From Contractor to Confident Owner: Designing a Practice on Your Terms with Rebecca Wellons

From Private Practice Success Stories by Jena Castro-Casbon

March 2, 2026 · 26 min · Episode 362

About this episode

Rebecca Wellons shares her journey from contractor to confident practice owner, emphasizing the importance of a gradual transition and personal fulfillment in her work.

What if the job you've been dreaming of already exists—you just have to build it yourself? Today's guest started her career wanting to work in hospitals with adults, but a perfect storm of timing and self-discovery led her somewhere entirely different. Now she's using her clinical skills to serve kids and families in a way that actually works—and I can't wait for you to hear her story! I’m thrilled to introduce you to Rebecca Wellons is speech-language pathologist and the owner and founder of Little Seeds Speech Therapy, serving families in Durham, North. Rebecca’s journey proves that you don’t have to make a dramatic, overnight leap to build a thriving practice. By embracing a slow, steady transition and leveraging powerful, simple strategies, she crafted a business that gives her control, flexibility, and deep professional satisfaction. In this episode, Rebecca discusses how starting slow, following her clinical curiosities, and designing a schedule that led to more peace, more purpose, and a practice she truly loves. Rebecca is a licensed speech-language pathologist with a fascinating background in linguistics. She specializes in myofunctional therapy, childhood apraxia of…

People in this episode

Guest: Rebecca Wellons

Topics covered

speech-language pathology
business ownership
personal development
child therapy

Keywords

Little Seeds Speech Therapy
myofunctional therapy
childhood apraxia of speech
late talkers

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Durham, North