Mental Health Business Mentor
Are you a clinician looking to find the balance between providing compassionate client care and business agility for your mental health practice? Tune in for all things YOU need to know to start or grow your practice and better serve clients across the board. Topics range from back-office fundamentals, professional networking and teletherapy to current brain science modalities, LGBTQ inclusion and more. Join your host, Margo Jacquot, PsyD, a long time veteran and business owner of The Juniper Center, one of the largest women-owned counseling practices serving Chicagoland and all of Illinois with teletherapy. Margo shares her thought leadership, lessons learned, trends in mental health and lead powerful discussions with industry and business experts, all to help more clinicians fulfill their dream of creating a thriving practice.
Mental Health Business Mentor
Nervous System Capacity in Business: What You Can’t Hold Will Break You with Linda Hunt
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In this episode of The Mental Health Business Mentor, we sit down with Linda Hunt to explore the often-overlooked connection between nervous system capacity and business success. As therapists and practice owners grow their caseloads, expand their teams, and take on new opportunities, it's easy to focus on strategy while overlooking the internal capacity required to sustain that growth. Linda shares how nervous system overload can impact decision-making, leadership, confidence, and resilience—and why what you can't emotionally, mentally, or physically hold will eventually create challenges in your business. Together, we discuss how clinicians can recognize when they've exceeded their capacity, build greater resilience, and create sustainable growth without relying on hustle, chronic stress, or burnout. Whether you're launching a practice, leading a team, or navigating a season of expansion, this conversation offers valuable insights into how strengthening your internal foundation can help you build a healthier, more sustainable business.
What You'll Learn
- What nervous system capacity is, and why it plays a critical role in business growth and leadership.
- How chronic stress and nervous system overload can impact decision-making, confidence, and effectiveness as a practice owner.
- The difference between burnout and exceeding your current capacity—and why that distinction matters.
- Practical strategies for building resilience and expanding your ability to navigate challenges without becoming overwhelmed.
Bio:
Linda Hunt is the founder of SumSolutions and the author of The Money Conversation: Speak the Truth. Set the Standard. Get Paid Without Apology. Linda helps service-based entrepreneurs build the financial and operational structure that sustains their brilliance. With a background in corporate, and as an early pioneer of remote accounting services, she brings decades of financial and
operational expertise — paired with a deep understanding of how structure, clarity, and nervous system capacity shape sustainable business success. From pricing and delivery to systems, boundaries, and communication, Linda’s work strengthens the business behind the service — so entrepreneurs can profit
sustainably, lead with confidence, and stop second-guessing their worth. Her clients learn to hold calm, grounded money conversations — not because they’ve memorized a script, but because their business is built to support their value.
Connect with Linda:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindaahunt/
https://www.instagram.com/sumsolutionsllc
BOOK: The Money Conversation explores how pricing, financial structure, and communication intersect—and why most service professionals struggle to hold value in real time. It provides a framework for aligning how you relate to money with how your business is built to support it, so that pricing, delivery, and decision-making become clearer and more consistent.
https://www.sumsolutions.com/the-money-conversation-book/
Dr. Margo Jacquot is the award-winning founder and Chief Care Officer of The Juniper Center, one of the largest woman-owned counseling and therapy practices in the Chicago area. With over 20 years of experience, she specializes in trauma recovery, addiction treatment, and LGBTQ-affirming therapy. Dr. Jacquot is also the host of the "Mental Health Business Mentor" podcast, where she shares insights on running a successful mental health practice.
Connect with Dr. Margo Jacquot:
- Website: thejunipercenter.com
- Instagram: @thejunipercenter
- Facebook: The Juniper Center