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.
I thought I was alone in this. I wasn't - and neither are you.
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For a long time, I thought being a pagan Catholic meant I existed in a category of one. I worked with Brigid. I lit candles for Mary. I had a complicated, deeply personal relationship with Saint Thérèse. And I also worked with the old Irish gods, followed the wheel of the year, and did things that would have raised eyebrows in the parish and in the coven alike. I thought that meant I had to hide. That there was no community for someone like me - someone who hadn't made a clean break, who carried parts of her Catholic upbringing forward not out of guilt but out of genuine love for certain figures, while also walking a path that the Church would never recognise or welcome. I was wrong. The community exists. It just hadn't been built yet. So I'm building it. The Guided Path is the program I wish had existed when I was finding my feet. Twelve live calls, six workbooks, a small group of women who understand exactly what it means to be somewhere in between - and the support that wasn't there for me, offered to you. Today's post is the most direct one I've written in this series. It's an honest look at what the program is, who it's for, and who it isn't for. If it sounds like it might be right for you, fill in the form at the bottom of that page and I'll be in touch within two working days. No script, no pressure - just a conversation. And if you're not ready yet, that's fine too. Stay on the list. The path will still be here. Bríd libh Órlagh Check out the links below: Website |
Hi, I'm Orlagh, of Brigid's Forge
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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