This eight lesson home study course will teach you my unique SPICE tool that unlocks the secret to writing compelling stories based on your experiences. Each lesson provides a Limbering Up exercise and a Task to get you putting pen to paper. Be inspired, not only by the clear and practical instructions, but also by writings on those very same tasks created by my students. In addition to eight audio files you can also download a workbook that contains the same content, a SPICE chart for you to use and a video showing me teaching an introduction to my method in a classroom. This same method has been taught at the Watermill at Posara in Tuscany since 2012 in a residential retreat situation, in the Netherlands, Malaysia and online. Well over a 1000 students have learned its methods and many have gone on to publish their own memoirs.

Two indie authors with 20+ years in the trenches sit down to name names on the schemes targeting writers today — from fake editors quietly running manuscripts through ChatGPT, to vanity presses dressed up as book deals, to "we'll make you a bestseller" pitches that never deliver.

Each episode breaks down one scam in plain language: how it hooks you, the red flags that give it away, and what to do if you've already been caught. It's the conversation about publishing scams you wish someone had had with you before you learned the hard way.

You're the one everyone counts on to deliver, whatever it takes. And even when you love what you do, part of you has started to wonder whether it has to cost this much: the stress, the pushing through exhaustion, the sense that your best only ever comes at a price. It doesn't.

Over seven short tracks, Femke Bakker, selfgentleness and meditation teacher, TEDx speaker, and researcher, guides you toward an easier way to arrive at your best. You'll learn to relax your body on demand, loosen the grip of time, reconnect with the quiet place your best work comes from, and become your own steadiest support. Each track pairs a short reflection with a guided practice, so you discover what this means for you rather than just hearing about it. No hustle, no pressure. Just a calmer, more spacious way to do what you already do well.

You wanted to carve out your own path with your business, but with every question you asked, you were inundated with advice telling you how you should act. That's left you feeling confused and disorientated.

Creating a successful, soulful business is an art form blending energy, inner wisdom and leadership.You can design your business to follow no rules other than your soul cues, and I will show you how to get started in this course.

Each step focuses on a different aspect of the essence of your business, so you know where it will take you and what you will create. You will understand your business in a new way, one that brings freedom to create success on your terms.

Coming Back to Your Centre is a gentle New Reality Journey created to help you slow down, breathe, and reconnect with yourself. Through a simple breathing practice, gentle reflections, and two original Soul Rocker songs, you'll discover simple ways to return to your centre in everyday life.

You are welcome to return to this journey whenever life feels busy, overwhelming, or whenever you simply need a few moments of peace. Each time you listen, your experience may be different.

An optional companion artwork is also available if you'd like to colour, doodle, or quietly create as you listen, allowing creativity to become another gentle pathway back to your centre.

Your memories, experiences, defining moments and crazy incidents are important – they show who you are and yet the task of writing a full-length memoir, is a mountain too high to climb. So, what if you could learn how to write about the things that have shaped you in the most compelling way? What if you could write them, not to be published, but as a legacy for your family? This is the core of the Life Story Jar course. Based on the concept of Kintsugi, a porcelain jar that has been broken, just as we can be broken by some of our experiences, and put back together again, just as we manage to pick ourselves up and start again. Kintsugi shows that pieces are mended with golden glue and rendered more precious. I believe that our stories represent the pieces and the sharing of those stories is the golden glue. This programme of 50 individual lessons will guide you towards writing your own pieces and building them into a unique and priceless collection. Each lesson begins with inspiration and practical tips and ends with an example of my own writing on the very same topic. So dive in and try it for yourself.

Welcome to this four-day sound and drawing journey.

Together, we will explore a simple yet powerful way of creating more calm, clarity, and presence in everyday life using tools you already have: a pencil, a piece of paper, your senses, and a few quiet moments for yourself.

This journey weaves together movement, sound, and image through the kinesthetic, auditory, and visual senses. By engaging all three, you invite the mind to settle, the body to soften, and the inner world to express itself without needing words.

Each day, find a comfortable place where you can be undisturbed for a few minutes. Let this be your time. A small act of choosing yourself.

As you listen to my piano painting, place your pencil on the paper and allow it to move freely. There is no right way and no wrong way. No art skills are required.

Simply follow the music.

Let the pencil travel across the page in one continuous movement. When the movement feels complete, gently lift the pencil.

Pause.

Take a breath.

Notice what you feel.

What changed?

What wanted to be expressed?

What happens when you stop trying to control the line and allow it to lead the way?

Welcome to the journey.

Join me as I facilitate inspiring and practical conversations with experts on a range of topics that will help you become better writers and authors. Learn about everthing from marketing your book to editing, story arcs and journalling. New episodes will be added monthly.

DIO — Drawing It Out

A New Reality Journey with SÏRÏ

What if you didn’t need to think your way back to yourself?

What if you could draw your way there?

Drawing It Out — DIO — is a journey into inner stillness through one of the simplest tools we have: a line on a page.

You do not need to be an artist.

You do not need to know how to draw.

And you do not need to make anything beautiful.

In fact, that is part of the point.

I created DIO through my own experience of discovering what happens when we allow the hand to move before the thinking mind has time to decide what should happen.

A pen.

A piece of paper.

A line.

And suddenly there is another way of listening.

DIO combines guided reflection, drawing, sound, music and moments of stillness to help you move underneath the noise of everyday life. Instead of trying to explain everything with words, you allow the body and the hand to speak.

The drawing becomes a conversation.

Not a picture you have to understand or interpret correctly, but a place where something inside you can become visible.

Throughout this journey, I will invite you to draw without judgement, without planning and without needing to know where the line is going.

Because this is not really a journey towards becoming better at drawing.

It is a journey of remembering.

Remembering the part of you that existed before all the expectations, roles, responsibilities, stories and noise became so loud.

The part of you that already knows.

The part of you that can become quiet enough to hear itself.

You may discover feelings you have not had words for. You may recognise patterns, memories or parts of yourself that have been waiting for your attention. Or you may simply experience something wonderfully uncomplicated:

peace.

There is nothing to achieve here.

There is only something to meet.

You.

One line at a time.

Welcome to DIO — Drawing It Out.

Welcome to Drawing Yourself Home.

Break free from procrastination and build lasting habits for a more productive, focused, and fulfilling life.

In this Journey, we will dive into the root causes of procrastination and gain the tools to overcome it. By the end of the journey, you will have developed sustainable strategies to take action, improve focus, and build habits that lead to long-term success.

What Can You Expect:

1. Understand Procrastination:

Gain a deeper understanding of procrastination’s psychological, emotional, and behavioral roots.

Identify how procrastination impacts various aspects of life—emotionally, financially, and physically.

2. Identify Triggers and Barriers:

Learn how to spot personal procrastination triggers like fear, perfectionism, or distractions.

Address emotional barriers such as fear of failure or success that may hold you back.

3. Master Time Management Techniques:

Learn effective time management strategies like the Pomodoro Technique and the Eisenhower Matrix to prioritize tasks and stay organized.

Develop daily action plans that break big tasks into smaller, manageable steps.

4. Build Sustainable Habits and Routines:

Understand the science of habit formation and create routines that support your goals.

Implement morning and evening routines to kickstart productivity and maintain momentum.

5. Strengthen Motivation and Self-Discipline:

Explore how to maintain long-term motivation by leveraging both intrinsic and extrinsic drivers.

Learn practical exercises to strengthen willpower and self-control.

6. Overcome Mental Barriers:

Using cognitive-behavioral strategies, understand common mental obstacles like fear of failure, perfectionism, and anxiety.

Cultivate a growth mindset and practice self-compassion to sustain progress.

7. Build a Support System:

Discover the importance of accountability partners and support networks to keep you on track.

Learn how to engage with supportive communities to maintain momentum and stay committed to your goals.

By the end of this journey, you will have a toolkit of strategies to combat procrastination, stay focused, and continuously move toward their goals with clarity and confidence.

Getting Organized, From Insight to Action

If you’ve ever understood why clutter happens… but still found yourself staring at the same pile — this course is for you. This is part of my clutter series.

You can listen to this course as a stand-alone course or as the 3rd in the series.

#1 Why Clutter Keeps Showing Up — It's Not About the Stuff and

#2 The Clutter Pattern You Keep Repeating — What It’s Really About

#3 This one! Getting Organized, From Insight to Action

Getting organized isn’t about becoming more disciplined or more minimalist. It’s about learning a repeatable sequence that works in real life. In this course, we move from awareness to action — uncovering patterns, updating outdated systems, and building simple structures that last.

You’ll learn how to make quicker decisions, organize without overwhelm, create systems that match your current life stage, and prevent the quiet slide-back that happens after a big clean-up.

This isn’t about perfection.

It’s about building systems that evolve with you.

Clutter isn’t just about habits — it’s about history.

In this course, you’ll explore the emotional roots behind why certain items feel harder to release and why clutter often resurfaces during life transitions.

We’ll look at inherited beliefs about money and value, control as a safety strategy, identity shifts that freeze through objects, scarcity thinking, regret, and how fear subtly influences decisions.

This course stands on its own — whether you’re new to this work or continuing a deeper journey. There are 2 other Clutter Series Journeys you may want to check out. Why Clutter Keeps Showing Up — It's Not About the Stuff and Getting Organized, From Insight to action

After this course, you’ll walk away understanding:

• Why your relationship with stuff was learned

• How emotional protection can shape your space

• Why transitions impact clutter

• And how to move forward without erasing who you’ve been

No shame.

No extreme minimalism.

Just insight, perspective, and sustainable change.