Therapist to Coach: How Peggy DeLong Hit $7K in Month One While Keeping Her Practice [Ep 59]

What if you could add $7K to your monthly income without walking away from your therapy practice? Today's therapist-to-coach success story proves it's absolutely possible! I'm sitting down with Peggy DeLong, who's been a licensed psychologist for 23 years, just launched her coaching business last month, and is already crushing it.

After years of feeling creatively limited by her psychology license, Peggy finally found a way to protect her credentials while building the business she'd been dreaming about for years. We're talking real numbers, real challenges, and the exact steps she took to enroll five women in her group coaching program within 30 days. She shares why being in midlife actually gave her an advantage, how she overcame her resistance to calling herself a coach, and the specific legal steps that made her feel safe to move forward.

Plus, Peggy opens up about launching just days after losing her mother and how that loss actually fueled her success. If you've been sitting on the fence about adding coaching to your practice, this conversation will show you exactly what's possible when you bet on yourself.

More about Peggy DeLong:

Dr. Peggy DeLong, is a psychologist, professional speaker, author, therapist, and Midlife Awakening Coach, she helps others with overwhelm to experience peace and joy in their lives through utilizing her framework of The 4 Ps for Mental Health (Prioritize, Plan, Practice, Prosper) and her research-backed, brain-based proprietary methodologies, The Grateful Day and The Prioritize P.E.A.C.E. Method.

Topics covered on Therapist to Coach:

• How Peggy protected her psychology license while transitioning from therapist to coach.

• What made this 23-year licensed psychologist finally embrace calling herself a coach.

• Why Peggy believes being in midlife gave her an advantage in the coaching space.

• Why previous coaching programs failed her as a licensed mental health professional.

• The mindset shifts Peggy had to make after years of being trained not to self-disclose.

• How losing her biggest cheerleader (her mother) just days into the program impacted her launch.

• How she enrolled 5 women and generated $7,000 in her first 30 days.

Resources from this episode:

• Therapist to Coach Accelerator program

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Connect with Peggy DeLong:

• Website: www. midlifeawakeningsisterhood.com

• Facebook Group: Midlife Awakening Sisterhood: Building Purpose, Meaning, Connection, & Joy

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