Work with Maren
You don’t need every option. You need the right one.
Three ways in, depending on where you are: free writing that keeps you company, a two-hour workshop where you calculate your number, and a six-month build where you install the whole system.
Every one of these leads to the same place: a practice that pays you properly, on purpose. What changes is how much we’re building and how long we’ve got. Most people read for a while, then do the workshop, then decide about the cohort. Some come straight in. If you’re not sure which one fits, that’s genuinely what the free call is for — I’d rather point you to the right door than sell you the biggest one.
Therapists in private practice · Virtual, or in person in Raleigh
Which one is yours?
| Compared on | Idea Chaser on Substack | The Right Revenue Number | Practice & Profit Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | You want to think about money differently before you change anything | You want to know what your practice actually needs to generate | You want the whole system built, with support that actually sticks |
| Format | Writing in your inbox, whenever I have something worth saying | One live two-hour workshop on Zoom, with your own numbers | Six months, small group, done with you |
| Who’s in the room | Just you and a cup of something | Maren and Amber Dugger, creator of Profit for Keeps® | Maren and Amber Dugger, plus a small group who get it |
| You leave with | Ideas, language for the money stuff, and a lot less shame | Your Profit for Joy® Number and a 30-Day Cash Plan | A complete cash flow system, running |
| Investment | Free | Paid workshop · next date & price | Discovery call first |
Still not obvious? Book the free call and we’ll talk through what’s going on in your practice and which option makes the most sense for you — including “none of these yet.”
Idea Chaser, on Substack.
Free · New writing goes there first
Ideas and practical guidance about money, business, and building a practice that supports your life. Owner pay, cancellations, the tax account, the ADHD of it all, and the private-practice truths nobody says out loud in grad school.
It’s the lowest-stakes way to find out whether the way I think about this fits the way you think. Read for a month. Read for a year. Nothing is being sold in the middle of a post.
The Right Revenue Number
Live 2-hour workshop · With Amber Dugger · 2.0 Ethics CE contact hours
Most therapists have never calculated what their practice actually needs to generate. In two hours, with your own numbers in front of you, you work it out with me and Amber — and leave understanding what that number means for your pay, your fees, and your caseload.
This is the front door to my Profit for Keeps® work. Plenty of people do the workshop and don’t need anything else for a while. Some go on to the cohort. Both are good outcomes.
- Your Profit for Joy® Number, calculated from your real numbers
- An understanding of the six parts that build it: revenue, pricing, expenses, owner pay, cash flow, capacity
- Your 30-Day Cash Plan for putting the numbers into action
- 2.0 Ethics CE contact hours when you attend live
Practice & Profit Cohort
Six months · Done with you · Small group
This is the full build. Over six months you install your complete Profit for Keeps® cash flow system, live, with me and Amber Dugger — the person who created the method. Not a course you work through alone at 11pm.
It’s designed for the way our brains actually work: body doubling so the work gets done in the room, rest weeks built into the calendar on purpose, and a small group of people who understand exactly why this has been hard.
- Six months, in a small group, co-led with the creator of Profit for Keeps®
- Your owner pay, tax set-asides and reserves, actually set up and running
- Body doubling and built-in rest weeks — momentum over homework
- A community of therapists who get it
Not sure it’s the right fit? Book a free discovery call and we’ll talk it through first.
The cohort runs through Profit for Keeps®, where Amber and I lead it together — that link takes you over to the program site.
The questions I actually get.
Do I have to be a therapist?
Therapists in private practice are who all of this is built for, and the workshop and the cohort are written in that language. If you’re a coach or another service-based practice owner and it still sounds like you, reach out and we’ll talk about fit.
Who do you work with?
Solo practitioners, group practice owners, and therapists just starting out. The work looks different depending on where you are — a group owner might be redesigning clinician pay, someone starting out might be setting their first fee — but the format is the same: real numbers, built live, with you.
I’m just starting out. Will this work for me?
Yes. You don’t need years of experience or an established practice. If anything, calculating your number before the caseload fills is the easier order to do it in.
I’m not ready for a six-month program. Can I still work with you?
Yes — that’s exactly what the workshop is for. Two hours, your own numbers, and you leave with your Profit for Joy® Number and a 30-Day Cash Plan. Plenty of people do that first and join the cohort later, or don’t need to.
Do I have to do the workshop before the cohort?
No. The workshop is the front door, not a gate. If you already know you want the whole system built, book a free call and we’ll talk about the cohort directly.
I don’t have time to work on this right now — I need to focus on my practice.
That’s the objection I hear most, and it’s backwards. Two hours in the workshop, or six months of building it with support, replaces the years of figuring it out between sessions in stolen hours. It’s not time away from your practice. It’s the fastest way back to it.
What if I don’t know exactly what I need help with?
You don’t have to know. Book a free call and we’ll work out together whether the workshop, the cohort, or something else entirely is the right fit.
Not sure which one? Let’s just talk.
A free Profit Discovery Call is a conversation about what’s going on in your practice, what you want to be different, and which of these — if any — actually makes sense right now.
Book a Free Discovery CallWant to start smaller? Is Your Practice Paying You Enough? gets you your number first.
Or reach out any time — hello@balanceandbeyondcoaching.com · Text 984-254-3715