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The 3rd Marker of Destiny- Twists of Fate

Posted on April 21, 2010 in Uncategorized 3 Wise Words from Readers

Yesterday, we talked about how our dreams can point to our destiny.

Today- we’re talking twists of fate. This is, perhaps, the most important marker.

My story

Ten years ago, I was a product manager in corporate America. I had a very important but very boring software product. I was technical and nerdy.

One day, one of my sales reps stopped by my office. He was having a problem with his wife. He admitted to cheating on her. He wasn’t sure why he did it or what to do now.

Then, the next day, a software consultant stopped by. He felt like he was only happy when he was traveling, and was really worried that he wouldn’t ever find someone to settle down with.

Then an hour later, a sales manager cried her eyes out, telling me how her dad abandoned her,and how hard it was for her to commit to a relationship.

These people didn’t know me well. They didn’t know each other. I didn’t have a reputation as someone who knew anything besides software configuration management.

Each stuck their head in my office, and asked, “Got a minute?”, and then they’d be in my office pouring out their secrets, and asking what to do.

It was really, really weird.

The Weirdest Part

The weirdest part? I knew what to say. I KNEW what to tell them. I knew how to get them to a better place.

This phase lasted for about 3 weeks, until I had to go to Europe, and then everything went back to normal. I was a product manager again.

Why?

I think I needed a taste of what I was really about. I was a really good product manager. The world didn’t need me to a be a product manager. It needs me to be an intuitive guidance counselor and intuition teacher.

A Twist of Fate is a Taste of Destiny

What twists of fate have marked your life? Do you see something coming forward again and again and again?

Next- Escalated Energy


The 2nd Marker of Destiny- been there, done that dreaming

Posted on April 20, 2010 in Uncategorized 4 Wise Words from Readers

Yesterday, we talked about your childhood oddness and how that was a sign of your destiny.

Today, we’re going to talk about another easy-to-miss sign.

Have you ever had a dream that felt so real; a dream where you were doing something that you’ve never done before (in real life)?

Your dream felt so natural and right, like such a part of you?

That’s a destiny dream. That’s a pointer. That’s your subconscious saying, “Hey! Over Here! Hey! Hey!”

Maybe you’re performing surgery. Or you’re a switchman on a train in a foreign city.

But it feels right. It’s your destiny calling.

That sounds nebulous.

Like why would that happen?

And what about all those dreams about going to high school without pants? Is that destiny too?

(Aside: Two nights ago, I dreamed that I left my shoes in this guy’s car, and he was the father of the bride,and I needed the shoes for the wedding and he said that was too damn bad.

And I was running back to the hotel to change my clothes and there were cars everywhere, and I thought this must be a dream because this is all too difficult and complicated. And then I thought, well if it is a dream, I would wake up right now, but I’m not.
And then I did wake up, and I wasn’t standing out in the rain with the wrong shoes on, late for my friend’s wedding.

(end of Aside))

dreams are odd.

Destiny Dreams

When I say “destiny dream”, I’m talking about a very specific kind of dream. It is the dream where you are doing something like clockwork. It feels right. It feels easy. Your hands have done it a million times.

And maybe it’s a small thing, like making a bed so tight you can bounce a quarter on it.

Or a big thing, like conducting an orchestra.

But you do it in the dream, smooth as butter.

Why a dream?

When I’m past-life viewing with clients, I find similar roles again and again. It’s like we come back and do what we know.

Some of us are literally born to write. Or born to break boards with our heads.

Dreams can bring out the hidden details of destiny.

My Story

When I was a young woman, I had dream after dream after dream of working in a kitchen, stir-frying broccoli and garlic. I dreamed of putting the final touches on perfect chocolate cake. I dreamed of a clipboard and a truck and boxes and boxes of groceries.

The dreams were so vivid.

At the time, I was at a liberal arts college studying Virginia Woolf and getting ready for a semester abroad in Dublin.

Fast-forward two years: I rented a run-down restaurant next to a strip bar. One day, in the kitchen, I noticed that the window from my dream was the window in real life. I noticed this as I was stir-frying broccoli with garlic.

That restaurant was not my vocation

But it was part of my destiny. The difficult experience of owning a restaurant kept me out of culinary school. I learned how to keep my bullshit meter strong.

It was a relatively safe failure that kept me on track to the life I have now.

Dreeeeeeem….Dream…Dream…Dream…

Tonight, try dreaming. Try asking to dream of your destiny. Pay attention to the easy dream, the dream where you do something and it feels sure and strong.

What Say You?
Can you remember a dream like this? Have you ever dreamed the future? What do your easy dreams tell you?

PS- Are you at a crossroads with destiny? Want some insight and support as you take your next steps? Consider an intuitive guidance and energetic healing session with me. You’ll love it.

Next- The 3rd Marker: Twists of Fate


The First Marker of Destiny- Childhood Oddness

Posted on April 19, 2010 in Uncategorized 9 Wise Words from Readers

Whenever a person tells me about their childhood, I hear how different how different they felt, how alone they felt. The stories they tell are the stories that set them apart.

Childhood loneliness and separation are universal.  We all feel like oddballs.

Your brand of odd is a sign to your destiny

I’m not talking about those people who say things like,

I saw a horse when I was four and I knew that I was destined to be a jockey.

From the time I was a kid, I’ve been interested in fire, and that’s why I am now a successful arsonist.

People who know what they are here to do are lucky and not typical.

My Childhood Oddness

The first signs come at an early time, way earlier than you can do anything with your destiny.

Okay, so I’m in 2nd grade. I’m sitting in the reading corner, with a few of my friends.  Our teacher is having a nervous breakdown.

She sits with us on our little chairs and says, “I don’t know what to do.  I don’t know what to do? I go home every night and I think that there’s going to be an answer to my problems, and then there isn’t.”

She starts crying.

My friends squirm.

There is a grown-up crying in our midst and it isn’t one of our mothers.

It’s a teacher.

I say, “Go on.”

Like, this is no big deal.

Like a grown-up bursting into tears in front of my seven-year-old self is just par for the course.

She sobs some more.

I remember saying, “It’s going to be okay.”

I don’t remember what her problem was. I know that she didn’t come back after Christmas break. I remember my mother talking on the phone in hushed tones while I hid in the bathroom and listened.

The Marker Continues

As I grew up, my parent’s friends would find me at parties and tell me about their problems.  I had no capacity for understanding them, but I could hold a space while they wrestled their demons.

That’s weird, isn’t it? That’s a weird little sign.

Easy to Discount

It’s easy to discount the weird little sign.

Maybe I was just around a bunch of adults with boundary issues?

Well, obviously, I was around a bunch of adults with boundary issues.

The Key to the Sign is Comfort

Here’s the key.  The key was how I felt while I was doing the thing that marked my destiny.  It felt easy.

I was totally comfortable hearing about the real problems of adults.

I got it.

I got it when they told me about struggling with the Vietnam war.

I understood when people told me that they were scared about  how much they drank each night, and how they worried that they weren’t good enough for their spouse.

I got that they weren’t my problems, and it wasn’t my job to fix them. I wasn’t burdened by them.

And it wasn’t scary that the people in charge were really messed up.

This would happen a couple of times a year. That’s all.

But it was enough to know that I had a real gift for hearing others, and for letting them let their pain out in a safe space.

Today, that’s part of what I do.  I hold a space for people to let their pain out and for them to work with it and transcend it.  It’s an innate skill.  I’ve had it since early childhood.

What Matters

It doesn’t matter where you are on the trail, or how much of your destiny you’ve fulfilled.  What matters is that you see the signs and move forward with the innate power that you have.

What Say You?

Can you look back at your childhood and see the first marker of your destiny?  Can you see how your brand of odd set you apart, and set you on your path?

I know this is a big question to ask, especially on a Monday, but I’d love to hear about it.

Read on? Destiny Dreams


Kicking and Screaming Into Destiny

Posted on April 19, 2010 in Uncategorized 1 Comment

Destiny is scary.

Destiny is such a scary word.

Remember Arthur and Excalibur?  Remember how that sword, Excalibur, was stuck in a rock and only one person could pull it out, and the person that did would rule a kingdom?

excalibur

I’m sure there is a version of this story where Arthur is saying, “You’ve got to be kidding me. Why in the hell would I sign up for that? All those people are going to expect so much. Besides, I just met this gal named Guinevere and I want to show her my favorite swimming hole.”

Most of us are not running up to the rock and yanking our sword out and yelling “Yahoo! Where are my Knights of the Round Table? Let’s go find that Grail!”

Most of us are like, “Really? Me? Are you sure? But..but…but…surely this is somebody else’s. Big destinies  are for somebody else.”

Or we’re over on the other side of the forest trying to  decide if we’re going to catch fish or whittle gnomes for our career.  We aren’t even seeing the sword in the rock.

No Such Thing as a Small Destiny

Listen, there’s no  such thing as a small destiny. We are all here to play a significant game.

That’s a fact. I know that in my being.

My work is about the energetic body. My purpose and destiny is to help people interact and use their spirit more consciously  (I also, of course, will always communicate with animals. It’s the same thing, with a furrier clientele).

If you had asked me a year or two years or five years ago, I would not have been able to say that so clearly.

5 stories

This week, I’m going to tell you 5 stories. Each story is a marker on the path  towards my sword in the stone.  I’m hoping that by looking at a few of my signs towards destiny, you can look back and see your own.

Each day, there will be questions, too. Questions to help you find your signs.

Remember, there are no small games. There are only big games.

Do you need a factoid to believe this?

How about this one…

Each woman produces between 400,000 and 450,000 eggs in her lifetime.  She ovulates about 1% of those.

A man releases between 50 and 500 million sperm each time he ejaculates.

Just one of these eggs and one of these sperm created you.

The odds of you being you are so very rare.  So profoundly rare.  You are such a unique creature. How could you not have a big game to play?

The first story: The First Marker is Your Childhood Oddness


Why are you here?

Posted on April 15, 2010 in Headline 2 Wise Words from Readers

Do you know?

I don’t mean here on my website (though I am really happy to see you).

I mean HERE.

I mean on earth, right now, in that body.  I mean with those people you love, the people you work with,  your dog, your cat, whatever.

Why?

I’ve been writing this week, in my soul notes about “flow”.  About being in flow with the universe, being in flow with destiny.

Then Yesterday,

I was working with a client who is a destiny maker.  When I look in her energetic system, and talk with Spirit about it (woo-woo-woo-woo),  I get a clear understanding that she is here to move things forward for others. She’s here to plant seeds of destiny in others.

I told her this, and she told me a few amazing stories about how she does this already.

We talked about how she does this for people, the steps she takes.

When destiny is made clear, it doesn’t mean that things suddenly get easier. They just have more contextual meaning.

Destiny equals Context

When I truly understand my reason for being here (to help others tune into their energetic bodies, to help others lead lives that are connected to their spiritual understanding,) it helps me understand my day.

I can ask: Who did I help today? Did I help them in context to my destiny? What did I set in motion? How did that feel?

You have a destiny.  What is it?

Destiny is not just future-tense.

Destiny is today.

What say you?

What is your destiny? How did you find it? Have you found it?


Kind Words From Marian

Posted on April 14, 2010 in Uncategorized 1 Comment

Here’s a testimonial from Marian!

As an intuitive person myself, I have very high standards around who I’ll
work with and I just want to say, I love Bridget!!!  It is clear to me that
Bridget is a hip lady on a spiritual path who does a lot of work on keeping
her apparatus clear, which means that when you work with her you’re not
getting info muddied with biases and personal opinions, and it is on point.
Working with Bridget to clear some energetic issues I had going on, I
became a lot more open, and have noticed an immediate, significant
improvement in the clarity with which I receive info from my teachers and
guides.
While talking to Bridget, I also got a big download about how I want to grow
with my work! It was such an “aha” moment, because I had been asking the
question for a while, and when it all clicked into place I felt a sense of
expansiveness and relief.
The first time I worked with Bridget, it was because my therapist was on
vacation and I thought I would shake things up a bit. Bridget is a fabulous
guest therapist. She has that gift of holding the space for you to be who
you are, seeing what you’re  working on, and reflecting it back to you in a
way that you can see it more clearly and integrate it. In this time of
awakening when many are experiencing an expansion of consciousness and a
recognition of our increased awareness, Bridget is doing the invaluable work
of helping us all tune in.

As an intuitive person myself, I have very high standards around who I’ll work with and I just want to say, I love Bridget!!!

It is clear to me that Bridget is a hip lady on a spiritual path who does a lot of work on keeping her apparatus clear, which means that when you work with her you’re not getting info muddied with biases and personal opinions, and it is on point.

Working with Bridget to clear some energetic issues I had going on, I became a lot more open, and have noticed an immediate, significant improvement in the clarity with which I receive info from my teachers and guides.

While talking to Bridget, I also got a big download about how I want to grow with my work! It was such an “aha” moment, because I had been asking the question for a while, and when it all clicked into place I felt a sense of expansiveness and relief.

The first time I worked with Bridget, it was because my therapist was on vacation and I thought I would shake things up a bit. Bridget is a fabulous guest therapist. She has that gift of holding the space for you to be who you are, seeing what you’re working on, and reflecting it back to you in a way that you can see it more clearly and integrate it.

In this time of awakening when many are experiencing an expansion of consciousness and a recognition of our increased awareness, Bridget is doing the invaluable work of helping us all tune in.


Kind Words from April McCray

Posted on April 13, 2010 in Uncategorized 2 Wise Words from Readers

April came to me to get more information and energetic healing around her digestive health, and about her growing businesses. Of course, all were related and could be better supported by her energetic body.

I feel such love and honor to have received this lovely email from her today.

Dear Bridget,

Before I was introduced to you I had been soul searching for about a year. I had met with people that did energy work on the body and felt very strongly about its connection to improving my health.

I did not know what to expect at the time, but when I was referred to you I was told that you did chakra work, something I did not know too much about, but It sounded very interesting and I felt called to you to know more.

When I met you, at your home I was instantly comforted by your presence as you illuminate a very warm and safe feeling. It was so easy for me to talk with you and explain my concerns. I was most surprised to learn that in your connection to my energy body and spirit, that there was no need for you to actually touch me.

When you began your connection I felt very at ease and comfortable, actually totally relaxed.

Your information as you received it from the spiritual connection that you make was deeply moving to me, it was as if your words and information penetrated a deep knowing in my soul. This deep knowing came to life when your messages from the divine were explained to me.

I don’t know how else to describe the experience any better than saying it’s a deep feeling that your soul has been guided “home” and been gifted with a breath of the deepest truth about ourselves that opens a diving path for us to follow, allowing healing, obtaining answers to our cause of suffering or direction to a better healthier existance for our current lives. After our session and continuing today, I am able to meditate and feel and see colors in and around me that I never knew before.

I feel that my connection to my own prayers is deeper and more fulfilling. This was the most beautiful life changing experience I have ever had, I now have more confidence in my purpose on this earth – Thank you with all my heart for sharing your gift of divine bliss with me, I look forward to working with you again.

Warm Regards,
April McCray

Next…Kind Words from Marian


Drum-roll? Please? The Voila! Centering Ritual Kit

Posted on April 5, 2010 in Headline 4 Wise Words from Readers

Yay! Yay! It’s here!

This is the incense I use every day to keep me at my best. It’s spiritual awesome in a jar. It’s the first of our ritual kits.

Here’s how it works:

You burn some incense. Really good smelling incense, hand ground tree resins that have been used for centuries by many different cultural wisefolk.
Then, you imagine that you are watching a root take hold in the middle of the earth.
You draw energy up through the roots to your Root Chakra.

And Voila! Grounded. Present. Centered. Ready to move forward in love and strength.

ritualkitpicture

The Incense

This recipe is the work of many people. It started with the gift of a recipe for incense from the fellow at Orleans Candle Company, here in Portland.

Then, my friend, Lilly, brought me Osha root for the Feast of St. Bridget.  

Another friend talked of gathering flower essences from her yard.  I found a thriving Hawthorne tree, and gathered petals and essence from it.

Taking that old recipe, subtracting a few ingredients and adding osha root and hawthorne petals and a few flower essences, I developed a centering incense that grounds the energetic body, enabling a deep sense of presence and awareness.

Every morning, as I prepare myself to do intuitive work, I use this centering incense, and it’s enabled me to tune in even more deeply to the energetic bodies of my clients.

This incense is highly recommended for healing practitioners, intuitive practitioners and for those who want to feel an increased sense of grounded-ness.

Each jar is filled with 80 grams of hand-crushed resin incense.  If you use it daily, it should be enough to last you 3 months.  The kit comes with charcoal to burn the incense upon, directions for burning incense,  as well as a meditation ritual to ground you.

It smells good, really good.

You should also know that this stuff smells really good.  One tester described it as “warm and comforting”.

All of these little jars are on a table in my office, ready to ship to you.

Each kit costs $35.00 plus $5.00 shipping and handling for US residents. For International residents, shipping is $10.00.


Please try it. Let me know what you think. We’ll be adding more incenses and other kinds of ritual kits in the next month or so.

As always, if you have any questions, feel free to tweet me or email at bp@intuitivebridge.com


Love Letter To My Clients

Posted on April 2, 2010 in Uncategorized 5 Wise Words from Readers

Dear Clients-
I’m writing to you collectively, but I’m thinking of you singularly. I’m thinking of each of you and the experience that I have of working with you.

You are brave, and smart and strong, and so willing to bring about change in your lives.

You have this gift that you want to give the world. And in each case, it’s something the world deeply needs, and you are bringing it.

This world needs more of that.

Letting me work with your energy is an act of trust. It’s also an act of engaging yourself in a process of growth. I think it’s incredible. So many people aren’t able to go there, and you are. I feel honored that you trust me.

I am really happy that each client that comes my way is able to go to a safe place with me, and to work out their issues, using me as a conduit of energetic wisdom from Spirit.It is an incredible gift that you give me in allowing me to work with you.

I love how much you care about yourself. I love how much you care about others. I love what you’re putting out there. I am thrilled to be part of it.

And also-
I love how much you teach me about the world and our place in it. I love what you share about your own energy. I love your enthusiasm. I love your processes. I love your love and support and wisdom.

How did this happen? How did I get awesome clients? How did I get to work with such wise, loving people? I think Spirit must have something to do with this. I am feeling so lucky today, reveling in the awesome that is you.

Much love to you-

Bridget


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