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“Sometimes it's not just thinking about expansion, it's ‘What's the model that works for me,’” Director of The Therapy Hub, Marie Vakakis

“Sometimes it's not just thinking about expansion, it's ‘What's the model that works for me,’” Director of The Therapy Hub, Marie Vakakis

FromUnemployed & Afraid


“Sometimes it's not just thinking about expansion, it's ‘What's the model that works for me,’” Director of The Therapy Hub, Marie Vakakis

FromUnemployed & Afraid

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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
May 12, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

A portfolio business might not answer the annoyingly quick question of “what do you do?” but it could be the answer to your own personal and professional joy.
My guest today is Marie Vakakis, Director of the mental health services business The Therapy Hub, and she has a powerful perspective on what it takes to balance leveraging an opportunity, with holding site of the bigger picture and the unique why we have behind being in business for ourselves.
In this chat with Marie you’ll hear about:

Developing a portfolio business
Information overload and its effect on imposter syndrome
Navigating new service offerings in a cost-of-living crisis
Managing a personal brand business alongside a traditional business
The impact of mental health care in business ownership
And knowing when to stop scaling up.

You will walk with a sense of business solidarity and renewed belief in how to move forward in your own business, stories of others keeping it real do that for us.
Listen to Marie’s podcast This Complex Life
Check out the Connected Teens course
Visit The Therapy Hub
You can find more show notes and transcripts at unemployedandafraid.com.au/episodes.
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You can reach your host on email kim@unemployedandafraid.com.au on IG on LinkedIn
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Released:
May 12, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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This weekly podcast explores what it’s like to be starting your career over, with the people who’ve done it. In conversation, we tackle the messy middle of changing your life - how it feels to drop the identity of whatever came before and step into a brand new you – with, or without a plan.  Your host is Kim Kerton (hi!) the creator behind the handmade ceramics and plant-based recipes of Good Side of the Bed, a writer, marketer, yoga teacher, sea-changer, rev-head and pug mum. Before all that, Kim spent over a decade in the commercial media business. She decided to walk away, got unemployed and afraid, and here we are. This podcast is for the brave people who want to start over but are feeling the fear - maybe putting off starting because the end isn’t clear - and for those who find themselves right in the middle of the whirlwind. Whether by choice or by push, starting over is scary, Unemployed & Afraid is your tribe on the pathway through change. Follow for episode updates, and connect on Instagram @unemployedandafraid You can find the show notes at kimkerton.com.au/podcast