Every practice owner will face these four leadership principles again and again. How to stay calm under pressure. How to have tough conversations. How to hold real accountability. And the art of celebrating your people well. These are not one-time situations. They show up in the daily rhythm of running a practice, in the moment someone drops the ball, in the tension that fills a room when something goes sideways, and in the quiet moments where someone on your team does something extraordinary and needs to know you see it. In this episode, Sara and Marisa get into all four, with real words, real tools, and the honest conversation about what gets in the way of doing any of them well.

🔥 In This Episode:

• Why reacting in the moment almost always backfires and the more powerful move of coaching after the scenario instead of inside it
• How to walk into a tough conversation grounded and kind without losing your authority or undermining your own confidence as a leader
• The question Sara asks her leaders when they are afraid to have a hard conversation, and why worst case scenario is almost never what you think
• Whether you are dealing with a people problem or a process problem, and why getting that answer right changes everything about how you respond
• Practical ways to celebrate your team with specificity, from group call outs to phone reminders to the personal note that makes someone feel genuinely seen

The leaders who build teams that last are not the ones who have it all figured out. They are the ones who keep showing up to the hard conversations with enough steadiness that the people around them feel safe to grow. That is the work. And if you want to keep doing it alongside other leaders who are in it with you, the HeartWork Collective closes TODAY. Over six months, you and your team will get monthly group coaching calls, private community access, a growing resource library, and real time support from Sara and Marisa as you navigate exactly the kind of leadership moments this episode covers. If you are ready, this is your last chance. Join us here.

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Most people walk into a personal development event looking for an answer. A framework, a fix, a clear path forward. What happened at HeartWork Live on March 13th and 14th was something entirely different. In this episode, Sara and Marisa take you inside the weekend, the 13 acres, the art, the movement, the tears, the breakthroughs, and the moment a 60-year-old woman asked herself what she wanted for her life for the very first time. This is not a highlight reel. This is what it actually looks like when people stop outsourcing their direction and start listening to themselves.

🔥 In This Episode:

• Why chasing the how before you know the what will land you in the exact same place with a brand new problem
• What happened when a room full of leaders, associates, and team members stopped performing growth and actually went there together
• The moment one breakout session threw out the whole plan because the room needed something more real than the worksheet
• Why people who had been in therapy for three years had more movement in one weekend, and what that says about the kind of space Sara and Marisa hold
• What the HeartWork Collective is, who it is for, and why they are intentionally keeping it small

The inner work is not a detour from building a thriving business and a life you actually love. It is the whole road. If this episode stirred something in you, the HeartWork Collective is where the real work continues. Over six months, you and your team will get monthly group coaching calls, private community access, a growing resource library, and real time support from Sara and Marisa as you navigate the personal and professional work that actually moves the needle. Spots are limited and intentionally so. If you are ready, do not wait. Join us here.

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There is a moment most practice owners know well. A seat opens up, the pressure builds, and every instinct you have screams to fill it fast. What nobody tells you is that the urgency you feel is data, and it is worth sitting with before you act on it. In this episode, Sara and Marisa get into the real, unfiltered conversation about what hiring and firing actually looks like as you grow as a leader. Not the polished version, not the version where you always knew what you were doing. The version that includes holding out for eight months, learning to separate your intuition from your anxiety, and recognizing that sometimes the most strategic thing you can do is pause.

🔥 In This Episode:

• Why putting a warm body in an empty seat is a short-term fix that often creates a longer-term mess, and what to do in the waiting instead
• How Sara's team spent months simplifying systems and refining culture before making their next hire, and why that season made the eventual yes even clearer
• The difference between hiring out of fear and hiring from a place of quiet, grounded certainty, and how to tell the one from the other
• Why your team is the most honest mirror you have as a leader, and what it means when hiring keeps falling apart
• Marisa's honest look at how timelines she had mapped in her head collided with reality, and what she learned about trusting herself through the uncertainty anyway

The leaders who build teams that last are not the ones who always make the fastest decisions. They are the ones who do the inner work between hires, trust what they have built, and stay grounded enough to let the right people find them.

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