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Driving all around town from class to class is not the only way to grow your wellness business.

It’s just one way.

There are benefits to teaching classes. I taught in the public for over a decade.

There are also cons. Some of them are why I no longer teach weekly classes.

If you are going to teach classes online or in person it’s best to understand your reasoning.

Not going into it blindly thinking that’s the way it should be done because it’s what everyone else is doing.

Take it from me. There was a time I was teaching more than 10 classes a week, while treating patients and teaching workshops and trainings on the weekends.

I did it because that’s what my mentors did. That’s what I saw other people doing. In the beginning I was nervous as heck. Then I eventually grew to love teaching. 

But it was way too much.

Now I teach when I want, what I want.

It’s possible for you too if you just evaluate how teaching fits into the big picture of your business.

Because teaching is ONE facet of your business, NOT your whole business (even if you love it and do it primarily).

Listen to this week’s podcast to hear more of my story and how to make the most of the classes you are teaching. Especially if you love them!

See you on the mat.

Hi, I'm Dr. Alison McLean, DPT

I believe wellness practitioners deserve to live the freedom they teach.

Not someday. Not after one more certification or one more full caseload. Now. We entered this work to help people heal — and somewhere along the way, we became the most burned out people in the room. Seeing clients back to back, skipping meals, missing family moments, quietly wondering if this is as good as it gets. What they didn't teach us in school is that the business model we inherited was never designed to give us freedom. It was designed to keep us busy. There's a version of your practice that doesn't require your sacrifice as the cost of admission. One where your income isn't capped by your calendar, your clients get your best, and you actually have a life outside the treatment room.

That's the world I'm building — and I'd love to help you build it too.