 Don’t forget to rate & review — it helps us reach more conscious rebels like you.</p><p></p><p><strong>Listen & Subscribe</strong></p><p>🎧 <a href="https://empowered-to-lead.captivate.fm/apple" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a></p><p>🎧 <a href="https://empowered-to-lead.captivate.fm/spotify" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a></p><p>🎧 <a href="https://empowered-to-lead.captivate.fm/amazon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon Music</a></p><p>🎧 <a href="https://network.highvibepodcastnetwork.com/podcast/empowered-to-lead" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">High Vibe Podcast Network</a></p>
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