{"id":8346,"date":"2025-12-07T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spa-balance.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=8346"},"modified":"2025-12-08T08:51:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T07:51:51","slug":"138","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.spa-balance.com\/es\/podcast\/138\/","title":{"rendered":"138. 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And yet the fear of leaving is bigger than ever, because the leap from a high salary into consulting feels impossible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I know that tension well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In my 18 years of consulting, I had to return to full-time employment twice, not because I didn\u2019t have the clients, but because I hadn\u2019t yet built the skill to ensure I got paid for the work I delivered. That experience shaped the consultant I became.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I learned the hard way that consulting isn\u2019t about matching your current salary; it\u2019s about knowing the real cost of your life, building the safety net to sustain it, and giving your business the time it needs to grow. The only reason I\u2019m still here, almost two decades later, is because I understood that my safety net wasn\u2019t optional, it was the thing that kept my business alive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most wellness leaders don\u2019t fail because they\u2019re underqualified.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They fail because they expect their consulting business to feed them before it has even learned to walk. 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