A lot of you seem to enjoy last week's "life" update, so I thought I'd give it a go again this week. It's my birthday weekend! I'm 45 on Sunday, which also happens to be Father's Day here in the Emerald Isle. I was also born on Father's Day, so I keep saying I was obviously the best present Dad ever got for the occasion. He occasionally agrees with me... Am I celebrating? Hell yeah! I didn't get to celebrate my 40th as I wished because of bloody Covid, so I'm celebrating this year. the family...
19 days ago • 1 min read
Why yes, it is my birthday this coming Sunday. (Hence the coupon ORLAGHBIRTHDAY45 giving you 45% off any and all courses before July 15th) And yes, it is Father's Day. Those good at the counting will realise I was also born on Father's Day, meaning I can never really beat the first pressie I ever gave Dad. (Something I remind him of when giving him yet another pair of socks. Seriously - he doesn't drink any more, he has everything he ever wanted from a golf point of view - what's a girl to...
23 days ago • 1 min read
I thought I'd give ye a life update. Cos, y'know, things happen. And sometimes, Brigid works in mysterious ways. So, my doctorate started a few weeks ago. I am now consumed with college assignments again, although to be honest, some of them are fairly short. Like <200 words short. So I can live with that. What I need to do, though, is build some structure into my life and put aside the time for studying. I'm using the next three months of assignment time to get that sorted out. I mean, yes,...
26 days ago • 2 min read
Well, I got a shock last week. I got an email from Teachable stating they were almost doubling their prices. And I host the school on Teachable. I can't really afford to accommodate that. However, I had a plan in place and this is just giving me the subtle kick up the arse I needed to move things over to a new platform. I'll be doing that over the next 6 weeks. ⏰(Yes, that is a reminder to me that the clock is ticking) Now, I currently have 33 courses up there, but at least 15 are duplicates...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Trigger warning: I am going to be talking about generational trauma, and the effects of last Thursday's meeting on me. Specifically, the physical after effects of certain triggers. So, skip this email if you're not able or willing for that today! If you read last week's email from Friday, you'll know I had an awful day on Thursday in work. Purely due to one particular conversation. And I wanted to explore a bit more the aftermath of that event in this email. Because part of my work for Brigid...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Quick question... Are you passing on the Hope and Healing Hub this evening?? Reason I'm asking is because I'm holding the first session in 7 hours, 8pm Irish time tonight. For $25 a month, you can help yourself and another person to get the support and community they need in these difficult times. So... you in? Here's the link to join: brigid-s-forge.teachable.com/p/hope-and-healing-hub-us And if you've asked for a scholarship place and I haven't gotten back to you, please email me and I'll...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
People often ask me why I care so much. I mean, I frequently say I'm not fond of people, I hate people, people are just horrible. As always, I need to point out that persons, individual persons, are normally grand, but people are horrible. But then I turn around and put so much effort to help people. Yesterday, before my day turned to absolute shit - more on that later - I reached out to 5 different people. Casually checking in with people that I knew were going through tough times. The...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Now, If we're honest, I've been off my game for a few weeks. Chances are you've realised this. Life happened. As it does sometimes. But that morning spent reading up on the Carpathia last week really set me thinking and help me gain some perspective. And it ties into this week's post on the blog as well. See, people see "reconcile the past" and they think forgiveness or forgetting things or sweeping things under the rug. But actually, reconciliation is much more about accepting that this...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
I read a post on Facebook earlier and it's been playing on my mind, since. It's about the ship, RMS Carpathia, the one that rescued the survivors from the Titanic. And it serves as a teachable moment I think, given the state of the world, and various states within that world. The Carpathia was about 4 hours away from the Titanic when they received the distress call, by any reasonable engineer's estimate. But they shut down all other power to the ship except for engines and dining rooms to...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read