Change Your Life In 28 Days With Mind Alchemy

by Angela Artemis | Feb 1, 2011 | Change your thinking, Creating Our Reality, Self-improvement | 35 comments

Today I have the pleasure of interviewing Steven Aitchison, of Change Your Thoughts.

Steve is launching a fantastic free course titled: Mind Alchemy, Change Your Life In 28 Days.

I’ve enrolled in his course and am very excited about the prospect of changing my life in 28 days!

Steve is not only a tireless worker, but a dynamic and endlessly creative individual. I thought it would be fascinating for us to learn more about him and about his new completely free course Mind Alchemy.

Change Your Thoughts is a top self development blog that has been around for almost 4 years. That’s a long time in “blog years!” In that time you’ve grown your subscriber list to more than 16,000 readers which is obviously a tribute to your ability to speak to the needs of your readers.

Do you have a “recipe” for success that you can share with readers?

Focus! When I started to focus on my blog and my blog readers solely, instead of doing a hundred other things online, my subscribers jumped from 3,000 in August 2009, to 16,000 today. Have a blogging schedule, network with like minded bloggers, write your own products: free and paid for, and do it often, give your readers a reason to subscribe, and always have more than one way to subscribe to your blog: sidebar, one time pop-up to catch reader just passing, at the bottom of each post.

What inspired you to begin blogging and to create Change Your Thoughts? Has it met your expectations?

I has finished a degree in Psychology, to prove to myself I could do it and because I was interested in the subject, but I had never really put the degree to use. So I wanted a way to combine what I had learned throughout my life, and the changes I had been making, and the degree in psychology. I then came across Steve Pavlina’s blog and found the answer: blogging.

My expectations were that I could talk to a lot of people and make a lot of money, so from that point of view it definitely did not meet my expectations. However when I re-focused on my blog in August 2009 and I started connecting with my readers everything changed. The number of comments per post has jumped to around 40-50, the interaction with readers on my facebook and twitter page has jumped. It really is all about the connections and interactions and the money will follow.

I love the idea that you can “Change Your Life in 28 Days.” Can you explain how the Mind Alchemy program works?

Mind Alchemy will be blog based, meaning that every day for the month of February there will be a post on the blog with an an article and an exercise to do each day which will take from 30 – 90 minutes. There will also be 4 daily practices, which will be introduced over the 28 days.

What results can participants expect in 28 days? What kinds of things will they be learning and doing?

To know yourself as much as possible is the greatest path to achieving your outcomes in life, without knowing why you do the things you do, you are not going to change much. This course is a rapid way of getting to know yourself and change your thinking, and ultimately change your life.

Some of the topics you will learn are: How to rapidly change your beliefs, unearth your principles and values in life, getting a clear picture on your outcomes, how to overcome fear, using your emotions to your advantage. There will be an exercise journal sheet to fill in most days, which you can keep to refer back to again and again. It’s going to be a fun way to change as there are over 600 participants between the blog and the Facebook group so being accountable is a big part of doing this course.

Why do you feel it’s important for people to participate in Mind Alchemy? What benefits will they receive?

It’s important if you feel you are stuck in a rut and don’t know how to move on, or know what your next step is. Mind Alchemy offers a way and a community of people who are willing to make changes in their life.

The community aspect is the biggest part to the equation. If you hold yourself accountable to over 600 readers then that’s huge motivation to make changes in your life. Also, you will be receiving encouragement from 600 other readers 🙂

The program is free. Why? From what you’re proposing it looks as if there’s going to be a great deal of value given to the participants. It also appears that a great deal of work went into it on your part.

I have been working on this for the last two months, writing, tweaking and trying to think of ways to make it better. Between the course and the workbook I have written around 40,000 words, enough for a book 🙂

However this is the first time I have rolled out the course, so the reason it’s free is to get feedback. I want to make this a great course for change and getting everyone’s feedback at the end of the course will be great.

Do you ever feel that by focusing on self development as a blogger that you have gained as much if not more than your readers by taking your own advice and from “walking your walk and talking your talk?”

They say you teach what you most need to learn yourself, in some ways that is true. Focusing on self development has kept my attention on my own self development. I don’t think i would be the person I am today if I hadn’t been writing about self development.

Where do you see yourself and Change Your Thoughts in five years?

Change your thoughts (CYT) will be a publishing company, and I will be touring and doing seminar work, that’s where I see this going and possibly having a book deal on the table.

What would you like readers to know about you that might surprise them?

I am an ordinary guy, adore my wife and family above all else, and just want to chill and do the thing I love the most – help others change!

Steve’s attitude really defines the spirit of blogging in that he loves helping others. I love that about him and Change Your Thoughts. His sincerity really shines through.

I’ve enrolled in Steve’s free course Mind Alchemy and I hope to see you there too! Why not check it out? It’ll be fun too!

If you enjoyed this post please subscribe and share it on Twitter and Facebook. Thank you!

Steven Aitchison is an author and the prolific blogger behind the wildly popular Change Your Thoughts. For another fascinating look at the man behind Change Your Thoughts you can read this post also.

Steve is also the Guest Post Editor for The Daily Brainstorm.

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35 Comments

Sarupa on March 3, 2016 at 10:22 am

Love your work Steve!!! You really are an inspiration!
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ayo on February 12, 2011 at 5:47 am

hello steve
how are you?
i think you should be called super steve. i always ask myself each time how you keep up with all thats happening in your world.
you have a good heart and you pour so much into all you do mind alchemy being the latest one.
thanks angela for conducting this interview
take care of yourself and enjoy the rest of the day
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- Angela Artemis on February 12, 2011 at 9:22 am
  
  Hi Ayo,
  What a pleasure it is to have you visit! Steve is such a busy guy. I too often marvel at all he accomplishes.
  “Super Steve” is definitely an appropriate name for him!
  It was my pleasure to interview Steve and my pleasure to share it with you Ayo!
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Sandra I Always Well Within on February 2, 2011 at 5:25 pm

Excellent interview, Angela. Steve, I’m impressed with the way you hone in on knowing yourself. I agree ~ this is the key to all transformation. I also appreciate your advice on focus. Thanks so much for your generosity.
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- Angela Artemis on February 2, 2011 at 10:08 pm
  
  Hi Sandra,
  I’m so happy you enjoyed the interview with Steve.
  Thank you so much for visiting. It’s such a pleasure to have you visit!
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Steven Aitchison on February 2, 2011 at 4:29 pm

Angela, thanks you so much for this interview and sharing it with your readers, I really do appreciate it.

I am so glad you are part of the course, it’s been a great experience so far, but a lot of work keeping up with comments on the blog and the Facebook group, but everyone seems to be getting a lot out of it.

Thanks you to everyone who has left a comment here and if you don’t mind Angela I’ll reply to some of them.
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- Angela Artemis on February 2, 2011 at 10:06 pm
  
  Hi Steve,
  You’re so welcome. I’m happy you came by to reply to the comments!
  I have a full time job too, so I completely understand.
  The course is so well done Steve! You’ve outdone yourself this time.
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Tess The Bold Life on February 2, 2011 at 4:01 pm

Hello Angela and Steven,

Steven I remember when you had your blog analyzed on someone’s site but I don’t remember who did it! I also think you are very generous with guest bloggers. I know I appreciated being on your blog twice. Bloggers don’t ever forget other bloggers who treat them kindly.
Just so you know, I appreciate you!
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- Steven Aitchison on February 2, 2011 at 4:37 pm
  
  Tess, as ever you’re an absolute star. It was Chris Garrett who carried out the blog analysis, it was a good one as well 🙂 Thank you for your support and the amazing articles you have written for your blog and CYT.
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Marty on February 2, 2011 at 1:41 pm

Great article.
My gut feeling about Steve is that he is as you describe; a genuine guy who desires to help others.
Long may he continue.
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- Angela Artemis on February 2, 2011 at 10:09 pm
  
  Hi Marty,
  Yes, your gut is right! He is very genuine about wanting to help others.
  Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope to see you again either here, or on the Mind Alchemy forum.
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Aileen on February 2, 2011 at 10:41 am

Hi Angela,
What a great choice for interviews 🙂 I first came to understanding the concept of Change Your Thoughts Change your Life from Science of Mind, Ernest Holmes. I like the Steve’s choice to call it Mind Alchemy – and I’m very curious about his 28 day program. I just joined 🙂

Great interview!!!
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- Angela Artemis on February 2, 2011 at 11:50 am
  
  Hi Aileen,
  Yes, that’s where that quote is from! I used to be a member of a Science of Mind church for years. Discovering Ernest Holmes and new thought was a life changer for me. I’m glad you enjoyed the interview.
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- Steven Aitchison on February 2, 2011 at 4:36 pm
  
  Hey Aileen, be great to see you over there.
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rob white on February 2, 2011 at 8:59 am

Hi Angela & Steve,
Great to hear a little bit more about the man behind the blog. Steve is so generous to other bloggers and wealth of information for all his readers. He deserves every ounce of success and prosperity. No doubt, there are great things ahead.
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- Angela Artemis on February 2, 2011 at 9:54 am
  
  Hi Rob,
  Yes, Steve is a very generous guy – and a busy one too. He also has a full time job aside from all his blogging activities.
  I think this is going to be a very successful launch for him and I’m only too happy to help.
  See you in the forum!
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- Steven Aitchison on February 2, 2011 at 4:35 pm
  
  Hey Rob, thanks for your kind words. I’ve really enjoyed getting to know a little more about you over the last year and hope that continues this year as well, you’re doing great things just now.
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Evelyn Lim on February 1, 2011 at 11:45 pm

I have already signed up for Steve’s free program and look forward to learning more from everyone participating in the process as well 🙂

Thanks for sharing more about Steve in this interview!
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- Angela Artemis on February 2, 2011 at 12:13 am
  
  Hi Evelyn,
  Great. I signed up as well. I haven’t had time to do much this first day. I hope I can catch up.
  See you there!
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- Steven Aitchison on February 2, 2011 at 4:34 pm
  
  Hi Evelyn, so glad you are on the course. I here Suzie Cheel will be interviewing you for your upcoming launch, looking forward to it.
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Joe Wilner on February 1, 2011 at 6:21 pm

Angela,

Thanks for sharing this, I always love to hear people’s stories and their aspirations. This course seems like it offers some great content as well. Steve has a great community at his blog so I’m sure it will provide many outlets and insight to help make true change.
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- Angela Artemis on February 1, 2011 at 7:03 pm
  
  Hi Joe,
  I haven’t had time yet to start day one! I’m anxious to get over there. If you’ve also joined I’ll look forward to seeing you there Joe!
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- Steven Aitchison on February 2, 2011 at 4:33 pm
  
  Hey Joe, how are you doing? Be good to see you on the course.
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Lindsay on February 1, 2011 at 9:55 am

Wonderful interview and what an awesome guy! Can’t believe he’s offering this course for free. I’m gonna go check it out! 🙂
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- Angela Artemis on February 1, 2011 at 7:00 pm
  
  Terrific Lindsay! I hope to see you there!
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- Steven Aitchison on February 2, 2011 at 4:32 pm
  
  Hey Lindsey, be great to see you there.
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Marnie on February 1, 2011 at 9:15 am

I’m enrolled in this free course as well and I’m loving even the first day!
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- Angela Artemis on February 1, 2011 at 6:59 pm
  
  Great Marnie – see you there!
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  - Steven Aitchison on February 2, 2011 at 4:31 pm
    
    Hey Marnie, glad to see you’re enjoying the course so far.
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Rosemarie on February 1, 2011 at 8:49 am

Thanks for this Angela. I am enrolling as well!
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- Angela Artemis on February 1, 2011 at 6:57 pm
  
  Great!
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  - Steven Aitchison on February 2, 2011 at 4:31 pm
    
    Hi Rosemarie, thanks for enrolling, looking forward to working with you.
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Alex Blackwell on February 1, 2011 at 7:29 am

Angela,

Thanks for sharing Steve with us and his powerful course – something I think I could use right now.

Alex
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- Angela Artemis on February 1, 2011 at 7:55 am
  
  Hi Alex,
  I’m glad you enjoyed this interview with Steve. He has a fascinating life story, doesn’t he?
  I hope you’ll be part of his course too. If so, see you there!
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  - Steven Aitchison on February 2, 2011 at 4:30 pm
    
    Hey Alex, great having you on the course. It’s great to see the support from my fellow PD bloggers and helping other readers out.
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