ENCORE: How to Show Up Imperfect In Your Marketing

If there is one thing I’ve learned as a small business owner, it’s that it takes courage to show up imperfect. We want so badly to be perfect and put together in front of our audience, but perfectionism makes us less authentic and connected. Join us to learn more about being OK with being imperfect. Samara Stone is a return guest to the podcast, and I’m thrilled to welcome her back! In addition to her work as a therapist, Samara is a branding expert who has a curated community, Be Full Grown, for black women over 40 who are ready to imagine, create, and live a life of their own design. Samara is in the process of launching a podcast, and she has already proven her courage in showing up imperfect through some major life difficulties. We will discuss how we, as clinicians, can show up imperfect when perfectionism always has a pull on us. Samara also shares helpful guidelines for sharing appropriately on social media, which is something we all need to keep in mind. Be Full Grown You’ll Learn: How things have changed in our field in beautiful ways; “Your Saturday self CAN show up on Monday morning.” Why many therapists struggle with perfectionism and are afraid to show up as 100% human Why clients appreciate transparency because it conveys a non-judgmental attitude Why there is a huge shift happening in how we understand marketing and our personal brand How therapists need to share enough about the real dynamic of themselves so clients can see the healing possibilities How Samara decided to share on social media the experience of her divorce a few years ago Why we have to be polarizing at times in order to find our true audience–and that’s OK The importance of realizing that you can’t and won’t appeal to everyone How to use your clear purpose and intention to determine how much of your life to share on social media -- Want to launch your online course? Our new membership is open for enrollment! Find out more and join Haven here .

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ENCORE: How to Show Up Imperfect In Your Marketing is an episode from Selling the Couch with Melvin Varghese, Ph.D. | Weekly conversations to build and grow your counseling private practice by Melvin Varghese, PhD.

This episode is 32:54 long.

This episode was published on Mar 19, 2026.

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