4 | The Real Face of Business Owner Burnout

Picture this: You built your therapy practice because you had an amazing vision - to transform lives, to create meaningful change, to build something that really mattered. But now you might be feeling like you're running on autopilot, going through the motions, and that fire that once drove you feels like it's been reduced to cold ashes.

If you're nodding along thinking "that's exactly how I feel," then this episode is for you. Because what we're talking about today isn't just the physical exhaustion everyone associates with burnout - it's something much deeper and more devastating for practice owners.

Episode Highlights:

• The Vision Death: How business owner burnout starts with your original vision slowly dying and taking everything else with it
• The Passion Paradox: Why the very passion that drove you to build your practice can become what burns you out
• Beyond Personal Impact: The ripple effect of practice owner burnout on your team, clients, and quality of care
• Hidden Signs: How burnout shows up as fear-based decisions, avoidance of your own practice, and feeling trapped in what was supposed to give you freedom
• The Isolation Factor: Why business owner burnout is uniquely lonely and misunderstood
• Sustainable Business Antidotes: Energy-first leadership, systems that serve, and treating your team as partners in your vision

Key Insights:

Drawing from Cecilia's personal experience of nearly selling her 18-year practice after COVID burnout, this episode explores how business owner burnout differs fundamentally from clinician burnout. It's not the "I need a vacation" kind of burnout - it's soul-crushing, vision-killing burnout that makes you question everything you've built.

The antidote isn't just better time management or delegation (though those help). It's reconnecting with your vision and building sustainable systems that protect and serve that vision. This means energy-first leadership - managing your energy cycles instead of just your time - and understanding that sustainable business practices for therapy practice owners look different than what typical business coaches teach.

I'd love to hear from you:

Email: hello@ceciliamannella.com

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