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The E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursEverything Is About To Change (Big Time!)I am both excited and very nervous about this podcast episode because things are going to be changing around here and I just wanted to share with you what that might look like. One thing that I've never really shared on the podcast before is my entrepreneurial journey. I've always stood clear of it, But I've reached the stage in my life where I've realized I've actually got so much to share about running a business and in particular running an e commerce business. And I felt that it was something that I wanted to share because t...2024-07-1505 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursTinnitus: The Causes, Effects & How To Manage ItTinnitus! The screeching, whizzing, hissing noise in our ears that just won't buzz off, however much we wish it would. I'll talk you through the causes of tinnitus, how it impacts us and ideas on how to manage it. There is no cure but we can learn to live along side it and, like any challenge that we have, there are always positives we can take away from it. Useful Links & CodesTinnitus UKGet 15% off at Baukjen with the code BGSTYLIST 15Get 20% off at Stripe & Stare with the code BGO...2024-05-1524 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursThe Benefits Of A Morning Routine: Get Ahead Of Your Day Before It Gets Ahead Of You, With Simple Meditations, Affirmations & VisualisationsI'd always rolled my eyes at the thought of a morning routine. I mean seriously, who has the time and how does it even help?And then I came across Hal Elrod, the author of the Miracle Morning Routine. In his podcast interview with Rachel Hollis (linked below) he explained how he had developed the Miracle Morning Routine and how it worked. I was intrigued. So intrigued that I bought the book (also linked below) and a few days later I started my very own Miracle Morning Routine. Nearly 40 days in now and I LOVE it...2024-05-0829 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursWant To Feel Better About Yourself? Five Thoughts I Think Only I Think!Hi and welcome to episode 5 of this 5/5/5 mini series that I created to help people feel less alone, to bring a smile to their face and to bring some joy to their day. Our minds can often be a lonely place. In sharing five thoughts that I think only I think, I wanted to de-mystify how our minds work and how in reality, there are probably lots of people with the same thoughts as you - you just don't realise it - and that can be horribly isolating. So join me as I share my fi...2024-02-1618 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursWant To Feel Better About Yourself? Five Daily Spiritual Practices That Are Super Quick!Welcome to Episode 4 of this 5 day mini series which is designed to help you to feel totally sorted about yourself and your life.During these 5 episodes I will be giving you the opportunity to listen to the inner most workings of my mind with the hope that you may think to yourself "Oh, so I'm not alone in thinking and feeling this." Or even better "Wow, I am totally sorted and she totally IS NOT!"Come and join me as I journey through five things I'm rubbish at, five things I'm good at (I say...2024-02-1519 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursWant To Feel Better About Yourself? Sharing My Five Biggest Fears: Hoping They Make You Feel Less Alone Or Even Make You Laugh!Welcome to Episode 3 of this 5 day mini series which is designed to help you to feel totally sorted about yourself and your life.During these 5 episodes I will be giving you the opportunity to listen to the inner most workings of my mind with the hope that you may think to yourself "Oh, so I'm not alone in thinking and feeling this." Or even better "Wow, I am totally sorted and she totally IS NOT!"Come and join me as I journey through five things I'm rubbish at, five things I'm good at (I say...2024-02-1412 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursWant To Feel Better About Yourself? Sharing My Five Biggest Fears: Hoping They Make You Feel Less Alone Or Even Make You Laugh!Welcome to Episode 3 of this 5 day mini series which is designed to help you to feel totally sorted about yourself and your life.During these 5 episodes I will be giving you the opportunity to listen to the inner most workings of my mind with the hope that you may think to yourself "Oh, so I'm not alone in thinking and feeling this." Or even better "Wow, I am totally sorted and she totally IS NOT!"Come and join me as I journey through five things I'm rubbish at, five things I'm good at (I say...2024-02-1416 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursWant To Feel Better About Yourself? Let's Celebrate Our Strengths: Five Things I'm Good AtWelcome to Episode 2 of this 5 day mini series which is designed to help you to feel totally sorted about yourself and your life.During these 5 episodes I will be giving you the opportunity to listen to the inner most workings of my mind with the hope that you may think to yourself "Oh, so I'm not alone in thinking and feeling this." Or even better "Wow, I am totally sorted and she totally IS NOT!"Come and join me as I journey through five things I'm rubbish at, five things I'm good at (I say...2024-02-1319 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursWant To Feel Better About Yourself? Here Are Five Things I'm RUBBISH At!Welcome to Episode 1 of this 5 day mini series which is designed to help you to feel totally sorted about yourself and your life.Over the next 5 episodes I will be giving you the opportunity to listen to the inner most workings of my mind with the hope that you may think to yourself "Oh, so I'm not alone in thinking and feeling this." Or even better "Wow, I am totally sorted and she totally IS NOT!"Come and join me as I journey through five things I'm rubbish at, five things I'm good at (I...2024-02-1217 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursWhat It Means To Be Authentic, Dating After Divorce & Retreat DaysHello! Come and join us this week as we meander through: the joys of having passport photos taken in your 50s what it means to be authentic a story about dating after divorcehow its possible to succeed in an exam by getting more than half of it wrong andBeth shares details of the upcoming day retreat she's holding. We hope that you enjoy the ride as we take left turns and wrong turns, get ourselves stuck in cul-de-sacs and come out the other side laughing. Resources referred to in today's episode:2024-02-0241 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursBuilding Resilience, Diary Disasters, Going On Retreat & 80s FashionBuilding resilience, going on retreat, enjoying 1980s fashion, diary disasters and, of course, more TV recommendationsWe dive deep pretty quickly in this episode and talk about building resilience in the tough times; what it looks like when we are in the tough times; what it looks like when our friends and loved ones are in those times; and overcoming our urge to rescue people we love who are struggling and instead joining them in the struggle. But as ever we don’t stay in the deep waters for too long but come up to the...2024-01-2635 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursShifting Gear In The New Year - Empty Nests, Ian Hislop, Gary Barlow, Brandy Melville & Mock ExamsDo you find shifting gear after Christmas & the New Year Challenging? Grown up children head back to their lives and the hall is bare without their shoes. It's like taking a cold bath - a shock to the system - and then just as you get used to it, back they pop! In this episode we're talking about how proprietorial we've become over our kitchens and laundry rooms, trips to Brandy Melville with the teens (if you've not been there yet you must go - not!) what revision for mock exams looks like these days (it's VERY...2024-01-1947 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursYou Don't Need A New You, Just Love The Old You - Contemplating Wise Words From Matt Haig As Shared By Dr Julie SmithIn this episode my friend, Libby, and I consider (from varying angles!) an especially wise quote from Matt Haig which reads as follows:"You don't need a new you. You don't need replacing every year like another iPhone. Don't throw yourself away like another piece of plastic trash. Love the old you. Improve, evolve, do better, but head towards yourself not away. Be gentle with your mind."It's such a profound quote and led us down many different avenues, before we reached our ultimate goal of today's episode which was discuss, and share with you...2024-01-1237 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursSomething You REALLY Need To Know About If You Want More Balance In Your LifeI'm so excited to be sharing all about the "divine feminine" with you on the podcast. It is a concept that I've come across fairly recently. And in all honesty, I cannot believe that I've reached my grand age without really coming across it before. It is revelatory in figuring out how to gain more balance in your life.The point of the podcast has always been to share with you things that I come across by way of new concepts, ideas and beliefs that I think might help to make your life a little bit easier. S...2023-12-0821 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursAn introduction to biohacking: 10 simple biohacks you can use every day to optimise your health and well-beingBiohacking. What are the benefits of biohacking? Is it safe? Does it work?Today, I'm going to be talking about biohacking. Biohacking is something that we're hearing about more and more and something I've become super interested in over the last 18 months or so. So I thought I would share with you what biohacking is all about. You don't have to be a silicone valley billionaire to be interested in biohacking. It's available to anyone, whatever your age and stage in life and is about optimising your own health and well-being by making simple changes whi...2023-12-0128 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursLessons From My Bed - Purple Shampoo, Foundation to Make You Glow & Facial Oils For The Over 50sEver had the time to investigate haircare, make-up and beauty? No, me neither until surgery for a hysterectomy forced me off my feet and in to bed, where I began to dig into the incredible world of purple shampoo, face oils and foundation to make you glow!Come on a journey with me as I share the discoveries I made as I tried out different products, practically from my bed!If you like the podcast it would be lovely if you could rate and review it. And if you'd like to come and say hi...2023-11-2428 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursLessons From My Bed - Fashion & StyleHello and welcome! This podcast forms part of a mini series of podcasts called "Lessons from my bed." Several weeks ago I had an abdominal hysterectomy and as a result of that, I have spent a lot of time in my bed. I've learned a lot, not only about life in general, but about myself in terms of surrendering to things and having to be accepting of what is happening. Although I knew I would get better, my life has been so different. I haven't been able to do any exercise, which forms a large pa...2023-11-1734 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursThe Hysterectomy Chronicles - How To Prepare, What To Expect & Recovery TipsHello! The purpose of this episode is to offer you help and advice if you're facing a hysterectomy, or to help you to support a friend, or family member, who is. During the episode I share with you how my hysterectomy came about, what my hospital stay looked like and what the recovery time is like afterwards. I had a lot of messages on Instagram from people saying that they were worried about their upcoming op as they don't know what to expect, or they weren't sure whether to have it done now, or in the future. So...2023-11-1032 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursEpisode 19: What To Eat On A Ketogenic Diet (Part 2)For this episode I've abandoned the intro and the outro and I'd love to know what you think! Do you prefer it? Or do you prefer to have them in?I wanted to get straight into things and in this episode I talk all things keto: from how I got started, to keto substitutes, keto snacks, keto cakes and keto vegetarian and non vegetarian meals, plus store cupboard essentials. If you'd like a Zoom class on all things keto, just let me know, either at mail@bethgoodrham.com or @bethgoodrham over on Instagram. I think i...2023-08-1837 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursEpisode 18: Eating For Energy: How The Ketogenic Diet Has Brought Me Incredible Results (Part 1)In the first episode of this two part podcast, I'm sharing with you what changes I made to my diet, why I made them and the benefits I've noticed.As a girl who was brought up in the 1970s, everything was low fat. From cheese, to yoghurt and milk, the thought of eating anything other than a low fat version just wasn't done. Fat was the enemy!Which is why it's so strange to find myself eating a diet which is higher in fat than it ever was before. And why I'm no longer looking t...2023-08-1138 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursEpisode 17: Who's That Girl? Which Parts Of Your Identity Are You Ready To Let Go?Recently it struck me how going on holiday is a brilliant opportunity for people to re-invent themselves (especially if they're a teenager!) They're free to shake off the shackles of being known as the nerdy one, or the one who had bad skin, or the one who needed a brace. And it got me thinking....if we all had a clean sheet of paper and could start again from scratch, what parts of our identity would we let go too? Take a listen to find out how this might unfold in the real world.2023-08-0414 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursEpisode 16 - Play! Play! Play! It's Important For Adults. And Here's Why!So here are a couple of questions for you. Do you know what the benefits of play are...even as an adult? And how often do you intentionally engage in it?My guess is probably not very much. In fact, you may even balk at the idea. Perhaps you think that play is something that only children do.I used to think the same too. Until I started to receive a very clear message that I needed to play more. And the results have been fascinating to me. In this episode I share wi...2023-07-1425 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursEpisode 15 - 5 Things To Help When Life Is ToughIn this Episode, I'm sharing 5 tips to help when life gets tough. In a previous life, this episode was one of my "Sunday Love Letters Straight From The Heart" but I had such an overwhelming response to it that I decide to turn it into a podcast episode so that you could come back and listen to it anytime that you needed to.Thank you to the ladies who sent the quotes to me which I read out in the episode. Your words of wisdom were much appreciated. If you would like to receive my S...2023-07-0721 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursEpisode 14: Ever Been On A Retreat? Me Neither. Until Now!When a last minute opportunity to go on a retreat presented itself, I jumped at the chance. It felt as though the stars aligned, so I threw caution to the wind and went. I had no idea what to expect but it was brilliant. I learned and and experienced new things, moved, challenged myself in so many ways, and meet some incredible people.As promised, here are the details that I said I would include. Both recommendations are absolutely worth checking out!The place that we stayed had safari lodges with toasty beds, fabulous showers, a...2023-06-3028 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursEpisode 13 - The Girls' Guide To Marrackech: Site Seeing, Souks, Shopping & Soulful ChatsMarrakech wasn’t somewhere that was really on my radar to visit, until a client of mine asked me whether I would like to go and stay at the Riad that she had bought and renovated with her husband. It took a while for the plan to come together but when my friend, Jo, and I finally made it there in February, we were blown away. Not only was it a hustling, bustling city of sights, sounds, smells and tastes to delight but the people, the architecture and the history were mind blowing. Think...2023-03-0939 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursEpisode 12 - Ready To Be Inspired By An Incredible Female Entrepreneur? Listen To This.Katie Lopes is the co-founder of the underwear brand, Stripe & Stare Back in 2003, Katie and her sister set up a retail business selling international fashion from New York and Australia. They counted Kate Middleton and Sienna Miller amongst their clientele. But there was one product that caught Katies’ eye: a thong imported from the USA. It was that which customers came back for, time and time again. The rest, you might say, is history. Except it isn’t. Developing a comfortable knicker which women could wear every day became Katie’s obsession. From the early...2023-03-0252 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursEpisode 11 - Want To Find Your True Purpose In Life? Listen To What Your Body Is Telling YouEver wondered how some people just “know” what they’re here for? They have such a strong vocation or conviction that they don’t ever question whether they’re in the right job or following the right path.But what if you’re not sure? Perhaps you’re thinking about returning to work after having had time away to look after your family. Or maybe you’ve left a role that you worked in for years and are wondering where to go next. Perhaps you’re retired but aren’t sure quite what to do with your spare time...2023-02-2038 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursEpisode 10 - Suffering A Crisis Of Confidence? 5 Steps To Remedy ItNoticed that a lack of confidence is stopping you from doing things? Taking on new projects? Trying out new ventures or adventures? Or even doing things that you didn’t used to think twice about? As we get older, our confidence seems to decrease. I’m not sure why but I have a few theories on it. Here I share 5 steps that I rely on to get me through situations which I know are going to unsettle my central nervous system and test my confidence to the max. I hope t...2023-02-1328 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursEpisode 9 - Bunions, Wrinkles & Pelvic FloorYou’ve heard of Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop, well it’s time to meet “Droop”, the middle-aged equivalent! For the last 90 days, I and two friends have been trying out different approaches to deal with afflictions that are common in middle age. Libby tested a product to help with bunions (not that she has them!) Mandy put something to help with wrinkles through its paces and I experimented with a device to increase the strength of my pelvic floor. In this...2023-02-0648 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursEpisode 8 - What To Wear When You Don’t Want To Wear JeansIn my 14 years as a stylist, one of the questions that I am asked most frequently is “What are some comfortable and stylish alternatives to jeans?”It’s a question I REALLY enjoy answering because it’s amazing how many options are out there and I LOVE diving into them. In this episode, I’m looking at 5 key areas. As well as alternatives to jeans, I’m looking at different tops to wear, fabrics to consider, shoe options for around the house, and “the bits around the...2023-01-3038 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursEpisode 7 - Let’s Talk About Running!I’ve been “running” off and on since I was a teenager. But it wasn’t until I reached my early 40s that I started long distance running. I ran my first half marathon at the age of 44, my first marathon at the age of 46, followed by a second marathon at 47 and at the age of 50, I ran four more. I think there’s even an ultra marathon in there somewhere!By popular request, in this episode I share all that I’ve learnt over the years. Whether you’re just getting started (or thinking about...2023-01-2356 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursEpisode 6 - Have You Ever Thought About Taking A Trip To Iceland?After coming home from a 5 day trip to Iceland, I sat down and thought about all the things I wish I’d known before we went away - what to take, what the food was like, what could we expect from the trips we’d booked, what would the journey be like, how cold would it really be? I share all of this, and more, in this episode. Iceland was truly a beautiful place and if you’ve ever thought that it might be a place that you’d like to visit, join me as I take you on a...2023-01-1642 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursEpisode 5 - What Worked, What REALLY Didn’t and What I’m Excited for in 2023Welcome to Episode 5 of “A Friend In Your Ear.” It’s almost beyond comprehension to think that we are entering another New Year. I still think that we’re in April 2022! I feel quite excited by the prospect of 2023 - new beginnings and a fresh start are always inspiring. So with that in mind I thought it might be helpful to share with you what worked for me in 2022, what REALLY didn’t work and what I’m looking forward to in 2023.In this episode, I share more of the “behind the scenes” with what’s going o...2023-01-0929 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursEpisode 4 - 4 New Habits I've Adopted & 1 Habit I've Abandoned After MANY Years!Welcome to Episode 4 of “A Friend In Your Ear.” In today’s episode I’m sharing with you the 4 habits I’ve taken up and the one (deeply ingrained) habit that I have abandoned. I look at why beating yourself up isn’t a way to achieve a new habit goal, how habit stacking helps as well as motivating factors for adopting a new habit, or parting with an old one. During the episode, I refer to a couple of resources, which I’ve linked below. Enjoy! Let’s Chat:If you’d like to come and sa...2022-12-1938 minThe E-Commerce Girls' Club - Amazon Tips For Female EntrepreneursThe Menopause And Me: The Introduction To My Book “You Are Not Bonkers.”Welcome to Episode 3 of “A Friend In Your Ear.” If you don’t already know, I’ve written a book. It is called “You Are Not Bonkers” and it is a guided journal and symptom tracker to help women who are going through the menopause to figure what the flip is going on and what to do about it. You Are Not Bonkers is a practical tool to help you to navigate the menopause day by day. Its aim is to get you through the day without feeling utterly rubbish and pointless about yourself, without questioning yo...2022-11-2120 min