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Design and Print Business cards on Canva + unboxing

by Yo | Apr 11, 2023 | Behind the scenes, Canva, Time saving, Your Offer

It was time for a new business card and I was running a Canva + Creativity course for my students so I thought I’d show them (and you) my Canva design process, how to order prints in Canva and then, how long it takes to arrive + the unboxing!

There are 2 videos in this set: the design and ordering and then the unboxing.
Enjoy!

designing and ordering prints

I ordered on the 5th of April and they arrived on the 11th of April. I didn’t request express post or pay for it but it has an express label on it. There were also 2 days of public holiday over Easter.

They can and look exactly like the preview.

In the button below is the Canva design I used if you’d like to use it too and below there’s the unboxing vid:

the canva design

unboxing

Got any questions?
Have you printed using Canva before?

Should I start a YouTube channel in 2022?

by Natasha Berta | Jun 13, 2022 | Content, Marketing, Strategy, Time saving, Video

YouTube has become a large platform where some people seem to make a tonne of money making videos and doing affiliate and referral marketing. Most people say: it’s never too late to start a YouTube channel and I agree. This is as true in 2023 as it was in 2021! ...

Facebook for your Business

by Natasha Berta | Apr 7, 2022 | Ads on FB + IG, Canva, Content, Facebook™, Social Media

Hello, today I'm going to be talking about Facebook for business. If you are a lightworker, a very heart centered person, sensitive and empathetic, if you really feel the feelings, and you really don't like tech much, it may actually be helpful for you to be on...

Business Building Activities

by Natasha Berta | Feb 11, 2022 | Content, Courses, Marketing, Mindset, Productivity, Strategy, Time saving

Today, I'd like to talk to you about the way you spend your time in your business, especially if you want your business to grow and change. I’ll share my current business growth practices as inspiration for you to figure out what yours are. I have 20 hours a week...

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Impermanence and Tough Days in Business

by Yo | Sep 14, 2022 | Behind the scenes, Mindset, Productivity, Strategy, Sustainable Business

Today started with a lot of hard feelings.

Actually, this dread and worry has been slowly creeping in for a few weeks.

Today just feels like the peak of it triggered by a few things.

My course did not make enough sales to go live today as planned.

Money hasn’t just fallen in my lap since I started my abundance manifesting two days ago.

The bank balance hasn’t changed since the last time I looked.

I’ve just become aware that I don’t have enough income generating days allocated in my calendar.

I’ve got that horrible feeling of dread in my guts and I can’t seem to shake it.

I’ve heard all of this before…

Inner dialogue like:

My audience is too small

My ads aren’t reaching the right cool audience

My offers just aren’t selling

Why aren’t people dying to work with me? I’m pretty sure I’m awesome…

When is the magical money going to land in my bank account and fix all of my problems???

For a change, this time I didn’t apply for 3 jobs.

I’m about to do some gratitude practice to shift my awareness and energetic focus because I’m aware that staying too long in a loop of:

> Worry > Struggling to find solutions > Getting more weighed down > Worry > Struggling to find solutions > Getting more weighed down Worry > Struggling to find solutions > Getting more weighed down >

is not the best way to leave my bed this morning.

Gratitude practice though….urghhh

What? Why?

Is that just another load of baloney and another have-to??

I’m about to do some gratitude practice to shift my awareness and energetic focus because I’m aware that staying too long in a loop of:

> Worry > Struggling to find solutions > Getting more weighed down > Worry > Struggling to find solutions > Getting more weighed down Worry > Struggling to find solutions > Getting more weighed down >

is not the best way to leave my bed this morning.

Gratitude practice though….urghhh

What? Why?

I’ve been trying to make peace with gratitude practice this week by actually doing some.

What I notice is I can trigger good feelings inside myself by thinking of my favorite things and noticing the beauty in the present moment.

The blue sky

The birds chirping outside my window

The grevillea I get to see from my bed

They remind me about my other love: wild nature.

I want to go. I want a day off to be in the wilderness.

But when working MORE to make MORE money seems to my brain to be what’s needed, taking a day off seems crazy.

What I DO know from experience is that swimming in the big sea charges up my battery.

I also know that these feelings and these periods in business just come and go.

Maybe a day off won’t change it.

Maybe grinding harder won’t change it.

But it will definitely CHANGE even if I just show up at the desk and do what’s on the calendar for today.

Maybe I’ll do it from that cafe across the road from the beach so I can squeeze in a little dip in the big blue.

What I end up doing for now is getting back to my gratitude practice, going for a walk with a friend, having a big cry, and then just showing up at the desk and doing what’s in my calendar.

The benefits of Peri-Menopause

by Yo | Sep 1, 2022 | Behind the scenes, Sustainable Business

Today I’m sharing a women’s business chat about the nature of this phase of life. Not business in the normal sense, like a women’s health and wellbeing focus.

I’m discussing identity shifting and all the actual, beautiful, desirable gifts that come at this time. The nameless, formless and timeless gifts that meditators long for are right there for us with ease if we understand what they are and give them the positive frame they deserve.

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