Episode 168: Kelsee Keitel, Outdoor-Based Mental Health Counselor Associate and Host of the Switchback Outdoor Community Podcast

Show Description:

Kelsee Keitel (@KelseeKeitel) is an outdoor-based mental health counselor associate (@hemlockcounselingservices) and host of the Switchback Outdoor Community Podcast (@switchbackcommunitypod). In this interview, Kelsee discusses the importance of mental health and the outdoors, her motivation to leave her job to start her business, and the important lessons she has learned as an entrepreneur.

To learn more about Kelsee, you can visit her website at hemlockcounselingservices.com

Show Highlights:

3:15-10:45: Kelsee introduces herself, her business, and where she channeled her motivation to start her outdoor-based mental health practice.
10:45-26:45: We discuss the education system and what we could do to enhance it, how school systems can retain their best teachers, and curriculum improvements.
26:45-32:45: Kelsee explains the process of leaving her high school counselor job to start her business and how she gained clients from the start.
32:45-40:15: Kelsee explains the pivots she made with her business, knowing her worth, and how she has adjusted her mental health programming.
40:15-52:15: Kelsee explains the hiking spots she takes her clients, how she determines the list, and how she can provide free value to her target market.
52:15-1:03:45: Kelsee explains the biggest things she has learned through entrepreneurship.
1:03:45-1:18:15: Kelsee highlights her motivation to start her podcast and what her mission is.
1:18:15: We end the show discussing the importance of mental health for everyone and how she wants to be remembered.