https://www.coachingbybridget.com/home daily 1.0 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba88c5a6f42d24d86cdad7/d118a2df-115e-42d8-9cf6-1b78ca8f8b7d/Bridget+sitting+on+a+chair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba88c5a6f42d24d86cdad7/72f08815-2960-454f-878f-6e2e3d83089a/Sunset+view+of+palm+trees+through+arch+shaped+balcony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba88c5a6f42d24d86cdad7/d2d5f26b-f3f3-4dde-919b-d299af60dfcd/Bridget+smiling+.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba88c5a6f42d24d86cdad7/d6de944b-bc70-49a4-adc1-16f310b04c4a/Bridget+standing+and+smiling+.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba88c5a6f42d24d86cdad7/41b3bde3-4483-411d-b68c-59671e378f56/Cement+Bath+Tub+Relaxing+Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba88c5a6f42d24d86cdad7/1cb4643f-c5ca-496d-a095-546554a5c381/Aesthetic+healing+crystal+photo-+Compressed.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba88c5a6f42d24d86cdad7/c903b9ce-4f92-4776-af4b-57a9be47e396/Woman+walking+by+beach+during+the+day.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba88c5a6f42d24d86cdad7/4bbd72a1-ed60-4550-8f63-4153e52358e4/Purple+pink+dark+water+photo https://www.coachingbybridget.com/contactbridget daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://www.coachingbybridget.com/404 daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://www.coachingbybridget.com/the-most-important-piece-of-advice-i-can-give-you daily 0.75 2025-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba88c5a6f42d24d86cdad7/1657133012364-ZUOO2PWS5FYW7BP3LLPH/unsplash-image-FixxdTqC8zg.jpg The Most Important Piece of Advice I Can Give You - The Most Important Piece of Advice I Can Give You Because I believe you are the expert of your own experience I rarely give advice, but if I did, it would be this: Create S P A C E. Carl Jung says people will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls. Not enough space in your life is a subtle form of avoidance, and when we feel stuck, it can often trace back to that… We overbook and overschedule. We log into social media seeking something--but rarely find it. A lot of what we seek is found looking inward. The Artist's Way says, “In order to have self-expression we must first have a Self to express.” -- Get to know your Self. Get to know your soul voice and learn to trust her. Your coaching calls allow this space--but the truth is, it’s not enough. It’s up to you to get to know you. And to meet yourself over and over. I like to meet myself through: -writing -salt baths -nature -social media detoxes “White space is where the magic happens.” (Brian Gardner)-- but the space you avoid might ask something from you… Thought prompts: What are my favorite ways to find space? How can I add more space into my day? https://www.coachingbybridget.com/do-you-really-need-more-self-care-or-do-you-need-a-life-edit daily 0.75 2025-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba88c5a6f42d24d86cdad7/f6fe0791-9bb2-40dc-a19d-d95b2dcfe49c/miguel-hernandez-MxTFmj8jWUQ-unsplash.jpg Do you really need more self-care or do you need a life edit? - Do you really need more self-care or do you need a life edit? Hard truth: You can’t self-care your way out of a misaligned life. There was a time in my life when I thought my moods and uncomfortable emotions could be self-cared away. If I hacked my Saturday morning self-care routine just right and read my devotional more frequently, these “wrong” emotions that I was feeling--like disconnect, loneliness, apathy, or fatigue would go away. Little did I know, what I was actually doing was spiritual bypassing or self-gaslighting. What I wish I knew then was that our emotions aren’t random. Emotions are messengers telling us when something is off. Unfortunately, at that point in my life, I had become a prisoner of perfection,-- only willing to examine and show the light parts of me. The uncomfortable emotions I was feeling were a bridge into my unconscious mind, revealing to me that my relationship and job were no longer right for me. Shadow work is what allows us to actually sit with and examine those uncomfortable emotions so we can use them to guide us. So,.. do you need more self-care, or do you need shadow work and a life that reflects what actually lights you up? https://www.coachingbybridget.com/how-selfhealing-is-collective-healing daily 0.75 2025-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba88c5a6f42d24d86cdad7/f6fe0791-9bb2-40dc-a19d-d95b2dcfe49c/miguel-hernandez-MxTFmj8jWUQ-unsplash.jpg How Self-Healing is Collective Healing - How Self-Healing is Collective Healing The way you create safety for others is by first creating it for yourself. I can sit with you in your pain and uncomfortable emotions because I have sat in mine. Hiding behind the shield of perfectionism and focusing only on the positive takes away your capacity to truly be with, see, and support those you love and those you guide. Your shadow is not something to be avoided, the dark is just as important as the light-- and both are needed for individual and collective healing. Healing yourself is healing to others. https://www.coachingbybridget.com/site-credits daily 0.75 2025-02-20 https://www.coachingbybridget.com/privacy-policy daily 0.75 2024-07-23 https://www.coachingbybridget.com/terms-and-conditions daily 0.75 2024-07-23 https://www.coachingbybridget.com/the-4-tools-i-used-to-navigate-the-dark-night-of-the-soul daily 0.75 2025-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ba88c5a6f42d24d86cdad7/173e31d8-b848-425d-8cbd-596301163535/Pink+hue+cast+over+mountains+and+lake.jpg The 4 Tools I Used to Navigate the Dark Night of the Soul - The 4 Tools I Used to Navigate the Dark Night of the Soul: On episode 135 of The Creating Ripples Podcast The Taboo Topic of Divorce, Connecting With Your Soul, & Living with Curiosity, I spoke on my journey of navigating the Dark Night of the Soul. At that time, everything I had laid the foundation of my identity on shifted. What once felt right and true no longer fit and there was no going back. In one year's time, I left a “safe,” job that offered salary, pension, and benefits, my marriage of 7 years came to an end, and I shifted and reevaluated several long held beliefs. In the interview, I share 4 tools I used to navigate the long, difficult journey back to Self: Creating structure with a morning routine - When in the midst of shedding the old and finding the new, it's common for the soul voice and the ego voice to compete with one another, resulting in confusion and hesitation. As everything around me shifted, developing and staying devoted to my morning routine allowed me to ground into the truth of the present moment. Practices of soul journaling, reading, and yoga were tethers that connected me back to my Soul--the grounded, internal voice that contains sage wisdom and never gave up on me. Nature - I spent much of my free time in nature. It was then that I discovered what is meant by the feminine, mother energy of nature. While being calm and quiet amongst the trees, I felt held, and I felt seen. Being in nature was an invitation to be in the present and receive whatever Source had for me that day. In addition to the healing benefits of nature, the act of walking increases communication between both hemispheres of the brain, resulting in increased clarity of mind. See a therapist - Therapy was a sacred sounding board that allowed me to unravel my thoughts through hearing myself talk. Therapy was a place to get curious and ask the hard questions of “How did I get here?” and “Where do I want to go next?” In therapy, I processed the messages I received within the systems I belonged to decide which beliefs I wanted to keep as my own and which beliefs no longer served me and needed to be left behind. Work with a Coach - My coach served as a guide and lighthouse as I shed my old identity and built an authentic foundation. Coaching assisted me in finding wholeness through integrating my inner self with the outer self. Within the 6 month coaching container, I was able to build an authentic sense of spirituality and learned to trust my inner guidance. If you find yourself navigating The Dark Night of the Soul, know that you do not have to do it alone. I invite you to lean on the support of guides who have walked before you, mother nature to witness and hold you, and the structure of grounded habits as a tether back to your Soul. The journey back to Self can be hard, but I promise, it is worth it. If you feel alone, let me accompany you and be your support on the sacred journey of meeting your true Self to fulfill your highest potential. Ready? 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