Brave Being the Podcast

In this episode of Brave Being, Bridget discusses the transition back to our day to day routines from holiday festivities and the emotions that come along with it.

Topics Include:

• The hangover of intense emotions
• Getting back into normal rhythms and routines
• The dynamic nature of emotions
• How our constant need for more leads to burnout
• The relationship between joy and sorrow
• Returning to the simple pleasures
• And other topics...

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Bridget addresses the parental burnout many of us are feeling right now, and gives listeners tips and ideas for how to avoid it.

Topics Include:

• The psychological condition of parental burnout
• The power of choice. Being selective to avoid burnout
• Let your kids be bored! Really. It’s okay :)
• How creating simple daily rhythms can help us (and our families!) avoid burnout
• The importance of staying connected while social distancing
• And other topics...

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Happy New Year Brave Beings!! In this episode, Bridget discusses the practice of goal setting in the new year, how you can avoid setting goals that you likely won't follow through with, and how you can set intentions that align with your deeper desires.

Topics Include:

• New year intentions
• Why most of us fail to execute on our new year's goals
• Intellectual versus intuitive goals and intentions
• Setting goals that align with our deeper desires
• Setting the intention to be more intentional
• And other topics...

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Bridget recaps the topics we've discussed on the podcast this year, intentions moving into 2021, and shares her birthday wish with her audience.

Topics Include:

• Adventures in motherhood
• Why being a mother is the most important job in the world
• Reflections on 2020, and the emotions we've felt
• Understanding and navigating our own emotions
• Awareness as our greatest resource
• Gratitude
• And other topics.

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Bridget shares with listeners how we can use family traditions to foster connection and nurture family values.

Topics Include:

• The power of family traditions and rituals
• Creating space for connection
• How traditions provide an opportunity to instill family values 
• Creating your own family traditions
• And other topics

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Bridget follows up with listeners on last week's episode, extending the balancing perceptions exercise to other life events and challenges. Bridget shares how we can use this exercise to find joy in our lives anytime, anywhere.

Topics Include:

• Recognizing that joy is always available to us
• Accepting that life is a full experience, and that all the emotional states come with
• Resilience
• Our obsession with extreme states, and the danger inherent in them
• Dealing with the loss of a loved one
• Doing the work to identify the benefits of challenging experiences
• And other topics

“We can have resolution with anything, anytime–if we are willing to do the work to get it.”

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Happy Gratitude Week! In this episode, Bridget reflects on the challenges we've faced in 2020 and guides listeners through an exercise to bring mindfulness to the benefits this year may have provided us with.

Topics Include:

• Remembering what is truly important
• Reflecting on the challenges of this year
• Finding a diamond in the rough
• Struggle and pain as the gateway to true joy
• The balancing perceptions exercise
• Post-traumatic growth
• And other topics

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Bridget shares with listeners how we can calm an overwhelmed or anxious mind by mindfully reconnecting with our bodies, and shares a technique for doing so.

Topics include:

- Coming back to our physical beings in chaotic times
- Tuning into bodily sensations
- How thoughts manifest into bodily sensations
- Disrupting repetitive thought patterns
- Working with bodily sensations
- And other topics

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Bridget continues her discussion on the mental and emotional health of children, the failure of our society to adequately equip children with the skills to regulate their emotions, and things we can do to change this.

Topics Include:
- Reframing mental health as emotional health
- Why 0 to 3 is an important age group for longterm emotional well-being
- Emotional development strategies for the 0 to 3 age group
- How trauma changes the composition of our brains
- Addressing the current emotional health crises in children and young adults
- Remember, your children are extraordinarily resilient and can quickly learn new skills
- And other topics

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In this episode of Brave Being the podcast, Bridget shares with listeners how we can use mindfulness to manage our post-election emotions.

Topics include:
- The relationship between future-focused thoughts and intense emotions
- Remember, whatever you are feeling right now is only temporary
- Detaching our internal process and well-being from external circumstances
- Staying present and centered amidst tumultuous times
- Practicing mindfulness
- Why focusing on the future will orient you to fear and extreme states
- The present moment as our place of resource
- And other topics

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Want to connect with Bridget? Find her online at:
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