You’ve built the skill. You’ve shown up for everyone. You’re the one people call when things fall apart. So why does the next level still feel impossible to picture?
In this episode, Farya Barlas, a Psychologist, chats with Dr. Nicole Nasr about the invisible rules that keep even the most capable therapists, coaches, and founders operating out of survival. Dr. Nasr is living proof of a different path: a clinician who stepped into founder leadership without trading her ethics or her soul.
If you’ve ever felt blocked by self-doubt, resisted the spotlight, or wondered why your business growth keeps colliding with an invisible ceiling, press play.
Inside this episode, you’ll uncover:
- The quiet way trauma and training can collude to keep practitioners doing everything themselves.
- How “not enough” shows up as strategy-sabotage vs. nervous-system truth.
- Why therapists (and other helpers) often struggle to monetize their brilliance — and one reframe that changes everything.
- What it feels like to move from a confining “operator” identity into a sustainable CEO capacity.
- How to spot when your ambition is survival-coded, not future-ready.
- The single question Nicole used to start designing a company that reflected who she actually was (not who she thought she had to be).
About the guest: Dr. Nicole Nasr
Dr. Nicole Nasr, Psy.D., is a counseling psychologist, entrepreneur, and the founder & CEO of Journey — a practitioner community and platform created to help therapists and coaches scale their impact without sacrificing wellbeing. Trained and practicing in the UK with roots in Montreal and Beirut, Nicole blends clinical expertise with a founder’s sensibility. Through Journey, she builds structures that connect practitioners to clients, training, and community so they can grow their work beyond the therapy room.
Become a journey member at journeystartshere.com and find them on Instagram @_journeystartshere.
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