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I'm passionate about helping OTs to find freedom and financial security outside of clinical work.

For the last 10 years, I've helped over a thousand therapists to start and grow businesses, transforming what they know into a revenue stream they love.

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I'm passionate about helping OTs to find freedom and financial security outside of clinical work.

For the last 10 years, I've helped over a thousand therapists to start and grow businesses, transforming what they know into a revenue stream they love.

Who I Serve

I help therapists to be strategic in how they use their hard-earned education and unique skillset to have a bigger impact on the world, outside of direct therapy.

Sometimes, this means working with aspiring entrepreneurs to help them narrow down their focus and navigate the start up phase of business. Other times, I work with experienced OT entrepreneurs who are looking to grow in a way that's both strategic and sustainable.

I've helped my clients to build online courses, run mentorship programs, host membership communities and grow thriving coaching businesses. Many of my clients have a hybrid business model, where they're doing some in-person work in addition to working online.

Regardless of their chosen method of service delivery, I help OTs to be feel more confident on their journey of going rogue, while being more strategic with their time and more intentional with their energy.

I truly believe that it's possible to have the best of both worlds, where you can love what you do for work while also getting paid on your own terms.

HOW I WORK WITH OTS >>

Here are three ways I can support
you in taking immediate action:

Here are three ways
I can support
you in taking immediate action:

FREE ON-DEMAND TRAINING

When transitioning from clinician to coach, it's important to understand how to position yourself, how to market your services and how to clearly articulate what it is you do outside of therapy. This free training will cover all that, and more!

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INDIVIDUALIZED BUSINESS SUPPORT

My strategic planning sessions and business coaching packages are uniquely designed for OTs. If you're tired of trying to figure this out on your own and you're ready for more guidance, accountability and support, reach out and let's connect!

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THE OTs GONE ROGUE PODCAST

Tune into our weekly podcast where Melissa shares inspirational stories, special guest interviews, words of wisdom and tangible resources, where we can help more OTs around the globe think outside the box and do things differently.

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About Melissa LaPointe

I work with the trailblazers, the dreamers and the visionaries
who want to live their best lives while doing work they love.

I started my OT journey as a pediatric therapist on an early interventionist team before shifting gears to start my own private practice in women's health + family wellness. After five years of owning a small business, I took another leap of faith and went all in on my work as a performance coach and business consultant.

With my background and training in women's health, leadership and service-based entrepreneurship, I have a unique perspective in my work. I'm intimately aware of what's working for therapists as they venture out on their own as consultants, coaches and business owners -- and I understand the common roadblocks and obstacles.

What My People Are Saying

"Working with Melissa through her programs has helped me to clarify my niche and what to offer my ideal client. It’s also given me the structure to consistently make progress on my business goals, even when working four days a week in my “day job” and having two young children to care for. In less than a year, I’ve experienced exponential growth in both my profit margins and my level of satisfaction as a business owner. This is the best investment I could have made in myself, in my business and in the community of mums that I serve."

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Lisa Westhorpe, Owner of Nurture Occupational Therapy

"To say that my whole life has changed by working with Melissa and being a member of her group coaching program is an understatement. I have more time. I have more money. I have more ideas. I have more joy in my profession at 50 years old than I've had in my entire career."

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Trish Williams, OT Entrepreneur Coach

"In the last year of being coached by Melissa and being part of her group, I have gone from having 7,000 ideas but zero ways of executing on any of them, to actually formalizing my business, launching an online course and a membership community. She’s helped me to solidify my approach to marketing in a way that feels authentic and real to me, she’s also broken down all of these overwhelming business concepts into manageable chunks. I have done so many things in the last year that I never thought I could do before being coached by Melissa!"

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Cheryl Crow, Founder of Arthritis Life

"Melissa is truly a visionary in every sense of the word. When I entered the online entrepreneur space, I had thousands of ideas but struggled with implementation, execution, systems, and automating. Melissa's group coaching program helped me gain a clear picture of what I wanted my business to look like and not only gave me the steps, procedures, and strategies to make it a reality but also the confidence, knowledge, and expertise to be a CEO."

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Tanya Peterson, High Performance Coach

"Working with Melissa through her Visionaries on Fire program has helped me to clarify my niche and what to offer my ideal client. It’s also given me the structure to consistently make progress on my business goals, even when working four days a week in my “day job” and having two young children to care for. In less than a year, I’ve experienced exponential growth in both my profit margins and my level of satisfaction as a business owner. This is the best investment I could have made in myself, in my business and in the community of mums that I serve."

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Lisa Westhorpe, Owner of Nurture Occupational Therapy

"To say that my whole life has changed by working with Melissa and being a member of Visionaries on Fire is an understatement. I have more time. I have more money. I have more ideas. I have more joy in my profession at 50 years old than I've had in my entire career."

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Trish Williams, OT Entrepreneur Coach

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Cheryl Crow, Founder of Arthritis Life

"Melissa is truly a visionary in every sense of the word. When I entered the online entrepreneur space, I had thousands of ideas but struggled with implementation, execution, systems, and automating. Melissa's VoF coaching program helped me gain a clear picture of what I wanted my business to look like and not only gave me the steps, procedures, and strategies to make it a reality but also the confidence, knowledge, and expertise to be a CEO."

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Tanya Peterson, Career Coach + Co-Owner of Polish2Prosper

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Emily Roberts is making serious waves in the nutrition coaching space with her mission to ditch diet culture, come home to your body, and learn to practice wellness with compassion. In this episode we explore why intuitive eating isn’t just another fad diet - it’s a lifestyle. We do a deeper dive on a number of topics related to eating including how to heal your inner childhood trauma when it comes to your relationship with food.

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The Business of Coaching with James Wedmore

Transitioning from clinician to coach is a great way for therapists to grow and evolve in the online space -- and we all know that there's certainly a need for qualified coaches! Yet many therapists often get stuck on the business side of things, including marketing, sales and pricing. Tune in to learn more about what you need to do to attract your ideal clients, what it takes to build a six-figure coaching business and how you can forge your own path in what feels like an overcrowded space.

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Launching an Online Course for Therapists with Moira Pena

Moira is an OT, speaker and educator with over 20 years’ experience working with children and youth on the autism spectrum, as well as other individuals experiencing sensory processing differences. In this episode, I have the pleasure of coaching Moira on the logistics of growing and scaling an online course that she's created to help OTs become confident and effective in their use of sensory-based interventions.

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The Journey From Clinician to Women's Health Coach Featuring Dr. Jessica Drummond

Jessica is the founder and CEO of The Integrative Women’s Health Institute, The Outsmart Endo Health Coaching Program, and the creator of the Women's Health Coach Certification. She's passionate about caring for and empowering people who struggle with women’s and pelvic health concerns, as well as educating and supporting clinicians and wellness professionals in confidently and safely using integrative tools to transform women’s and pelvic healthcare.

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Monetizing Your Knowledge Through a Membership Featuring Stu McLaren

When it comes to membership communities, Stu McLaren is the membership king. He has this amazing energy, and he's so passionate about not only what he does, but teaching others how to do the same thing as well. In this episode, we talk about how to conquer the guilt factor in your money mindset, the secret to "niching down" without feeling like you’re leaving money on the table and why a membership may be the biggest growth opportunity for your business you never knew existed.

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I'm passionate about helping OTs to find freedom and financial security outside of clinical work.

I'm passionate about helping OTs to find freedom and financial security outside of clinical work.

Who I Serve

Here are three ways I can support
you in taking immediate action: