Episodes
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Does âthe most wonderful time of the yearâ feel less like a holiday and more like overwhelm?
Feeling stressed or anxious during the holidays is unfortunately all too common.
But busyness isnât a badgeâItâs a warning that something needs to give.
Today on The Bridge to Fulfillment â, Blake shares the importance of recognizing that busyness is not a badge of honor but rather a warning sign that stress and overwhelm are taking over. By shifting existing belief systems, you can start to reduce stress and achieve personal growth.
In this episode, youâll learn how to identify the sources of stress in your life and truly understand which systems are contributing to your overwhelm. Youâll learn how to overcome busyness through small, actionable steps and create necessary boundaries so that you can begin to prioritize what truly matters.
What Youâll Learn:
Challenging conventional wisdom by confronting busyness (0:33)
Why tactics and boundaries alone wonât create real change (4:16)
Identifying the core belief thatâs holding you hostage (5:07)
Actionable steps to shift your behaviors (5:55)
A real-world example of how this works (9:09)
Favorite Quotes:
âHow you do one thing is how you do everything. Meaning whatever the belief systems are tied to some of the problems going on in your life, I can promise you that they're tied to multiple problems going on in your life.â
âChange happens through a series of small steps. But when you actually can address these things at a deeper root, change happens exponentially.â
âOur fear is if we stop doing so much, we'll be seen or judged as lazy. We won't be able to produce the same types of results we've produced in our career... And it is those fears unexamined that steal our joy, that steal our impact, that steal our presence.â
âWhen we can start to see that our view of things is limited, that we have blind spots, that maybe we're creating our own stress and anxiety, that maybe the things that we really care about aren't as critical for somebody else, the weight can begin to be lifted.â
Additional Resources:
Get clarity on where you are on your journey to career fulfillment, where youâre headed, optional paths to get there, and the right next step to take.
Start your complimentary, Personalized Career Fulfillment Plan by going to www.thebridgetofulfillment.com/pcfp
For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to www.BlakeSchofield.com
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If fear and uncertainty are holding you back from making the changes you want in life, then thereâs only one hurdle you need to overcome.
Yourself.
For most of us, the limitations we create are self-inflicted. They are merely perceptions that can be overcome by making one simple change.
Make the decision that you CAN.
No matter what your unique challenges are, the key is to simply make the decision that you CAN overcome limitations, that you CAN push past your limits, and that you CAN build resilience.
And if you think it canât be done, then todayâs guest has a message for you.
Today on The Bridge to Fulfillmentâ, Blake welcomes Mark Black. He is a resilience expert, coach, and author. His impressive feats of having survived a heart and double-lung transplant and the subsequent completion of 4 marathons are an inspiration to embrace possibility.
In this episode, youâll learn how to flip the script of your limiting beliefs and begin to look at what is still possible versus what you think you can't do. Youâll learn how to push the limits rather than believe your assumptions. Youâll also hear how to begin to embrace the inevitability of change earlier in the process so that you can reap the highest rewards.
âWhether you think you can, or you think you can't â you're right.â âHenry Ford
What Youâll Learn:
(6:29) How Mark learned early in life to build resilience
(13:01) Pushing beyond the fear to take a leap of faith
(17:44) The opportunity cost of waiting for change to happen
(23:40) What you can learn from his life experience
(30:35) The real power that coaching provides
Favorite Quotes:
âEverybody's got stuff. Somebody else's stuff is different than yours. But that's not the reason why you can't. It just means you have to adapt in different ways to deal with it.â âMark Black
âMost people don't achieve the happiness, fulfillment, joy, peace of mind balance that they want for their life because of the things that they believe are true that actually aren't.â âBlake
âThere really are far deeper levels of things that sometimes we struggle to see because we don't want to admit that where we are maybe isn't where we really want to be. But when you can really be honest with yourself about that, that's where the power really lies.â âBlake
âWhat am I showing my kids that a career should look like? What am I showing them that adult life should look like? Do I want to show them that being an adult means slogging my way through something that I hate so that I can pay bills because that's what adulthood is? Or do I want to show them that valuing my own thriving is important because that's going to make me a better human, which makes me a better parent, which helps them?â âMark Black
âMost of us are far more limited by our perception than we are by our ability or our capacity. â âMark Black
Additional Resources:
Web: markblack.ca
Facebook: www.facebook.com/IAmMarkBlack
Instagram: www.instagram.com/IAmMarkBlack
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iammarkblack
Get clarity on where you are on your journey to career fulfillment, where youâre headed, optional paths to get there, and the right next step to take.
Start your complimentary, Personalized Career Fulfillment Plan by going to www.thebridgetofulfillment.com/pcfp
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Do you struggle to speak up and say how you truly feel in difficult situations?
Staying silent or feeling a sense of fear about speaking up doesnât allow you to show up as your authentic self.
While holding back your truth can help you feel accepted, it can also be damaging to your self-worth, hiding your authenticity when it matters most.
But there IS a way to stand in your truth without damaging your relationships.
Today on The Bridge to Fulfillmentâ, Blake welcomes Amy Green Smith. She is a certified life coach, speaker, and personal empowerment expert. Through her work, she helps people transform from people-pleasing to a place of radical personal empowerment and self-worth.
In this episode, youâll learn how to shift from people-pleasing behaviors into speaking your truth with respect. Youâll hear boundary recipes that will help you overcome self-doubt and conquer the fear of rejection. Youâll learn how to find your voice and speak your truth through fearless, authentic communication.
Speaking up doesn't have to be confrontational. Itâs possible to share difficult truths with grace.
What Youâll Learn:
What weâre taught about acceptance (6:27)
Looking to current relationships to heal past wounds (12:36)
Determining when your fear is legitimate (21:49)
What it looks like to be authentic in the moment (29:41)
How to ask for what you need: a boundary recipe (38:31)
Favorite Quotes:
âWe often think our experience is just our own, but very rarely are we actually alone.â âBlake
âWhen we're talking about finding our voice or speaking up, almost always antithetical to that, is that investment in what other people think- that people pleasing.â âAmy Green Smith
âYour bullshit tolerance starts to get lower and lower once you realize, like, oh, I should not be spoken to in that way.â âAmy Green Smith
âThat's often why we end up as people-pleasers, because we see things differently than the people around us, and we're told that we are wrong or not okay, or we should be compliant. And as a result of that, we lose connection with our inner compass.â âBlake
âPeople feel safer with you if they know where you stand and where they stand with you.â âAmy Green Smith
Additional Resources:
Connect with Amy Green Smith:
Website: https://amygreensmith.com/
Freebies: https://amygreensmith.com/free/
Social:
https://www.instagram.com/heyamygreensmith/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/heyamygreensmith/
https://www.facebook.com/heyamygreensmith
https://www.threads.net/@heyamygreensmithGet clarity on where you are on your journey to career fulfillment, where youâre headed, optional paths to get there, and the right next step to take.
Start your complimentary, Personalized Career Fulfillment Plan by going to www.thebridgetofulfillment.com/pcfp
For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to www.BlakeSchofield.com
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Is your work no longer making you happy? Are you ready for something to change but unsure what the right next step should be?
Making a career change, especially when everything looks great on paper, can feel like a huge challenge (even more so when it feels like youâre doing it alone).
But this unsettling feeling youâre experiencing can actually be a gift, nudging you to transition with intention because thatâs the only path to fulfillment that will put YOUR values first.
Today on The Bridge to Fulfillmentâ, Blake shares the most effective way to navigate a crossroads in your life and career.
In this episode, youâll learn how to use this season of transition as an opportunity to avoid career burnout before it happens, identify your unique secret sauce transferrable skillsâą, and start creating the life youâve always wanted. Youâll learn why what youâve been doing hasnât produced results, and what you can do right now to finally get things moving in the right direction.
What Youâll Learn:
Two approaches to making a transition (1:09)
The place most people get stuck (3:20)
The biggest challenge we face when seeking change (5:15)
Why youâre not gaining more clarity (7:30)
The moment âmoreâ becomes possible (11:48)
Favorite Quotes:
âThis is where so many of us get stuck: we're making these changes, or we're trying to get clarity, we're reading the books, we're changing jobs, we are having these conversations, and they're not moving us forward.â
âWhen we lack clarity, we believe that the answer lies externally, in our circumstances, in somebody's book and somebody else's journey. And I want you to know that that's just not true. The answer is always internal. It's inside of you.â
âWe often believe clarity has to be difficult, hard and painful to get. But that's just not true. It's our approach that is difficult, hard and painful.â
âIt's all possible, but it's only possible when we look at our circumstances and recognize where I am today is not the life I want to be repeating, and I'm done just tolerating what I have I want more.â
Additional Resources:
Get clarity on where you are on your journey to career fulfillment, where youâre headed, optional paths to get there, and the right next step to take.
Start your complimentary, Personalized Career Fulfillment Plan by going to www.thebridgetofulfillment.com/pcfp
For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to www.BlakeSchofield.com
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Are you feeling stuck in your career? Does it seem like finding real fulfillment requires a massive change?
It can be easy to think that change has to mean overhauling your entire career, when in fact, there are small shifts we can make to unlock progress that leads to more career satisfaction, helping you identify whatâs really holding you back from happiness and recognizing your true potential.
Today on The Bridge to Fulfillment â, Blake welcomes Jason Silver Smith, author of the book, Your Grass is Greener. Heâs an entrepreneur who got his start at Airbnb, and today he helps leaders build great, lasting companies that people actually enjoy working for. Heâs a sought-after public speaker, instructor, and advisor on how to transform work into one of the biggest drivers of positivity in your life.
In this episode, Jason shares how the unexpected loss of his sister led to a transformation in how he wanted to live and work. Youâll learn practical tactics that can eliminate miscommunication in the workplace for good. Youâll also learn how aligning work with personal strengths helps unlock career potential, increase workplace productivity, and lead to more workplace happiness.
What Youâll Learn:
How a life-altering experience shifted his perspective (8:57)
Experiencing post-traumatic growth (14:06)
Tactics to find more joy in the work you do (18:41)
Recognizing your agency in life and work (29:38)
Why real change is about the small steps we take (39:34)
Favorite Quotes:
âThe hardest moments of our life often become incredible blessings that we didn't see in other ways.â âBlake
âThere is no job, no career, ever worth your health or ever worth your life.â âBlake
âWhen things are going really well at work, it spills over into the rest of your life. You have more energy. You're fired up for what's happening in life. And the better you feel in life, the better you do at your job. And up and up and up and up and up we go.â âJason Silver Smith
âIf you don't know what you're great at, it's hard to know how to deploy that in a workplace setting. And when you're not doing what you're great at, you're not doing the best work, and you're not enjoying it.â âJason Silver Smith
âWhen we accomplish something incredible in our lives, it's usually not some massive shift that happened overnight. It's usually the culmination of a bunch of small steps we took over time.â âJason Silver Smith
Additional Resources:
Connect with Jason:
Book: http://www.yourgrassisgreener.com
Business: http://www.thejasonsilver.com
Better Work Newsletter: http://www.thejasonsilver.com/newsletter
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/silverjay/
Get clarity on where you are on your journey to career fulfillment, where youâre headed, optional paths to get there, and the right next step to take.
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Do you often come home from work feeling emotionally drained from dealing with a toxic boss or a challenging work relationship?
Just making it through the workday under these circumstances can feel like an accomplishment, but the truth is that over time, a toxic workplace will wear you down.
âLife is teaching us lessons, and we will keep getting that lesson over and over and over again until we learn it. It first starts as a whisper, then a knock, then a bang on the door, and then the whole damn thing will come down.â
Today on The Bridge to Fulfillment â, Blake digs into the most common issues people experience in challenging workplace relationships, sharing strategies to help you reduce stress and identify the right next steps to take.
In this episode, youâll learn how to come to terms with the reality of a challenging boss, co-worker, or team member in your workplace. Youâll learn how the constant exposure to toxicity and fear leads to self-doubt, and ultimately trauma. Youâll learn how to identify these patterns and make empowered choices that will help you protect your reputation and gain peace of mind.
What Youâll Learn:
Common workplace patterns that lead to self-doubt (1:10)
Existing in a fear-based work environment (2:13)
How to start removing toxic people from your life (5:29)
Understanding your values and finding alignment (9:00)
Identifying the characteristics of poor leadership (10:52)
Favorite Quotes:
âIf you stay in toxic circumstances or situations and either attempt to somehow make it work, avoid the conflict, or start blaming yourself⊠all of these are signs that you've had trauma.â âBlake Schofield
âIt can become easy to get into a culture where people complain about work or complain about coworkers. All that does is create more toxicity.â âBlake Schofield
âWhen you value yourself, understand those healthy communication styles and how to vet leadership and organizations in a way that is supportive and aligned with that, you will no longer continue to suffer these issues.â âBlake Schofield
âThere are healthy companies and there are toxic companies. There are companies who really empower people to learn how to collaborate, resolve conflict, and work together, and there are companies that do the opposite. Fear-based companies only care about how you perform. They don't care about what that environment actually looks like for their employees.â âBlake Schofield
Additional Resources:
Get clarity on where you are on your journey to career fulfillment, where youâre headed, optional paths to get there, and the right next step to take.
Start your complimentary, Personalized Career Fulfillment Plan by going to www.thebridgetofulfillment.com/pcfp
For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to www.BlakeSchofield.com
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Are you a people pleaser with a high tolerance for handling what life throws at you? Do you pride yourself on your deep empathy for others, often procrastinating on whatâs important to you?
If perfectionism and procrastination feel like inescapable parts of your life, then life is trying to tell you something.
Procrastination isnât a flaw. It is a signal thatâs urging you to dig deeper into your underlying fears, recognize whatâs misaligned, and identify what doesnât feel safe.
Today on The Bridge to Fulfillmentâ, Blake welcomes Elyssa Smith, a trauma-informed life strategist who helps people understand the brain science behind self-sabotage. Sheâs the founder of Your Best Moment and creator of the Ultimate Self-Regulation Method. Her work empowers women to overcome self-sabotage and trauma and break free from procrastination, people-pleasing, and overwhelm.
In this episode, youâll learn how trauma from our past influences behaviors like procrastination and perfectionism. Youâll begin to understand the two types of pain, identifying the kind that strengthens versus the kind that injures, and why knowing which is which is critical for growth. Youâll gain a fresh perspective on why you might be feeling stuck and how you can finally break free by addressing what feels unsafe.
If youâre a high achiever who often pushes yourself into burnout, these actionable strategies will help you shift from survival mode to a place of thriving.
What Youâll Learn:
Identifying when people pleasing is helpful versus harmful (8:11)
The build-up of âshouldsâ that keep us stuck (15:03)
Pain and our fear of failure (25:32)
Big and âTiny Tâ traumas that influence our patterns in life (35:25)
Working through procrastination (43:13)
Favorite Quotes:
âI think often we've been rewarded for focusing on everyone else, and in some cases, made to believe that it's selfish to take care of yourself.â âBlake
âHelping that's harmful is helping that is at your expense. There's something to be said for sacrificing for other people, but if it's a lifestyle, that's where you get into burnout. That's where you get into resentment.â âElyssa Smith
âThe vast majority of our stress, anxiety, and our problems are not circumstantial. It's not the toxic boss or the environment. It's whatever belief systems, patterns, etc, that we are dealing with that are creating that anxiety.â âBlake
âWe have this special switch that we can turn on or off that's like, âI will tolerate more than is reasonable for no good reasonâ. So I had to find that switch, and I had to turn it off and say, No, babe, we don't need to do that.â âElyssa Smith
âThe path of gentleness is sort of paved with a fear of failure. And the fear of failure is what the pain of strengthening looks like.â âElyssa Smith
âIf those are your answers, work harder, be better, do more, you know that that is the pain that injures. If the kind of hard work you have to do is face your fears, that's the pain that causes resilience.â âElyssa Smith
Connect with Elyssa Smith:
https://elyssasmith.com
www.facebook.com/elyssacsmith
www.instagram.com/elyssacsmith
www.linkedin.com/in/elyssasmith
The Stress Less Lounge FB group: https://elyssasmith.com/facebook
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Additional Resources:
Get clarity on where you are on your journey to career fulfillment, where youâre headed, optional paths to get there, and the right next step to take.
Start your complimentary, Personalized Career Fulfillment Plan by going to www.thebridgetofulfillment.com/pcfp
For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to www.BlakeSchofield.com
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How intentional have you been in your career?
Itâs easy to get caught up in climbing the ladder and accept what comes to us, but the truth is that we have more influence than we often realize.
When you gain clarity on what your values are, you develop a deeper understanding of what you bring to the table so that you can confidently leverage your skills.
Today on The Bridge to Fulfillmentâ, Blake welcomes her client Molly to share how the program helped her get intentional about what she truly wanted in her career. This led to greater empowerment in her job search as she became an equal partner in the process of her career development.
In this episode, youâll learn how to stop shifting from job to job and start digging deeper to leverage your secret sauce transferrable skills âą and find a more fulfilling, values-based career. Youâll hear how Molly learned to approach job opportunities from a place of power, setting clear expectations that enabled her to create a fulfilling career that doesnât require sacrifices in her personal life or well-being. Youâll also hear how getting more in tune with her team and recognizing their values helped her develop better leadership skills and gain more confidence.
What Youâll Learn:
How coaching helps you see more possibilities (5:31)
Digging deeper to gain real clarity about what you want in life (8:14)
Why itâs not always about making big changes (15:14)
Telltale signs that things arenât ok (22:03)
Developing the skill of awareness (27:44)
Favorite Quotes:
âI hadn't yet created the space to really take an intentional look to say what I actually want.â âMolly
âIt's hard to reach insights on your own, doing the same things, talking to the same people, or going through the same process. And so just to have an opportunity for someone else to come in and create a space and guide and challenge is really enlightening.â -âMolly
âThose of us who are servant leaders often put all of our energy externally, not really realizing that the investment in ourselves enables us to create far better outcomes for everyone else and ourselves.â âBlake
âA huge part of feeling the stress and anxiety of a job actually isn't the job. It's the amount of pressure and lack of comfort that you feel in admitting the things you don't know or asking for help.â âBlake
Additional Resources:
Get clarity on where you are on your journey to career fulfillment, where youâre headed, optional paths to get there, and the right next step to take.
Start your complimentary, Personalized Career Fulfillment Plan by going to www.thebridgetofulfillment.com/pcfp
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Are there times when people say things that you completely disagree with, but you donât know how to express your thoughts or feelings without ending up in an argument?
In a world that feels so divided, especially during an election year, itâs more important than ever to learn how to navigate difficult conversations.
When handled respectfully, disagreements can become building blocks toward more compassion and a greater understanding of our shared humanity.
Today on The Bridge to Fulfillmentâ, Blake welcomes Justin Jones-Fosu. Heâs the CEO of Work. Meaningful. as well as an international speaker, a social entrepreneur, and the critically acclaimed author of I Respectfully Disagree. His book challenges you to focus on building bridges to people rather than barriers from them.
In this episode, youâll learn how to experience disagreements in a way that fosters personal growth and empathy by humanizing the process. Youâll hear actionable ways to engage with people you may not agree with, and learn how to gracefully navigate opposing perspectives in a divided world.
What Youâll Learn:
How his mom inspired his lifeâs mission (4:02)
An actionable way to engage more openly and challenge your perspective (12:50)
What makes it so hard for people to learn from each other (17:02)
Pillars for having respectful disagreement (23:38)
How to cultivate your curiosity (35:52)
Favorite Quotes:
âWe can vehemently disagree with someone's ideology and yet still passionately pursue their humanity.â âJustin Jones-Fosu
âRecognize your own personal discomfort because that's usually why we aren't open at first. We think, âOh, I don't know anyone. I'm uncomfortable. I don't know what to say, I don't know what to doâ. And if we stay stuck in that, we miss the gift of all of the beauty of the things that we can learn.â âBlake
âWe encourage people in those moments of discomfort to remind themselves of areas where they used to be uncomfortable and that they've grown more comfortable with the discomfort. That's the power of moving forward.â âJustin Jones-Fosu
âEven when we are closed-minded, we should always be open-hearted.â âJustin Jones-Fosu
âWhen I gave myself compassion, I could show up more clearly and give others compassion.â âBlake
Connect with Justin Jones-Fosu:Book excerpt: https://howtorespectfullydisagree.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iworkmeaningful/Book: https://www.amazon.com/Respectfully-Disagree-Difficult-Conversations-Divided/dp/152300651X
Additional Resources:
Get clarity on where you are on your journey to career fulfillment, where youâre headed, optional paths to get there, and the right next step to take.
Start your complimentary, Personalized Career Fulfillment Plan by going to www.thebridgetofulfillment.com/pcfp
For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to www.BlakeSchofield.com
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Do you feel like the world is hopeless, crumbling around you, and full of negativity?
Todayâs media landscape can make the world seem like a scary place. But the reality is not so lopsided.
Thereâs an abundance of positivity happening in the world.
It just doesnât make the news.
Today on The Bridge to Fulfillmentâ, Blake shares how the negativity bias of the media we consume can easily drag us down, affecting how we see the world and how we feel about our lives.
In this episode, youâll learn how to start paying more attention to the input youâre receiving and exposing yourself to. Whether itâs social media or the nightly news, these outlets have a bias toward negativity and a lasting effect that, over time, distorts our view of the world. Youâll hear about a simple way to shift your habits that will almost effortlessly create more positive momentum in your life.
What Youâll Learn:
Noticing the input youâre exposing yourself to (0:47)
The lasting impact of negative media (1:47)
How the media distorts our view of the world (2:31)
A simple shift to create more positive momentum in your life (3:57)
Journaling your way to a more joyful life (5:32)
Favorite Quotes:
âThere's so much negativity in the world, and it becomes really easy when you're starting to listen to that, to believe that you're seeing the entirety of truth, when, in fact, you really aren't. You're seeing something that's very jaded in one direction. It's sensational.â
âI'm no longer consuming things that create negativity, fear, doubt, anxiety or worry that I'm not going to do anything about. Instead, I'm focusing my energy on positive things that move me forward, things that I care about, that I can actually take action on to do something good for the world. And the difference is astounding.â
âA very simple shift you can make to get positive momentum in your life is to look at, what are the inputs, what are the relationships I have, and are those people actually breathing life into my life?â
âWhen things become more divisive, when social media becomes louder, when the news really wants to sensationalize even more things, it can become really easy if you allow those things in your life to begin to believe that we are us versus them divided. That all these terrible things are happening in the world when you're missing all of the amazing things that are actually showing up on a day-to-day basis.â
Additional Resources:
Get clarity on where you are on your journey to career fulfillment, where youâre headed, optional paths to get there, and the right next step to take.
Start your complimentary, Personalized Career Fulfillment Plan by going to www.thebridgetofulfillment.com/pcfp
For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to www.BlakeSchofield.com
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Do you wish you could overcome the challenges in your life and achieve the peace youâve been longing for?
To activate change, you first have to understand your existing belief system so you can clear the windshield of your past experiences.
When weâre able to deactivate the generational programming we receive throughout our lives, we learn to better manage our thoughts and emotions using our greatest toolâŠthe power of the mind.
Today on The Bridge to Fulfillmentâ, Blake welcomes Brent Webb. Brent is an acclaimed mind power expert and personal development leader, having created seminars and training programs for Fortune 500 corporations including Google, Ford Motor Company, Nabisco, and Hilton Hotels.
In this episode, youâll learn why mind power is the key to unlocking your lifeâs potential. Youâll hear how to shift your mindset and achieve your goals through meditation and journaling. Youâll learn what successful people understand about the power of the mind, how they use it to find happiness, and how you can, too.
When you accept personal responsibility for your thoughts and actions, you can regain power over your mind and begin to experience the happiness you deserve, right now.
What Youâll Learn:
What to know about your mind and your capacity for change (9:21)
Accepting reality without filtering it through past experiences (17:22)
Putting your worries about lifeâs difficulties into perspective (29:44)
Mind hacks to help you reclaim your life force (45:29)
Embracing the wholeness of the soul experience (57:42)
Favorite Quotes:
âIf you actually stopped and listened to what you're saying to yourself, you would realize that's just part of being human. You're not alone, and there's nothing wrong with you.â âBlake
âWe are always seeing reality through the lens of our past.â âBrent Webb
â40% of the time during the day, you're in the future, worried about all the things that are going to happen, stressing yourself out, getting anxiety, and literally making yourself sick. That's what everybody does. Disease is dis-ease. You're not at ease with yourself. You're creating this.â âBrent Webb
âI don't believe that any of us can see the totality, but we can benefit from recognizing that we don't.â âBlake
âYou have to know that life does not have to be hard. We think that in order to achieve success, you have to work hard, struggle, and go through all these failures. It doesnât have to be that way.â âBrent Webb
Additional Resources:
Connect with Brent Webb:
www.BrentWebb.com
Free Meditation Journal and Starter Kit: www.MeditationMiniCourse.com
Get clarity on where you are on your journey to career fulfillment, where youâre headed, optional paths to get there, and the right next step to take.
Start your complimentary, Personalized Career Fulfillment Plan by going to www.thebridgetofulfillment.com/pcfp
For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to www.BlakeSchofield.com -
When was the last time you were wronged, disappointed by someone, or taken advantage of?
Itâs natural when something bad happens to us to want to lay blame. We want to pin the fault on someone else to make sense of the injustice.
But we often forget that we are the co-creators of our experiences. And taking on that responsibility can be empowering.
Today on The Bridge to Fulfillmentâ, Blake shares a lesson in taking responsibility for your role in the things that happen in life. The empowerment of understanding co-creation and accepting responsibility can become the momentum you need to move forward.
In this episode, youâll learn how to keep an open loop to leave space for the unknown to enter your life. Youâll hear stories about people who took responsibility for difficult situations, recognizing that rather than happening to them, opportunities were actually happening for them. Youâll also learn how we actively co-create our life experiences, and how you can transform misfortune into forward momentum.
âIt might not be your fault, but it is your responsibility.â
What Youâll Learn:
How to keep an open loop (2:40)
The empowering act of taking responsibility (4:20)
Accepting your role as a co-creator (6:29)
How to create forward momentum (8:42)
Learning lifeâs lessons and releasing yourself from blame (10:37)
Favorite Quotes:
âThe kindest thing I can do is help you see reality. Help you recognize the places where maybe you're keeping yourself stuck or small or suffering when you don't have to.â
âIn every relationship and every interaction, we are co-creators. Nothing happens in isolation.â
âUnderstanding co-creation and understanding responsibility enables you to take negative circumstances and create positive outcomes.â
âWhere can you take responsibility to create forward momentum?â
Additional Resources:
Get clarity on where you are on your journey to career fulfillment, where youâre headed, optional paths to get there, and the right next step to take.
Start your complimentary, Personalized Career Fulfillment Plan by going to www.thebridgetofulfillment.com/pcfp
For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to www.BlakeSchofield.com
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How often do you feel triggered by the words or actions of someone else?
When we are emotionally triggered by something, we are usually reacting to a situation instead of responding to it.
And when we are reacting instead of responding, we show up as our wounded selves instead of our best selves.
Thatâs when itâs time to pause, ask yourself where this is really coming from, and take a moment to gain clarity so that you can reframe the situation and navigate it from a place of truth and integrity.
Today on The Bridge to Fulfillmentâ, Blake welcomes Andrea Mein DeWitt, author of âName, Claim & Reframe: Your Path to a Well-Lived Lifeâ, a practical approach to navigating lifeâs challenges. Her guide teaches you how to name and balance your emotional triggers, claim core value lead actions, and reframe challenges as opportunities so you can live your best life.
In this episode, youâll learn how to listen to your inner compass and allow it to guide you, rather than continue to push it and its message to the background. Youâll hear practical tips for gaining attuned awareness so you can begin to heal yourself from the inside out. Youâll also learn how to lead more intelligently and with more self-compassion so that you can start to rebuild your idea of success on a foundation of truth and authenticity.
Until we navigate our inner problems, the changes we make on the outside wonât help us make the fundamental life changes we seek on the inside.
What Youâll Learn:
Why itâs never too late in life for big changes (3:16)
The bold move Andrea made to shift her path in a new direction (11:57)
How to be a better, more integrated leader (21:55)
Dissecting feedback to uncover the truth (35:58)
Cultivating intelligent leadership (43:43)
Favorite Quotes:
âI think that the battled and bruised healers are the best healers, because they know the pathway and it's okay to make mistakes, because mistakes are where the magic happens.â âAndrea Mein DeWitt
âIn order to become who you're meant to be, you need to release who you were and trust. My favorite saying is, âLeap and the net will appear.âââAndrea Mein DeWitt
âWe often don't think about the identities that we give ourselves and how much holding on to those things is destroying our lives.â âBlake
âWe often talk about leadership in terms of very tactical things, not understanding that the biggest and most powerful way to show up as a leader is to have a level of self-awareness and authenticity. And then being able to create that safe space and authenticity for those around you.â âBlake
Additional Resources:
Connect with Andrea:
https://www.andreadewittadvisors.com/
https://www.andreadewittadvisors.com/leadership-quiz
https://www.andreadewittadvisors.com/programs
https://www.instagram.com/andreadewittcoaching/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-mein-dewitt-98694068/
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Weâve all experienced pain and tragedy in our lives. Those experiences often become setbacks that hinder our growth, changing how we view ourselves and experience the world around us.
The truth is that pain is simply a part of the human experience. Ultimately, itâs how we deal with that pain that defines the resilience of our character.
If youâre able to turn your pain into purpose, you can transform it into power.
Today on The Bridge to Fulfillment â, Blake welcomes Ryan Kopyar, an internationally licensed counselor. His book, Big Boys Do Cry, focuses on menâs ability to navigate emotions and show vulnerability. His breadth of experience combines communication, psychology, and personal development regarding the power of vulnerability, building better connections, and bolstering emotional intelligence.
In this episode, youâll hear how Ryanâs experience with personal tragedy and addiction eventually led him on the path to healing through vulnerability. Youâll learn the role that certain events play throughout our lives, and how opening up to face them is the key to real personal growth. Youâll also hear how toxic masculinity affects the lives of men and women, and Ryan shareâs his best piece of advice for young people about understanding boundaries.
What Youâll Learn:
His path from tragedy to transformation (4:27)
Connecting the dots of the losses we experience (10:33)
Why he wrote a book about vulnerability for men (17:33)
Breaking down toxic masculinity (27:12)
The importance of setting boundaries (40:39)
Favorite Quotes:
âEven if we've experienced a tremendous level of pain in our life, we can transmute it, we can shift it, we can give it a new meaning.â âRyan Kopyar
âWe don't talk enough about our belief systems and our experiences and how those are the drivers of all of our decisions, until we get to a place where we come to understand that we have a choice and we can change those. We can see them differently. We can give ourselves the things that we didn't have.â âBlake
âWhen I can get in touch with my emotions, now I'm operating from both sides of my brain. Now I'm really powerful. Not powerful in exerting control over others, but powerful in my own sense of self.â âRyan Kopyar
âTo truly be successful in where we need to go as a society, it's about getting comfortable with uncertainty. It's about emotional intelligence, it's about being able to relate to and work with people. It's about being able to see problems from new solutions or new angles. All of those things require a level of introspection and a self-awareness that we haven't really been taught previously.â âBlake
âI think that one of the biggest lessons that we can teach the youth of today is truly love yourself, and self love very often comes with studying boundaries.â âRyan Kopyar
âIt took me a long time to see that taking care of myself first was actually the most selfless thing I could do. That choosing me and choosing boundaries and choosing to put my time, energy, and effort in alignment with how I authentically am and what I believe in, was the most powerful thing I could do.â
Additional Resources:
Website: https://ryankopyarholistichealing.com/buy-my-book/
On socials: @RyanKopyar
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Do you wake up most mornings feeling like youâre just going through the motions, as though you donât have control over the life youâre living?
You need to make money to have security, so you spend a huge chunk of your life at a job you donât enjoy.
You fear what might happen to your bank account or lifestyle if you take a step back to learn what truly makes you happy.
You feel like life presents you with more obstacles than opportunities.
But what if those obstacles were the opportunities, and youâve just been viewing them through the wrong lens?
Today on The Bridge to Fulfillmentâ, Blake shares how the fears we hold onto reveal the true nature of our beliefs. When you dare to seek out the reality that hides behind your beliefs, the possibilities for joy and happiness are all around you.
In this episode, youâll learn why the beliefs you hold onto are keeping you stuck in a life that lacks joy and fulfillment. Youâll hear how fears around money, stability, and security affect our choices, and how to reframe challenges to create space for big opportunities. Youâll learn how to take back control of your circumstances and see clearly that life isnât something thatâs happening to you, itâs happening for you.
What Youâll Learn:
The truth about reality and your beliefs (2:25)
How money affects the way we live our lives (4:14)
Why hard times equal big opportunities (5:26)
The first step toward creating a life of joy and peace (7:19)
Experiencing life as an adventure where youâre in control (9:26)
Favorite Quotes:
âIf you believe that you are unworthy, you will create outcomes that make you feel that way. If you believe that life is unfair or that it has to be hard or painful. If you believe that you have to work a lot of hours in order to make money, if you believe that you have no power to change the things that you want to change in your life, you will create those outcomes.â
âI was so stuck in not understanding how to protect money as a resource and therefore that security is a resource, that I couldn't see anything else. I couldn't see that there was abundant opportunity for me, I couldn't see that. I had tremendous skills that could be used in different ways. I could only see the obstacles.â
âLife is always teaching us lessons. The question is, are we listening and are we learning them.â
âLife really is a beautiful, endearing adventure, and the places in your life that don't feel like what you want, those aren't the obstacles. They're not the things happening to you. They are the possibilities and the opportunities. They're the place to grow.â
Additional Resources:
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How much time each day do you spend thinking about your feelings?
Not thinking about what youâre feelingâŠbut thinking about what lessons might be waiting underneath to be unwrapped?
Every emotion we experience is a gift, and it deserves acknowledgment.
The challenge is to know when weâre ruminating on negativity, permit ourselves to feel it, and thenâŠsurrender and let it go.
Today on The Bridge to Fulfillmentâ, Blake explains why feeding the negative allows the darkness to outweigh the light. In order to transform emotions into lessons, we have to make sure we donât get stuck in a cycle of rumination.
In this episode, youâll hear a parable that will help you learn to identify which emotional wolf youâre feeding through the thoughts youâre giving space to. Youâll learn how to shift your perspective by acknowledging the challenges youâre experiencing, but instead of focusing on them, choosing to feed the things that give you life.
What Youâll Learn:
A Cherokee parable about life (0:47)
What to know about the thoughts you let in (2:48)
The truth about pushing away negative thoughts (4:08)
Allowing space to acknowledge your emotions (5:48)
What to do when youâre feeling discontent (8:36)
Favorite Quotes:
What you think about and what you focus on are perhaps the most important things on a day-to-day basis.
When we deny the dark wolf or the negative, we actually create more [negativity].
We can't avoid pain, anger, sorrow, or grief. But we can choose how we deal with it. We can choose to acknowledge how we feel and acknowledge our humanity.
Why do I feel this way? What is it teaching me? How can I be grateful for the feeling of discontent and the lesson and then surrender that and move back into a place of empowerment, ownership, and movement in the right direction?
Additional Resources:
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Raise your hand if you consider yourself a perfectionist.
This prompt likely pushes a lot of hands into the air, and itâs even more likely that this âperfectionismâ has been touted as a badge of honor.
The truth is that perfectionism isnât doing you any favors. In fact, itâs probably holding you back.
Today on The Bridge to Fulfillmentâ, Blake welcomes Dr. Gregory Chasson, PhD, ABPP, an esteemed psychologist, board-certified cognitive-behavioral therapist, researcher, and educator. As an international speaker, he helps organizations, communities, and individuals address mental health challenges, such as perfectionism, using practical and feasible strategies.
In this episode, youâll learn how perfectionism permeates corporate America, and why thatâs not actually a good thing for workplace culture. Youâll discover the connection between perfectionist tendencies and the need for control. Youâll also understand how to overcome perfectionism by first identifying the five primary problems, and then working towards actionable solutions that will help you finally break free.
What Youâll Learn:
What studying OCD taught him about how he was living his own life (4:59)
Why perfectionism is the ultimate irony (11:33)
How the technology feedback loop is affecting our mental health (21:00)
The five primary perfectionism problems (31:20)
Why you should ditch list-making (36:08)
Favorite Quotes:
How I was approaching the world was not sustainable. It was very difficult to try to please everyone to not try to live your life by your values but by other people's values. âGregory S. Chasson
I had this lightning aha moment of like, âOh, these cycles of burnout, some of the problems I had actually werenât other people. The only factor here is me. âBlake
People are trying to control everything, and they can't, they just can't. They have this illusion or fantasy that these things are all controllable. But they just have all these variables, you end up getting burnt out, and you can't control it all. And it ends up controlling you. âGregory S. Chasson
Mess up quick, move on, and learn from it. âGregory S. Chasson
I call perfectionism the ultimate irony in this a self-fulfilling prophecy of epic proportions. Because you will try to do something so perfectly that you actually undermine yourself to the point where it makes it highly imperfect. âGregory S. Chasson
You will be far more successful when you trust that you don't have to figure it out. When you approach things with flexibility, when you don't feel like you have to plan everything out, but can really focus on the next one to two things that matter. âBlake
Additional Resources:
Connect with Dr. Gregory S. Chasson:
Website: https://www.gregchasson.com
Flawed book website: https://www.flawedbook.com
Get a sneak peek of the first two chapters of Flawed by going here: https://flawed.gregchasson.com/
Resources from the book: https://www.gregchasson.com/flawedresources
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Does everything about your life feel complicated?
If the answer is yes, then youâre not alone. In our society, weâve turned complexity into a type of social currency thatâs rewarded.
Work hard! Overcome obstacles! Do the impossible!
But what if all of this difficulty and complexity could be washed away? What if the struggle wasnât necessary to achieve your goals?
What if life could just be easy?
Today on The Bridge to Fulfillmentâ, Blake poses this very question, asking you to apply it to your life. Itâs possible that the hills you have to climb to get where you want to be have easier routes than the ones youâre taking.
In this episode, youâll learn why weâre conditioned to think that taking the hard road is the only path to success. Youâll discover how to make your life simpler by asking yourself how you can create more ease and setting yourself up for it from the start. Youâll learn how to overcome complexity and embrace simplicity in order to pave a smoother path to success.
What Youâll Learn:
A âWhat ifâ question that can help simplify your life (0:43)
The work it takes to apply a shift in perspective (1:36)
The reason we make things harder than they need to be (2:28)
Why you should seek the simple answers over the complicated ones (3:26)
A challenge for you to simplify (4:16)
Favorite Quotes:
By spending the time to dig a little deeper upfront, you can stop yourself from spinning your wheels over and over and over again, wasting time and energy doing the wrong thing, and overcomplicating things. âBlake Schofield
As a society, we are addicted to things being hard. We are rewarded for persevering through difficult times. We are encouraged to challenge ourselves and do hard things. We feel good when we accomplish things that weren't easy, and in doing so, we actually are creating complexity and we're making things way harder than they need to be. âBlake Schofield
The answers are almost always simple. And the more complicated it is, the less likely it will be that we actually accomplish what we want. âBlake Schofield
Life really is meant to be simple. We just believe that it needs to be complicated. âBlake Schofield
Additional Resources:
A more fulfilling career and life starts with gaining control of time, energy, & state of mind. Join my FREE 7-Day Calendar Rescue challenge to help you gain control by going to www.calendarrescue.com
For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to www.BlakeSchofield.com
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Are you facing challenges that have put your anxiety levels on high alert? Do you feel like youâre in a creative rut? Do you want to become a better leader, but youâre not sure where to begin?
These may be different issues that stem from a variety of places, but there is ONE solution that can tackle them all simultaneously.
And the process is actually fun!
Today on The Bridge to Fulfillment â, Blake welcomes Mary Lemmer, a creative impact-driven entrepreneur, consultant, humorist, and global speaker helping leaders and companies innovate, navigate change, and thrive in an unpredictable world. Improv comedy has helped Mary go from frazzled and anxious to calm, confident, and more joyful. She has now been teaching others to incorporate improv-inspired principles and practices into their work and lives for over 10 years.
In this episode, youâll gain a better understanding of what improv is and how its principles can help you in life and business. Youâll learn simple and actionable techniques that will train your brain to think more positively and help incorporate more humanity into your workplace. Youâll also explore ways to use improv to identify your own limiting beliefs so that you can understand yourself and your needs on a deeper level.
If youâre ready to embrace the power of improv to improve your leadership skills and boost your joy and creativity, then youâll love this episode!
What Youâll Learn:
The links between improv and entrepreneurship (5:46)
One technique that will help you deal with uncertainty in a more positive light (14:42)
What people get wrong about the concept of improv (21:33)
A team-building exercise that can help build camaraderie and improve retention (27:21)
Using improv as a tool for challenging your beliefs (41:07)
Favorite Quotes:
âWhen we look at businesses and teams, often it's the first place where the creativity is gone because the environments are so structured for competition and performance and measurements. We don't realize that to innovate and to drive new ideas, there must be some level of safety, there must be some level of creativity, there must be some level of fun.â âBlake
âThere's not a lot of places where people get to actually practice the act of management, communicating, leading. And improv provides this very unique, effective, and fun way to do that.â âMary Lemmer
âFeeling sad, feeling angry, feeling afraid..what if you embrace that as a gift? What if you saw those as positive things that are trying to tell you something about yourself, about what you care about, about what your values are? Emotions are a gift no matter what they are, they lead us to that next thing.â âMary Lemmer
âWe're at a place where there's so much opportunity to humanize the work environment, to see people for who they really are, and understand that you bring all of you with you to work. And when we try to stuff all of that down and just show up as this person who's perfect, whoâs just focused on work, who has no other life going on, we lie to ourselves. We negate the opportunity to build relationships. And we hurt our ability as teams to really work together and create better results.â âBlake
Additional Resources:
Connect with Mary:
Instagram @maryimproves and @chooseimprove
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/melemmer/
www.marylemmer.com
www.chooseimprove.com
https://chooseimprove.substack.com/
Join the Calendar Rescue Challenge and take back your calendar by going to www.CalendarRescue.com
Learn more about The Bridge to FulfillmentÂź program and how to join by going to www.thebridgetofulfillment.com
For other programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to www.BlakeSchofield.com
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Do you need something big to change in your life, but no matter how you divvy up the hours in your day, you just canât find enough time to devote to the process?
What if you could create the changes youâve been looking for in a fraction of the time?
What if you could regain control of your time and find more space for the things that really matter⊠in just 15 minutes a day?
Today on The Bridge to Fulfillmentâ, Blake is doing something sheâs NEVER done before, and sheâs calling it the Calendar Rescue Challenge.
In an effort to help more people take control of their time, space, and energy, Blake is giving away the very first step of her private coaching program completely free. This is the same program that has helped hundreds of people go from feeling drained at the end of the day, going through cycles of burnout & lack of fulfillment, and lacking clarity on the right next step TO waking up excited every day, crystal clear on their unique fingerprint for success, and fully engaged & present at work and home.
In this episode, youâll hear how in just 15 minutes a day for 7 days, you can discover EXACTLY what is keeping you from doing more fulfilling work, having more energy, and doing more of what you want in life.
Youâll hear how you can join the challenge and get the first step of the private program completely FREE AND the added benefits that come with completing the 7-day challenge â including an exclusive coupon code; the chance to win a FULL scholarship to the private program; and exclusive email access to Blake herself to help you through hurdles and challenges as you progress through the challenge.What Youâll Learn:
A personal invitation from Blake (0:45)
How this program can change your life (1:27)
Why the key to clarity and more fulfillment starts with regaining control of your time (1:53)
Creating big change in only 15 minutes a day (2:41)
Additional exclusive offer for listeners only (3:14)
Favorite Quotes:
âThis program has helped hundreds of people go from drained at the end of the day to waking up excited and energized to go to work every day â being crystal clear on your unique fingerprint for success and feeling fully present and engaged both at work and at home.â âBlake Schofield
âWe all think we need clarity, first. We're always seeking that next thing to do. But when we don't have control of our time, our energy, or our state of mind, we cannot create the change that we seek.â âBlake Schofield
âMy clients that apply this within three to four weeks are generally getting 20% of their time back, to repurpose to things that matter more.â âBlake Schofield
Additional Resources:
To join the Calendar Rescue challenge, go to www.CalendarRescue.com
For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to www.BlakeSchofield.com
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