Episode 25: The Business of Family Constellations with Leslie Nipps
We spend a lot of time learning how to facilitate Family Constellations, but what happens when we want to make this work our profession?
In this episode, I sit down with Leslie Nipps, a longtime Family Constellations facilitator and trainer. I took basic Family Constellations training with Leslie in 2020, so I was especially curious to hear about her own journey of building a practice and making a living from this work.
We talk about what it really takes to build a Family Constellations practice — finding clients, communicating the work in ordinary human language, finding your niche, getting business support, continuing to grow professionally, and developing the resilience to keep going when things don’t work.
As Leslie says, building a business is “a marathon, not a sprint.”
We also explore how a practice doesn’t necessarily develop in a straight line. We learn by doing, trying, adjusting, and discovering along the way what kind of practitioner we want to be.
About Leslie
Leslie Nipps is the founder of Convivium Constellations and the creator of the annual Western Constellations Intensive in New Mexico, where she also teaches.
Interested in experiencing Family Constellations with me?
I offer individual sessions, groups, and workshops, in person and online.
iris@irisconstellations.com
www.irisconstellations.com
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