Get Out of the Center Jump Start

Four Decisions. Shared Resolve.

You're at the center of everything.

If your practice depends on you for answers, approvals, problem solving, and key relationships, you are at the center of everything. This four-week Jump Start helps you start getting out of the center by making and protecting the decisions that reduce owner dependence.

You’ll make meaningful transfers of the roles, decisions, knowledge, and relationships that are holding you at the center. This gives you options to grow aggressively, exit without selling, or sell on your own terms.

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Weekly Progress

Taught and led by Dr. John Fulwider, with a small group of fellow mental health practice owners.

Each weekly Zoom includes two parts:

  • 15 to 20 minutes of learning: I teach one practical lesson on reducing owner dependence in your practice.

  • 25 minutes of live PDQ coaching: Two owners each week get focused, real-time help applying that week’s lesson to a live challenge in their practice.

Using my PDQ framework, we work through:

  • Problem: What Problem are you trying to solve?

  • Decision: What Decision do you need to make to solve it?

  • Question: What Question do you need answered before you can make that decision?

Even when you are not the one being coached, you will learn by applying the same framework to your own practice and watching fellow owners apply it to theirs.

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Testimonials from real people

(seriously, look them up, they are actual founding business owners)

Ben Wenner

Your ability to spot what it is that really needs to be tackled, and tackle it, is pretty phenomenal. I appreciate you reading between the lines. It's huge for me.

Kerry Oliver

This is magic. You're a magician, John.

Evonne Noble

Having someone by my side to get into the minutiae... I go from deficit to abundance, right? Like alone in my head to the joy of collaborating. I tell people you're my coach, but it's kind of like having a boss because I have someone I'm accountable to. It's like I'm managing myself by having you.

Hi, I'm Dr. John Fulwider.

I help founding business owners reclaim their creative genius and build companies that don’t depend on them for everything.

I don’t motivate.

I don’t rescue.

And I don’t hand you generic frameworks and wish you luck.

I bring:

  • Calm, outside perspective
  • Clear thinking when everything feels tangled
  • Proven tools that turn insight into execution
  • And steady accountability while you let go—without losing control

You don’t need more pressure.
You need better structure, better decisions, and fewer things that only you can do.

Transfer Roles, Decisions, Knowledge, Relationships

Four weeks, four decisions to make and protect.

  1. Stop Wearing Every Hat: Transfer role and results ownership to the right people.

  2. Stop Making Every Decision: Transfer decision authority so your people can solve problems and move work forward without waiting on you.

  3. Stop Being the Only One Who Knows: Transfer knowledge so critical know-how stops living only in your head.

  4. Stop Being the Hub of Key Relationships: Transfer key relationships so clients, referral sources, and partners learn to work through your practice, not just through you.

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Testimonials from Real Owners

(seriously, look them up!)

I deeply trust your intuition and guidance. I like how you think. I like your joy. You know how to tame it and give me structure.

Evonne Noble, owner, Puget Sound Psychotherapy & Psychiatry

This is magic. You're a magician, John.

Kerry Oliver, owner, Oliver Kitchens & Baths

The sabbatical I took was life changing. It was profoundly healing and clarifying to take that much time away. John helped me get out of the center of everything.

Erin Wiley, owner, The Willow Center

I think you're exceptional. Just in the last six months my level of satisfaction with life has increased 70-80% and it’s a result of little changes we have made in here.

Troy Bridgford, owner, Ironhide Construction

If you are in growth mode, John Fulwider is for you. Capital Cigar Lounge would not be where it is today without John Fulwider.

Tony Goins, owner, Capital Cigar Lounge and Apiary Social Club

You’ve challenged me to think about things in a way that none of my other friends have. And that's where that value is.

Sam Swartz, owner, True North Custom Homes

There are lots of fabulous business books. Without a coach like John it’s just a fabulous business book like all the others. You need a coach to hold you accountable.

Anthony Montag, owner, Montag Manufacturing

We are four times bigger than when we started with John.

Ted Glaser, owner, Summit Lawns

We had a lot of challenges at EyeCare Specialties. John Fulwider guided us to the right decisions to solve each challenge—the dollar investment we made looks tiny next to the growth we’ve achieved. John has a real gift for coaching strong leaders who are decisive and want to grow. Hiring him is a no-brainer.

Brian Brightman, owner, EyeCare Specialties

John Fulwider’s help is 33% of our success.

After a child, every minute on the business is a minute away from my kid. Every minute became valuable and that’s why I’m not afraid to spend money.

Paul Jarrett, owner, Bulu Group

The Details

Who: Mental health practice owners 

When: Wednesdays: May 6, 13, 20, 27

  • Morning Option: 7a PT / 8a MT / 9a CT / 10a ET

  • Afternoon Option: 1:30p PT / 2:30p MT / 3:30p CT / 4:30p ET   

Where: Online via Zoom                      

Fee: $500

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