The Truth About Living Podcast

Listen to this soothing narration of the entire book, "The Power of Awareness" by New Thought teacher Neville Goddard. Find out more at https://thetruthaboutliving.com/  

In this gentle, yet eye-opening conversation about meditation, Bridgett and her guest, Brian Smith, discuss their viewpoints on meditation. They speak about both formal aspects of meditation and informal mindfulness that is the bedrock of how they live their lives. Rather than an invitation to meditate, this episode serves as a reminder that each soul has its own path. And that even in the 'spiritual community' there is no one right answer. Visit Brian Smith's website at https://www.grief2growth.com/ and Bridgett's at https://thetruthaboutliving.com/

Visit www.TheTruthAboutLiving.com and book a 30 minute call with the most loving coach on the planet today.   

Visit www.TheTruthAboutLiving.com and book a 30 minute call with the most loving coach on the planet today.   

Visit www.TheTruthAboutLiving.com and book a 30 minute call with the most loving coach on the planet today.   

Visit www.TheTruthAboutLiving.com and book a 30 minute call with the most loving coach on the planet today.   

Visit www.TheTruthAboutLiving.com and book a 30 minute call with the most loving coach on the planet today.   

Visit www.TheTruthAboutLiving.com and book a 30 minute call with the most loving coach on the planet today.   

Visit www.TheTruthAboutLiving.com and book a 30 minute call with the most loving coach on the planet today.   

Following your calling, even recognizing that this truly is the next phase of your life, is a pivotal time in your life. In this episode, Bridgett reveals her own personal struggles with surrendering to her work, and the distractions she's created to avoid her real mission. Notice if this appears in your life as well, and by being aware, you can begin to more fully step into your calling... and surrender to the work. Book a Deep Life-Changing Coaching Session at www.thetruthaboutliving.com/private-coaching

Inherited beliefs, patterns and ways of being, people and associations that don't serve your highest good... whose beliefs have you adopted. How are you now choosing to limit yourself? You are your only limiter. Let go of limitations and live into what is truly possible. Book a Deep Life-Changing Coaching Session at www.thetruthaboutliving.com/private-coaching

Coming into full awareness and ownership of your own emotional state is life-changing. Imagine how strong your relationships can be if you simply take responsibility for your own happiness. Today's episode can change your life. Book a Deep Life-Changing Coaching Session at www.thetruthaboutliving.com/private-coaching

From Online Entrepreneurship, to Quiet Empire to LifeWork Calling, Bridgett is calling you out to create, create, create. In this recent update in Chapter 3, Bridgett explains how your calling can be created in any way that fulfills you. From online blogs, to speaking engagements and more, she wants to inspire you to tap into that which you know to be true. That you are led to do something that aligns with who you truly are, and not to hesitate... to start NOW. Book a Deep Life-Changing Coaching Session at www.thetruthaboutliving.com/private-coaching

Do you know who you are? How magnificent? How perfect? In this episode, Bridgett shares how to truly see yourself and others in a divine and holy light. That remembering who you are is the most extraordinary gift. True Mirror work is simply Bridgett reflecting back all that you are. All the beauty is there. See yourself through her eyes. Book a Deep Life-Changing Coaching Session at www.thetruthaboutliving.com/private-coaching

Are you stuck in a place of not understanding why your parents did or didn't do certain things? Do you blame them, feel resentment towards them or feel that your life is less than optimal because of what THEY did? In this episode, Bridgett shares how to release your own blame towards your parents and ultimately make peace with them and the past. A must-listen

Visit http://thetruthaboutliving.com/podcast/ for the complete show notes of every podcast episode. More from Bridgett Tulloh: Book your Breakthrough Coaching Session here Get $50 off the Life Breakthrough Masterclass Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps Watch & Subscribe on YouTube

In every moment, as life passes by, we are given the choice to expand towards something new or shrink away from possibilities. Expanding requires bravery and excitement and shrinking away can mean closing off to life itself. As you embark on this possibility of starting a business BEING YOU, consider what it means to expand towards or shrink back and how you want to move forward in life. Visit http://thetruthaboutliving.com/podcast/ for the complete show notes of every podcast episode. More from Bridgett Tulloh: Book your Breakthrough Coaching Session here Get $50 off the Life Breakthrough Masterclass Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps Watch & Subscribe on YouTube

You are the sky and your emotions are the weather. This is what I told myself as I was trying to explain my own anger. And I think it can work for you too, beautiful soul. Visit http://thetruthaboutliving.com/podcast/ for the complete show notes of every podcast episode. More from Bridgett Tulloh: Book your Breakthrough Coaching Session here Get $50 off the Life Breakthrough Masterclass Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps Watch & Subscribe on YouTube

Are you looking to heal from the past? Do you look to the past for solutions in your life now? In this episode, Bridgett takes a look at how we can both honor all of what has come before, while embracing the whole of who we are in the NOW. A beautiful message for you today. You need to hear this. Visit http://thetruthaboutliving.com/podcast/ for the complete show notes of every podcast episode. More from Bridgett Tulloh: Book your Breakthrough Coaching Session here Get $50 off the Life Breakthrough Masterclass Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps Watch & Subscribe on YouTube

Is it possible? Can you really use your voice, use who you are as a positive influence in this world AND create a healthy income from it? Is this really for YOU and not just for others? Are you truly beginning to believe the value of your own voice? In this episode, Bridgett invites you to enter an inner knowing, and to honor where you are being called. Visit http://thetruthaboutliving.com/podcast/ for the complete show notes of every podcast episode. More from Bridgett Tulloh: Book your Breakthrough Coaching Session here Get $50 off the Life Breakthrough Masterclass Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps Watch & Subscribe on YouTube  

Are you tired of being triggered, reacting in ways that make you feel bad and others around you? Let's talk about how to bring conscious awareness into our lives during times where the reactive mind tends to take over. The power of presence will dissolve all reactivity. Put these steps into practice today. More from Bridgett Tulloh: Book your Breakthrough Coaching Session here Get $50 off the Life Breakthrough Masterclass Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps Watch & Subscribe on YouTube

Have you ever felt guilty for not meditating? We all "know" it's a valuable mental, physical and spiritual practice, right? What if it's not? In this episode, Bridgett takes on an almost taboo concept of letting go of meditation in your life, or at minimal, at least being curious about how meditation may be benefiting you or not. A must-listen. More from Bridgett Tulloh: Book your Breakthrough Coaching Session here Get $50 off the Life Breakthrough Masterclass Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps Watch & Subscribe on YouTube Visit http://thetruthaboutliving.com/podcast/ for the complete show notes of every podcast episode.

Enter your email to be notified when this class opens! http://thetruthaboutliving.com/quietempire/ More from Bridgett Tulloh: Book your Breakthrough Coaching Session here Get $50 off the Life Breakthrough Masterclass Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps Watch & Subscribe on YouTube Visit http://thetruthaboutliving.com/podcast/ for the complete show notes of every podcast episode.

More from Bridgett Tulloh: Book your Breakthrough Coaching Session here Get $50 off the Life Breakthrough Masterclass Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps Watch & Subscribe on YouTube Visit http://thetruthaboutliving.com/podcast/ for the complete show notes of every podcast episode.

More from Bridgett Tulloh: Book your Breakthrough Coaching Session here Get $50 off the Life Breakthrough Masterclass Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps Watch & Subscribe on YouTube Visit http://thetruthaboutliving.com/podcast/ for the complete show notes of every podcast episode.

More from Bridgett Tulloh: Book your Breakthrough Coaching Session here Get $50 off the Life Breakthrough Masterclass Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps Watch & Subscribe on YouTube Visit http://thetruthaboutliving.com/podcast/ for the complete show notes of every podcast episode.

More from Bridgett Tulloh: Book your Breakthrough Coaching Session here Get $50 off the Life Breakthrough Masterclass Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps Watch & Subscribe on YouTube Visit http://thetruthaboutliving.com/podcast/ for the complete show notes of every podcast episode.

Are you a truth seeker? If you are, then you will find a kindred soul in David Medina, who has dedicated his life to the pursuit of the Absolute Truth. It’s a subject that I, too, find immensely interesting, so let’s dive into this path of examining life, studying consciousness, and discovering the nature of our existence. Visit http://thetruthaboutliving.com/podcast/ for the complete show notes of every podcast episode. Topics Discussed in this Episode: The meaning of Truth and why it’s important to be on this path to awakening What it means to distinguish between Absolute Truth and relative truth What ‘awakening’ truly is How to perceive that life is always going your way even after experiencing something painful Why we should embrace pain How to create ‘space’ in your life Key Takeaways: It’s not always pleasant to have truth as your highest value. When you are curious and wondering about this thing called life and existence, and you’re asking all these questions, your mind becomes still because you really don’t know. You keep on asking and you become so present that you get to appreciate what’s in front of you. Nothing is absolute and everything is relative. The world we live in is all relative and ever-changing, not the absolute. The absolute is absolutely nothing. The absolute is when you’re in complete silence. It’s in that space where nothing seems to be happening, nothing seems to be going on. But if you have the courage to stay there a bit longer in that space called ‘nothing’, if you look very carefully, that’s where you can find everything. Going on this path to awakening is not so much about being a witness of life and just witnessing what’s happening. It’s feeling life and being life itself. It’s feeling life’s complexities of feelings and emotions that are not always pleasant. And that’s the beauty of life, to feel the pain. Living life to the fullest is the biggest risk that you could ever take because it’s fully opening your heart to what life has to offer. In every experience, you’ve ever been through is gold, is wisdom, is something you can use, is pure life within you, and you get to choose how you want to relate to that and what you want to do with it. When you allow yourself to be with your pain, that’s a sign of self-love. When you acknowledge that life sucks, sometimes it feels like it sucks less. True change only happens when you embrace exactly who you are, when you embrace everything about yourself, even the things that you don’t like and don’t want to look at. It’s a lasting change because it’s a change that comes from freedom. Action Steps: Create a detachment to realize that you are not your thoughts and your feelings. You are before and beyond your thoughts, feelings, and emotions. Realize every single feeling you’ve ever felt in your life. Realize that it’s not about life happening to you but for you. Have a sense of wonder about the experience of being. Slow down and be curious about what life is. Thank you for listening!   Quotes: “Truth is the absolute. It’s that which encapsulates everything, every relative truth. Because there are many layers from which we can just think and express but there’s only one Truth that is absolute.” -- David Medina “The easiest thing to take for granted is your own existence, your own life. Everything else is predicated upon that, including your own problems. So we slow down first, we take a deep breath, and we generally see that we are life on this planet, that we woke up today.” -- David Medina   More from Bridgett Tulloh: Book your Breakthrough Coaching Session here Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps Watch & Subscribe on YouTube

More from Bridgett Tulloh: Book your Breakthrough Coaching Session here Get $50 off the Life Breakthrough Masterclass Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps Watch & Subscribe on YouTube

More from Bridgett Tulloh: Book your Breakthrough Coaching Session here Get $50 off the Life Breakthrough Masterclass Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps Watch & Subscribe on YouTube Visit http://thetruthaboutliving.com/podcast/ for the complete show notes of every podcast episode  

Do you want to really and truly feel appreciation for what you have in the current moment when you have it? Let me share with you this beautiful gratitude technique that can really impact your day, your life, and your relationships in a profound way. Visit http://thetruthaboutliving.com/podcast/ for the complete show notes of every podcast episode. Topics Discussed in this Episode: The practice of gratitude and how it impacts your life The difference between mindfulness and presence The powerful experience this technique brings Key Takeaways: Gratitude makes us happier people. When you live with that outlook in life, your happiness level just ratchets up. Mindfulness is being in the moment without any judgment about the moment, just experiencing what is. Presence is being in the moment and having that moment imbued with all of who you are. The objective of this technique is to embrace the current moment with profound appreciation, presence, and joy. By doing this technique, you’re going to be mentally in the future, and it’s like someone is giving you a gift to travel back in time. It’s taking a mental leap into the future and seeing people with fresh eyes and gratitude in the present moment. As time passes, our lives change and people change, and if you want to get yourself into a state of true appreciation for what you have, this technique will help get you there. The more you can get yourself into these states of gratitude and appreciation, in those moments, your quality of life goes up, and other people are going to feel it, too.   Action Steps: Think about a time when you are by yourself just before you are about to see your family. Close your eyes and imagine that it’s actually 20 years into the future. What might life be like 20 years down the road? Now, see everything as though you have just time traveled from the future back to the present. Take this journey in your mind and experience seeing the faces of your loved ones in this context. Thank you for listening! Try this technique and let me know what you experienced from it. You are a beautiful soul and you are amazing! Quotes: “There’s something inherently good about gratitude. It makes us feel good, it makes other people feel good. And depending on your beliefs around energy and law of attraction, all those things, it’s actually physically bringing more good into your life.”   “We say we should appreciate our loved ones because we don’t know if they’re going to be here tomorrow. We hear that and our brain absorbs it to a degree and as much as we can, but we kind of don’t know how to really live in gratitude every day. We fall in and out of it.” More from Bridgett Tulloh: Book your Breakthrough Coaching Session here Get $50 off the Life Breakthrough Masterclass Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps Watch & Subscribe on YouTube  

When you take who you are and what you’re about and share that openly by way of online content, you not only get to create a beautiful thing and impact many lives but you can build a viable business. Today, I share about some of the top mentors in the online marketing space to get you going on this train of thinking and begin to see what’s possible for you. Visit http://thetruthaboutliving.com/podcast/ for the complete show notes of every podcast episode. Topics Discussed in this Episode: Inspiration from some influential leaders in the blogging space or the online marketing space The Smart Passive Income Blog by Pat Flynn Blogging with Amy Lynn Andrews Project Life Mastery by Stefan James Other mentors that you can check out: Neil Patel, Chris Ducker, and Derek Halpern   Key Takeaways: It’s a really amazing thing to find something, to be inspired by it, and just know that you can figure it out. Whenever you come across a question for how to do something on your website that you don’t know, the really cool thing is you can just Google it. We don’t need just one person out there teaching us internet marketing. Everyone is bringing a different perspective, different skills and a different personality to the table. Your voice is needed, and your voice will resonate with others like no one else can. The road of entrepreneurship is not always straight and smooth, and sometimes you need to fall back on those basics of why you should do this and what it could mean to you. However it is that you want to share your content online, consistency or putting up valuable content regularly is important.   Action Steps: Follow both internet marketers and bloggers that teach you how to blog and see what you can glean from them. Get the information to work smarter and get the results that you want quicker.   Thank you for listening!   Quotes: “What we’re going for here with this whole Quiet Empire thing is that question -- why would someone listen to me? Why would someone follow what I have to say on a blog? Why would someone watch my video? Well, the reason is because you’re you.”   “Right now, it’s up to you to take the action. And that’s really another key part of this. We can learn, we can follow, we can listen, but ultimately we’ll have to take the action… It’s actually the doing of the things that’s going to get you there.”   Resource Mentioned: Rise of the Youpreneur by Chris Ducker   More from Bridgett Tulloh:   Book your Breakthrough Coaching Session here   Sign up here and be the first to know when support for Quiet Empire opens   Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps   Watch & Subscribe on YouTube

Are you someone who has been wanting to exercise and wanting to be fit and healthy over the years? Today, we are going to talk about the physical aspect of breaking through that groundhog day and getting back to what feels good to your body through intuitive exercise. Visit http://thetruthaboutliving.com/podcast/ for complete show notes of every podcast episode Topics Discussed in this Episode: How exercise changes many things for us What is intuitive exercising What intuitive exercise would look like for you in your life Key Takeaways: Exercise makes us feel good. Not only do we feel stronger and more flexible but it actually really lifts our state and our mood. When we do something that is in some way automated and we follow some kind of prescribed plan, we are relinquishing some control over it and our level of involvement is reduced. When it comes to exercise, depending on your goals, there are prescribed exercise plans that tell you what to, that you simply have to follow. With intuitive exercise, you are being in tune with yourself and you are more aware of how your body feels as you’re doing things, rather than just following along with the exercise plan that you were given. As you exercise, the more in tune you are with how your body feels, the more connected you are with yourself. And the more in tune you are with your intuition, the less distracted you are and the more at peace you are. As you begin to get more and more comfortable doing the things that you need to do while listening to your body, you may find that you come up with entirely new creative exercise plans for yourself. Action Steps: Take a look at what you’re doing when you exercise and check to see if it’s something that’s really serving you. Get in touch with what you feel your body needs to be doing in order to be healthy and thriving. Take advantage of the programs, the trainers, and the support that is out there that appeal to you, and just begin to exercise. Thank you for listening! Quotes: “To some degree, we choose things that are kind of done for us because there’s something within us that pretends like we don’t know. We trick ourselves into thinking we don’t know what’s best for ourselves.” “It’s so powerful to be able to acknowledge what you need at what point… If we take the reigns of things ourselves, we’ll find that we really do know ourselves.” Resource Mentioned: Bodybuilder.com More from Bridgett Tulloh: Book your Breakthrough Coaching Session here Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps Watch & Subscribe on YouTubeGet $50 off the Life Breakthrough Masterclass

What if you are a soul seeker and you’re with someone who’s not? How do you deal with that? Whether you find yourself in this scenario now or at some point in the future, let’s delve deep and see what this could mean for you in your life. Visit http://thetruthaboutliving.com/podcast/ for complete show notes of every podcast episode Topics Discussed in this Episode: How to deal with being in a relationship with someone who’s at the other end of the spectrum from what you are What happens when you’re on the opposite end of the spectrum in a relationship Tips on how to deal with your own idea of ‘what should be’ The things that shape who we are How not to fall into a state of feeling better than someone else because your path is more worthy Key Takeaways: As you’re with someone over a period of time, there are things about you that change, grow, and evolve, and yet there things about you that stay the same. We always think that we’re going to be the happiest if we are with someone who has the same perspectives that we have, but it doesn’t mean that in order to have maximum harmony in your life that you should really be the same. It’s actually interesting to be with someone who sees things differently. It’s a part of being human to want to be right and to want other people to agree with us. And our need to be understood and our need for agreement can be amplified in a relationship. But the more enlightened we are, the less we need other people’s agreement or validation. We tend to let our ego come into this space that was meant to be pure love and presence and acceptance. And sometimes we use our difference in spirituality as an excuse for unhappiness and as barriers in our relationships. The simple act of noticing when the ego comes in is transformative. When you bring awareness into what you’re actually doing or saying or thinking, you begin to see a shift and find that you have this ability to hit a pause button. You ultimately know what is the best relationship for you. If your relationship is at a point where you feel that there’s just so much misalignment and nothing is in harmony, then you know the choices you have to make around that. But you can’t demand that someone be like you or do the things that you do. To demand what you think is the right way to be and demand that your partner do what you do is really off-track from what it means to honor their holiness, to see them as pure presence and pure love, and to embrace them and accept them for who they are and what they believe in or don’t believe in, in their own path. Action Steps: Look past appearances. Look past arguments. Look past preferences that you don’t agree with. Look past faults and flaws. Look past all of the things that make up our humanness and know that the person you’re in a relationship with is of God. Allow some grace into your relationship and honor their path. Offer presence, love, and non-judgment to your partner, no matter what their belief system is. Allow yourself to see the good that can come from different perspectives. Ask yourself this question: Are you holding your happiness hostage or allowing someone else to hold your happiness hostage because they’re not doing the exact same thing, the exact same time, in the exact same way? Thank you for listening! Quotes: “If we’re talking about true enlightenment here or true awakening, I think we have to let the ego really take a back seat and not allow the ego to intervene in what we think of as pure spiritual pursuits.” “It doesn’t mean that because one person is having a spiritual awakening that instantly everyone should be having the same spiritual experience. There is a grander plan. There is a bird’s-eye view of things that we’re not able to see. We can only see from our own perspective.” Resource Mentioned: Jim Carrey on “Awakening” - YouTube Video A Course in Miracles You’ll See It When You Believe It by Wayne Dyer More from Bridgett Tulloh: Get $50 off the Life Breakthrough Masterclass: http://TheTruthAboutLiving.com/lifebreakthrough Book your Breakthrough Coaching Session at www.TheTruthAboutLiving.com/private-coaching Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps http://the-truth-about-living.teachable.com/p/the-divine-way-to-manifesting/ Watch & Subscribe on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgW0B8eytH3KK7RUi6o-7uA

What is your concept of success? Part of what we’re going to be doing in the Quiet Empire series is laying out some of the mindset around success as well as the actual strategy involved in implementing the concept of Quiet Empire. Are you ready? Let’s dive in! Visit http://thetruthaboutliving.com/podcast/ for complete show notes of every podcast episode Topics Discussed in this Episode: What Quiet Empire entails What Quiet Empire could mean for you in your life 3 things that happen when you use the Quiet Empire business model The mindset around what it means to build a successful business Ideas that you can start building your business around with Key Takeaways: The idea of the Quiet Empire is taking what you are already doing and using that as content in whatever way feels right to you. When you take what you’re already doing and put it online, there’s no real heavy strain of extra work going on because that is just an extension of who you are. By virtue of you doing that, you’re going to begin to attract people to you. When you take the slow burn approach of building your business, the idea is to not put a lot of pressure on success needing to come quickly. When you begin to share who you are, there’s an authenticity and a vulnerability that comes with that, that is much needed in the online space. As you begin to build this online business of sharing who you are, you will begin to see ways to monetize this. When you enjoy what you’re doing, you can just keep doing it without the need to have a certain result at a certain time. A large part of the success of building your quiet empire is time. You’ve got to stay with it and you’ve got to stay the course. Action Steps: Consider the following: What can you envision for yourself if you began to do this kind of work? What do you have now that you could share? Thank you for listening! If you have any questions, you can reach out to me via www.TheTruthAboutLiving.com/contact.   Quotes: “You can be at that place where it’s okay to let go of expectations. And that, in and of itself, is a huge gift. We put so much pressure on ourselves to make something a success.” “When you let go of the need to make something happen, there’s an immense relief and freedom that comes from that. And then you can just create just for the fun of it.”   Resource Mentioned: Fiverr   More from Bridgett Tulloh: Be the first to know when support for Quiet Empire opens. Sign up here at www.TheTruthAboutLiving.com/quietempire   Book your Breakthrough Coaching Session at www.TheTruthAboutLiving.com/private-coaching   Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps http://the-truth-about-living.teachable.com/p/the-divine-way-to-manifesting/   Watch & Subscribe on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgW0B8eytH3KK7RUi6o-7uA

Is there a particular area in your life where you feel like you can’t break out of certain patterns? Or times when you have felt that it’s a true struggle to get to a place where you feel like you’re really thriving? Today we talk about breaking through that resistance that keeps us from truly living our purpose and living the life that we truly want. Visit http://thetruthaboutliving.com/podcast/ for complete show notes of every podcast episode Topics Discussed in this Episode: What resistance could possibly mean for you Why and how you should break through resistance Examples of how resistance can show up in your life Key Takeaways: Resistance is a part of life, and yet if we don’t really identify that it’s happening and “shine a light of awareness” on it, then we don’t have the ability to really act and change it. At that point when you begin to see resistance, you have a choice. You can either withdraw/avoid/recede or pursue/break through/continue. Depending on what you choose and the consistency with which you choose these things, that dictates your future. Resistance is a bully that we have to confront and break through. And every day you’ve got to show up and fight it. Procrastination is a form of resistance, too Resistance is the very thing that could prevent us from implementing all of the things that could really give us that life breakthrough that we all desperately want in our lives.       Action Steps: Figure out where resistance is showing up in your life and what are the things that draw up this feeling of resistance for you. Take some time to examine why you have resistance. Ask yourself, “Have you begun to lose touch with some of the things that were once really inspiring to you because you have let resistance come in and take over again and again?” Check in with your readiness level for the Life Breakthrough series. Do an introspection and take a look at where resistance shows up for you.   Thank you for listening!   Quotes: “In those decision moments when you feel resistance, that’s going to be what helps to paint or map out really what lies ahead for you.” “Where there is resistance, that is telling you something. It is telling you that it is even more important for you to break through. It’s even more important for you to do the thing. The stronger the feelings of resistance, the more important it is for you to do the thing.” Resource Mentioned: Groundhog Day film Recommended Book: War of Art by Steven Pressfield More from Bridgett Tulloh: Book your Breakthrough Coaching Session at www.TheTruthAboutLiving.com/private-coaching Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps http://the-truth-about-living.teachable.com/p/the-divine-way-to-manifesting/ Watch & Subscribe on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgW0B8eytH3KK7RUi6o-7uA Get $50 off the Life Breakthrough Masterclass: http://TheTruthAboutLiving.com/lifebreakthrough

What does a soul-satisfying life look like for you? What does it feel like for you? With this question, join me in this journey of understanding how to live a balanced life and really honoring all of the parts that make up who we truly are. Visit http://thetruthaboutliving.com/podcast/ for complete show notes of every podcast episode Topics Discussed in this Episode: The three basic aspects of who we are What really creates a soul-satisfying life What it requires to have a life that is fulfilling on all levels The Wheel of Life and the tapestry that makes up our lives That one thing that is really foundational to all these finally clicking for all of us Key Takeaways: At a basic level, we have a physical nature, a physical aspect of ourselves. We have a mental aspect, which we can see in terms of intellectual pursuits, goals, emotional states, and mindset. And we have a spiritual nature; we have a soul. It’s the balance of all these three sides of ourselves that allows us to be truly happy and truly fulfilled. It’s the balance that creates a soul-satisfying life. It is possible to have all these aspects in our life dialed in. We can’t control everything, but we do have tremendous power to control so much, and we need to utilize that power. It’s a different experience to know something than to believe it. There are things in life that you can know and it makes a huge difference. Action Steps: Do a visualization exercise and picture to yourself: What does optimal well-being in life look like for you? Ponder on this question: Does having all the areas of your life dialed in make for a soul-satisfying life? What comprises that for you? Be mindful of the idea that it possible to have all of these things dialed in. Look at the areas of your life that perhaps you have been avoiding or neglecting, and consider if it’s possible to really be thriving in all of these areas. Watch out for the Life Breakthrough Masterclass and sign up to get notified when enrolment opens. Thank you for listening! Quotes: “Sometimes the hardest things that we go through in life are where the biggest growth comes from. And life really is, in that way, a really masterful teacher. And often a beautiful teacher, but hard.” “There is imperfection in the nature of our lives but that doesn’t mean that we can’t be loved… It’s just not the nature of being human to be perfect all the time. If you set yourself up for that standard all the time then maybe that’s going to be its own challenge for you.” Resources Mentioned: Recommended Book: The End of Your World by Adyashanti Tony Robbins’ Wheel of Life More from Bridgett Tulloh: Book a Soul Session or Life Breakthrough with Bridgett here: http://TheTruthAboutLiving.com/private-coaching   Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps http://the-truth-about-living.teachable.com/p/the-divine-way-to-manifesting/   Watch & Subscribe on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgW0B8eytH3KK7RUi6o-7uA   Enter your email to be notified when this class opens! http://TheTruthAboutLiving.com/quietempire   Get $50 off the Life Breakthrough Masterclass: http://TheTruthAboutLiving.com/lifebreakthrough

Have you been wanting to build an online business but are not sure about the steps to take? In the Quiet Empire series, I talk about how you can quietly build an online “business of you”, achieve success, and live the life that you’ve always wanted. Visit http://thetruthaboutliving.com/podcast/ for complete show notes of every podcast episode Topics Discussed in this Episode: Moving from the general concept of online entrepreneurship into Quiet Empire, a business built on the idea of sharing what you are already doing How Quiet Empire can be something that will greatly impact your life How you can use Quiet Empire to continue to grow or to make a huge shift in your life How to steadily and easily over time build your online business while you work full-time or operate your business What you need to have a successful online business Key Takeaways: Sometimes we can’t anticipate all of the changes that are to come our way and what’s going to feel right in the future. We are always on this path of perpetual learning, and growth and development, and it’s a beautiful thing. The backstory for the concept of Quiet Empire is kind of the antithesis of what so many marketers out there are selling you today. The idea behind Quiet Empire is to “work full-time on your salary and work part-time on your fortune.” You don’t have to drop everything and suddenly invest all your time, money, and energy into building this new online business. In quietly growing your online business, there is no competition because no one else can you YOU. There is no substantial money investment needed. It’s really just the cost of a domain name and the cost of your time and attention. You can build your online business on the side without any worry that you have to make this profitable right now. Allow it to breathe. Allow it to grow. Allow it to take root and to take shape. Action Steps: Take what you’re doing in life: your loves, your interest, your challenges, your life, document it, make it into online content, and watch it grow. Consistently put out content and build an audience. Find ways to monetize that traffic to your website. (We’ll talk about this.) Get some serious headspace around the commitment level you have around doing an online business. Thank you for listening! If the Quiet Empire piques your interest, I invite you to get on the email list so that you can be notified when I open up an offering for building your own quiet empire. You can find that over at TheTruthAboutLiving.com/quietempire. Quotes: “That’s part of what really sets apart successful entrepreneurs from (the ones who are) not -- is that we can take the punches in the face and we can keep going and get through it ...persevere and come out the other side successful.” (from Gary V) “When you start a blog or let’s say a YouTube channel or a podcast or whatever it is, there is something that works exponentially in your favor that you only experience when you stick with it. There is a time factor. The internet favors a time factor.” Resource Mentioned: Full Speech: Jim Carrey's Commencement Address at the 2014 MUM Graduation More from Bridgett Tulloh: Book a Soul Session or Life Breakthrough with Bridgett here: http://TheTruthAboutLiving.com/private-coaching Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps http://the-truth-about-living.teachable.com/p/the-divine-way-to-manifesting/ Watch & Subscribe on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgW0B8eytH3KK7RUi6o-7uA Enter your email to be notified when this class opens! http://TheTruthAboutLiving.com/quietempire

Have you ever felt like you were living in the same day over and over again? Are there negative thought patterns and behaviors that you want to break out of? Are you tired of just struggling? Then the Life Breakthrough series just may be for you! Visit http://thetruthaboutliving.com/podcast/ for complete show notes of every podcast episode Topics Discussed in this Episode: What is a “life breakthrough” What it could mean for you to have a life breakthrough experience What you can expect from the Life Breakthrough episodes The elements to the Life Breakthrough series   Key Takeaways: It’s a wonderful thing to be in pursuit of personal growth and personal development and wanting to grow and expand and learn and be better today than you were yesterday. But we have to balance the perfection that we know is inherent within us and the idea that we are divine seekers and yet, we are also human, and we are on this earth. A “groundhog day” is this idea of living the same day over and over again, where you feel like you have no power to get out of it. And this is something that is happening to a lot of people out there, where we get into some kind of a pattern that we feel we can’t break out of. The secret to a good day has to do with you. It’s not about the external circumstances of the world. It’s about you. You set the tone for that.   Action Steps: Utilize the Life Breakthrough episodes to make a significant change in your life. Think about your relationships, their quality, and their overall health. Take an honest look at each aspect of your life. By looking closely, you can see where changes need to happen.   Thank you for listening, beautiful soul!   If you look at your life, and you find that you’re not where you wanted to be and you’re tired of struggling, book a call with me for private coaching.   Also, I invite you to join the Life Breakthrough Masterclass. Get on the email list to get notified when the class opens and get $50 off upon enrollment.   Quotes: “Yes, you are perfect. Yes, we are. And were we to do nothing more in our lives ever, we know that we are perfect creations.”   “If there are areas of your life that if you could just gather them up like flowers… it’s like all these aspects of your life, if you could have them all together and thriving at one time and make this beautiful bouquet, how amazing would that be?”   Resources Mentioned: Groundhog Day film Eckhart Tolle’s YouTube Channel Spirituality and Depression - a free webinar by Marianne Williamson   More from Bridgett Tulloh: Book a Soul Session or Life Breakthrough with Bridgett here: http://TheTruthAboutLiving.com/private-coaching   Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps http://the-truth-about-living.teachable.com/p/the-divine-way-to-manifesting/   Watch & Subscribe on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgW0B8eytH3KK7RUi6o-7uA

Do you want to continue learning and growing and becoming the best version of your ideal self? Join me as I embark on Chapter 2 of The Truth About Living Podcast and share with you my genuine, heartfelt intention, and my life. Visit http://thetruthaboutliving.com/podcast/ for complete show notes of every podcast episode Topics Discussed in this Episode: What you can expect from the new podcast format How these episodes will serve you in living your best life possible What Soul Session episode will mean for you The topics for the podcast, for the blog, for the coaching, and for all of the offerings available to you Key Takeaways: The best way to move forward is to MOVE. The best way to start something is to start. Life is a continual evolution, especially for us who are devoted to self-growth, self-improvement, and to self-awareness. If that is your dedication, then you are going to be better tomorrow than you are today. When you’re in this mindset of constant self-improvement or spiritual discovery, “life breakthrough” is a phrase that encompasses so many areas, your relationship with yourself, with others, with money, with your health, and how you can be the best version of you with a spiritual connection. Presence is being completely there. It is imbuing the space that is N-O-W with all of who you are. It is being in the present time and leaving everything else out to the side -- the anxieties of the future, the sadness from the past or whatever it was that happened in the past. It is imbuing the present moment with your full attention. Sometimes things happen that push us down, big waves that knock us down and push us underwater, but our natural state is to rise. We are the cork that floats on the water. In our humanness, it matters how we perceive things, how we react to things. Action Steps:   Subscribe to the podcast to make sure you get every episode   Take stock of how you react to the ripples and the big waves in your life. Let go of the things that don’t serve you. Thank you for listening! Here, we are building a community based on presence, peace, love, success, creating your best self, and tapping into the spirit, which is what you truly are. So I would love to hear about what this work means to you. Reach out to me at TheTruthAboutLiving.com or book a call with me. Quotes: “We want a level of fulfillment that touches our soul. We want to go out into the world and be love… we can sit and tap into the truth of who we are, which is love, and we can feel as though life is beautiful.” “Peace is possible. Love is who you are. And because of those things, you have tremendous power to create in your life. Because you are a spirit, you have tremendous power to create in your life.” Resources Mentioned: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction by Jon Kabat-Zinn The End of Your World by Adyashanti More from Bridgett Tulloh: Book a Soul Session or Life Breakthrough with Bridgett here: http://TheTruthAboutLiving.com/private-coaching Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps http://the-truth-about-living.teachable.com/p/the-divine-way-to-manifesting/ Watch & Subscribe on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgW0B8eytH3KK7RUi6o-7uA Get $50 off the Life Breakthrough Masterclass: http://TheTruthAboutLiving.com/lifebreakthrough

Have you ever been through an existential crisis? There are so many questions that might run through your mind. Why can’t I just let this go? Why can’t I just be? This episode will teach you how to appreciate spiritual growth as well as physical growth.   In this episode you will learn: How do you keep yourself grounded? Can there be a balance between honoring our spiritual connection and honoring our physical body?   6 Key Takeaways: Some people use spiritual growth to not feel good. It is human nature to want to share things. Don’t dwell on people not being on the same page as you. Calm can be mastered. This world can be enjoyed if we have a connection to the spirit. Enjoy the simple things.   Action Steps: Have respect for where everyone is on their path. Just love that you don't need to change someone. Hit the pause button once in a while. Get firmly re-grounded on the physical.   If you had been listening for the last few weeks, you might have noticed that there have been some gaps in the number of episodes released. I love hearing from you! Please send me an email, or share your comments, I read each and every one of them, and I would love to hear from you!   Thank you for listening!   Quotes:   “We find reasons not to feel happy.”   “Take time to withdraw a little bit.”   Past episodes mentioned: 314ACIM: Spiritual Awakening, Dark Nights of the Soul & Depression – Part 1 319ACIM: Depression, Spiritual Awakening, Dark Nights of the Soul – Part 2 324ACIM: Spiritual Awakening, Dark Nights of the Soul & Depression – Part 3   More from Bridgett Tulloh   Let's connect. Book a free 2-hour coaching session. http://www.TheTruthAboutLiving.com/private-coaching   Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps http://the-truth-about-living.teachable.com/p/the-divine-way-to-manifesting/   Join the FB group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/629400203914720/   Watch & Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgW0B8eytH3KK7RUi6o-7uA

What has your spiritual awakening been like for you? Spiritual awakening is different for everyone and there are levels of intensity. There is a darker side to it, too. And sometimes, it can be messy. Join me as I talk about what this journey and process of spiritual awakening could be like and help you get to an understanding of what it means to you. In this episode you will learn: What is spiritual awakening? Why do some of us get into a slump as we go through the process of spiritual awakening? Why are some of us so driven to find the truth of existence? 3 Key Takeaways: Spiritual awakening is basically about having a new level of awareness and understanding about who you are, about purpose, about a connection to God, about existence, about things that can bring us a lot of joy and love. While you may have these moments in the process of spiritual awakening where you lose clarity, where you are assimilating some new information and may get off-kilter, it’s okay. If we are really understanding who we are, our power and our God connection, that should be a joyful moment and there should be more ease coming into life. Action Steps: Do things in spirit. If you find yourself in a worse state as a result of truth-seeking, reconsider that and think, “If I were really lining up with the truth of who I am, wouldn’t that mean that life got easier and better?” Quotes: “Always at my root, always at my foundation is my love for people, is my love for life, is my love for myself.” “Spiritual awakenings are, in my opinion, a messy, messy work.” You might have noticed that there’s a been a temporary shift in the release of podcast episodes. I hope that you guys will tune in whenever one is released. I will do my best to produce as many episodes as possible during this time. I also would love to hear from you, so please feel free to reach out to me. Thank you for listening! Resource Mentioned: Playing the Matrix: A Program for Living Deliberately and Creating Consciously by Mike Dooley Past Episodes Mentioned: 314ACIM: Spiritual Awakening, Dark Nights of the Soul & Depression – Part 1 319ACIM: Depression, Spiritual Awakening, Dark Nights of the Soul – Part 2 324ACIM: Spiritual Awakening, Dark Nights of the Soul & Depression – Part 3 More from Bridgett Tulloh Let's connect. Book a free 2-hour coaching session. http://www.TheTruthAboutLiving.com/private-coaching Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps http://the-truth-about-living.teachable.com/p/the-divine-way-to-manifesting/  Join the FB group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/629400203914720/  Watch & Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgW0B8eytH3KK7RUi6o-7uA

Have you had a spiritual awakening and had thoughts and feelings that were less than positive? This is the last of a three-part series on a somewhat heavy, but worthwhile topic. Last Wednesday, we left off with depression. Today, we’re going to dive deeper into the topic. This episode is powerful and will let you know that you’re not alone.   7 Key Takeaways When you get into the state where you tap into your presence, and that presence is something that you identify as something that is not a part of your ego, your eyes start to open a bit to how the way we are as humans is different from the truth of who we are. When you are spiritually awakened, you stop defining things as “good” and “bad.” Everything is just “is.” There’s nowhere to go, nothing to do, and nowhere to be. When you start to absorb that, doing other things can become less meaningful. That’s when some of the depression can come in. We know intuitively that there is love, joy, and meaning. If you find yourself wondering what’s the point of anything, simply give this to God and align yourself to Him. Ego would have us believe we are a body and a personal story. But if you have a spiritual awakening, you understand there is God and you understand that you are vast and pure awareness. The difficulty with going and functioning in this world when we are spiritually awakened is sometimes where the depression comes in. ACIM says that Jesus refers to us as having a special function and a purpose to fulfill.   Quotes “Everyone who has a spiritual awakening knows there is much more than our normal everyday reality. There is God. I, as vast and pure awareness continues long after body and personal story in this life comes to an end.” - Bruce Davis, PhD, The Challenge of Depression After a Spiritual Awakening   “We are love. That is the truth of who were are.”   Action Step We have a function and purpose in this world. We are love. Let this be your focal point during your meditation practice, prayers, and interaction with others.   Thank you for listening!   Resource Mentioned The Challenge of Depression After a Spiritual Awakening (Huffington Post article)   More from Bridgett Tulloh   Let's connect. Book a free 2-hour coaching session. http://www.TheTruthAboutLiving.com/private-coaching   Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps http://the-truth-about-living.teachable.com/p/the-divine-way-to-manifesting/   Join the FB group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/629400203914720/   Watch & Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgW0B8eytH3KK7RUi6o-7uA

Last week, I talked about how the metaphysics of A Course in Miracles surprised me and what it says about reality, the ego, and separation from God. Today, I’m going to talk about the dark nights of the soul and depression, two things that usually don’t cross your mind when you think about spiritual awakening. I invite you to join me in this thought-provoking three-part series. 7 Key Takeaways God is love and we are love. This is a simple concept that we can return to when we find ourselves having fear-based thoughts. According to ACIM, we are living in a world of illusion. Our perception of reality is distorted. All the things that make up the individual that you are (your body, your personality, etc.) is not the truth of who you are. We are not separate from God. We are all one. ACIM says the world was made as an attack on God. I grappled with this idea for some time. While I’m grateful for the spiritual path and I know that there’s peace on the other side of it, it took some time for me to process this idea. Consciousness affects what we see on a scientific level. This is called the observer effect in the scientific world. When you go through spiritual awakening, it’s not uncommon to have feelings of depression or disorientation. Dark nights of the soul is when you’re going through a transition in your life and you experience difficult emotions such as despair, anger, doubt, guilt, or sadness. On the other side of it, you re-emerge clearer, sharper, more peaceful, and elevated in some way.   Quotes “If you begin to explore that the here and now is not what you think it is, it can be upsetting to the peace of your own mind.” “It’s hard to describe when everything you think you know is shifting.”   If you have not heard last week’s episode, please go back and listen to it. You can find it here.  The episode is the foundation for this three-part conversation. Be sure to tune in next week, April 25th, for the third installment of this discussion on spiritual awakening, depression, and dark nights of the soul.   I’ve created some lovely and soul-inspiring meditations for you. You can get your copy at TheTruthAboutLiving.com/Meditations. Be sure to enter this coupon code: LOVEIT. It will give you a 50% discount when you purchase and download this album.   Thank you for listening!   More from Bridgett Tulloh   Let's connect. Book a free 2-hour coaching session. http://www.TheTruthAboutLiving.com/private-coaching   Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps http://the-truth-about-living.teachable.com/p/the-divine-way-to-manifesting/   Join the FB group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/629400203914720/   Watch & Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgW0B8eytH3KK7RUi6o-7uA

How are you making choices that are aligned with your higher self? Today, I’m announcing some short-term changes in the structure of this podcast, and talk about how this relates to mindfulness. I also share how you can use the lessons that I’m learning to be more uplifted and present in your life. Listen and be inspired! 5 Key Takeaways We have the ability to be present and choose how we respond to life. It can be true in any situation that you can imagine. When we are present with our children without the need to do something else, we tend to feel relaxed. Mindfulness is a practice where I am blocking out time. This is time where I focus solely on my children and not anything else. We must check in with ourselves; otherwise, we’ll do things merely out of obligation or to meet the expectations of others around us. When everything has to get done and everything is equally important, something happens that can take you out of that game. None of those things are going to get done.   Quotes “It’s 100% possible to craft a lifestyle that you would love.” “You can’t stop the waves from coming, but you can learn to surf.” - Jon Kabat-Zinn “I think that there is room in this world for us to be successful entrepreneurs and to gently balance the other commitments, passions, joys, responsibilities that we have.”   Action Steps Make conscious choices on how you want to design your life. Ask yourself, “What do I want my day to look like?” I invite you to check in with yourself and reflect on the same questions that I now ask: Is my life currently reflecting all the values that I hold?   Am I putting my time, attention, and energy in all the places that I want to do so? Is there enough time and energy in reserves to carry me into additional projects that are so meaningful to me?   Thank you for listening!   Resource Mentioned Full Catastrophe Living   More from Bridgett Tulloh   Let's connect. Book a free 2-hour coaching session. http://www.TheTruthAboutLiving.com/private-coaching  Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps http://the-truth-about-living.teachable.com/p/the-divine-way-to-manifesting/ Join the FB group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/629400203914720/ Watch & Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgW0B8eytH3KK7RUi6o-7uA

What is the accumulation effect and how can it ultimately lead to success? Today, I want to share with you that there is a beautiful thing that happens when you focus on one thing and consistently put energy into it. Listen, enjoy, and be inspired! 6 Key Takeaways According to Tony Robbins, most people overestimate what they can achieve in a year, but underestimate what they can achieve in a decade. What happens to a lot of us is we let our energy get dispersed by focusing on too many things at once. When you’re staying on a particular course and you continue to put energy and momentum into it, even when the initial enthusiasm wanes, something magical happens. There is a cumulative effect of your work. When you single-mindedly pursue an endeavor, you will accumulate knowledge, skills, contacts, networks, etc. over time. You will also gain a level of confidence from doing so. When you’re running a content-based business, Gary Vaynerchuk says that you must document what you’re doing because people will be drawn to you, your story, brand, and message. Over time, it’s going to build and people will come. It’s a winning formula. When you persistently and consistently put valuable content on your website, it’s going to add up to your site. However, Google is forgiving if you put less content on your site. Quotes “There is a beautiful that happens when you do the same thing repeatedly. ” “If you keep doing what you’re doing, magic is going to happen.” Action Step If you’re in a business right now, and you’re not seeing the accumulation effect, pause and think back on when you first started this business. Ask yourself, “What did I know then and what do I know now?” Thank you for listening!   Resources Mentioned Inside Building a Business with a Blog: My Personal Story and How to do it from scratch The Tipping Point  (podcast episode) I invite you to head over to TheTruthAboutLiving.com and join my list for uplifting mindset and success quotes to arrive in your inbox every Monday. More from Bridgett Tulloh Let's connect. Book a free 2-hour coaching session. http://www.TheTruthAboutLiving.com/private-coaching Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Stepshttp://the-truth-about-living.teachable.com/p/the-divine-way-to-manifesting/ Join the FB group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/629400203914720/  Watch & Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgW0B8eytH3KK7RUi6o-7uA

Join Bridgett today in this parenting episode where she discussed ways to be consciously making choices in how we show up in ways for our children, that allow them to feel 100% accepted for who they are - not for their interests, their achievements, their outcomes. Unattached parenting is a style of parenting that Bridgett describes as letting go of the need for your child to do a certain thing or be a certain way. How do you show up as a parent, and could this philosophy serve you? 7 Key Takeaways When you tightly hold on to something, the thing that you want doesn’t come, takes a long time to come, or comes with a lot of struggle. When we’re attached to outcomes, what’s happening is we are not allowing space. We don’t allow God or the Universe to provide for us in the way that would best serve us. If you’re visualizing something that you want to bring into your life, step back a little and visualize yourself happy. Trust that the thing that you want or something better will come to you. When you’re strongly attached to something, it’s usually coming from a place of uncertainty, lack, fearfulness, and mistrust. Being attached to an outcome can pigeonhole you into a particular thing that when you get it, you may not even be really happy with it. A lot of what goes on with us as adults is a result of our beliefs about ourselves which we acquired as children. These beliefs are based on how our elders treated us, behaved around us, and responded to us. Conscious parenting means being aware and making mindful choices based on thought and intentions rather than reacting, going on autopilot, and allowing your old beliefs systems and habits to run your life. Quotes “When you’re attached to an outcome, you may limit what can show up in your life, and when you get it, you may actually be unhappy with what comes about.” “Our own attachments to how we want to show up in the world, we put those on our children.” Action step Is there a circumstance in your life where you may have been attached to your child having, doing, or being something? Gently bring this into awareness and see what it would look like to be more unattached in your parenting style. If let go a little bit of the need for them to do a particular thing or be a particular way, notice what happens with your child and how they feel and respond when you do that.   Resource mentioned Free course in gratitude Let's connect. Book a free 2-hour coaching session.  www.TheTruthAboutLiving.com/private-coaching Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps http://the-truth-about-living.teachable.com/p/the-divine-way-to-manifesting/ Join the FB group here:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/629400203914720/ Watch & Subscribe on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgW0B8eytH3KK7RUi6o-7uA Thank you for listening!

Have you ever questioned why we are here and wondered about the nature of our reality? Today, I begin the first part of the lengthy topic of spiritual awakening by discussing what it is, what A Course in Miracles says about the ego and separation from God, and why some people seem to lose their minds when they are awakened. Join me as I explore the nature of reality and the truth of who we are. 6 Key Takeaways When you awaken to the truth of who you are, you realize there’s a dichotomy of nothing means anything and yet everything means something. There’s a dichotomy of meaning and lack of meaning. The ego is the part of us that would have us believe that we’re separate from God. ACIM says this supposed separation from God that our ego would have us believe never really occurred because we could never be separate from God. When you become right-minded, a miracle is occurring because you are being your true self and leaving the ego behind. You are operating from the state of your truth. The ego is everything you’ve identified with and what you think you are. When you stop identifying with the ego, then you wonder what is left. You get in the stillness sometimes. The stillness can be beautiful but it can also be frightening. We sometimes shift back into ego because we don’t know how to function in this other way. When you are fully in the present, that is you being in the state of who you truly are. That’s when you’re not operating from ego.   Quotes “Spirit is invisible and it’s creating that which is visible...Consciousness is making the world before you.” “We could never really be separate from God.”   I invite you to listen again next week, April 18th. I’ll be talking about some tough issues that we encounter when we explore spirituality and the nature of reality. My first meditation album, Calm & Center, has just been released. There are a lot of beautiful things in this album for you, so I invite you to get your copy at TheTruthAboutLiving.com/Meditations. To get a 50% discount, use this coupon code: LOVEIT. Thank you for listening!   More from Bridgett Tulloh   Let's connect. Book a free 2-hour coaching session. http://www.TheTruthAboutLiving.com/private-coaching  Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps http://the-truth-about-living.teachable.com/p/the-divine-way-to-manifesting/  Join the FB group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/629400203914720/  Watch & Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgW0B8eytH3KK7RUi6o-7uA

Is there anything going on in your life that has led you to feel despair or overwhelm? Do you feel as if nothing is going right? If you find yourself in any of those states, I hope that my message for today will bring you comfort and inspiration. Listen and be inspired! 3 Key Takeaways When things feel tough, sometimes, it’s enough to do what you can do with what you’ve got from where you are. When you put one foot in front of the other, the energy is going to shift and you’re going to be lifted up again. According to Abraham Hicks, when there’s contrast or when there’s something going on in your life that’s the opposite of what you want, you have a good idea of when it’s helpful for you to sleep. Sometimes, we need to do the minimum in that short period. Have faith that the energy will shift again. Have faith that you’re like a cork that is naturally light and that you will rise again to the surface. Quotes “There are times in life when you simply need to continue to put one foot in front of the other.” “You can’t stop the waves but you can learn to surf.” - Jon Kabat-Zinn   Action Step When life gets difficult, have faith, trust, surrender, and sleep. I invite you to download Calm & Center, my new meditation album. To get your copy, head over to TheTruthAboutLiving.com/Meditations. I’m offering a 50% with this coupon code: LOVEIT. Thank you for listening!   More from Bridgett Tulloh Let's connect. Book a free 2-hour coaching session. http://www.TheTruthAboutLiving.com/private-coaching Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Stepshttp://the-truth-about-living.teachable.com/p/the-divine-way-to-manifesting/  Join the FB group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/629400203914720/   Watch & Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgW0B8eytH3KK7RUi6o-7uA

It’s an exciting Monday for me! As I’ve been telling everyone these past few weeks, it’s the release date of my first meditation album, Calm & Center. Today, I’d like to share my thoughts on meditation and talk a little bit about this album. Also, as promised, I’m giving you a coupon code that entitles you to a 50% discount on your purchase of the album. Listen and stick around until the end! 5 Key Takeaways Meditation is a practice of renewing that gives us a center of calm and clarity by creating a space within us. It nourishes our bodies, minds, and spirits. It makes us more aligned with our true selves. Sticking to a meditation practice may mean waking up earlier than usual or giving up something we may do out of habit. But we know that when we take the time to meditate, our actions become more effective and focused afterwards. Meditation can have an overarching effect in your life. I’ve found that my daily interactions and the choices I make stem from this state that I have cultivated in meditation. For many people, meditation is a spiritual practice. It’s about finding that presence within us and knowing our true selves. Meditation affects us in different ways. We can meditate to calm anxiety, soothe our souls, help ourselves rest, and provide ourselves with a sense of serenity, among other things. Quotes “This quiet practice of meditation allows you to come from a really grounded place. It gives you a sense of (resilience) in life...” “The more you practice meditation, the more you have this ability to really sink into these spaces of true stillness.” One of the hardest things about meditation is simply staying in the meditation. When we sit alone, we have this tendency to feel that we should do something else. This album will guide you back into the beautiful silent space in meditation. The Calm & Center meditation album is designed to support you through feelings of stress, unease, anger, fatigue, and disconnection. The album includes the following tracks: A Five-Minute Meditation on One Conscious Breath Calm and Well-Being Releasing Anger From Fatigue to Energy Silent Personal Retreat To get your copy of Calm & Center, head over to TheTruthAboutLiving.com/Meditation. Once you click “add to cart,” use the coupon code LOVEIT (all caps) to get 50% off the album. If you’re already on the website, you can simply click on the “Meditations” tab to get to the Calm & Center meditation album. This beautiful meditation album comes with a money back guarantee if you find that it’s not the right fit for you. It also includes a bonus -- a free email coaching session from me. To get the bonus after purchasing the album, simply send me an email at bridgett@thetruthaboutliving.com or use the contact form on my website. Please be sure to let me know the date of your purchase. Thank you for listening! More from Bridgett Tulloh Let's connect. Book a free 2-hour coaching session. http://www.TheTruthAboutLiving.com/private-coaching Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps http://the-truth-about-living.teachable.com/p/the-divine-way-to-manifesting/ Join the FB group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/629400203914720/ Watch & Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgW0B8eytH3KK7RUi6o-7uA

“Vulnerability hangover” - something that happens when you share something very personal, and later have a reeling feeling for having shared something so deep, private, and personal. In this episode, Bridgett talks about her experience of showing her vulnerabilities to her children, how it has affected them, and what she has done to lift away that burden from them. 5 Key Takeaways If you shared something, and there’s no degree of vulnerability, you may ask yourself, “Was it worth sharing? How valuable was my experience of sharing?” Vulnerability means trust. We think about this when we’re with friends, we think about the degree of depth when we share something… there has to be a degree of trust there. This is not about having adult conversations or arguments in front of children. What about when we have true emotions about something in life? What if we didn’t always hide them away from our children? How much do I need to be vulnerable and show my children that this is real, that I am tremendously sad – this is one aspect of being vulnerable in front of our children. We are human. Even if you wanted to put up walls, even if you wanted to always show up as the perfect mom, it’s not really possible. Vulnerability is a part of life. It’s more of a question of to what degree do you share vulnerabilities with children, because you have to balance letting them see what’s real, without putting any burden on them that they’re responsible for your emotional state. We have to be mindful. Are our children slipping into caretaking mode of our emotional state?     Quotes “It’s my job to make myself happy.” “My son can make me smile. My son can make me laugh. My son can make me act joyfully. True happiness at my own state of being is my responsibility, and it’s yours as well.”  Action Steps Sharing vulnerabilities with your children – it’s important to have these kinds of conversations. One of the things that’s never addressed in school is emotional regulation, emotional support, or emotional stability, mental health, and even self-responsibility around these things. It’s these things you should talk about. Balance this. Yes, you are a real person, you have real emotions, and it’s not your job to block them off 100% from the sight of your children, no matter what age they are. But at the same time, make sure to communicate with them that this is natural, and these are emotions you need to deal with rather than repress them, and ultimately, it’s your job to take care of your own emotional state. Thank you for listening! More from Bridgett Tulloh Let's connect. Book a free 2-hour coaching session. http://www.TheTruthAboutLiving.com/private-coaching  Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Stepshttp://the-truth-about-living.teachable.com/p/the-divine-way-to-manifesting/  Join the FB group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/629400203914720/ Watch & Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgW0B8eytH3KK7RUi6o-7uA