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Brace yourself. This episode is a truth bomb that may rattle your nervous system, piss you off—or finally give you the relief you didn’t know you needed.

Tiffany makes the bold, controversial claim:

Only rich therapists should offer low-fee therapy.

If you’re not independently wealthy, subsidizing your clients’ care is costing you your body, your relationships, your clinical presence, and your long-term financial health.

This isn’t a hot take—it’s a hard truth.

And in this episode, Tiffany breaks it down piece by piece so you can finally stop blaming yourself for being burned out, broke, and overwhelmed.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Why real therapy (the kind that changes generational systems) requires time, money, and energy;

• What you actually need in order to hold space for deep, paradigm-shifting work;

• Why therapists doing low-fee work are either wealthy, new to the field—or silently falling apart;

• How the system benefits from your exhaustion—and why it’s time to opt out;

• What it looks like to build a practice that actually supports you emotionally, financially, and physically.
  
  

This is not your responsibility.

And if you’re not rich, you literally can’t afford to keep sacrificing yourself.

Email Tiffany at tiffany@leaninmakebank.com with the subject line: “Ready.”

Let’s build a practice that pays for your values—without costing you everything.

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In this episode, we’re back with powerhouse Canadian therapist and coach Olethea Pimenta, who went from undercharging at $130 to confidently billing $385 per session—up to three times a week, all cash-pay.

She’s living proof that your business can love you back.

Olethea breaks down the mindset, money work, and structural shifts it took to prioritize her own joy, rest, and parenting while delivering premium, transformational therapy in a socialized healthcare system.

This episode is packed with wisdom and a hell of a reframe: your business should be a nourishing relationship, not a hustle for survival.

In this episode, Olethea shares:

Why growing up without resources led her to recreate scarcity in her business—and how she rewired that;

How she replaced burnout and survival-mode with a business that feels like a rich auntie (yes please);

The massive shifts she made after having her daughter, including hiring a nanny and a night doula;

What it takes to break free from the collective therapist scarcity story—and why her business now funds freedom, not fear;

Her signature question to check your business attachment style: “Does your business love you back?”

Resources mentioned:

LIMB Academy

FWF Calculator

Olethea’s Website

Olethea’s Instagram

More about Olethea:

Olethea Pimenta is a psychotherapist and business coach specializing in helping owners run profitable businesses without burnout. Olethea specializes in deconstructing imposter syndrome, addressing high-functioning anxiety, and digging deeper into money trauma. Using trauma-informed practices, she helps therapists create a premium fee practices that refines their niche to go beyond their clinical work. If you're feeling stuck in your money or you need to make changes she can help you get paid. https://oletheap.com

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You've been out of the therapy world for a while.

Maybe you stepped back to raise kids. Maybe you worked in an agency. Maybe life just… happened.

And now you’re back—but you’re terrified to charge what you actually need.

This episode is for the therapist asking:

“Who am I to charge $200 or $300 when I’ve been out of practice for years?”

Tiffany tackles a powerful listener question and busts the myth that experience is what makes you worth premium fees. Spoiler: it’s not.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Why being strategic matters more than being seasoned when setting your fee;
  
  

• How burnout and scarcity actually make you a worse clinician—and how ease makes you better;
  
  

• Why serving low-fee, Medicaid-dependent clients in the past doesn’t mean you’re stuck there;
  
  

• The skill gap (not a personal failure) that keeps you from attracting premium clients—and how to close it;
  
  

• Why building a premium-fee practice is a learnable skill—not something you’re born knowing.
  
  

If you’ve been hiding behind “I need more time,” “I just got back,” or “I’m not ready yet”—this is your wake-up call.

Email Tiffany at tiffany@leaninmakebank.com with the subject line: “Ready.”

Let’s build the practice your future self will thank you for.