Why Converting Consults Feels Harder Now — Catherine Maley, MBA (Ep. 341)
Release Date: 12/19/2025
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Catherine Maley, MBA, author and renowned cosmetic practice business coach, explains why converting consults feels harder now.
Indeed, welcome to "Beauty and the Biz," where we'll discuss the business and marketing side of plastic surgery.
As always, I'm your host, Catherine Maley, author of "Your Aesthetic Practice – What Your Patients Are Saying." and consultant to plastic surgeons, helping them get more patients and more profits.
Why Converting Consults Feels Harder Now
Across cosmetic practices nationwide, one pattern keeps showing up.
Instead, surgeons are not struggling because they lack leads. Rather, they are struggling because patients hesitate longer. Consequently, decisions are delayed. Ultimately, patients quietly fall out of the pipeline.
Meanwhile, most practices misdiagnose the problem.
Often, they assume it is pricing. Alternatively, they blame competition. Sometimes, they point to marketing changes. Frequently, they cite “today’s patient.”
Afterward, after 25 years of training hundreds of patient coordinators, the cause is clear. Additionally, I have reviewed real conversion data.
Importantly, what is breaking conversions today is not clinical skill. Likewise, it is not lead volume. Instead, it is the emotional gap inside the consultation process.
Fundamentally, cosmetic patients decide emotionally first. Then, they justify logically later. When, when no one bridges that emotional gap, hesitation appears. Typically, it sounds like, “I need to think about it.”
That’s why that is exactly what I unpack in my newest “Beauty and the Biz” podcast episode, “Why converting consults feels harder now.”
Specifically, in this episode, I explain:
- First, why cosmetic conversions feel harder than they used to
- Next, how the patient coordinator role has quietly changed
- Additionally, the most common blind spots in modern consultations
- Then, why even good coordinators still miss bookings
- Finally, what high-performing practices are doing differently heading into 2026
In short, if you are seeing schedule inconsistency, this will resonate. Likewise, if follow-through feels weak, it will land. Similarly, if patients need more certainty than they used to, this episode will feel familiar.
P.S. Most patient coordinators have never been professionally trained to guide emotional decisions with confidence. Therefore, that gap is exactly why I created The Converting Academy. 2026 enrollment with extra bonuses is now open.
