Archive for July 2012
Dear Universe
Thank you for your kindness and generosity over the years! Especially the gift of my daughters.
I have a very special request that I need your help with. So here goes…Please help me find awesome online business ladies and gentlemen who can see very clearly in their imaginations how awesome their marketing materials (pdf e-books, freebies, info products, worksheets) should be.
Help me find the people who know that to reach this professional level with their materials, they need help translating these ideas into reality. And they are ready, right now, to get that help.
Then help me graciously invite them to The PDF Workshop.
They’ve been talking to you, Universe, and asking you to find someone like me to give them direction and support so they can learn all the skills they’ll need to be able to take their visions out of their imaginations and make them real.
This is so important to them because I know that gaining these skills will boost their online business confidence and change the way they look at themselves and their business opportunities.
They will more confidently promote themselves, gain followers, and grow their business.
Their businesses will transform from feeling empty to beautiFUL.
This is also important for me, personally. It will help me diversify my business and boost my confidence to continue creating more workshops like this.
I know that when I do my chores you can do your chores!
I will commit to doing the following to assist you:
1) Keep promoting The PDF Workshop
2) Post the templates I’ve created for the workshop, so that they will be inspired by the potential to create something beautiful of their own.
3) Write a series of blog posts to inspire and inform.
4) Find guest posting opportunities to expose my work to new audiences.
Thank you!
p.s. Universe… this is for you..
Business Sideways
I have a confession to make.
I came into online business sideways. No business plan, no SBA loans. I didn’t have a grand plan to have an online business.
I started after stopping. A full, complete stop. The “I’m absolutely sure I’ll never take on design work again” kind of zero. From a batch of local clients to zero.
It was a full stop because I had taken on the most important job in the world to me. I was a MOM. Responsible for two tiny beings.
It was all I ever wanted. Everything I’d been dreaming of since I was six years old and saw my sister for the first time wrapped up in a pink, striped hospital blanket, next to a bulky baby boy with wild black hair.
“That one?” I asked my dad point to the boy.
“No that one,” he said pointing. There she was, one basinet over, wispy blond hair and a pixie nose: my introduction to the yearning for motherhood.
I knew, knew, KNEW I wanted to be a mom.
When my girls came along 24 years later, even though I gave up all my design clients, I was perfectly content to be Mom.
Who would want to spend all day with this kind of cute?
Business to zero made perfect sense to me.
For a while.
Then it turned out not working wasn’t fine with my creative soul, with my must-help-provide-for-the-family upbringing, or with my brain, which was starting to exhibit signs of losing the ability for abstract thoughts, beyond choosing which muy bien Skippyjon Jones book to read next.
I needed a way to prove to myself that I hadn’t lost my creative skills but I was certain that I wasn’t ready to juggle meetings with clients, which often meant an hour drive to the city.
I didn’t feel like I could step straight back into business, so I went sideways.
Through Volunteer Match, I found a few nonprofit organizations who wanted help with marketing, virtually, no driving required. Around naps, I wrote newsletters, designed websites, and created flyers.
I celebrated each project. My brain, it seemed, still worked. Pro bono work rebuilt my confidence and the realization that I could work from home made returning to business seem doable.
This business had to grow slowly, though, and be flexible enough so that I could be the mom I wanted to be. Design had to be wedged around trips to the park, snacks, and crazy nap time schedules.
It could work. It did work. It does work.
I’m telling you this because we spend a lot of time comparing ourselves and our businesses to everyone else’s. Too much time spent thinking they must have had a straight line to success that is somehow alluding us.
But we don’t stop and look at our story and see the choice we’ve made, the winding, twisty, around-the-mountain-and-back approaches to business that we’ve taken because they allowed us to honor all parts of ourselves.
So, today I want you to look at your business journey and see what you can celebrate. Celebrate the starts and stops, the zero, the sideways, backwards, and vertical approaches that got you where you are today. And please share below. We all need reminders that it is o.k. to approach life sideways.
Online Resource Roundup: July
Check out this awesome list of online classes, programs, and resources offered by entrepreneurial women to help you live your best life. If you have an online offering available in that supports women entrepreneurs please share in the comments. If you’d like to be included in the August roundup, please fill out this form for consideration. Thanks!
Spotlight
This month we are shining the spotlight on Find Your True Voice Workshop with Lisa Robbin Young. Congrats on the launch Lisa!
Find Your True Voice Workshop
With: Lisa Robbin Young
Price: Free mini-workshop July 5 & 9, $275 for 4 week intensive beginning July 16
Description: Learn to communicate your unique Essential Why statement to your Perfect-Fit Customers, and discover that people don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it. More Info
Sales Close: Limited seating.
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And now, on to the full list…have fun, grow, learn, explore, live!
~~~July~~~
Business Growth
E-Book Brainstorming Sessions
With: Christie Halmick
Price: Free
Description: I’ll review your PDF freebie/e-book with an emphasis on content, design, audience, the bigger picture of your brand and the market. Then, we’ll meet for a 15 minute chat and you’ll leave with tips to take your e-book/freebie up a notch. If you don’t have an e-book/freebie, we’ll talk about audience, marketing goals and how an e-book fits into your brand, types of e-books and what best fits your particular marketing goals, writing, editing, design and PDF production issues. More Info
Sales Close: July 5 and 12, 2012. Limited spots.
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Video Rockstar University
With: Share Ross
Price: $595
Description: Video Rockstar University is a 4 week online course where female entrepreneurs learn to unleash their inner rockstars on camera! Connect with more clients and build trust quickly by doing your own dynamic and engaging DIY videos! More Info
Sales Close: at 30 attendees, class starts July 9, 2012
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Double Your Income with Teleseminars
With: Rebecca Snowball
Price: Free Call, $197 for paid program
Description: How to double you income, grow your list, and put your yoga business on the map, now, with teleseminars. More Info
Sales Close: July 16, 2012
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The Brushstroke Business Masterclass
With: Kat Bouchard & Susan Wiggins
Price: $300
Description: For entrepreneurs who are ready to move their businesses to the next level, the brushstroke master class is a 1/2 day one-on-one business coaching intensive. It is for motivated business owners to fill in knowledge gaps surrounding revenue target setting, sales empowerment, organizational systems and planning for growth. More Info
Sales Close: July 30, 2012
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Open Office Hours
With: Christie Halmick
Price: Free
Description: Get answers to your most pressing online business branding, content, and design questions in this free, 30-minute Skype session. July 31, by appointment only. More Info
Sales Close: July 31, limited to 10 spots.
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Six Month Planning Package
With: Michelle Nickolaisen
Price: $750
Description: Want to never plan anything – again? Working together, we’ll create a plan for the next six months of your business and set it up in a project management tool for you + your team; all you have to do is show up & do what you do best. (Package available for July only includes additional follow-up & modification hours; normal package is $500 without those bonuses.) More Info
Sales Close: July 31, 2012
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Dating & Relationships
How to Find Prince(ess) Charming and Stop Kissing Frogs!
With: Kellie J. Walker
Price: $10
Description: Join Kellie Walker, dating & relationship coach, for a 90-minute tele-class on how to use common sense and a bit of self-awareness to make better choices in your dating life. More Info
Sales Close: Friday, July 23, 2012, 1 hour before class begins
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Finances
SquareOne
Christyna Lewis
Price: $197
Description: Video Get new habit of nurturing your financial life in 5 weeks. When the fear and anxiety are released, you have room for clarity and confidence!
More Info
Sales Close: July 7, 2012
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Health & Wellness
The Abundant Veggie Patch System
With: Nicola Chatham
Price: $295
Description: The Abundant Veggie Patch System is a 6-week live interactive organic gardening course, packed with practical videos, audios, checklists and resources to help you design, create and upkeep your own veggie patch so you can enjoy an abundance of fresh, organic food right outside your back-door. More Info
Sales Close: July 12, 2012
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Personal Development
Sensual Confidence Now
With: Marna Schwartz
Price: $125
Description: Do you ever feel uncomfortable, silly, or embarrassed when it comes to sensuality? Do you ever wish you could experience more pleasure? More Info
Sales Close: July 17, 2012
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The Busy Mum’s Guide to making Life Easy
With: Marissa Roberts
Price: $65 AU
Description: A 6 week online video course designed to give you practical skills at handling everything motherhood throws at you. Learn how to balance work, life and family and be an organised, happy Mum! More Info
Sales Close: July 20, 2012
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~~~August~~~
Business Growth
the eCourse Team Experience
With: Dayna House
Price: $249
Description: If you are ready to create an ecourse or program and need a little help getting started and staying on track you need this group coaching program. Over the duration of the 4 weeks we will spend together I am going to share everything I know about how to create inspiring, effective and professional training courses and programs. More Info
Sales Close: August 6, 2012
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The PDF Workshop
With: Christie Halmick
Price: $200 through July 25th, price increases to $250 on July 26th.
Description: Create a beautiful, branded PDF for your target market (in iWork Pages) that will increase engagement with your ideal clients and help you grow your list. Boost your online business confidence by learning skills that you must have to get noticed online (writing, design, content strategy, marketing & follow through). Save money learn the skills to create any kind of PDF document. Starts August 27, 2012 More Info
Sales Close: August 27, 2012 or at 25 participants
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Personal Development
Foundations for Unshakable Joy
With: Stephenie Zamora
Price: $395
Description: A 6-week online program that helps women take an honest look at their life, discover what they really want and create an easy-to-implement plan to make it happen fast. If you’re ready to experience fulfillment, passion and unshakable JOY, this course is for you! More Info
Sales Close: August 31, 2012
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Soul Work & Creativity
The Book Within
With: Amy Scott
Price: $447 / $747
Description: A remarkable 12-week journey to finish the book only you can write, with support from a professional book coach and editor (Amy Scott of Nomad Editorial) and a small community of women writers just like you. Begins August 20, 2012; get a free 30-minute call with Amy every four weeks from the time you sign up until the program starts! More Info
Sales Close: August 19, 2012
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~~~September~~~
Health & Wellness
Clueless in the Kitchen
With: Sue Ann Gleason
Price: $297
Description: From beleaguered cook to culinary rock star, this online course will transform your kitchen experience. We’ll look at flavor balancing, herbs, spices, kitchen tools, and the nourishing aspects of creating delicious meals that are elegantly easy and FUN to prepare. And I’ll hold your hand every step of the way. More Info
Sales Close: September. 15, 2012
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The Well Nourished Woman
With: Sue Ann Gleason
Price: $697
Description: This online program will encompass all aspects of leading the life of a well nourished woman– food, art, creativity, the psycho-spiritual nature of nourishment. We’ll begin with a 30-day kitchen exploration and then move into the deeper wisdom of our eating experience This program runs for three months. More Info
Sales Close: September. 15, 2012
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~~~Ongoing~~~
Business Growth & Personal Development
3, 2, 1 Launch BOOTCAMP
With: Anastasia Valentine
Price: $497
Description: 3, 2, 1 Launch BOOTCAMP is a hands on program for entrepreneurs and small businesses to guide them through everything from Idea through Launch! Ideation for Profit, Social Media, Online Marketing, Soft Launches, PR and Go to Market all included in the price of this fabulous program! More Info/
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30-Day Fast-Action Coaching Program
With: Shay de Silva
Price: $697
Description: A one-on-one 30-day program to get you totally clear on where you want to be and how to get there. We’ll work together to create a detailed action plan and I’ll keep you accountable every step of the way! More Info
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Business Planning for the Average Human
With: Amber Goodenough
Price: $349
Description: The Business Planning for the Average Human video ecourse is an 8 week online course that covers all the stuff you need in business plan in a fun, creative, exciting format! Everything is in plain english! No confusing jargon, no complicated spreadsheets…just the essentials. And visual aids and templates galore. More Info
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Editor On Call
With: Lauren Forest
Price: Monthly Packages start at $97
Description: Make sure your online content is as professional as it can be – have it edited and proofread by your own “Editor On Call.” Send your weekly blog posts, guest articles, whatever you need…even Facebook updates and tweets and they’ll be polished and refined – usually within 72 hours (for short pieces); monthly package prices are based on word count. More Info
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Free 15 Minutes Pow-wow
With: Yvette Syversen
Price: Free
Description: Free 15 Minutes Powwow chats with Yvette Syversen of EZ Business Growth {on Skype}. These no-hold barred conversations will help you liberate yourself from the daily grind of your business, so you can finally OWN your business and not the other way around! Result, more freedom + more cashola. Available: By appointment throughout July/August. More Info
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The Girl’s Guide to Web Design
With: Amanda Aitken
Price: $597
Description: The fun and feisty online course for creative women who want to ditch their fear of code, unleash their inner designer and create an awe-inspiring WordPress blog or site! More Info
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more EVOLution
With: Leona Mizrahi
Price: $136
Description: More evolution sessions are personalized private one-on-ones that reframe the self-help concept. Your private session is accompanied with straight forward and provocative questions that are results-oriented to help keep your heart warm and mind calm. More Info
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Morning Whip
With: Erika Lyremark
Price: $595
Description: 30 days of whip-crackin’ action + luxurious support to whip UP your business confidence with Erika Lyrmark author of the forthcoming Think Like A Stripper: How to Hustle Like You Mean It! More Info
Sales Close: at 25 attendees
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Namestorming!
With: Victoria Prozan McGlinn
Price: $275
Description: You can’t sell it if you haven’t named it! Stop wasting time and start making money! More Info
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On the Edge of Exceptional
With: Dr Laura Ciel
Price:Free
Description: The Dr Laura Ciel Show is a global talk show with the intent to inspire people who find themselves in a place of frustration, sadness, despair, grief, anger, crisis or chaos to move from this edge into the exceptional life they want to live. Each show will offer inspiration for those On The Edge of Exceptional in areas of Personal Achievement, Relationships, Career+Money and/or Health+Body. More Info
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Pinterruption
With: Jessica Kupferman
Price: $199
Description: An online course that helps business owners get started using Pinterest for business, branding, SEO, website traffic, and more! More Info
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Redefining Beauty Transformation Program
With: Kat Kim
Price: $295-$497
Description: Learn how to lose weight and leverage your personal image a s a tool to help you attract what you want into your life. Find clarity, breakthrough success, transform your body and LOVE your image. More Info
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Shift into Genius
With: Lauren Forest
Price: $1197
Description: A genius doesn’t fight her current situation: she shifts out of it and into a place that’s above & beyond it – she shifts into her own place of personal genius. This 6 week process teaches women entrepreneurs how to use this system to solve problems, overcome obstacles, and free themselves from self-defeating thoughts & feelings so that they can create the relationships, life, and businesses of their dreams. More Info
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SquareOne Custome
With: Christyna Lewis
With: $550
Description: In 4 one-on-one private coaching sessions, we will take a snapshot of where you are now, explore your vision of where you want to go, and develop a plan to get you there. The plans we create will support your unique financial situation and emotional journey. Plus, you’ll be able to text or call me between sessions for personalized support and celebration More Info
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Track This!
With: Brittni Mehlhoff
Price: $27
Description: Track This! is packed with actionable worksheets, charts, and questions designed to help you figure out what your true (and very specific) goals are when it comes to your business, and how to stay on track and accomplish those goals once they are set. More Info
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Vlogging Made Simple
With: Jalanda James
Price: $99
Description: Learn how to record and edit your own videos like a PRO! NYC Videographer teaches “non-techie” women entrepreneurs or those who want to create “non crappy” videos in this quick, online video course. (Launch July 9th) More Info
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Wealth of the Self Program
With: Evelyn Kalinosky
Price: $997, ongoing enrollment – 12 month program
Description: When you have built your inner wealth, your wealth of the self — when financial, physical, emotional, spiritual, relationship, and creativity are all balanced, congruent and firing on the same cylinders–surprise events that pull at your attention no longer eclipse your well being. More Info
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WordPress Play Day
With: Loralee Hutton
Price: pay what you can
Description: A light and carefree place to spend time with like minded people who are also working on their WordPress websites. It’s a great place to focus on this 1 project for a few hours with no other distractions. We meet every Thursday evening, and every 2nd Tuesday during the day.
Accountability + Support = WordPress Play Day. More Info
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Finances
Conscious Bookkeeping Method: Home Study Program
With: Bari Tessler Linden
Price: $300
Description: This self-guided, step-by-step and comprehensive online home study course is packed with Tools for Financial Transformation. Charged with practical action steps, teeming with deep reflection cues, and guided by a nurturing curiosity – you’ll be guided your relationship with money on every level, at your own pace. More Info
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Tools for Financial Transformation: Introductory Video Course
With: Bari Tessler Linden
Price: $45
Description: This 4-part video series presents Bari Tessler Linden’s Conscious Bookkeeping method in lively, bite-sized morsels of transformative genius. If you’re ready for a jump start into a more conscious and fulfilling relationship with money, you won’t want to miss it! More Info
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Wake Up With Mint Course
With: Bari Tessler Linden
Price: $65
Description: This multi-media training course has everything you need to start a money practice with the hip & handy web-based personal finance app, Mint.com. You’ll get a comprehensive video training guide to Mint, plus a soulful guide through the psychological, emotional, and spiritual considerations of tracking your finances. More Info
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Health & Wellness
28-Day Fat-Blaster Challenge
With: Shay de Silva
Price: $149
Description: A comprehensive program that will get you in tip-top shape in just 28 days. The challenge includes a workbook for changing your habits, three workout videos (each one less than 25 minutes long and requiring no weights or other equipment), a meal plan, a day-by-day guide, and a tracker so you can chart your progress. More Info
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The BFF Formula- Body Food Freedom Formula
With: Shelley Chapman
Price: $97
Description: A digital experience for women. Lose the Weight. Gain your Life by being your Body’s Best Friend. More Info
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Casual Fridays
With: Paige Lysaght
Price: July discounted rate: $295 (price to increase after that)
Description: A focused but flexible four week one-on-one coaching experience for busy professional women. Learn to be healthier, happier, and more productive in work AND in life. More Info
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The Cut The Crap 7 Day Guided Cleanse
With: Carol Galanty
Price: $45
Description: Cut the crap out of your diet, give yourself a big energy boost, improve your focus and sleep like a baby by cleansing your mind, body and soul for 7 days. (There is an optional juice delivery service or you can make your juices yourself). More Info
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Fast Fitness to Go
With: Shay de Silva
Price: $80/month
Description: Get fit and firm in 25 minutes anytime, anywhere…no equipment needed! This unique program delivers three new 25-minute workout videos directly to your inbox each month. More Info
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Inspired Running
With: Christy Lambert
Price: $10 a month
Description: Inspired Running is an online community of beginning runners/walkers, offering personalized support, motivation & feedback. The intent is to inspire as many people as possible to reach their fitness and life goals using inspiration to pave the way. More Info
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Paleo Power Lunch
With: Stormy Sweitzer
Price: $27.50
Description: Paleo Power Lunch: Easy, Filling & Delicious Workday Meals is a strategic cookbook with a set of how-to videos and quick guides designed to help you create meals that power your active and busy life. Recipes are based on Paleo dietary principles and are naturally free of dairy, grains, legumes, and processed ingredients. All resources are electronic so you can easily download and use them wherever you need them. More Info
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Season to Run
With: Jeanne Andrus
Price: $197/$347
Description: This program is perfect for you if you never thought you could be a runner, if you’ve tried and failed to be a runner, or if a 5k (or longer!) is on your “someday” list! Season to Run is a ZERO to 5k running program that teaches you everything you need to know to become a runner and supports you every step of the way! Minimum age – 9, maximum age – 95! More Info
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Sugar Recovery Program
With: Claudia Olivie
Price: $175
Description: If you’ve been struggling with sugar addiction and the energy rollercoaster, this program will help you get off once and for all in just 2 weeks. You’ll learn how to deal with cravings and withdrawal, as well as how to reintroduce it into your life without starting the cycle all over again. Doors will open the first week of July! More Info
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Your Health Path
With: Wendy Sailor
Price: $28, $98, $224 per month
Description: Three levels of coaching programs and classes: e-course and site membership, the aforementioned as well as email coaching, all of the aforementioned and 4 half hour coaching calls a month. Health and wellness coaching geared to the individual. This is not about what I want for you but helping you to decide what YOU want for you. More Info
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Soul Work & Creativity
Bling Your Brilliant Idea
With: Cara Moulds
Price: $275/$1500
Description: Are you stalled with a divine idea that wants to be born? Get individual coaching and consulting to get out of the muck that’s weighing you down. 1 Carat Bling and 6 Carat Bling options for creating an online program or retreat, branding or opt-in ideas, writing an e-book, crafting a speech or presentation, or whatever brilliant idea is swirling within you! More Info
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Breathe-Focus-Centre
With: Melissa Horne
Price: $55.00 (AUD)
Description: Breathe-Focus-Centre, is a beautiful soulful on-line program, all about connecting in with the breath, to reduce stress & become more self aware – all in the name of building a life that you actually want to live. More Info
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Introduction to Tarot
With: Eliza Fayle
Price: $40
Description: YA common sense approach to learning the Tarot, with no memory work involved. Tarot opens up your intuition and creativity to enhance not just your personal life, but your business life as well. More Info
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The Merry Inksters
With: Amy Scott and Shanna Trenholm
Price: $30/month
Description: The Merry Inksters is a place for writers to connect and support one another with guidance from a professional writer (Shanna) and a professional editor (Amy). In the Merry Inksters you can share your struggles AND your successes. This summer, let us help you rediscover the joy of writing, complete your projects, and have fun doing it! More Info
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