by Allison Puryear | May 29, 2017 | Building a Support System, Mindset, Self-care
There’s this house I love that had pigeons living in it. It was a few blocks from my office, this gorgeous, great-bones, hulking house that would be perfect for a bunch of therapists to have practices in. The pigeons had nested inside. The porch was falling apart. I...
by Allison Puryear | May 22, 2017 | Self-care
“High Maintenance” brings up some some interesting images… I’m not talking about insisting upon caviar and peeled grapes, or looking and acting “polished” every day. That’s not necessarily a bad thing – it’s just not what I’m talking about...
by Allison Puryear | May 15, 2017 | Business, Practice-Building, Self-care, Work-Life Balance
I’ve been asked numerous times to write about balancing parenting and starting a practice. I kept nodding my head and put check marks next to it on my “Blog Post Ideas” doc and skipping over it every time it came time to write. I’ve been avoiding this post hard...
by Allison Puryear | Apr 17, 2017 | Mindset, Private Practice, Self-care, Social Media
I’ve mentioned being wholly Team Locke so this post shouldn’t be a huge surprise. I’ve noticed a pattern in some folks as they’re in that scary building stage: a propensity to jump headlong into conclusions. I want to create a little structure to protect you from that...
by Allison Puryear | Apr 3, 2017 | Self-care
Jamie Stacks and I have been internet friends for what feels like a long time. Jamie has been a staunch advocate for self care, not just through her awesome Facebook Group REAL Self-Care for Therapists, but also through the way she interacts with people, the example...
by Allison Puryear | Mar 27, 2017 | Business, Business-Building, Self-care, Social Media, Strategizing
It’s so easy to go full throttle when you get excited about something. I’m the last one to tell you to dampen your enthusiasm… if you’ve know me at all you know my excitability and passion are not the most easily containable. But here’s the deal: we only have so much...