220. How Sailing Wellness Retreats Became Her Next Chapter with Cheryl Greathouse

About this episode

Cheryl Greathouse shares her unconventional journey from therapist to boat captain and wellness retreat organizer.

A lot of therapists believe they need their full license, years behind them, and a perfect plan before they can build a business around something like sailing wellness retreats. Cheryl Greathouse is proof that the timeline can look completely different. In this episode of The Traveling Therapist Podcast, I sit down with Cheryl, a counselor and newly minted boat captain who put her practice on hold for four and a half years, sailed across the Pacific, and came home to start over as a pre-licen...

People in this episode

Host: Kym Tolson

Guest: Cheryl Greathouse

Topics covered

• sailing
• wellness retreats
• therapy
• business
• personal journey

Keywords

• sailing wellness retreats
• therapist
• business
• Pacific sailing
• pre-licensure

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