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On my 39th

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Costa Rica - poolI want to take a moment to be grateful today, for this day, my 39th birthday which I am spending in a beautiful yoga spa in the Costa Rican jungle and on a white sand beach at the edge of the Pacific Ocean.

I have spent most this week working on my book, which will be on the shelves this time next year. I came here eleven days ago with a rough structure and an inch-high stack of notes. I now have nearly 30,000 words of a first draft to send to my editor. It’s still a long way off the final version, but it’s in a completely different place to the day I landed, and I am so grateful for this time.

I couldn’t have done it without the incredible care of the staff here at the Costa Rica Yoga Spa. They couldn’t have done more to make me feel at home, and give me space to write and write.

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Want to be more creative? Think like a child

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There’s a fascinating relationship between creative thinking and play. If you’re interested in learning more about it, or you want to find out how play can improve your life, watch these inspiring TED Talks:

Tim Brown’s Tales of Creativity and Play

David Kelley’s How To Build Your Creative Confidence

Stuart Brown’s Play is more than just fun

Jay Silver’s Hack a banana, make a keyboard!

Mastermind Week is here – your online teaching questions answered!

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All this week I’m answering ANY and ALL questions you might have about building your own e-course and teaching online, in our first ‘Mastermind Week’ within ‘Reach. Teach. Profit. The E-course Creation Masterclass‘.

This opportunity is available exclusively to participants of the course, so if you want to get involved get yourself registered!

Don’t underestimate the value of being able to pick the brains of someone who has produced more than 15 online courses, with students in 100+ countries worldwide and who has probably made every mistake in the book along the way, so you don’t have to… You can join us here!

I look forward to being of service to you as you get your e-course out into the world.
Beth

Are you trapped? Are you a freedom seeker? I need your story for my book!

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I am deep into the writing of my book, which is due out with Hay House in Spring 2017. It will be called ‘Freedom Seeker: Live more. Worry less. Do what you love.” This writing process is tough, tough, tough, but it is also one of the most spirit-lifting, intellectually-stimulating, and thrilling things I have ever done. I absolutely love it. But there is still a long way to go until I hand my manuscript in in the summer.

And this is where you come in. The book is packed with tools and personal stories to help readers escape whatever is holding them back, and learn to soar, so they can live a life doing what they love.  But I also want to include a host of stories of other people at various stages of life, with a variety of experiences, who have felt stuck, trapped or held back from living their fullest life.

It could be that you are in it right now, feeling like you have lost control, or that your circumstances are dictating what is possible for you. Perhaps you have dreams of what you want things to be like, but you never seem to get off the starting block, or you get part of the way along and then the dark clouds come in – the fear, the negativity, the worry about money or what others will think. Or maybe your responsibilities always seem to take over and you can’t find the time to take the steps you need to take.

Or perhaps you have been there, but are now living a freer, happier life. Perhaps something happened and you were inspired (or forced) to make major changes in your life which have resulted in you feeling more free, doing something you love and being happier?

If so, I want to hear your story! If you would be willing to share it, please sign up here to join my Freedom Seeker Research Group by Wednesday 30 March, and I will be in touch later this week with an initial questionnaire.

Even if you aren’t able to share your story, I hope you will cheer me along over the coming months as I birth this book and put myself out there in a way which right now feels terrifying! Some things just have to be done…

Thank you so much!

Beth

**A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SHARED THEIR INSPIRING STORY WITH ME AND HELPED TO BRING MY BOOK TO LIFE. FREEDOM SEEKER: LIVE MORE. WORRY LESS. DO WHAT YOU LOVE IS NOW OUT.**

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Huge news! On becoming a Hay House author (somebody pinch me!)

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Some days are really big days, and I just had one of them. It was the day I signed a deal with Hay House, for them to publish my first book! It is a book about freedom, written for anyone who feels trapped, stuck, hemmed in—not in control of their own time, money, or destiny. It is for people who are afraid that life is passing them by, but feel powerless to do anything about it. It is a timely self-empowerment manifesto: an inspiring and practical manual that will enable people to recognise that freedom is a choice. I am busy writing it now and cannot wait for it to be released worldwide in Spring 2017!

Hang on a minute. Let’s just rewind. Did someone just say I’m going to be a Hay House author? Am I dreaming? It certainly feels that way right now, because this is not just something on my ‘Do Before I’m 40 Bucket List’, but something I have been dreaming of for many years.

In case you’re curious about how it came about, I’ll share the story here. I warn you, this is going to be a long post, because I want to share all the pieces of how this particular dream has unfolded. So get yourself a nice cup of tea and we’ll begin… (Note: I would love for you to help me bring this book to life. Right at the end of this post there’s some info on how to get involved!)

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What’s it like to work with us?

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We are thrilled at the response to our brand new class ‘Reach. Teach. Profit. The E-Course Creation Masterclass’, and are excited to help such a variety of new e-courses come to life! If you are on the fence about taking this course, take a look at the videos below to find out what it’s like to work with us, and to see that we really do know what we are talking about.

Lots of you have been asking whether you get access to me as part of this course. The answer is yes! Although it is a self-paced course, several times a year I will be hosting Mastermind Weeks in the private class community space, when you can ask me anything. The first of these will run from March 28 – April 1, and there will be more later in the year. These are free of charge for anyone registered for the course, and you can participate as many times as you like when the Mastermind Weeks are offered. If you register today and get started on the course, you’ll be ready with your questions when the first Mastermind Week begins on March 28!

So what’s it like to work with us?

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It’s here! ‘Reach. Teach. Profit. The E-course Creation Masterclass has launched!

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It’s here! After many, many months of work putting our new course together, I am thrilled to announce that ‘Reach Teach Profit The E-course Creation Masterclass’ is open for registration.

Teach anything from anywhere, generate money 24/7 and build a legacy through teaching online to a global audience

This is a digital toolkit for making an e-course that sells and sells. It’s like having me as your virtual producer, and tapping into everything I have learned from creating, producing and delivering millions of dollars’ worth of e-courses over the past half decade. Our courses include the portfolios of courses from ‘Make Art That Sells’, ‘The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design’ and ‘Do What You Love’ and they have reached thousands of students in 100+ countries across the world.

Our extensive knowledge and experience is all wrapped up in one complete package waiting for you here now.

Don’t waste another minute. Your online teaching journey begins here! Register now.

Beth

PS I’ll be available to answer any questions you have during a series of Mastermind Weeks held online throughout the year. The first will take place in the week commencing March 28, so get started now and be ready with your questions!

The one fatal mistake you must avoid when creating your e-course

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One of the best ways to learn is to understand other people’s mistakes, and then avoid them, so I want to save you a whole lot of pain by sharing the single most fatal error people make when creating an e-course. We’ve done it once (never to be repeated) and I have seen it time and time again with other people. I can spot this mistake a mile off, and you probably can too.

So what is the biggest mistake that will prevent your course from being a success, in every sense of the word? It’s to focus on the money.

This can be the difference between a course which flies and a course which flops, because people can sense your intention. I have seen a lot of courses come and go, and it is glaringly obvious which ones have made this serious mistake.

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