You think you’re just being generous.

You think you’re just making your service more accessible.

But what if staying affordable is quietly costing you far more than you realise?

In this episode, I take you behind the scenes of a real pricing conversation I had with a therapist inside The Freedom Therapist Club — one that started with “I’m not sure what to charge for this…”... and ended somewhere much deeper.

We talk about:

• what actually happens when you undercharge (even with the best of intentions)
• how it impacts your nervous system, your team AND the longevity of your practice
• and what starts to shift when you give yourself permission to build something sustainable - while you’re still deeply IN it.

This one’s not really about pricing.

It’s about capacity.

And the quiet weight so many therapists carry trying to make it work inside a model that we know needs to change.

If you’ve been feeling the pressure — this is for you.

🧡 Mia

Resources & Links:

The Scalable Therapist Offer™: https://www.thefreedomtherapist.com.au/scale

It’s a free, live workshop happening on Friday June 20th at 10am AWST, where I’ll show you:

• exactly how I built my first sold-out scalable offer while running a full remote caseload
• the 5-step process I now teach inside The Freedom Therapist Club
• how to finally build the offer that’s been quietly asking for your attention

Join LIVE and get the Scalable Offer Template I use with clients to turn “I’ve got this idea” into “this is actually happening.”

Because the longer you wait for “space”… the more that idea stays stuck.

This hour will help you start.

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You started your business for more space, more autonomy, more alignment.

But what happens when you’ve built the thing… and it still doesn’t feel like yours?

In this episode of The Freedom Therapist Podcast, I speak to the quiet ache so many therapists carry: the over-functioning, the people-pleasing, the invisible labour that follows us from traditional systems straight into private practice.

We unpack why your business can look “successful” on the outside — and still leave you feeling tired, stretched, and strangely disconnected.

Because for many of us?

The problem isn’t that we’re not doing enough.

It’s that we’re still measuring our worth through output, presence, and being the one who always shows up.

Even when it costs us.

Inside this episode, I explore:

✨ Why the urgency we thought we were escaping often follows us

✨ How your business might be quietly replicating the pressure you left behind

✨ The difference between caring deeply and carrying everything

✨ A simple 3-question tool I use when I feel myself spiralling into over-responsibility

✨ How to know when you're building from survival instead of alignment

✨ What it looks like to re-define success in a way that honours your nervous system, your values, and your life

This episode is for the therapist who feels like they’ve outgrown the way they’ve been working — and wants to do things differently.

Not by burning it all down, but by building with more truth, capacity, and care.

🌱 Resources & Links:

Join the waitlist for The Freedom Therapist Club — a space for therapists who are ready to build businesses that support them, too: https://www.thefreedomtherapist.com.au/club

Connect with me on Instagram: @miapoko

🎧 Tune in now — and let this episode be your permission slip to stop doing more, and start building from who you really are.

If you’ve ever found yourself staring at your to-do list with a tight chest, fantasising about burning it all down, or wondering if you’re just not cut out for business — this episode is for you.

In this raw, reflective solo episode, Mia speaks directly to the therapists, practice owners, and helpers who are quietly carrying too much. The ones who love their work, but are exhausted by the invisible load. The ones who know the nervous system theory but are still dys-regulated. The ones who are craving more space, clarity, and truth in how they run their business.

Together, we unpack what it really means to be overwhelmed in private practice — not just as a scheduling issue or strategy gap, but as a nervous system, capacity, and emotional load challenge. Mia shares practical tools for discerning whether you’re facing a systems issue or a capacity issue, and offers honest, tangible strategies for navigating both.

You don’t need to fix everything. You might just need a pause. This episode will help you know the difference.

In this episode, Mia explores:

• Why overwhelm in private practice doesn’t mean you’re failing — and what it might be telling you
• The invisible emotional load therapists carry as business owners (that no one sees)
• Nervous system dys-regulation vs business structure: how to tell the difference
• What to do when it all feels like too much
• The “Overwhelm Check-In” — a 3-step tool to regulate before reacting
• The most common capacity traps we mistake for strategy problems
• Why more structure isn’t always the answer (and what might be)
• A permission slip to pause before you pivot

For Therapists Wanting More Support:

This is the kind of deep, human-first business support we explore inside The Freedom Therapist Club a space for therapists building sustainable businesses without burnout. If this episode resonates, you're not alone. And you don’t have to figure it all out in isolation.

🔗 Applications here for the Freedom Therapist Club waitlist

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