BUSINESS MENTOR FOR WOMEN
Meet Dr. Susan Giurleo
Psychologist, Serial Entrepreneur & Business-Building Expert for Women Leaders
I’m the business coach who understands you have a big, busy, beautiful LIFE.
Instead of selling cookie cutter systems and promoting hustle culture I can support you in creating a thriving, successful business that leverages your expertise to generate financial security, while accommodating your schedule, family, energy, physical and mental health while making the world a better place!
That sounds like a tall order, but I know it can be done because I have done it (three times!) and have helped hundreds of other professional women do the same.
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From Psychology to Profit
I got my PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a research focus on women’s career development.
After I graduated, I got married and had a child of my own. I started working in a local group psychotherapy practice where I was sacrificing 50% of the revenue I generated to cover the operating costs of the practice. I was working hard and had very little money to show for it. A few months into this arrangement, I realized: The 50% of my income that funded this business was also funding my boss’ lifestyle and building his wealth.
This was unacceptable to me. I wasn’t giving away my money, my power, my expertise to another business ever again!
More than that, I realized that building my own business would allow me to have control over my time, money and health. I could make the rules, create the systems, and focus on the problems I wanted to solve.
Over the past 20 years, I’ve built three six figure businesses and supported hundreds of people to build lives, careers and businesses that allow them to thrive, not just survive.
As a mother, I designed a schedule that allowed me to make six figures while picking my son up from school, going on field trips with his class, and being present at all of his baseball games.
As a psychologist, I designed a clinical practice that focused on supporting children and adults who have neurodivergent brains (ADHD and autism). I was a consultant to schools and pediatric practices on interventions to support people who are neurodivergent.
As a business coach, I taught other therapists how to create referral systems, generate increased revenue through multiple income streams, and work with their ideal clients.
Why I Do This Work
My entire career has been dedicated to supporting people to channel their authentic selves into living fulfilling lives. For women, this process is complicated. There are so many societal and cultural expectations that women be accomplished but stay small that building a business, achieving wealth and changing the world feels out of reach.
The truth is successful businesses don’t have to look like corporate clones, follow arbitrary “rules,” or conform to patriarchal structures that don’t serve us. We can create businesses that fit our values, needs, interests and financial goals.
I do this work because I want women to use their education and expertise to make money, but also to solve problems, support communities, and change the world while feeling healthy, whole and at peace with this authentic life they built.
Real True Work is designed to empower women to leverage their expertise and time to create financial security and healthy work-life integration.
My Approach
Building a successful, authentic business requires a more sophisticated approach than what most business coaches offer. While strategy is important, I know that success is defined by more than the financial bottom line. For me, success means living a whole life, having time for family and friends, and being able to focus on our physical and mental health.
With that in mind I created the four part Real True Work Way:
Psychology-based mindset work
Practical business strategies
Lifestyle design that actually works
Wealth-building principles that honor your values
No “hustle culture” required. Just real strategies for turning your expertise into sustainable success.
Ready to Stop Feeling Exhausted and Build a Business that Matters?
Every week, I share honest insights about building a business that makes both money and meaning. No cookie cutter systems, no toxic positivity, just practical strategies and psychological wisdom from someone who’s built three successful businesses while living a busy life.
Plus, you’ll get first access to new resources and programs designed to help accomplished women build wealth through entrepreneurship. Because the world needs your expertise, but not at the expense of your wellbeing.
