Therapists are trained to hold space, track nervous systems, and metabolize complex emotional fields. We are rarely trained to build sustainable businesses.
In this episode of The Awakened Therapist Podcast, I sit down with Khara Croswaite Brindle to explore financial health for therapists and why secondary income streams are not just about money, but about sovereignty.
We talk honestly about burnout. About the emotional impact of cancellations. About how tying our entire livelihood to weekly sessions can quietly erode our sense of worth and stability. And about how diversifying income can actually support creativity, rest, and long-term sustainability in this work.
This is not a conversation about hustle culture. It is a conversation about alignment.
When your income is diversified, you are less likely to overextend with clients. Less likely to feel resentful when someone cancels. Less likely to collapse into fear during slow seasons. Financial health becomes a clinical issue because it directly impacts how cleanly you can sit at the sacred boundary.
Khara offers grounded, practical guidance on building secondary income through consultation, courses, supervision, and scalable offerings. We explore how therapists can think more strategically about their work without compromising their integrity.
If you have ever felt the quiet pressure of needing your caseload to stay full at all costs, this episode will land.
About Khara
Khara Croswaite Brindle, MA, LPC, ACS, CFT is a TEDx Speaker, licensed mental health therapist, Certified Financial Therapist, Certified Enneagram Coach, and Certified Journal Therapist based in Colorado. She is also a serial entrepreneur, 2x Amazon #1 Best-Selling Author, professor, consultant, and professional speaker.
Khara specializes in helping therapists and financial therapists create secondary income streams to prevent burnout through consultation, courses, and supervision. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, she gets her best ideas walking outside near water. When she’s not writing her next book or supporting fellow helpers, she enjoys time with her daughter, reading, and indulging in gluten-free desserts with her family.
Consultation with Khara on secondary income streams: https://croswaitecounselingpllc.com/consultation
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kharacroswaite/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/kharacroswaite/
About Harmony
Harmony Kwiker, MA, LPC, is the founder of The Awakened Therapist Approach and host of The Awakened Therapist Podcast. She is Lead Gestalt Faculty at Naropa University’s Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling program and the founder of the Institute for Spiritual Alignment.
Harmony integrates Gestalt therapy, transpersonal counseling, somatic intelligence, and nervous system regulation into a cohesive clinical framework rooted in client sovereignty. She is the author of four books, including The Awakened Therapist and Holistic Co-Regulation, and trains therapists worldwide in spiritually integrated, presence-based psychotherapy.
Train With Us
If this conversation resonates, you may be ready to deepen your clinical presence and professional sustainability.
Awakened Therapist Level 1 is a live training where we integrate energetic coherence, somatics, trauma-informed care, polyvagal theory, Gestalt experiments, and transpersonal awareness into one cohesive framework.
We also offer:
Monthly group supervision
Individual consultation and mentorship
Advanced trainings in depth work and transpersonal practice
You can learn more and explore upcoming cohorts at awakenedtherapist.com.