May is the month of mothers. It is a month of honoring all the hard work, love, and devotion moms provide for their children — just as business owners sacrifice for their businesses, mothers sacrifice so much for their children. To celebrate all the moms out there, we have come up with 10 facts you might not have known about Mother’s Day.

Spring is just around the corner—March 20 to be exact. You know what that means—time to spring clean that office. As daunting as the task may feel, there are a lot of great benefits to tidying up. At Move Forward VAs, we have put together a short list of reasons why you should take spring cleaning your office seriously.

Do you love owning your own therapy business? Or, do you feel overwhelmed, like you are missing the good parts of practicing therapy by getting lost in the cumbersome day-to-day tasks? Do you have help?

With Thanksgiving around the corner, the concept of thankfulness is as ubiquitous as pumpkin spice flavoring in everything from coffee to chewing gum. But that thankfulness feels as disposable as a 99-cent greeting card. Since an attitude of thankfulness in an office needs to begin at the top, how can the owner of a busy mental health practice or small business make time to model genuine thankfulness?

When a group has a day, week, or month dedicated to them, that is usually a signal that they need recognition more frequently than they get it. Holidays are designed to make us stop and reflect, set aside time in our busy schedule for looking back, looking forward, or looking inward. That kind of reflection should lead to thankfulness. That’s why April 21 reminds us that we should periodically thank the people who help us keep our business running.

For a mental health practice, adding therapists and new clients can create a large amount of stress, leading practice managers to work later and later, doing tasks that would normally be handled during the day but had to wait for more urgent tasks. Even figuring out how much of a day is spent working on specific duties can be difficult. Combining a fast-growing practice, additional need for mental health services and only 24 hours in a day, the strain on a private practice can be intense.

She explained that so many therapists are used to wearing so many hats and doing it all themselves, but as a therapist, not only is it okay to delegate your tasks, it’s necessary to allow yourself to continue putting the majority of your attention on what you have trained for—helping others.