Brave and Well

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We support fellow mental health professionals launch or grow their private practices through business consultation, leadership coaching, workshops and community events.

06/12/2026

I grew up in a single parent household with one income. A small apartment with lots of love. There was not much left but there was a belief that we would do great things — and a great example of what work ethic looked like.

I know what it feels like to choose between groceries and gas. I know what it feels like to do the math at the register before you get there.

My daughters will not know that feeling. Not because I got lucky. Because I decided.

Every business I build, every product I create, every client I work with — it is all connected to this. I am a first-generation wealth builder. I am not ashamed to say I want to make money. Real money.

My girls are almost out for summer. Camps. Travel. Swim meets. Adventures of their choosing. A life they didn’t have to fight for because someone fought before them.

That is the lesson I want to leave them. Not the money. The belief that they are worth building for.

What are you building it for?

06/11/2026

My biggest flex right now isn’t my business. It’s not my calendar or my revenue or anything I’ve built.

It’s this — moving my body and nourishing it. Every. Single. Day.

At 40, living with multiple autoimmune conditions, having been on the brink of obesity and liver failure — the version of me that exists today is one I fought hard to become. And I’m never going back.

The minute my kids walk out that door in the morning, I belong to me first. A walk. My breakfast. My water with electrolytes. Not because I have time for it — because I don’t have time NOT to.

I pour into everything and everyone. My practice. My clients. My kids. My team. But none of that is sustainable if I’m running on empty and ignoring the vessel that carries all of it.

This is the non-negotiable. This is the flex.

What does your morning non-negotiable look like? Tell me below. 👇🏽

The thing you keep putting off? It might be the actual strategy.I sat down with of for a conversation I needed as much...
06/09/2026

The thing you keep putting off? It might be the actual strategy.

I sat down with of for a conversation I needed as much as you might. We get into what it really looks like to lead from a regulated place — not the burnout-now-rest-later version we keep selling ourselves.

Krystal spent two years getting “slapped around” by her business before she got honest about what she actually wanted to build. What turned it around wasn’t another system. It was desire. Community. Rest as a strategy instead of a reward.

We talk about 👇
-Why she stopped comparing her journey to everyone else’s
-Reframing travel as a leadership tool (and how she does it on a budget)
-Her “open fist” mindset — why letting go became her biggest growth move
-The small daily practices that keep her regulated on the ordinary weeks

If you’ve been telling yourself you’ll slow down when things calm down… this one’s for you.

🎧 Link in bio to listen or head to wherever you listen to your podcasts!

06/08/2026

For a long time I thought the tighter I held my business the safer it would be.

Every decision came through me. Every hire, every process, every client relationship. I was the system. And I told myself that was leadership.

It wasn’t. It was control. And there’s a difference.

When everything fell apart — half my team gone, debt I was ashamed to say out loud, decisions I was making from pure desperation — I finally had to admit the truth. The tighter I held, the more I lost. The people who left didn’t leave because I didn’t care enough. They left because I couldn’t trust anyone enough to share the weight.

Now I’m mapping out an org chart that gets me completely out of the COO role. I’m writing job descriptions for the people who need to be in those seats so I can step fully into CEO, visionary, creative. The person I actually am.

Delegation isn’t a management strategy. It’s an act of honesty.

What are you still holding that was never yours to carry alone?

-> save this for the version of you still trying to hold it all.

05/22/2026

Walking into a VIP day today with a consulting client.

Gemini season. Too much on my plate if I’m being honest. And somehow — feeling grounded.

This is the thing about building a life on your own terms. It’s not always light. Some weeks it’s heavy and beautiful at the same time. Today is one of those weeks.

Today I sat down with a therapist who is doing the brave thing— she is choosing differently. Midstream. While scared. While the easier thing would be to stay exactly where she is.

She asked me to help her figure it out.

I don’t take that lightly. Not even a little bit.

Because I know what it costs to make a different choice when everything around you is telling you to stay put. I know what it feels like to want something different and not be sure you’re allowed to want it. I know the specific kind of courage it takes to say — out loud, to another human — I need help building this.

That’s not weakness. That’s the move.

This is what Brave & Well is for. Not the polished version. Not the highlight reel. The real moment — where a woman decides she is worth the risk and shows up anyway.

I am so grateful for this work. For this Friday. For Gemini season and the audacity it brings.

For every woman who has ever asked someone to sit with her while she figured out how to be brave.

What a gift to get to be that person.

→ If you’re that person right now — the one making a different choice while scared — I’m rooting for you!🔥

Nobody talks about what it actually costs to be the person keeping the lights on. We talk about how group practices expl...
05/18/2026

Nobody talks about what it actually costs to be the person keeping the lights on. We talk about how group practices exploit clinicians. We never talk about what it takes to run one with integrity.

I opened my group practice because there were so few clinicians of color in my area. Every new referral that came to me had the same story — desperately seeking a therapist who looked like them. I wanted to build a place where therapists who never imagined private practice was even an option for them could land safely and do good work without having to worry about the business side.

That’s still why I do this.

But here’s what I don’t say enough — it’s heavy. We are constantly building inside a system that devalues therapists, pays us poorly, and doesn’t even see us as a credible profession. And inside that broken system, I am trying to build something sustainable for an entire team of people whose livelihoods depend on the decisions I make.

Someone will always feel like they’re not getting paid enough. Someone will always want more. I had to learn that I cannot make everyone happy — and that doesn’t make me a bad owner. It makes me human operating inside an impossible system.

Today is one of those days where I just wish I was a therapist. Just a therapist. Not the person responsible for making sure everyone has a place to practice.

I’m not complaining. I chose this. But I think it’s important we see both sides — because the conversation is incomplete if we only talk about one.

Let me say something that might be uncomfortable.We spend years — and I mean years — becoming clinicians. Supervision ho...
05/12/2026

Let me say something that might be uncomfortable.

We spend years — and I mean years — becoming clinicians. Supervision hours. Licensing exams. CEUs. Ethics trainings. The whole thing.

And then we open a practice and realize: nobody taught us anything about running a business.

Not how to set a fee that actually covers our expenses and pays us well. Not how to market ourselves without feeling gross about it. Not how to hire, manage, or lead other humans. Not how to read a P&L or know if we’re actually profitable or just busy.

We were handed a clinical license and pointed at the door.

And then we wonder why so many therapists are burned out, underpaid, and drowning in the business side of something they built with their whole heart.

This isn’t a personal failure. This is a systemic gap.

The mental health field produces world-class healers who are completely under-resourced as business owners. And until we name that clearly and loudly, it stays invisible.

You are not bad at business. You were never taught business. There is a difference.

And that difference is exactly why Brave & Well exists.

Drop a 🙋🏽‍♀️ if nobody taught you the business side of practice ownership either.

→ Share this with every therapist you know who’s figuring it out alone.

05/11/2026

The identity split is real.

You trained to be a clinician. You became a business owner. And somewhere in the middle of those two things you’re holding a clinical caseload, making payroll decisions, managing a team, and trying to figure out which hat you’re supposed to be wearing today.

Nobody warned you about this part.

The loneliness of building something where almost no one in your personal life understands the specifics. The weight of being both the healer and the CEO.

I’ve lived this. I still live this. And I’ve built an entire ecosystem to support the people in the middle of it.

If you’re a group practice owner who is exhausted from figuring it out alone — there is a room for you.

Group Practice Circle. Final seats. Link in bio.

→ Final seats. You’re not doing this alone anymore.

05/07/2026

I stopped apologizing for knowing what I need.

I’m a Gemini. I’m extroverted. I need variety, I need people, I need novelty - and for a long time I treated all of that like a character flaw I had to manage instead of a personality I was allowed to have.

So 1 built a life around it instead.

Want to watch my kid while I go on a date with my husband? Yes please.
Hand-off is at 6.

Girls trip to a new city? Booked. Guilt-free. See you Thursday.

My calendar ends at 3pm so I can be in carline. I don’t offer 5 or 6pm appointments. That boundary has never once been up for negotiation.

Spa day on a random Wednesday? That’s called a business expense and a mental health strategy. I schedule it before I schedule anything else.

Here’s what I figured out:

Knowing yourself isn’t just about knowing your values or your goals. It’s knowing what lights you up.
What your nervous system actually needs.
What kind of day makes you feel like a human being instead of a machine.

And then building your life around THAT - instead of building a life and hoping you survive it.

I’m not a better mom because I sacrifice everything.

I’m a better mom because I stopped.

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