Starting a Therapist Podcast

Starting a Therapist Podcast

An interview with Joe Sanok, host of the Practice of the Practice podcast, on why, how, and when to start a podcast. Curt and Katie talk with Joe about what to consider when you’re a therapist with a bigger message. We get into some practical steps for podcasting. We also look at how you can create space for creativity, making a bigger impact, and slowing down.

It’s time to reimagine therapy and what it means to be a therapist. To support you as a whole person and a therapist, your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy talk about how to approach the role of therapist in the modern age.

Interview with Joe Sanok

Joe Sanok is a thought leader, productivity researcher, and speaker. As a TEDx speaker, HarperCollin author, business consultant, and podcaster Joe helps people to slow down to spark more innovation. Joe has the #1 podcast for counselors, The Practice of the Practice Podcast. With interviews with Pat Flynn, John Lee Dumas, and Jaime Masters, Joe is a rising star in the speaking world!

Joe is a writer for PsychCentral, has been featured on the Huffington Post, Forbes, GOOD Magazine, Reader's Digest, Entrepreneur on Fire, and Yahoo News. He is author of five books and has been named the Therapist Resource top podcast, consultant, and blogger.

In this episode we talk about:

• The mistakes that Joe made that informs his work
• The need to listen to their audience prior to launching products
• How to listen to your audience
• “Fall in love with the pain and the people before you ever pitch a product.”
• Identifying pain points and the transformation
• Applying the therapeutic process to content creation
• Building your audience to the point that you can ask what the pain points are
• Why it would be a good idea to start a podcast
• Pod-fading - most podcasts stop releasing episodes within 12 episodes
• How to choose your topic
• The importance of being yourself
• Understanding the goals of your podcast
• The surprising things that happen when you have a podcast
• Visibility and connection that comes from podcasting
• Figuring out your next step and jumping before you’re ready
• The importance of setting limits around your time – how that impacts your performance
• The problem with over-thinking
• The benefit of delegating tasks and dramatically decreasing your time at work
• The process of refining your business to better support you and the problem of perfectionism