S12 EP37 Train Your Brain for Growth

Treat Your Business

Chapters
0:00
Welcome back and what to expect
3:29
Why growth gets messy before it gets better
6:36
Catch “I know this already” and ask “What can I learn from this?”
7:29
Catch “This won’t work for me” and ask “How can this work for me?”
8:55
Clinic Growth Live story and what it taught me
12:15
The right room for your next level of growth
12:15
The right room for your next level of growth
13:46
Why repetition matters and how learning really lands
14:59
Your brain filters through beliefs, train it for growth
15:13
Close and see you next week
Treat Your Business
S12 EP37 Train Your Brain for Growth
May 20, 2026 Season 12 Episode 182
Katie Bell

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Season 12: Mindset, Confidence, and Growth

Welcome
Welcome back to the Treat Your Business podcast. This week I’m doing something a little different with a short, sharp, high value episode you can listen to quickly, then get straight back to your busy clinical day.

Episode summary
In this episode I’m talking about why growth can feel messy, uncomfortable, and anything but linear, and why that is completely normal when you start properly working on your business. I share what I see in clinic owners who grow revenue, profit, and freedom, versus those who stay stuck, and I walk you through the first step in your roadmap to results: training your brain for growth.

I cover two common destructive thoughts that shut down progress, then show you how to flip them into productive questions that help your brain find solutions. I also share a vulnerable story from Clinic Growth Live that highlights how mindset and openness to learning can change what you take from any room, training, or coaching.

Key Takeaways

  • Progress is rarely linear. Growth can get messy when you start changing pricing, systems, team structure, and decision making.
  • Resilience matters. Humility, courage, self compassion, patience, humour, and a willingness to experiment help you move through the hard bits instead of retreating to what feels safe.
  • Catch the thought “I know this already.” When I believe I already know something, I disengage and stop learning.
  • Replace it with: What can I learn from this? Ask it with genuine curiosity, again and again.
  • Catch the thought “This won’t work for me.” That belief shuts down possibility before I even try.
  • Replace it with: How can this work for me? Repeating this question forces me to look for adaptations, opportunities, and new connections.
  • Hearing something before is not the same as mastering it. Knowing something intellectually is different from doing it consistently and benefiting from it.
  • My brain filters what I notice through my beliefs and mindset, so the questions I ask determine what I see and what I act on.

Resources and links

  • Quote referenced: Shirley Chisholm, “You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.”
  • Questions to practise this week:
    • What can I learn from this?
    • How can this work for me?

If things feel messy right now, I want you to know you’re not failing, you’re in it, and it is normal. Start with the first step: train your brain for growth by asking better questions. I’ll be back next week as we continue building your roadmap to results.

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