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✨ True Wealth with Betty ✨

Betty Cottam Bertels

True Wealth is not our bank balance, the car we drive, the size of our home, or how many employees we have.True Wealth is our ability to appreciate the phenomenal world.To joyfully give and receive.To feel connected and part of something bigger than just ourselves.Many people are externally wealthy -- they have the money, the house, the car, the lifestyle; but internally they are they are poverty stricken, because they are disconnected, unhappy and their hearts are full of resentment and negative

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82:05

Aliveness, Alignment, and the Art of Speaking that ...

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2025/10/16

Send us a text Your voice can do more than inform—it can restore connection, shift culture, and move systems when it’s rooted in the body. Today I sit down with voice coach and spoken word artist Thea May to explore how “speaking as energy” replaces performance with presence and turns every conversation into an act of care. If you’ve ever felt yourself listing credentials, freezing at “what do you do,” or leaving a meeting strangely depleted, this one offers a new path: align your gut, heart,...

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81:28

"If you’re not terrified it’s not it”: The 'Lifestyle...

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2025/10/07

Send us a text What if your big dream isn’t a plan, but a message from your body—asking you to walk toward the life that will shape you into who you’re meant to be? That question sits at the heart of this conversation with Alex Baisley, creator of The Big Dream Program, who went from a decade of cold, soul-numbing commercial diving to designing a lifestyle-first business that blends family, travel, and deeply meaningful work. We dig into the practical magic of authenticity and why it’s the s...

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91:36

Finding Your 'Weird' to Amplify Your Culture-Changing...

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2025/07/26

Send us a text Marketing expert Laura Eastburn shares her revolutionary approach to authentic business communication with her powerful philosophy: "Speak Human, Win the Internet." Drawing from her grandfather's wisdom to "tell the truth and ask for help," Laura helps businesses break through generic marketing language to find their unique voice. • Started her entrepreneurial journey at age 12 selling handmade hair bows • Created an innovative approach called "finding your weird" to help busi...

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80:01

On Pilgrimage, Happiness & Making the case for...

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2025/05/23

Satish Kumar makes a compelling case for idealism in a world dominated by realists who have failed to solve our most pressing problems, sharing wisdom from his remarkable life journey from monk to peace activist. • Traveling 8,000 miles on foot without money as a peace pilgrimage across 15 countries • True peace requires work at three levels: personal peace, social peace, and ecological peace • Living as a pilgrim means accepting the world as it is and participating to create transformation ...

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65:32

Childhood trauma, healing from workaholism, &...

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2025/05/14

Dr. Jo Watkins shares her transformative journey from traditional NHS doctor to digital entrepreneur who takes three months off annually to travel with her family while running a thriving online business. Jo also talks about working with Betty to uncover the root cause of her people pleasing, lack of self care, and her tendency towards workaholism, which, once she understood and had healed, enabled her to be more present with her family, take time out for herself, and achieve a greater ...

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69:25

Serendipity, non-linearity & how to be happy in life...

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2025/05/02

Carlos Saba, co-founder of the Happy Startup School, shares his fascinating journey from quantum physicist to soulful business coach, exploring how scientific understanding and spiritual awareness can complement each other in entrepreneurship. • From PhD in atomic physics to helping entrepreneurs find clarity and purpose • Distinguishing between trauma-based reactions and authentic inner knowing in decision making • How quantum physics provides metaphors for interconnectedness while maintain...

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89:05

Initiation culture, Indigenous Britons, and Dreaming...

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2025/04/03

Dream deeply, rise up strong. A change is coming. These powerful words form the foundation of Manda Scott's revolutionary work, where ancient wisdom meets urgent contemporary need. In this profound conversation, bestselling author and shamanic practitioner Manda Scott takes us on a journey from the world of pre-Roman Britain to our current precipice of ecological and social collapse – and most importantly, charts a believable path forward. The contrast she draws between "initiation culture" ...

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80:51

Practising Cultural Dignity in an 'Antibiotic'...

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2025/03/12

Tad Hargrave shares his profound insights on culture making – the practice of enriching our communities by honoring life transitions and creating meaningful ceremonies that acknowledge our significance to one another. • Culture making addresses collective problems rather than seeking individual solutions • The Orphan Wisdom School provided Tad with a taste of what culture could be – beauty, ceremony, and acknowledging what matters • Most problems are not personal but collective in nature • C...

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63:09

Gemma Gilbert on Balancing Motherhood with Growing a...

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2025/03/06

Do you crave simplicity & spaciousness as a busy business owner & parent? Me too! Today's guest, Gemma Gilbert, is a down-to-earth & successful business coach, ex-teacher, and mother. She's built a successful business that works for her, giving her the spaciousness & balance in her life that she longed for when she was working in the corporate world. I had so much fun hearing her story. Here's what we talked about: Winter morning dog walks & why mittens a...

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49:57

Be the Oak 🌳 Regenerative Business w/Earth Scientist...

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2025/02/10

My friend & colleague, Debbie Lee, helps purpose-driven doers and dreamers design, build and grow businesses they adore. She is Business Mentor, Embodiment Coach, a Corporate Escapee and a "mum to two Duracell bunnies" This conversation covers: Debbie on business as an eco-system ‘Regenerative’ business’ vs ‘Extractive’ businessBusiness as a vehicle to build communityCollaboration for mutual growthMy getting my needs met vs meeting the needs of the communityOur obsession with product...

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18:48

Wealth, Individuality, Living Unapologetically -- The...

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2025/02/03

Betty talks about her Buddhist teacher Ngak'chang Rinpoche (see episode 1), and how his teachings on Wealth and Appreciation have led her to believe that we need to first heal our pasts, in order to have the courage to become an individual -- and stop giving such a shit about what other people think -- so that we can do the work that only we can do in the world. From Betty: Being in business means being visible. Being ethical in business means being authentic in how we present ourselves. T...

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77:00

Creating a Meaningful Business That Makes You Feel...

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2025/01/28

Laurence McCahill, together with his long-term friend and business partner, Carlos Saba, runs The Happy Start Up School, whose annual Summercamp in Sussex, England, is the UK hippy business owners event of the year -- where festival fun meets inspiring talks, workshops and invaluable network connections with like-minded entrepreneurs & change-makers from around the world. Laurence tells the story of how The Happy Startup School came to be; from starting out with a design agency with ...

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75:26

How One Woman's Vision is Changing the Culture of a...

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2024/11/29

Kate Valentine is the founder of the highly acclaimed non-profit Singing Mamas. She knows the transformative, healing power of singing together. After tragic events and living through heart-breaking adversity, she had a vision, and she WENT FOR IT. (And the culture of our country is changing as a result of that. IF SHE CAN DO THIS SO CAN YOU - trust your vision!)Her story is one of utter alchemy, and I adored every second of it. I hope you will too. How a teacher's harsh words put K...

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88:02

Shamanic Healing, Money & The Great Smoking Mirror of...

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2024/10/15

Louisa Shorney is an artist, writer & healer. She is a student in the Aro gTer Buddhist lineage, and she also sings with Betty in the Savage Cabbage Blues Band. In the first half of 2024 she was a participant in Betty’s signature group program Ignite Your Power.In this conversation:Louisa speaks about her energy & spirit work, animism, and the objects in her roomLouisa on her intuitive childhood experiences The power of story & Louisa’s fiction book The Sacred ForestPsychic /...

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Healing for Business Growth & Full Spectrum Health...

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2024/10/10

Ella Carey is a Naturopathic Nutritionist who lives in Cardiff & practices both locally and online. She was a participant in the second round of Betty's program Ignite Your Power, which provides childhood healing as a foundation for sustainable and ethical business growth.In this conversation:Ella introduces her work How our birth can affect our microbiome later in lifeHow our bodies hold the wisdom re what we need to healThe heart field & how children’s systems pick up on our dy...

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86:48

Manipulation-Free Copywriting with Lauren Van Mullem

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2024/10/04

Lauren Van Mullem provides copywriting support for coaches who want to grow their business without pushy, sleazy non-ethical tactics. She is passionate about helping people express themselves authentically. She also likes vintage fashion hat-making, tea, and chickens. In this podcast we talk about:Lauren's background & how she came to ethical copywritingwhat is ethical copywriting, and why it's so importanthow to present ourselves authentically on our websitesa nifty trick for z...

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80:01

Lessons in Structure, Focus & Consistency - with...

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2024/09/05

Caroline Leon is a business coach for conscious entrepreneurs wishing to build & grow successful online businesses, ethically. In our conversation we covered:Caroline’s journey into business coachingBetty & Caroline share stories; how motherhood helped to clarify their pathsCaroline on starting her blog; leaving Britain to go travelling; Brene Brown & ‘The Art of Non-Conformity’How Caroline grew her life-coaching business through gift sessionsCaroline on launching a new busin...

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81:58

Tad Hargrave: 'The Artist & The Entrepreneur' & Why...

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2024/07/19

Tad on The Artist & The Entrepreneur in businessThe first two columns: Collapse vs PostureThe Third Column: Composure and the marriage of The Artist & EntrepreneurCollapsing & posturing are both strategies; both manipulativeWhen it’s good to collapse/ What happens when a society collapsesCollapse & Posture; as a response to hurtChildren are inherently manipulative & reactiveViktor Frankl and the space between stimulus & responseThe importance of initiation & rights...

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83:03

Betty interviewed by Alexlouise Thomas on 'Financial...

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2024/07/11

In this episode of the Financial Freedom with Alexlouise podcast, financial freedom coach & author Alexlouise Thomas interviews Betty about her work, and the importance of healing our pasts as entrepreneurs and business owners. Find Alexlouise at https://alexlouisethomas.com/And find the details of the Money Mindset / Healing workshop Alexlouise & I are co-hosting (in JULY '24) here.About me:Hi, I’m Betty! Vajrayana Buddhist, Blues Vocalist, former global cycle adventurer & dance-...

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88:16

Creativity is Our Natural State as Human Beings -...

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2024/07/05

Loren Lewis Cole is not only a remarkable, effusive, and incredible creative human being, not to mention highly skilled craftswoman -- but she is also my dearest friend. Her jewellery adorns women around the world (including this one!), and her words and creative fire inspire them to get in touch with their own creative life force energy. You can drool and slather over her work at www.lorenlewiscole.com 😍😍😍Betty & Loren reminisce about how they met; (circa 2007) on the Gloucester Ro...

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