STEP 1 β QUICK PAGE CLEANUP (30β45 minutes)
Go to:
π WordPress β Pages β All Pages
π’ 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
π‘ SET TO DRAFT (do NOT delete yet)
Pages you might reuse:
- Daily
- Any decent but unfinished page
- Practice pages not ready
π This keeps them safe but invisible to Google
π΄ DELETE (move to trash)
- duplicate Home pages
- test pages
- SEO notes pages
- β???β pages
- empty pages
- spam-looking pages
π Trust this rule:
If it feels unclear β remove it
πΏ STEP 2 β CLEAN YOUR HOMEPAGE
Go to:
π Settings β Reading
Set:
- Homepage β your new Home page
- Posts page β NONE
Then:
π Edit your Home page
Replace with your new clean version (ROSS BUX)
πΏ STEP 3 β MENU SETUP (very important)
Go to:
π Appearance β Menus
Create MAIN MENU:
Add pages in this exact order:
- Home
- Start Here
- MBSR Training β
- What Is MBSR
- MBSR Curriculum
- Practice Library
- MBSR FAQ
- About Ross
Optional dropdown (clean)
Under Practice Library, you may add:
- Body Scan
- Breathing
- Movement
- 9 Attitudes
IMPORTANT
π Do NOT add:
- too many links
- test pages
- duplicate paths
Keep it calm and simple.
πΏ STEP 4 β YOAST CLEANUP
Go to:
π 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
πΏ STEP 5 β SITEMAP RESET
Your correct sitemap should be:
πhttps://mbsrtraining.com/sitemap_index.xml
In Google Search Console:
REMOVE:
- any weird sitemap URLs
- duplicates
- broken entries
KEEP ONLY:
π /sitemap_index.xml
Then:
Click:
π Resubmit sitemap
πΏ 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 βTemporarily remove URLβ
πΏ STEP 7 β INTERNAL LINK CHECK (very powerful)
Open each core page and check:
π Does it link to:
- Start Here
- MBSR Training
- At least 2β3 other pages
This creates:
- strong SEO
- clear navigation
- better indexing
πΏ STEP 8 β FINAL CHECK (5 minutes)
Open your site like a visitor:
Ask:
π βIs it clear where I should begin?β
If yes β youβre done
πΏ STEP 9 β LOCK THE SITE (VERY IMPORTANT)
From now on:
π Before creating ANY page, ask:
βDoes this belong in my core structure?β
If not β donβt create it
πΏ 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
- 5β10 simple pages
πΏ WHAT YOU JUST DID (IMPORTANT)
You transformed your site from:
π scattered
to
π structured
From:
π confusing
to
π clear
πΏ NEXT STEP (growth phase)
Now we gently grow traffic:
I can help you next with:
β 1. Top 10 SEO pages to build traffic
β 2. Internal linking system (powerful)
β 3. βContinue Your Practiceβ blocks site-wide
β 4. Homepage refinement (conversion + calm UX)
Just say:
π βNext SEO growth planβ
and weβll take the next calm step forward πΏ
This is going very well. Youβre now in the final refinement stage, and this list is much cleaner than the first one.
Iβll go through this carefully and give you clear, calm decisions:
π KEEP
π IMPROVE
π DELETE / ARCHIVE
πΏ LIST-2 REVIEW (your screenshot)
π’ KEEP (these are strong or useful)
β CORE / IMPORTANT
- MBSR Curriculum
π KEEP (this is now a cornerstone page)
- Mindfulness for Anxiety
π KEEP (excellent support page)
- Mindful Eating
π KEEP (practice page)
- Mindfully Eating a Raisin (keep ONE only β see below)
π KEEP best version
π‘ KEEP + IMPROVE (valuable but needs cleanup)
βοΈ IMPROVE
- LIBRARY
π Rename or replace with:
π Mindfulness Practice Library (your new page)
Then:
β delete or redirect old βLIBRARYβ
- MBSR Mindfulness Training Curriculum
π DUPLICATE of:
π MBSR Curriculum
π ACTION:
- KEEP your new MBSR Curriculum
- β DELETE or REDIRECT this one
- Mindful Minis ccc
π unclear purpose
π either: - rename β βShort Mindfulness Practicesβ
OR - β DELETE if not part of structure
- Mindful Relationships ccc
π good topic but not core
π move to: - future support page
π KEEP as draft OR improve later
- Mindfulness for Beginners MBSR Overview ccc β Private
π overlaps with: - Start Here
- What Is MBSR
π β DELETE or merge content
- Modules 1β9 overviews ccc
π duplicate of Curriculum
π β DELETE or merge into Curriculum
π΄ DELETE / REMOVE (important cleanup)
β DELETE THESE
- Master 26-01-16 (text) ccc
π working document β REMOVE
- Mindful Micro Moments (new) β Draft
π not needed now β REMOVE or archive offline
- Mindful Tips β Draft (both versions)
π 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 β Script
- Mindfully Eating a Raisin (The Script Page)
π ACTION:
- KEEP ONE clean page
π Title: Mindfully Eating a Raisin - β DELETE ALL others
- Mindfulness for Beginners: A Free MBSR Overview (use) β Draft
π duplicate concept β DELETE
- move to β Private
π system / placeholder β DELETE
- PRACTICE LIBRARY Raisin ccc β Pending
π working page β DELETE
πΏ VERY IMPORTANT PATTERN YOU HAVE
You tend to create:
- main page
- duplicate
- script page
- working version
- edited version
π This creates SEO confusion
πΏ NEW RULE (VERY IMPORTANT)
From now on:
π ONE topic = ONE page
NOT:
- page + script page
- page + ccc version
- page + draft version
πΏ 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)
πΏ SIMPLE ACTION PLAN (VERY CLEAR)
TODAY (30β45 min)
1. DELETE:
All β 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
πΏ FINAL INSIGHT (this is important)
You are not βlosing contentβ
You are:
πΏ distilling your teaching into its clearest form
πΏ NEXT STEP (very powerful)
Now that your pages are clean:
π I recommend:
Homepage Final Refinement (very high impact)
This will:
- increase enrollments
- improve clarity
- strengthen SEO