You’re doing the CEO work, but inside, you’re still hurting. You lead with strength, but grief has a way of creeping in when no one sees it.

In this episode, Niesia Garza, LCSW, founder of Daniel’s Harbor, shares how she’s built a practice out of her pain. She walks us through the raw loss of her son, how she continues to carry that in her leadership, and what it truly means to lead while healing. If you’re navigating deep seasons but still trying to show up for your business, this one’s for you.

Niesia Garza, LCSW, is a licensed therapist and the founder/CEO of Daniel’s Harbor Therapy Center in Florida. She turned the devastating loss of her two‑year‑old son into a mission‑driven practice that creates safe, judgment‑free space for families navigating traumatic grief.

Connect with Niesia:

• Daniel’s Harbor Website

• Daniel’s Harbor Therapy IG

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Some key takeaways from this episode include:

• Why your pain can become your mission if you choose to lead from authenticity

• How Niesia learned to tell her story and navigate grief without erasing it

• The leadership shift: letting your team see your humanity, even in hard seasons

• What to do when grief crashes in the middle of your workweek

• The power of not rushing your healing and how that wisdom filters into business decisions

It's time to take back your practice and own your CEO status. On the CEO Conversations™ podcast, we will cover the business side of your practice with actionable takeaways for you to implement in your practice. We will discuss: marketing, team building & leading, finances, operations & systems, YOU and everything in between.

Connect with Brandy:

• Brandy Mabra on IG

• Private Practice CEO IG

• Website

• Apply for the Private Practice CEO™ Program

What if your points could fly you first class to Dubai? Or land you in a five-star suite in Scotland? Too many CEOs are hustling hard but missing out on the luxury travel experiences their businesses could already be funding. Can you relate? Are your points collecting dust while burnout piles up? We get it. In this episode, Eli Facenda, aka The Travel Guy, reveals how to build a system that turns everyday business expenses into luxury travel experiences (without spending more). And it’s bigger than flights and hotel upgrades. His philosophy helps CEOs redefine success, prioritize rest, and build a business that doesn’t need them 24/7. If you’ve been craving freedom and fulfillment, this one’s for you.

Eli Facenda is the founder of Freedom Travel Systems, helping high-earning entrepreneurs turn everyday expenses into first-class travel. From first-class flights to five-star hotels, Eli’s approach to travel systems has helped thousands of CEOs reclaim their time and elevate their rest.

• Follow Eli on IG

• Visit his Website

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Resources mentioned:

• Emirates A380

• Hyatt Globalist Status

• Southwest Companion Pass

• Aviator Red (Barclays)

• Freedom Travel Systems

Some key takeaways from this episode include:

• The 3 travel “buckets” every CEO should master

• Why hustle culture might be costing you real freedom

• How to double your points (and your vacations)

• When to DIY vs. delegate your travel

• What “experiential wealth” really means - and how to measure it

It's time to take back your practice and own your CEO status. On the CEO Conversations™ podcast, we will cover the business side of your practice with actionable takeaways for you to implement in your practice. We will discuss: marketing, team building & leading, finances, operations & systems, YOU and everything in between.

Connect with Brandy:

• Brandy Mabra on IG

• Private Practice CEO IG

• Website

• Apply for the Private Practice CEO™ Program

You’re exploring AI for your practice, but your team isn’t exactly cheering you on. Maybe they’re worried, confused, or just flat-out resistant. Sound familiar? In this episode, I’m breaking down how to lead your team through the AI transition with clarity and integrity. You’ll learn how to manage fear around job security, communicate your vision without overexplaining, and leverage the right team members as “ambassadors” to support the rollout. If you're trying to implement AI but feeling the friction, this episode will help you shift from overwhelm to confident leadership.

➡️Coming this October: The Private Practice CEO® Bootcamp – Oct 13–17

It’s time to stop solving the same problems twice. Join the waitlist now.

Some key takeaways from this episode include:

• The first question to ask your team before implementing AI

• Why AI fear is really a culture issue (and what to do about it)

• How to identify and empower your “AI ambassadors”

• The leadership phrase that builds more trust than a perfect answer

• Why one conversation isn’t enough, and what to expect instead

• How to create a rollout plan that your team can actually follow

It's time to take back your practice and own your CEO status. On the CEO Conversations™ podcast, we will cover the business side of your practice with actionable takeaways for you to implement in your practice. We will discuss: marketing, team building & leading, finances, operations & systems, YOU and everything in between.

Connect with Brandy:

• Brandy Mabra on IG

• Private Practice CEO IG

• Website

• Apply for the Private Practice CEO™ Program

As we get closer to the holidays, you may be wondering how you can pay your team a holiday bonus for their performance this year. Bonuses are an amazing way to incentivize your team to hit their goals and reward them for hitting their marks. In this episode, I share the logistics of creating a bonus structure for your team members, what I’ve seen done well (and not well) when it comes to bonuses, and how to incentivize team members that aren’t money-motivated.

➡️ The next FREE Private Practice CEO Masterclass is happening September 17 at 12pm EST.

If Q3 felt like chaos, Q4 doesn’t have to. In just 60 minutes, we’ll have a real conversation, do real strategy, and walk through the shifts you need to make to lead with more clarity, confidence, and innovation.

Some key takeaways from this episode will include:

• The benefits of implementing a bonus structure in your business

• Deciding what the performance goals will be for bonuses

• Why your bonus structure should be a win-win scenario, not a loss

• Who should get a bonus in a private practice

• How to incentivize team members who aren’t motivated by money

• Ranges for bonuses based on the caliber of the position

• What I recommend for how often bonuses should be paid out

• Factoring how bonuses are taxed into the overall amount

• How to utilize ChatGPT to write your bonus structure

ChatGPT prompts to try:

• Create a bonus structure for a [practice specialty] private practice that will reward team members who work in the [fill-in-the-blank] department?

• Create a bonus structure for a [position/title] of a private practice in [insert specialty] that has financial oversight.

• Create a bonus structure for a [provider] who sees 25 patients per day in [X] specialty.

• Create a bonus structure for a [provider] who sees 25 sessions per week and is wanting a portion of the profit at $50,000 per year.

It's time to take back your practice and own your CEO status. On the CEO Conversations™ podcast, we will cover the business side of your practice with actionable takeaways for you to implement in your practice. We will discuss: marketing, team building & leading, finances, operations & systems, YOU and everything in between.

Connect with Brandy:

• Brandy Mabra on IG

• Private Practice CEO IG

• Website

• Apply for the Private Practice CEO™ Program

“Oh, I don’t want to bother them!” Have you found yourself or an employee use this phrase to escape following up with a client? We’ve all been there and it’s time to shake the feeling. Sales systems are critical not only for your practice but for the health and well-being of your clients. Today we’re talking about the stages of marketing that can help you attract more clients, engage and nurture those relationships, and keep them coming back for more.

➡️ The next FREE Private Practice CEO Masterclass is happening September 17 at 12pm EST.

If Q3 felt like chaos, Q4 doesn’t have to. In just 60 minutes, we’ll have a real conversation, do real strategy, and walk through the shifts you need to make to lead with more clarity, confidence, and innovation.

Resources mentioned:

• Ep. 31 - Marketing Conversations You and Your Team Need to Have to Keep Your Money Coming in the Door

• Ep. 68 - How a Luxury Brand Can Help You Elevate Your Practice

• Ep. 71 - $10,000 Tasks

Some key takeaways from this episode include:

• The secret to building a patient pipeline

• What your sales and your clients’ health have in common

• What it’s really like to build a community around your practice

• What Brandy really thinks about getting reminders from her providers

• A peek into how to get the marketing work done without burning out

• The real, behind-the-scenes of following up effectively

• Brandy’s unexpected perspective on sales and why yours are important

• How to identify when you’re on the verge of losing engagement

• What you can do right now to to better understand your clients

It's time to take back your practice and own your CEO status. On the CEO Conversations™ podcast, we will cover the business side of your practice with actionable takeaways for you to implement in your practice. We will discuss: marketing, team building & leading, finances, operations & systems, YOU and everything in between.

Connect with Brandy:

• Brandy Mabra on IG

• Private Practice CEO IG

• Website

• Apply for the Private Practice CEO™ Program

If you’re still running your practice like it’s 2025, you’re already behind. Being innovative isn’t about being trendy, it’s about survival.

In this episode, I’m continuing our conversation around leading through the healthcare shifts we know are coming like Medicaid changes to AI adoption to the evolving demands of modern patients. We’re talking about what it really means to stay open to innovation, why “comfortable” is no longer a growth strategy, and how to build a business that actually lasts.

This one will stretch how you think and challenge you to lead with vision and creativity - not just react to what’s happening around you.

➡️The next FREE Private Practice CEO Masterclass is happening September 17 at 12pm EST.

If Q3 felt like chaos, Q4 doesn’t have to. In just 60 minutes, we’ll have a real conversation, do real strategy, and walk through the shifts you need to make to lead with more clarity, confidence, and innovation.

Resources mentioned:

• Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't by Jim Collins

• Jeff Bezos: The Beginning biopic on Prime Video

Some key takeaways from this episode include:

• What Blockbuster and Best Buy can teach you about how to run your practice

• Why innovation is not about strategy and how it’s all about survival

• How to carve out CEO time that actually leads to breakthrough ideas

It's time to take back your practice and own your CEO status. On the CEO Conversations™ podcast, we will cover the business side of your practice with actionable takeaways for you to implement in your practice. We will discuss: marketing, team building & leading, finances, operations & systems, YOU and everything in between.

Connect with Brandy:

• Brandy Mabra on IG

• Private Practice CEO IG

• Website

• Apply for the Private Practice CEO™ Program

Have you ever said you didn’t want a million-dollar practice, but deep down you’re not sure that’s true?

Maybe it’s not that you don’t want more, it’s that you don’t know how to get there.

In this episode, I’m walking you through what it really takes to grow from $20K to $300K months. We’ll talk about the mindset shifts, structure, and leadership required to scale, plus why so many practice owners limit their revenue without even realizing it.

Even if 7-figures isn’t your goal, you’ll learn how to grow in a way that feels aligned, profitable, and on purpose.

If you’re ready to lead like a CEO, this episode will help you think bigger and build smarter.

➡️ Need clarity around what’s really possible for your private practice? Join the FREE Masterclass on August 21 at 11am ET. This isn’t a slideshow or a sales pitch. It’s a real-time, organic, 60-minute CEO conversation about leadership, business, and team culture in private practice.

Resources mentioned:

• 10x Is Easier Than 2x by Dan Sullivan & Dr. Benjamin Hardy

Some key takeaways from this episode include:

• Why revenue is a vanity metric, and what you should prioritize instead

• The difference between $20K/month and $300K/month practices

• What your baked bean story has to do with your money mindset (yes, really)

• The powerful “gap check” you unlock when you 10x your goals

• The CEO-level visioning exercise to define your version of wealthy (and why it will change everything)

• The leadership shifts needed for scaling a profitable, purpose-filled business

It's time to take back your practice and own your CEO status. On the CEO Conversations™ podcast, we will cover the business side of your practice with actionable takeaways for you to implement in your practice. We will discuss: marketing, team building & leading, finances, operations & systems, YOU and everything in between.

Connect with Brandy:

• Brandy Mabra on IG

• Private Practice CEO IG

• Website

• Apply for the Private Practice CEO™ Program