The Method & The Mind: Top Tips for Starting Out In Business

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October 19, 2025

Kevin and Hannah DeGroot share their top keys!

Starting a practice is exciting—but it can also feel overwhelming.

In today's edition of the Uncaged Clinician blog, Kevin and Hannah revisit the roots of their coaching journey, blending both the method and the mindset it takes to build a sustainable business.

Here are their top takeaways for anyone at the starting line:

1. Set Boundaries Early

One of the biggest pitfalls new practice owners fall into is saying “yes” to everything out of fear—late nights, weekend sessions, discounted rates. While it might help you get started, it often leads to resentment and burnout later. Boundaries—around your time, your pricing, and your expectations—create sustainability. It’s far easier to loosen boundaries later than to tighten them after the fact.

2. Balance Safety and Complacency

Starting a practice requires courage, but it also requires wisdom. Some people cling too tightly to safety, staying in jobs they’ve outgrown. Others throw themselves in with no plan, risking financial ruin. The sweet spot lies in finding the right amount of safety—financial margin, clear goals, a plan to transition—without letting comfort keep you from moving forward.

3. Grow in Self-Awareness

Successful business owners know themselves—their strengths, their blind spots, their motivations. Self-awareness helps you stay resilient, build healthier relationships, and lead more effectively. Tools like the Enneagram or Working Genius can help, but the most powerful growth often comes from honest feedback and reflection.

4. Prioritize Communication & Connection

Marketing is important, but relationships build businesses. Whether it’s conversations in your community, networking, or even how you use ads, success ultimately flows from your ability to communicate clearly and connect authentically. People buy hope, trust, and confidence—not just services.

5. Embrace a Growth Mindset

Failure isn’t the opposite of success—it’s part of it. New business owners often get discouraged when things don’t go as planned. But a growth mindset allows you to see mistakes as lessons, to laugh at yourself, and to keep learning with humility.

6. Be Intentional & Adaptable

Business development is less about hustling blindly and more about setting clear intentions, evaluating results, and making small, thoughtful adjustments. Sustainable success comes from processes you can repeat—and refine—not constant big pivots.

Starting a practice takes both method and mindset. Boundaries, self-awareness, communication and a growth mindset lay the foundation. Intention and adaptability keep you moving forward. With the right balance of courage and planning, building a thriving, sustainable practice is more possible than you might think.

Check out this week's The UNCAGED CLINICIAN Podcast (Oct 22, 2025) when Kevin DeGroot and wife, Hannah DeGroot, will be discussing these tips!

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