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or even if we haven’t talked about that explicitly

in the conversations

a lot of the activities the things that have been experimented

the trials the learnings the ups and downs at the end of the day

they do have a financial impact

 

Hello and Welcome to The Healthy Business Lab Podcast

where usually we interview awesome

allied health business owners who share their insights

their learnings

their stories around what it’s like to grow sustainable practices

but today it’s another episode here where you’ve got just me

where I wanted to duck in and

sort of follow the

outline that we normally talk about with guests

but just show what’s been going on with this podcast as it’s

been a very interesting evolution in how I’m looking at it

and the impact that it’s actually starting to have

even in these fairly early stages

and so we started this podcast in March 2025

and as we go to recording this one now that we’re in June

and so we’re sort of four months in

12 episodes I think this is episode no. 12

and as I’ve talked about within a few of our guests

this podcast has been an experiment

and so the theme that we follow with our podcast is

learn from the guest that we have

what’s their expertise what’s their background

what can we take on board from

the amazing knowledge in for paying that forward

and how do we look after ourselves as a business owner

as we run our practices

and then we talk about experiments because at

The Healthy Business Lab

we like to talk experiments in business

and learn from those to do things

better things come up with new ideas and new plans and again

the idea of those experiments

this podcast has been an experiment and so sharing on that

and finally we talk about transformations that actually happen

so just giving my little sort of insights again

my background is very much a goal

and my expertise is around providing business owners

and especially those in the allied health space

financial brain care and that’s at the heart of what we do

and this podcast was an experiment to start conversations

learn what’s going on

behind the curtain of business ownership in the allied health space

and just see where those stories led in the conversations

they opened up and by being able to share these stories

some of them may talk about numbers and money

and a few of our guests that we’ve already had on here

I’m thinking of Nicola Michell especially

I know she delved into a bit of detail around those

but each person has generally touched upon some financial matters

or even if we haven’t talked about that explicitly

in the conversations

a lot of the activities the things that have been experimented

the trials the learnings the ups and downs at the end of the day

they do have a financial impact

and so by being able to share that knowledge

share the insights

and start to have a bit more openness and conversations

around these activities that do have a impact

on the financials it’s been really encouraging and

it’s been interesting

than the feedback that I’ve been getting from listeners

is that played on to this idea of

we can build sustainable practices

we do need to be aware of numbers

and even just having markers for the different activities

and again the numbers we’re talking about may not even be financial

with dollar signs attached

they can be sort of the activities that we’re doing

and looking at those from a

perspective of what’s going to have the most impact

and so that’s been super interesting

but then this podcast being the experiment within our own business

it’s been fascinating the community that started to evolve

the conversations we’re having and the ripple effect

and the dominoes that have seemed to create off the back of it

and it’s in essence it’s exactly what I’d hoped to do it

is to just generate more conversations

more collaborations, more sharing of knowledge

and to give an example

and why I wanted to do this episode right now is quite timely

that yesterday I had a

great chat with a coach in the allied health space

and that conversation came from this podcast at the end of the day

it was one of our guests had shared

their episode on their social media and tagged us into the post

and we jumped on there to comment and I noticed

a very insightful and interesting comment

from one of this guest and what they shared and I thought oh

that person sounds a bit interesting by the way that they’ve responded

I’ll go and have a look at them on LinkedIn

jumped into the profile and went wow

this person’s pretty cool

they’re doing interesting stuff in the space

I’d love to have a chat I then reached out to that person we connected

we jumped on a call, a lot of synergies

a lot of alignments in how we thought about business

and what we’re trying to do in the allied health space

around building sustainable practices

and off the back of that

that person invited me to be a guest on their podcast

I, in turn, have also now done a recording with that person

which for this podcast which is an episode to come in the future

and when we were chatting, a person then said ah

I think you really need to talk to another person

and so there’s just this domino effect of being introduced and

being able to connect around storytelling

getting insights and these types of things

and the conversation I then had with this coach yesterday was again

this alignment of similar goals

wanting to have a similar impact and being in a similar space

in a consulting space but also not doing the same thing

so there’s opportunities for collaboration and learning

and ways that we can support each other

so that we can both have the impact that we want to have

and so I just wanted to share that

because a lot of our guests have also talked very much around these

building of networks

building of communities and learning from each other

because there’s more than enough people out there

where there shouldn’t there’s not a competition between businesses

and between practices and providers

because one of the things that I know

I’ve experienced and why I work with allied health providers as well

is that myself, my family

we all see multiple therapists

for all our individual needs and supports and capacity building

things that we’re trying to do for ourselves

and we’re aware of waiting lists and waiting times

there’s enough people out there seeking therapists

that we can all collaborate and network to

at the end of the day

get the best outcomes for the clientele that use our services

and so just having those networks and collaborations

is an amazing thing to be able to start to build out

which is why I’m super excited

where we’re currently at with this podcast

and to share a little bit further on that

that as these conversations have evolved actually

I wanted this to be a sort of a weekly episode

and the mechanics of doing a podcast

right now they’re currently publishing fortnightly where we had a

massive long list of guests to come on schedule changes

you know

family commitments here at my end that throws things out a little bit

and then

finding this happy rhythm of being flexible with what we’re doing

and how we’re doing it

is something that we’re definitely learning on the fly with

as well

but it’s also

the other piece where this podcast will evolve to as well

is that we’ve just started interviewing a bunch of coaches

and networkers and community builders

and marketing experts in the allied health space as well

in addition to continuing to talk to

allied health practice owners themselves

so in the coming months and I’m still working out

whether we’re going to just seed those into the cycle

or whether we’ll have a standalone series

for the coaches and the marketers

and the community builders and the like

and so see a few little tweaks and changes to what we’re doing here

but it’s all very much with the idea of having more conversations

learning more from others in the space

and you know the whole idea of the rising tide lifts all ships

that’s 100% where we want to be

and we’re super excited that

where we’ve evolved through the early part of this experiment

this podcast is very much heading along that path

the doors that I’ve seen it open in our own space of

great conversations great people

but I’m also being able to introduce and connect people at

off the back of the great people that I’m becoming associated with

and aware of what they’re doing

so there we have it that’s

a bit of a wrap

and a jump in for where we’re currently at with 

The Healthy Business Lab Podcast

and make sure that you like, subscribe

because there’s some amazing guest coming up in the

coming weeks and months and over the next two weeks

I’m sort of interviewing about 10 people that I can’t wait to share

their stories and get

the amazing insights that they’re going to be sharing

and so there’s so much more lined up for the remainder of this year

but no doubt beyond that

as well as our aim is to do at least 100 podcast episodes

see what impact we’re having

see what connections we’re making what community we’re building

and yeah we’re only 12 episodes in

and so there’s plenty of more great stuff to come from here 

Again, make sure you like, subscribe

and watch out and listen out for the next podcast episode

catch you later bye

Reflections & What’s Next

Episode No: 12

Host Name: Craig Minter

Summary

In this solo episode, I’m sharing a behind-the-scenes update on how The Healthy Business Lab Podcast has been going so far. What started as a bit of an experiment has grown into something bigger—opening doors, creating new connections, and starting conversations with amazing people in the allied health space. I’ll talk about what’s been happening, the unexpected ripple effect it’s had, and what’s coming next. There’s plenty more to come, and I’m excited for where it’s heading.

Episode Highlights:

00:00 – Welcome and quick introduction
01:15 – Why this podcast has been an experiment from the start
04:30 – Building connections, community, and collaborations
07:20 – What’s next for the podcast and upcoming guests

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