Kelly AlhooiePelviBiz, Pelvibiz · Healthcare Business Strategy Assistant

When Success Looked Like Failure #entrepreneurship #mindset #businessstrategy #privatepracticegrowth

27 Mar 2026 · 2 min

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In this interview, Mel recounts a critical low point where she questioned whether to continue running her private‑practice business or return to a traditional W‑2 job. Feeling isolated and overwhelmed, she considered quitting until Kelly Alhooie and the broader community urged her to stay, emphasizing accountability and perseverance. Shortly after, Mel experienced her highest revenue month ever, which reinforced the decision to keep going. She notes that her business metrics have been fluctuating but show an overall upward trend, helping her grow in accountability and organization despite increasing complexity. To manage workload and gain flexibility as a mother of six, Mel hired a part‑time helper, allowing her to work fewer client hours and accommodate personal responsibilities without sacrificing client service.

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It was kind of like that was a pivotal moment for me because, um, it just felt really impossible and it felt like, oh shit, I'm alone. Can I do this alone? Um, should I just quit everything and like go get a regular W-2 job? Because it's so much work, you know, to like run a business and sometimes it just feels like you're super lost. Um, but Luckily, like, there was a few key people in my life, like, Kelly was a big one that just, you guys were like, no, you can't quit. Like, why would you quit? It's just going to get better from here. I think I was just nervous to kind of do it alone. And I just knew that that accountability would, like, kind of lie solely on me and not another person as well. And so Kelly, through Kelly's help, and I think the Community too, like you guys really, you got me through a really tough spot where I almost quit. And I was looking at my numbers and stuff, and I think the month after she left was like our, literally our biggest, highest revenue month I've ever had in the business.
Give it up.
So yeah, so that was a huge relief because I was worried that I couldn't, I don't know, figure it out. And it's kind of been— it's obviously like up and down throughout the year and everything, but overall, like, it's trending. I'm looking at it right now. Um, it trends upward, and like, it's really helped me to kind of grow, become accountable, get things organized, I think, which I'm still working on getting organized because things have become more complicated with each like new stage.
Yeah.
Um, so I think that's the biggest thing, and And I'm actually working less hours on client care because I hired a PT. Yay. And so that's made a big difference. Like today I had no clients. And so when he woke up sick and with a fever and I didn't hesitate, I was like, well, you could just stay home because I have no clients. I don't have to reschedule anything. And, um, it's just a lot of flexibility, I think. In the day, which is really nice to be momming it with all the 6 kids.
You know, I think the biggest thing, Mel, too, is just having belief in yourself, um, and just being like, okay, like, we can do the thing and it, it's gonna happen. And you've been able to prove it and do the thing.