Coach Marla Beck

On Paradox and Striving

I’ve always been drawn to paradox.  As an undergraduate in economics, my mind felt like popcorn popping in a skillet when I encountered the curiosity and elegance of Marxian dialectical thinking.  A few years later, as an enthusiastic Jungian analysand, I slowly learned to solve problems in a new way, by “embracing the tension between […]

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How to Get Serious About Your Passion Project (an unconventional approach) – Part 3 in a 3-Part Series

About this series: Lots of blogs will tell you how to take charge and get serious about your passions. I’m here to share with you a different path, and it’s one that won’t resonate with everyone. In the next three weeks, I’m going to show you how to finally get serious about your passion project. […]

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How to Get Serious About Your Passion Project (an unconventional approach) – Part 2 in a 3-Part Series

As I wrote to you last week: Lots of blogs will tell you how to take charge and get serious about your passions. I’m here to share with you a different path, and it’s one that won’t resonate with everyone. In the next three weeks, I’m going to show you how to finally get serious […]

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How to Get Serious About Your Passion Project (an unconventional approach) – Part 1 in a 3-Part Series

Lots of blogs will tell you how to take charge and get serious about your passions. I’m here to share with you a different path, and it’s one that won’t resonate with everyone. In the next three weeks, I’m going to show you how to finally get serious about your passion project. The steps I’ll […]

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How Will You Show Up Today?

Lots of writers I know think of “creative time” as something that happens only at the writing desk — not when they’re on the job, running errands, or moving from thing to thing. I’ve found that the key to staying creatively alive and agile is to pay more attention.  In today’s video, I’ll teach you a […]

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My Personal Retreat: What Really Happened.

Thank you for cheering me on last week as I took time off to do a personal retreat. It was nice to return to the office on Monday to find your encouraging notes in my inbox. As I mentioned in last week’s video, I decided to keep my retreat open-ended, and resist my usual habit […]

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The Fine Art of Taking a Break

Your best productivity hack is one of the hardest to do: setting time aside to allow yourself to take an expansive, deep and real break from daily demands. What would you do with a few days entirely to yourself?  In today’s video, I’ll share with you my challenge with taking time off…and the choice I’m […]

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How to Feel More Alive Again.

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Fire Up Your Creativity: My Two Favorite Practices

I like to think of my creativity as a living thing.  When I intentionally care for and nurture it, my ability to solve problems, think outside the box and create beauty improves.  When I tend to this living force inside me, my creative ability thrives! Watch today’s video for two very simple practices you can […]

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How I Reset My Writing When I’m Stuck

One of the best things about writing these weekly articles is hearing from you:  I love hearing how these ideas help you to get inspired and bolder in life and writing! I cull these insights and ideas from countless hours of heart-to-heart coaching conversations with writers just like you:  smart, but stuck.  Loads of potential, […]

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An Antidote for a Bone-Dry Heart.

“Be unafraid of consummate wonder.”   – Danna Faulds When was the last time you felt genuine wonder? Were you listening to the complex song of rushing water in a nearby creek? Were you watching a loved one breathe and sigh in sleep? Were you pushing phrases around — patiently, intently – until at last you […]

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2 Ways to Discover Your Purpose

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What to Do When You’re Unmoored, 2 tips!

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When life jolts you out of your ordinary routines and comforts, it’s quite easy to feel unmoored. Whether you’re dealing with a watershed life change or simply trying to adjust to simpler circumstances, like recovering from an injury or having your kids home for the summer — change isn’t easy. How can you stay on […]

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When Life Derails You: 3 Tips

Just over a month ago, I stood onstage with my guitar and a friend in an intimate, legendary bar in Sausalito, California.  For nearly an hour, my modest but meaningful dream unfolded, one that I’d been pursuing for quite awhile! True to coaching form, I set a few performance goals for myself.  I wanted to: […]

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Does my creativity affect my coaching?

Does my creativity affect my coaching? Does my coaching affect my creativity? This week I thought I’d share one of my favorite interviews from the archives, my 2011 “Five Questions” interview with Meredith Resnick. If you’re interested in exploring the intersection of learning and mentoring, discovering and doing, I  think you’re going to like this […]

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