Coach Marla Beck

How to Write When There’s So Much Else You Could Be Doing

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Over the winter holiday, I took my daughter to the DeYoung Museum in nearby San Francisco. We had the good fortune to snag a private tour, and together we weaved through the stately building, looking at women-made sculptures and learning much about art history and appreciation from our European-born docent. Our guide wrapped up the […]

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Writing Productively After Work – Can It Be Done?

How to Write Productively After You Come Home From the Office It isn’t always easy to sit down and write productively after a full day’s work. Often my clients tell me they’re tired –- understandably so. Commutes, team meetings and hours spent writing, analyzing, pitching, proofing or planning…all these activities often demand significant physical, intellectual […]

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Let This Go and Watch Your Productivity Soar.

In today’s video tip, I offer you a new perspective on productive writing.  So often, we focus on what we need to do.  In today’s tip, I share with you the one thing you need to give up: “Let This Go and Watch Your Productivity Soar” In other news, I’ll be publishing my newsletter on Tuesdays, […]

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You Need a Coach. Here’s 3 Reasons Why.

Ambitious athletes, executives, speakers, and influencers have long known that the fastest path to achieving their goals is to hire a coach. What about you? Can a coach really help you achieve your writing, career and life goals? How? I’m answering your questions in today’s video: “How a Coach Can Help You.” Click below to […]

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How to Revive a Bone-Dry Creative Project: 3 Simple Strategies.

Are you struggling with a creative project that’s lost its verve and fire?  I was recently, too. Allow me share with you a little story about how I shifted a treasured project from uninspired to magical.  Then, read on for the 3 simple strategies I used, so you can start reviving your own bone-dry creative […]

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Introverted? Creative? Here’s an Easy Way to Nourish Your Soul.

In the United States we are celebrating Thanksgiving Day, my most favorite holiday of the year!  My family is gathering in Lake Tahoe for a few days, and if I haven’t already started my signature Dutch apple pies by the time you read this, I’ll certainly be gearing up to soon.  (I don’t eat sweets, […]

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Time to Get Your Grit Back? Here’s My Story.

It’s time I shared something with you. Behind the scenes these past few years, I’ve walked through some health challenges that would knock any strong woman off the tracks. The radiation and chemotherapy treatments I received at ages 23 and 25 cured my lymphoma but, starting in 2012, these same treatments began to cause a […]

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Not Pursuing Your Passion? Start Here.

I hope this message finds you well! You may remember me writing to you last week about making a few changes in my life, after discovering I was off-track with some of the activities that make me happiest. If you can relate, today’s video is for you!  Watch below to learn a very simple, often […]

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This is embarrassing (but potentially useful for you)

Back in 2005, when I first launched my professional coaching practice, I used to think that to be an effective, credible coach I had to lead my life perfectly. (Can you relate?  For those of you who are working on stepping into your authority as an author, speaker or workshop leader, I’ll bet you can.) […]

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What’s it going to take.

Sometimes, it seems, even smart people believe stuff that’s not actually true. Take, for example, our culture’s love affair with striving.  If you’ve ever worked hard to do life “right” — “right” according to whom? — then you know what I mean. You may have worked hard, long hours, and then faulted yourself when your body […]

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I Was Scared Too

When I became a mother, something inside me blossomed. You see, before I became pregnant with my daughter, I wasn’t sure that “mothering” was the right thing for a woman like me. I had a list of reasons why, reasons that sounded something like this — “I’m creative, and I absolutely savor my alone time.” […]

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The REAL Reason You’re Not Writing Productively

Have you been struggling to…. confidently defend your writing time? consistently believe in your project?  stay focused — i.e., off Facebook! — when you write? keep up the momentum when life, craft challenges or temporary time crunches derail you? If so, relief is on the way. I made this week’s 4-minute coaching video, “The Real […]

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You’re So Powerful.

 In the past few weeks, I’ve been sharing with you ways that other peoples’ wisdom has taught me to deliberately take charge of my life. Today’s article is the third in this three-part series, “Quotes That Changed My Life.” Enjoy! You’re So Powerful. This week I moved my office to a beautiful five-story building closer […]

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Mary Pickford Taught Me This.

Thank you for the wonderful notes you sent to me after I published “The Best I Could Do”, I’m very happy to hear that my stories resonate with you, and appreciate all the encouragement to keep writing to you from the heart. As promised, today is Part Two in my new series, “3 Quotes that […]

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The best I could do.

I promised you last week that I’d tell you about my relationship to vengeance. We’ll certainly get to that in a moment. First though, a quick introduction to this new blog series: “The 3 Quotes That Changed My Life.” *** In graduate school, one of our classmates told us how she’d often memorize long poems […]

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