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Hi, I'm Orlagh, of Brigid's Forge

I help people from strict, rigid religious backgrounds find joy in their spirituality again!

I'm dedicated to helping women in particular develop their spiritual path in life. I'm focused heavily on Brigid in Ireland, although not all my followers are! I teach, speak, coach and mentor people to help them along their own individual path, based on what lore we have, but also allowing for each individual path to develop as it needs to.

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🏃‍♀️ When you stop running, something else becomes possible

Over the past few days, I’ve been sitting with what unfolded on Saturday - and also with the quiet messages many of you have sent since. There is a theme emerging. When a woman stops running from her spiritual past…when she stops performing obedience…and when she stops rejecting everything she once held dear… A new question rises: “If I am free - what do I choose now?” This place is not dramatic.It’s not a crisis.It’s not a collapse of faith. It’s a return to sovereignty. And the moment a...

6 days ago • 1 min read

On Saturday, inside Restriction to Freedom, something became unmistakable. When women are given space - real space - they do not actually want to run away from their spiritual past. They are trying to understand it. Again and again, what surfaced was not rebellion — but a desire for clarity. 🔍Clarity about what still feels alive. 🔍Clarity about what no longer nourishes. 🔍Clarity about what was inherited… and what is actually chosen. Many of the women spoke about how rarely they had been...

8 days ago • 1 min read

Quick heads up — the Clarity Workshop starts in three hours, and doors close at 4pm Irish time. If you’ve been thinking about joining, this is your last chance to jump in. In just 120 minutes, you’ll get: ✔️ Space to finally think clearly ✔️ A simple framework to cut through overwhelm ✔️ Practical steps you can use immediately You in? 👉 Join here: Clarity workshop Bríd libh Órlagh P. S. If you can’t stay for the whole session, don’t worry - you’ll get the recording as long as you join before...

10 days ago • 1 min read

I want to ask you a genuine, slightly uncomfortable question today: When was the last time you consciously, intentionally sat down and explored your values - and how you actually embody them in your life? Not the values you inherited. Not the values you were told a good woman or a good believer should hold. Not the values you think you’re supposed to claim. I mean the values that you, in your adult, sovereign, fully‑alive self, truly hold now. Most women I work with realise: They haven’t...

12 days ago • 1 min read

This Saturday, I'm holding a clarity workshop. So often, women come to me and they know they're running away from something, but they're not 100% sure what they're headed towards. And this workshop aims to walk you through this. I'm looking to help you answer such questions as: ✔️What do I actually want from my spiritual life now? ✔️What did I value? What did I resent? ✔️And how do I create a meaningful spiritual path that nourishes—without recreating the rigidity I left behind? It's two...

14 days ago • 1 min read

I know, two emails in one day - a plethora of talk from me! But it's the time of year when my brain is kinda active in this area. Blame Brigid. Over the past few months, so many women in this community have shared a similar feeling with me: “I know what I’m leaving behind… but I’m not fully sure what I’m moving towards.” If you were shaped by rigid religion or restrictive spiritual rules, it makes complete sense. We were taught what to believe, how to behave, what counted as “holy,” "proper",...

18 days ago • 1 min read

Folks, I'm fierce excited to announce that registration has opened for this year's Brigid for Writers course with myself and Courtney Weber. Last year we had a ball and people really enjoyed it! So, if you're into Brigid (and I mean, why else would you agree to receive my ramblings) and you like to or want to write: here's the month long course for you! All the details are below! Brigid for Writers: A 4-Week Virtual Writing And Spiritual Intensive Led by:Orlagh Minxie Costello, Native Irish...

19 days ago • 1 min read

Yes, I am aware there is some controversy about the exact date of Imbolc. You can go astrologically (Tuesday 3rd February, apparently), the calendar date (31st hanuary, based of St. Brigid's Day being 1st February) or some other weird and wonderful method. My particular weird and wonderful method is using the bank holiday weekend we now get in Ireland. So, my celebration starts today. I'll leave out my brat BhrĂ­de tomorrow night. I'll be lighting candles, holding rituals and running retreats...

25 days ago • 1 min read

Hi folks, I've been getting a lot of questions about the Inner Flame retreat, happening on Sunday! So based on the premise that if one person is asking, 10 more are thinking the question, here we go! What actually happens during the day? The Inner Flame is a live, one‑day online retreat held over five spacious hours. The day is gently structured, with periods of guided ritual, meditation, quiet reflection, and rest, as well as intentional pauses away from the screen. Nothing moves quickly....

26 days ago • 3 min read

Ok, so I'm bit a tad facetious with that email header! If you've been on this list for any length of time, you'll know there's more to Imbolc to candles and honestly, it's perfectly possible to celebrate Imbolc with no candles at all! (I know, it's shocking, right?) But I also know this is the time of year when people like to connect with Brigid. So here's a few options for you: 🕯️If you're interested in a day of serious rest, you can check out the Inner Flame, an exclusive, intimate retreat...

29 days ago • 1 min read