Do you have a fear of launching a myofunctional therapy business?  The good news is you’re not alone, my friend.  Not. Even. Close.

I meet many RDHs who have an itch to become a myofunctional therapist, but they get sweaty palms and stinky pits when thinking about *actually* doing it.

Since I’ve recently had several private coaching sessions on the same topic, I thought I’d tackle the fear of launching a myofunctional therapy business in this blog.

Let’s face it.  Nothing new and exhilarating is going to be without consternation, nerves, doubts, and fears.

When I had fear of launching my myofunctional therapy business years ago, I only knew one thing for sure.

I knew that I didn’t want to scrape teeth anymore.

That’s it.  I didn’t know what starting an online business looked like, but I wanted to give it a whirl!

Here are three things that I think will be helpful to you if you have a fear of launching your own myofunctional therapy business!

#1:  There is no easy button.

I answer a lot of “fear-based questions that essentially ask me to guarantee that your myofunctional therapy business will be successful.  I can’t do that for you my friend, because I don’t know anything about

• your work ethic
• your focus
• your “quittable” factor

If you don’t follow through, if you quit when things get hard, or if you simply never finish what you start then the odds are that this won’t be anything different for you.

With that said, nothing worth having comes easy…so embrace it and know that change happens outside your comfort zone!

#2:  Take messy action.

If you didn’t read Avoid Procrastination Disguised as Research & Planning then you should!

I encourage you to just get started even if things aren’t perfect.  In the Ignition Implementation Lab, I teach that you have to start messy and start before you’re ready.  I teach you to start with the bare bones and then circle back around and keep making improvements.  This allows you to get to a point where you’re ready to take on clients, earn some money and put some wind in your sails!

#3: Your predicament doesn’t have to be your destination.

I don’t know how to put this delicately so I’m just gonna roll with it.  Many of you have defined yourself into a box.  I’m a single mom.  I’m low on cash.  I have a pretty busy life. I’m married to someone who doesn’t support my dreams.

Blah blah freaking blah.

,You know the minute those words come out of your mouth that they are excuses.  Sure, maybe it is your predicament (which I can respect. I’ve been there too!), but are you accepting it as your final destination?  I’ve worked with many women who valued my training enough that they made profound changes to how they spend and save money so that they could afford the program.  So that they could chase those big, fat, hairy dreams.

I help you with the nitty-gritty stuff when it comes to launching your myofunctional therapy business, but I can’t fix your mindset!  If you have a fear of launching, that’s ok.  Do it anyhow.  You can do hard things.  Also, make sure you’re not sabotaging yourself, and get ready to start imperfectly!

xo, 😘

About the Author, Carmen M. Woodland

Carmen is a powerhouse myofunctional educator, whose “secret sauce” is teaching women how to build their own, incredibly satisfying career in myofunctional therapy.  She is obsessed with all things myo, myofunctional therapy business, marketing, social media, content, data, revenue, goals, and helping you navigate the messy and magical journey to becoming an authority in the myofunctional therapy niche.

She teaches you the tried and true secrets to building a career you’re in charge of, and one that’s life-changing for both you and your clients.

Shy away from the hard stuff?  No way, Carmen gets down in the trenches with you, just like your favorite gal-pal there to cheer you on.  Her no-nonsense-tough-love-common-sense-solutions-oriented approach is the real reason that she gives you the kick in the pants you need.  Carmen is your one-stop shop to learn everything you need to know about delivering effective myofunctional therapy, and building a thriving, profitable myofunctional therapy business.

A dental hygienist who got tired of watching unhealthy people slip through the cracks.  She took her 15 years of dental hygiene experience, completed advanced post-graduate training in orofacial myofunctional therapy, earned a prestigious M.B.A. (Masters in Business Administration), grew a successful myofunctional therapy business, and now she works from home with clients around the world and runs an extremely popular myo coaching and business training program.

If you find your passion intersection at the corner of Myofunctional Therapy Avenue, Dental Hygiene Highway, Female Entrepreneur Boulevard, and Work From Anywhere Way…then get cozy here, because you’ve found your unicorn!  Carmen is here to educate, encourage, and empower you while she teaches you all the things!