In The Pocket with Alisha Esmail

Karen Elliott built a one-woman physiotherapy practice into a 35-person, $4M multi-disciplinary clinic. Then she sold it.Not because it was failing. Because she realized she had become the bottleneck in the thing she built.In this episode, Karen talks about what it actually felt like to let go of something she poured 20 years into, why she went right back into the clinic world as a coach instead of walking away, and what she sees clinic owners getting wrong when it comes to keeping their best patients and their best people.Karen is the founder of Lead With Purpose and is known as the Queen of Difficult Conversations. She now coaches clinic owners and business leaders across North America on team alignment, operations, and stepping into the visionary role without burning out.We get into:The moment she knew the way she was running things couldn't scaleWhat selling your business actually feels like (not the highlight reel version)Why most clinic owners are hemorrhaging patients without realizing itThe conversations leaders avoid that cost them their best team membersHer Five Tanks check-inFind Karen: toleadwithpurpose.com | @bykarenelliott on Instagram

You can be winning on every measurable metric and still feel completely empty. That's not a motivation problem. That's a tank problem.In this first episode of In The Pocket, Alisha Esmail introduces the Five Tanks Framework, a system she built after years of burning out while building Road Coffee Co into an award-winning national brand.The Five Tanks are Emotional, Mental, Spiritual, Relational, and Physical. When they're full, you're in the pocket. When they're low, you make decisions you'll regret, relationships quietly fall apart, and you win things you can't feel.This episode covers:What it actually looks like when each tank is empty (real stories, not theory)Why balance is a myth and harmony is the goalThe one-minute tank check that tells you exactly where your next hour should goWhy you cannot separate the founder from the businessBy the end of this episode, you'll have rated your five tanks and know which one needs your attention today.Take a minute right now. Rate each tank 1 to 10. Whichever is lowest, give it one hour today. That's how you stay in the pocket.