Healers with Hustles: Introduction to the podcast where healing meets creativity

Hello, hello! Welcome to the place for offbeat health professionals who bravely swap their healthcare hats for non clinical creative caps. I'm Caitlin, a psychologist turned copyright arch, and this is Healers with Hustles.

Hello, hello! Welcome to the very first episode of Healers with Hustles. I'm super excited to have you here. Now, you might be wondering what the purpose of this podcast is. Well, my wish for this podcast is to inspire other health professionals who also have a secret desire to start a nonclinical creative business.

I really hope to show what's possible. But in saying that, I might even bring in a few experts who aren't health professionals who can help us bridge knowledge gaps. Well, my knowledge gaps at least. Why am I doing this? Well, as a psychologist who crept out and started a writing business. I've experienced the paralyzing fear and oh my gosh, what the heck have I done self doubt that comes from stepping away from clinical work.

And as there's no clear model for making such a transition, well, none that was covered in my seven years of uni anyways. But not only that, at the time I wasn't sure if I was quote unquote allowed to start a creative business. It sounds so silly, but literally I feared the therapy police were going to show up on my doorstep to take me away.

But you know what, the moment I discovered there were so many of us out there, so many health professionals who ventured into creative spaces, whether doing clinical work alongside non clinical creative work, or have embraced their creative work full time, I felt a huge sigh of relief. And to be honest, it was a sigh of relief I wish I'd felt at the beginning when I've wondered if this path was even possible.

So, as a result, this podcast and the group is essentially a massive. Permission slip if you're considering a similar journey. But let's rewind a wee bit because I didn't tell you my story. So when I started my solo psychology private practice, I needed a website. Now, I didn't realize that web developers don't do the writing part, which I found out it's called copy, copywrite.

Anywho, so I had the task of writing the website content, and in the process I discovered it's actually a job. People get paid to write website content. What? What a dream. And I've always had this secret wish to be a writer. So many secret wishes. And at the time I was working in palliative care and in aged care as a psych, and one of my patients would frequently say to me, I won't die wondering.

And so when the idea of starting a copywriting business popped into my head, of course my first reaction was, who am I to do this? But my second thought was, well, I don't want to die wondering, what if I'd become a writer? So I started a writing business. Which meant I started two businesses in a space of like four months, which probably wasn't the most sensible idea, but coming back to the here and now in the podcast, let's talk a wee bit about the format of the show in the era of everyone's new favourite friend, chat GPT.

And yes, I can hear you saying, Caitlin, but what about ethics and code? Yes, health professionals are, well, professionals. And that means there are so many rules, codes, and regulations. But that doesn't mean we can't be human. It doesn't mean we have to be some robot with the weight of our profession resting on our shoulders.

And you know what? I feel so sad. Thinking about all those missed possibilities, or missed opportunities, or missed joy and fulfillment that comes from creative work, work that your whole soul loves. Because it is possible. It's so possible for you to have a joyful career where you're doing creative work as well as healthcare work, or maybe it's time to take that creative passion full time.

Whatever your path or your search, I'm here to support and inspire you every step of the way. And I really want to say thank you so much for joining me on this podcast journey. If you have a secret desire, just like I did, to start a non clinical creative business, stay tuned for more episodes. Okay. Take care.

All right. That's the end of another episode. Thank you so much for tuning into Healers with Hustles. If you've enjoyed today's episode, will you do me a tiny favour and subscribe to the show? Just tap the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform and you'll be the first to know as soon as a new episode drops.

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