100th Episode! What I have gained from 100 episodes of podcastingWelcome to what is for me a really special episode of the Business of Psychology podcast. 
It's really special to me because this is the 100th episode! It's actually not the 100th episode that I've recorded, as you might have noticed there are a few bonus episodes in there and they don't count in the official numbers, so we're actually well over 100 in terms of actual numbers, but this is the official episode 100 of the Business of Psychology and it's pretty momentous for me. 
I started this as a passion project, which came from my need to connect with other people, and my desire to share some of the business knowledge or advice that I'd picked up in my first few years in private practice. I was pretty desperate to share that because I felt like I'd been through a lot of pain that a lot of people didn't need to go through, and also that a lot of really valuable work and ideas for social enterprises and services that were badly needed in my community, were falling at the first hurdle because people didn't understand business, and they didn't understand marketing, and I understand that not everybody wants to know a lot about those things, or not everybody wants to spend hours and hours and lots of money either doing courses and coaching programmes and all this stuff that I enjoyed and loved doing and continue to do. So this podcast for me was really about connecting with like-minded people, and also providing something to help people who have got amazing ideas, but not necessarily very much knowledge about business or marketing, to reach more people and make a big impact in the world.
I could never have imagined when I set out thinking maybe I'll record six episodes, maybe I'll stretch it to 10, but have I got that much to say? I could never have predicted that I would get to 100 episodes, and that actually this podcast would be the bedrock of my business as it is now; my business which has changed dramatically over the two-and-a-bit years that I've been making this podcast. So I thought that I would record the 100th episode as a reflection on everything that I've learned from podcasting, and maybe it might inspire some of you to start your podcasting journeys, because I really think that a lot of you have got really important messages to put out there in the world, and podcasting is a great medium to do that, but I know from firsthand experience that it can feel a bit daunting to get started and it can also feel like a massive investment. So I thought it would be a good idea for me to share with you the ways in which podcasting has paid off as an investment for me; the things I've learned from it, the benefits that I've reaped from it, so that you can have a think about whether it might be right for you as well. 
This would also be a good first episode to listen to if you're new to the Business of Psychology, because I am going to mention some of the podcast episodes that have inspired me the most. If you head to the show notes, every episode I mention will be linked to there, so this could be a good one to listen to if you're new to our podcast.
1. InspirationThe first thing that I wanted to talk about is all of the inspiration that I have got from recording the Business of Psychology and the amazing people who I've interviewed. Now, if I was going to list out every inspiring episode that I've recorded it would be too long, because I have had some phenomenal guests on the Business of Psychology. But the one that really sprung to my mind when I was writing this episode was the episode I recorded with https://psychologybusinessschool.com/the-business-of-psychology/turning-a-practice-into-a-service-with-dr-melanie-lee/ (Melanie Lee), who talked to us about how to grow a team. What inspired me about talking to Melanie was the vision that she had; she knew exactly what service she wanted to provide, and it was bigger than her, it was bigger