Why Your Busiest Time Might Be the Best Time to Start a Practice with Start Your Private Practice Mentor, Amanda Modrowski

From Private Practice Success Stories by Jena Castro-Casbon

March 23, 2026 · 38 min · Episode 365

About this episode

Amanda Modrowski shares her journey of starting a private practice during a challenging time and how it transformed her career.

What if you could build a practice that fits your life, not the other way around? What if you could transition from feeling burnt out and lost in your career to becoming a thriving practice owner and mentor to others? Today’s guest did exactly that, starting her journey during one of the messiest seasons of her life. I’m thrilled to reintroduce you to Amanda Modrowski, a speech-language pathologist and one of our incredible mentors inside the Start Your Private Practice Program. Amanda is the owner and founder of her private practice, Enhancing Communication, based in Parisburg, Ohio. Starting her practice in 2019 was the key to Amanda rediscovering her love for the field and creating a schedule that put her family first. She went from managing a caseload of 70 in the schools to designing a fulfilling career on her own terms. In this episode, Amanda discusses how she started her practice against all odds, her non-salesy approach to marketing that actually worked, and how her practice has evolved to include a specialty, a beautiful new clinic space, and a growing team. Amanda is a licensed speech-language pathologist who earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the…

People in this episode

Guest: Amanda Modrowski

Topics covered

private practice
speech-language pathology
career transition
marketing
work-life balance

Keywords

burnout
mentorship
practice owner
communication
clinic space

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Start Your Private Practice Program

Books & works: Bachelor’s and, Master

Places: Parisburg, Ohio