STEP 1 β€” QUICK PAGE CLEANUP (30–45 minutes)

Go to:
πŸ‘‰ WordPress β†’ Pages β†’ All Pages

🟒 KEEP (publish these)

Your core pages:

  • Home
  • Start Here
  • MBSR Training
  • What Is MBSR
  • MBSR Curriculum
  • Practice Library
  • MBSR FAQ
  • About Ross

Plus any solid pages like:

  • Chronic Pain
  • Burnout
  • Women
  • 9 Attitudes

🟑 SET TO DRAFT (do NOT delete yet)

Pages you might reuse:

  • Daily
  • Any decent but unfinished page
  • Practice pages not ready

πŸ‘‰ This keeps them safe but invisible to Google


πŸ”΄ DELETE (move to trash)

  • duplicate Home pages
  • test pages
  • SEO notes pages
  • β€œ???” pages
  • empty pages
  • spam-looking pages

πŸ‘‰ Trust this rule:
If it feels unclear β†’ remove it


🌿 STEP 2 β€” CLEAN YOUR HOMEPAGE

Go to:
πŸ‘‰ Settings β†’ Reading

Set:

  • Homepage β†’ your new Home page
  • Posts page β†’ NONE

Then:

πŸ‘‰ Edit your Home page
Replace with your new clean version (ROSS BUX)


🌿 STEP 3 β€” MENU SETUP (very important)

Go to:
πŸ‘‰ Appearance β†’ Menus

Create MAIN MENU:

Add pages in this exact order:

  1. Home
  2. Start Here
  3. MBSR Training ⭐
  4. What Is MBSR
  5. MBSR Curriculum
  6. Practice Library
  7. MBSR FAQ
  8. About Ross

Optional dropdown (clean)

Under Practice Library, you may add:

  • Body Scan
  • Breathing
  • Movement
  • 9 Attitudes

IMPORTANT

πŸ‘‰ Do NOT add:

  • too many links
  • test pages
  • duplicate paths

Keep it calm and simple.


🌿 STEP 4 β€” YOAST CLEANUP

Go to:
πŸ‘‰ Yoast β†’ Settings (or Search Appearance)

Check:

1. Pages

  • Show in search β†’ YES

2. Media

  • Redirect attachment URLs β†’ YES

Now open each page:

Scroll to Yoast box:

Ensure:

  • Focus keyword set
  • Meta description written
  • Page is NOT set to noindex

🌿 STEP 5 β€” SITEMAP RESET

Your correct sitemap should be:

πŸ‘‰
https://mbsrtraining.com/sitemap_index.xml


In Google Search Console:

REMOVE:

  • any weird sitemap URLs
  • duplicates
  • broken entries

KEEP ONLY:

πŸ‘‰ /sitemap_index.xml


Then:

Click:
πŸ‘‰ Resubmit sitemap


🌿 STEP 6 β€” REMOVE OLD PAGES FROM GOOGLE

If old pages still show in Google:

You have 2 options:

Option A (best)

Delete page β†’ let Google drop it naturally


Option B (faster)

Search Console β†’ Removals
β†’ β€œTemporarily remove URL”


🌿 STEP 7 β€” INTERNAL LINK CHECK (very powerful)

Open each core page and check:

πŸ‘‰ Does it link to:

  • Start Here
  • MBSR Training
  • At least 2–3 other pages

This creates:

  • strong SEO
  • clear navigation
  • better indexing

🌿 STEP 8 β€” FINAL CHECK (5 minutes)

Open your site like a visitor:

Ask:

πŸ‘‰ β€œIs it clear where I should begin?”

If yes β†’ you’re done


🌿 STEP 9 β€” LOCK THE SITE (VERY IMPORTANT)

From now on:

πŸ‘‰ Before creating ANY page, ask:

β€œDoes this belong in my core structure?”

If not β†’ don’t create it


🌿 YOUR FINAL STRUCTURE (CLEAN)

CORE

  • Home
  • Start Here
  • MBSR Training
  • What Is MBSR
  • MBSR Curriculum
  • Practice Library
  • FAQ
  • About

SUPPORT

  • Anxiety
  • Burnout
  • Pain
  • Women

PRACTICE

  • 5–10 simple pages

🌿 WHAT YOU JUST DID (IMPORTANT)

You transformed your site from:

πŸ‘‰ scattered
to
πŸ‘‰ structured

From:
πŸ‘‰ confusing
to
πŸ‘‰ clear


🌿 NEXT STEP (growth phase)

Now we gently grow traffic:

I can help you next with:

βœ… 1. Top 10 SEO pages to build traffic

βœ… 2. Internal linking system (powerful)

βœ… 3. β€œContinue Your Practice” blocks site-wide

βœ… 4. Homepage refinement (conversion + calm UX)


Just say:

πŸ‘‰ β€œNext SEO growth plan”

and we’ll take the next calm step forward 🌿

Review and recommend what to keep or delete

This is going very well. You’re now in the final refinement stage, and this list is much cleaner than the first one.

I’ll go through this carefully and give you clear, calm decisions:

πŸ‘‰ KEEP
πŸ‘‰ IMPROVE
πŸ‘‰ DELETE / ARCHIVE


🌿 LIST-2 REVIEW (your screenshot)

🟒 KEEP (these are strong or useful)

βœ… CORE / IMPORTANT

  • MBSR Curriculum
    πŸ‘‰ KEEP (this is now a cornerstone page)

  • Mindfulness for Anxiety
    πŸ‘‰ KEEP (excellent support page)

  • Mindful Eating
    πŸ‘‰ KEEP (practice page)

  • Mindfully Eating a Raisin (keep ONE only β€” see below)
    πŸ‘‰ KEEP best version


🟑 KEEP + IMPROVE (valuable but needs cleanup)

✏️ IMPROVE

  • LIBRARY
    πŸ‘‰ Rename or replace with:
    πŸ‘‰ Mindfulness Practice Library (your new page)

Then:
❌ delete or redirect old β€œLIBRARY”


  • MBSR Mindfulness Training Curriculum
    πŸ‘‰ DUPLICATE of:
    πŸ‘‰ MBSR Curriculum

πŸ‘‰ ACTION:

  • KEEP your new MBSR Curriculum
  • ❌ DELETE or REDIRECT this one

  • Mindful Minis ccc
    πŸ‘‰ unclear purpose
    πŸ‘‰ either:
  • rename β†’ β€œShort Mindfulness Practices”
    OR
  • ❌ DELETE if not part of structure

  • Mindful Relationships ccc
    πŸ‘‰ good topic but not core
    πŸ‘‰ move to:
  • future support page
    πŸ‘‰ KEEP as draft OR improve later

  • Mindfulness for Beginners MBSR Overview ccc β€” Private
    πŸ‘‰ overlaps with:
  • Start Here
  • What Is MBSR

πŸ‘‰ ❌ DELETE or merge content


  • Modules 1–9 overviews ccc
    πŸ‘‰ duplicate of Curriculum

πŸ‘‰ ❌ DELETE or merge into Curriculum



πŸ”΄ DELETE / REMOVE (important cleanup)

❌ DELETE THESE

  • Master 26-01-16 (text) ccc
    πŸ‘‰ working document β†’ REMOVE

  • Mindful Micro Moments (new) β€” Draft
    πŸ‘‰ not needed now β†’ REMOVE or archive offline

  • Mindful Tips β€” Draft (both versions)
    πŸ‘‰ duplicate drafts β†’ DELETE

  • Mindfully Eating a Raisin (duplicate pages)
    You have multiple:
  • Mindfully Eating a Raisin
  • Mindfully Eating a Raisin (duplicate)
  • Mindfully Eating a Raisin – Script
  • Mindfully Eating a Raisin (The Script Page)

πŸ‘‰ ACTION:

  • KEEP ONE clean page
    πŸ‘‰ Title: Mindfully Eating a Raisin
  • ❌ DELETE ALL others

  • Mindfulness for Beginners: A Free MBSR Overview (use) β€” Draft
    πŸ‘‰ duplicate concept β†’ DELETE

  • move to β€” Private
    πŸ‘‰ system / placeholder β†’ DELETE

  • PRACTICE LIBRARY Raisin ccc β€” Pending
    πŸ‘‰ working page β†’ DELETE


🌿 VERY IMPORTANT PATTERN YOU HAVE

You tend to create:

  • main page
  • duplicate
  • script page
  • working version
  • edited version

πŸ‘‰ This creates SEO confusion


🌿 NEW RULE (VERY IMPORTANT)

From now on:

πŸ‘‰ ONE topic = ONE page

NOT:

  • page + script page
  • page + ccc version
  • page + draft version

🌿 YOUR FINAL CLEAN VERSION (AFTER THIS)

CORE (8 pages)

  • Home
  • Start Here
  • MBSR Training
  • What Is MBSR
  • MBSR Curriculum
  • Practice Library
  • MBSR FAQ
  • About Ross

SUPPORT

  • Mindfulness for Anxiety
  • Chronic Pain
  • Burnout
  • Women

PRACTICE

  • Mindful Eating
  • Raisin Practice
  • Body Scan (to build)
  • Breathing (to build)
  • Movement (to build)

🌿 SIMPLE ACTION PLAN (VERY CLEAR)

TODAY (30–45 min)

1. DELETE:

All ❌ pages above


2. KEEP:

  • MBSR Curriculum
  • Mindfulness for Anxiety
  • Mindful Eating
  • ONE Raisin page

3. FIX:

  • Rename LIBRARY β†’ Practice Library (or replace)
  • Remove duplicate curriculum pages

🌿 FINAL INSIGHT (this is important)

You are not β€œlosing content”

You are:

🌿 distilling your teaching into its clearest form


🌿 NEXT STEP (very powerful)

Now that your pages are clean:

πŸ‘‰ I recommend:

Homepage Final Refinement (very high impact)

This will:

  • increase enrollments
  • improve clarity
  • strengthen SEO
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