Practical courses and programs designed to help experienced professionals turn their skills, experience, and ideas into meaningful work and purposeful living.
Why I Created These Courses
When my performing career was suddenly disrupted during the 2008 recession, I found myself asking the same question many professionals face: What now?
That experience led me to explore how our existing skills and experience can become the foundation for a meaningful next chapter.
Today these courses bring together the lessons I’ve learned as a performer, entrepreneur, educator, and speaker.
Courses
Self-paced learning experiences that focus on specific skills, ideas, or strategies. These courses allow you to explore topics at your own pace while gaining practical insights you can apply immediately.
Programs
More structured learning experiences designed to help you move from exploration to action. These programs often guide participants through the process of clarifying direction and building a purposeful next chapter.
Mentorship and Community
Learning becomes far more powerful when shared with others. Some programs include opportunities for discussion, mentorship, and accountability as you grow.
- Practical steps for mid-career professionals
- Ideas for creating a meaningful next chapter
- Strategies for navigating change and growth
Personal/Professional Development Courses
Hero Mountain Summit Experience:
Turn your experience into opportunity and begin designing your most purposeful next chapter.
Many professionals reach mid-career or the “halftime” of life and begin asking an important question:
What’s next?
You’ve built years of experience, relationships, and knowledge—but the path forward may feel uncertain.
The Hero Mountain Summit Experience is designed to help you step back, gain perspective, and intentionally design your next chapter.
Applying the principles of the Power of After, this program helps you turn your accumulated experience into meaningful opportunity.
Like climbing a mountain, growth happens step by step. As you gain perspective, the path forward becomes clearer.
If you’re ready to stop circling and start moving forward with clarity and purpose, the Hero Mountain Summit Experience can guide your journey.
$3,750 $2,500 self-guided
Change Your Life: Get Unstuck
The Change Your Life: Get Unstuck course helps you step back, gain perspective, and begin moving forward with intention. Instead of feeling stalled or overwhelmed, you’ll learn how to identify what’s holding you back and start building a clear path toward a more meaningful next chapter.
Drawing from the principles behind the Power of After and the Hero Mountain® journey, this course guides you through practical steps to clarify your direction, strengthen your mindset, and turn your experience into opportunity.
If you’re ready to stop circling and start making real progress, this course will help you take that first step.
$410 $320 Lifetime Access. Make sure you get your FREE 6-pg. Course outline & schedule. You can download it now with no obligation-ever!
A New Way of Doing Business
You will walk away with a step-by-step approach that will serve as a guide to create a life & business that is doable, achievable & is aligned with your goals. This could be one of the best courses you'll take this year! $979 $640 (limited time with bonuses) Lifetime Access
Producing Halftime Success
If you want to be inspired and learn from some of the most successful women in their different fields of emphasis, access the informative videos, booklet and takeaways in this course! This wonderful online summit Includes 14 seperate video interviews with dynamic women and the downloadable Playbook. $199 $179 Lifetime Access
Mobilize Your "Sweet Spot" for Purpose & Profit
Online Master class to identify skills, define mindsets and your dream job. You will use your Core Common Denominator®. $139 $9.49 Lifetime Access.
Nicholas & Alexandra: A History
Looking for a short course that covers real history? This 5-video mini-course covers the historical events surrounding the reign of the last Tsar of Imperialistic Russia, Tsar Nicholas II. Perfect companion product for Tsarina the Musical $39 Lifetime Access. Also good for charter & homeschool programs
For extra help that will boost your progress and success:
Mentorship
"Personalized Mentorship and Accountability" Whether you're seeking change or struggling with decisions, this guided approach will help you focus, set actionable goals, and build momentum toward a future that aligns with your aspirations. We take a limited number of clients by application or interview only and provide this service with a couple of our larger online programs.
With years of experience and hundreds of clients, we excel at highlighting strengths and maximizing potential.
Courses -Music & More
Keys to the Keyboard
“What an excellent class! We are using it with our homeschool this year and my children enjoy Deborah's engaging videos. The content has been easy to understand and laid out in a way that makes them eager to work on each day. The manual provides a handy chart to check off their daily practice assignments which makes it makes it easy for me to keep track of where they are and reward them for progress made. I highly reccomend this class to anyone looking to get started with piano!” Stacy Yarnall
9 video series on note, chord & theory basics! Includes 80 pg. downloadable booklet! $75
Listen to some of our Instrumental Selections--all sheet music available & some also have instructional courses!
Ambiance
For less than the cost of ONE private lesson, watch & learn from this course 24-7 anywhere in the world!
“AMBIANCE PIANO SOLO includes 9 videos with detailed and engaging instruction by Deborah Johnson, geared for your success! Closeups of hand positions and pedal work. The song "Ambiance" is part of the album Wayfarer's Journey by Deborah Johnson It was up for a GRAMMY AWARD ! You will pick up Deborah’s expressiveness and flowing technique as a concert pianist.
9 video series--includes downloadable sheet music and practice guide! $55
In the Garden
For less than the cost of ONE private lesson, watch & learn from this course 24-7 anywhere in the world!
“I sang this song at my mothers funeral. Also it was the first song I sang as a solo in church when I was a young boy! The arrangement is beautiful. The instructor does a wonderful presentation of the songs history and the study materials. I give “In the Garden” a five star rating!”
10 video series-includes downloadable sheet music and practice guide! $60
A Quiet Solace
For less than the cost of ONE private lesson, watch & learn from this course 24-7 anywhere in the world!
“A Quiet Solace Piano Solo includes ten videos, including introduction, with detailed and engaging instruction by Deborah Johnson, geared for your success! The song “A Quiet Solace” is part of the album Wayfarer’s Journey by Deborah, up for a GRAMMY AWARD! You will pick up Deborah’s expressiveness and flowing technique as a concert pianist.
10 video series-includes downloadable sheet music and practice guide! $55
Nocturnal
For less than the cost of ONE private lesson, watch & learn from this course 24-7 anywhere in the world!“
Nocturnal Piano Solo includes eleven videos, including introduction, with detailed and engaging instruction by Deborah Johnson, geared for your success! The song “Nocturnal” is part of the album Wayfarer’s Journey by Deborah, up for a GRAMMY AWARD! You will pick up Deborah’s expressiveness and flowing technique as a concert pianist. Includes Downloadable sheet music with detailed fingering and separate practice guide. ”
11 video series-includes downloadable sheet music and practice guide! $60
Vocal Breathing Techniques
“Want to sing better and have more vocal control? It ALL starts with the breath! You can extend your vocal range, develop vocal power and gain confidence and poise with the proper breathing techniques. Proper breathing techniques even help with nervousness! The pros make it look easy, but they have engrained solid habits into their muscle memory. This course will help you do just that! Even if you don't feel like you have a great voice, you can sing!
4 video series-includes downloadable guide! $49
Here's why Online Learning is So Great...
- 1LEARN ONLINE anywhere in the world
Online learning is available and is able to be accessed in most every country around the world. - 2LEARN ONLINE at your own pace
You can go as fast or slow as you want a course, depending on your learning style and your time frame. - 3LEARN ONLINE any time, day or night
Online learning courses are available 24/7 and are not limited to office hours! - 4GAIN CE/PDC Units with ONLINE LEARNING
Depending on the course, some courses will provide guidelines for CE/PDC Units. This is a huge benefit if you don't have the time or means to attend conferences or live events.
I know how much FUN it is when you experience success--even online! I started teaching piano at the ripe old age of "13" and have never quit! (It was actually much better than pulling weeds or babysitting the 5 kids next door!) I have taught EVERY level, including grad school-music and business- and have never lost the passion for what learning can do for people. Yes, I've had many awards, written 100's of songs and multiple albums, but the biggest reward? Seeing you achieve and have fun! There are many options out there, so of course I hope you choose ours, but my main advice is to at least START! If you put it off, you'll probably never start!
Value • Expertise • Accountability
Multiple Online Courses that will will help you move ahead in life and business!
Recommended Courses
Professional Development
Professional Development online courses help you analyze your skills & create a system, all while implementing your ideal work and lifestyle. Some of these courses include guidelines for CE/PDC Units .
Music-Voice & Piano
Whether you used to play piano & want to play again, learn your chords or pass music theory in college, we have courses for you! Check them out!
About Deborah Johnson, M.A.
Learn from an absolute pro!
I built a business as a professional pianist and vocal entertainer and also taught musical and business skills from the private to the graduate levels. In all these endeavors I developed successful solutions and systems to either develop my business or develop students skills so they could build their own careers. Putting systems together has also helped me create dozens of albums, write five books, three full-length musicals and hundreds of songs, many up for GRAMMY Awards. The system works!
“Practical tools and helpful perspectives to facilitate transition and adapting to change. ” Lucy Buchan, PhD
What You'll Get
Access to all videos.
Dowloadable materials come with every course.
Step-by-step approach. You can go back to any of the steps at any time to review.
What People Are Saying...
Very Inspirational...Helping me continue on my career path...
“The course is very inspirational and is helping me to continue on my career path with a positive outlook. The presentation of the material is first rate with lots of beautiful visuals. The course is presented in short segments which is a wonderful approach. ”
Jenny Lynn Stewart (International Touring Songstress)
Excellent Information... knowlegeable & fantastic!
“Excellent information. The instructor is knowledgeable and fantastic!”
JoAnne Mathis (Student)
Engaging videos...easy to understand...
“What an excellent class! We are using it with our homeschool this year and my children enjoy Deborah's engaging videos. The content has been easy to understand and laid out in a way that makes them eager to work on each day. The manual provides a handy chart to check off their daily practice assignments which makes it makes it easy for me to keep track of where they are and reward them for progress made. I highly reccomend this class to anyone looking to get started with piano!”
Stacy Yarnall (Homeschool Mom of 7)
Are our Courses Right For You?
We realize our courses aren't for everyone. There are different learning styles, cultures and needs. However, with most of our courses, you can at least preview the "style" before you buy! If you want to learn, we're here to help you!
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