I’m a licensed marriage and family therapist. Although I do love what I do, I also want to add something to the mix so that I have something else to do other than sit and talk to clients all day. I would like to find a good way to also make passive income. And…..one of the reasons that I started this blog, was to get the creative juices flowing and try my hand as a writer to see how it feels.
I have thought about doing a podcast because lord knows I would have plenty of topics for it. Some of my clients have asked me about doing a podcast so that they can watch it or listen to it (depending on what kind of podcast I do) between sessions. Clients have told me that they think I would be good at doing a podcast, and some clients even said that they wouldn’t mind being on it and doing a brief session. My trouble is…..figuring out how to start a podcast. And to be quite honest, I haven’t had the time to even try to figure it out because I have been so busy. Figuring out how to start a podcast is on my list of things to do when I have some down time at the end of December.
This past week I attended a conference and one of the presenters had a number of videos demonstrating some of her client sessions which I found interesting and helpful. Other presenters have written books and some of the presenters actually travel around the country giving presentations and offering workshops, but I don’t really want to travel that much to be honest, and doing the workshops and presentations sounds exhausting. I am trying to figure out what I can do and be at home.
I recently reached out to someone who said they could help me get a podcast started, and I told them I would like to set up a meeting to discuss the possibilities. Unfortunately, they did not get back to me and it leaves me wondering if I even want to work with them if they flaked before the actual meeting. I am also not sure I really want to do a podcast as a therapist because I don’t want to limit myself. I run into so many interesting people, and have odd experiences that I might want to talk about that type of thing, maybe stick to topics that are more satirical rather be someone who teaches other people about things.
I guess I have some things to think about. I am starting to think that perhaps I have not found the actual thing I am supposed to be doing above and beyond being a therapist, because nothing seems to pan out the way things panned out when I decided to be a therapist. At the conference this week one of my colleagues told me that she can see me talking about all the weird stories that clients have told me about their past therapists, and I can see that. And I can see me talking about all the weird crap I witnessed this week at the conference. Lol! I always hear about how therapists are weird, but I am not weird and neither are my friends who are therapists. However, this week…..all I can say is WOW….I experienced the strangeness of therapists. But then again, if I started talking about the weird things that therapist do, I think that might backfire. Hmmmm. Well, I am sure I will figure it out. Something is bound to jump out at me at some point.
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