 Hi. Hey. Hi there. Good morning. Hi, it's Bridget. Welcome to Sunday Morning Coffee with Bridget. Today we're going to have a conversation about time. Yes, we have talked about time before in previous episodes, but today what is top of mind is this remembering how we think we have time. We think we have time to do the things we'd like to do, to go on that trip, to have that life experience. And the truth is we don't. If you believe in the spiritual conversations about how time is an illusion, then this will probably be like, well, yeah, of course, we don't have time because time isn't something to be gotten. It's not something we can capture. We can't capture time. We capture memories. We capture the essence of moments and we have evidence based on our feelings and our actual imagery of those experiences of the time. So when you see like, I'm in a group on Facebook and they, there's a thing going around and it's probably going around everywhere on Instagram and stuff too saying, okay, so when you're on social media way back and when you first got on social media and the first pictures that you posted do a side by side to compare where you are today now. And that really is like an image of like watching yourself, recognizing all the time that has passed and you do that by seeing yourself, right? By looking at the reflection of yourself and noticing the physical changes, like the smile wrinkles I got here, that kind of thing, right? Like that, you know? But I got to thinking that this isn't a conversation about how time is precious. This is a conversation about awareness for you. Yesterday I had lunch with some wonderful women who we had some really deep conversation about life change and who are really committed to doing their work. And by doing their work, I mean showing up for life and knowing that they have obstacles and challenges. They're very real. Some physical health things, some geographic things. There's just so many different components that could create your challenges, whatever your obstacles or barriers are, they exist. They're real. It's resistance, right? It's obstacles and barriers that are on our path that that exists all the time. But there's a way in which you can acknowledge that and then give yourself that, oh, this isn't because I totally suck at living life that I have challenges. That's not why. My challenges aren't something unique to me because I'm stupid and make poor choices. That is not always the case. In fact, nine times out of ten it is not. And we need to learn, I think, how to be more gentle with ourselves, have more self-compassion to acknowledge that everybody has obstacles and barriers. However, it is up to you, you get to choose how you're going to work with what you got, what you got, what you got to work with. And these women are creating change and willing to take the risks, the perceived risks and the very real risks of changing their lives to be more in alignment with who they truly are. And in some of the conversations we had, I was reminded of the quotes and the posts and the memes even about how you think you have time, but you don't. You don't. Time isn't yours to have. You don't get to have it. You get to work with it. You get to experience and let your life unfold within that collective understanding of time. So by saying I'm too old or I'm too young and experienced or too experienced or I missed my opportunity, instead of being in states or places like that, if you really believe that time isn't something to be had but something to be worked within, you can literally remove those obstacles and barriers of I'm too this or I'm too less. Like I'm too much or I'm too less. I'm too little or I'm too much. I'm too old or I'm too young. I'm too smart or I'm not. There's so many different or maybe it's not I'm too smart or I'm not smart enough. Maybe it's more about I'm more of a feeling person instead of an analytical person. I use my brain to process and not my heart. And I think especially as women, I think societal norms creates this construct of that women in order to be able to be successful in the man's world or in the professional, very structured, rigid, more cooler, colder emotionally world. You have to really heighten your analytical prowess and bring in a very real awareness where you shut off your emotions. And it's not maybe even because you've been hurt. You might not be shutting off your emotions because you've had pain. You might be shutting off your emotions because it's a strategy because girl wants to be successful in the business world. So that's what you do. You blend in. Because if you take things too personally, you can't set it aside and be successful. So this time thing is really it's huge. Because I think we can use it as an excuse as a reason to not do things in our lives this year or as a reason to inspire us to not wait. Do you remember in the past few years because of the pandemic, people have been more of the of the mindset of tell people you love them. And really tell them because they're not always going to be here. You take for granted that people will be here, but their time and their timelines are different than yours. And you know it. And so there's been kind of that, hey, everybody, let's make sure we tell people how much we love them. Hey, let's make sure we spend time with our loved ones when we weren't able to do that face to face. I think right now, we're stepping into a collective amnesia or we're dangerously in that space of time where we're going back to, oh yeah, I have time. It might not work out. I might not be able to ever see you again, or I might not ever be able to X, Y, or Z, but maybe you know, like this really kind of casual, oh yeah. Like not recognizing that time is something that you can really work with and utilize and leverage to inspire you to create the life you want now with whatever you have now, whatever's here and now. And if you don't like what's happening in your life, you've heard that thing, right? You're not a tree. You can move. You're not a tree. You're not stuck. You feel stuck from a series of what past stuff. But if you're thinking about time, the past, so what time tell you that? Oh, it's a good idea to really think about the past and really focus on all of the things that you did to get you here and really focus on that because that's really going to help you create this future. No, because you don't want to recreate the past. You want to come to terms with it, come to peace with it, work through forgiveness, work through allowing yourself to integrate that. I'm not saying forget. I'm not saying massive life altering moments, catastrophic experiences or trauma or massive loss. I'm not suggesting you just forget that. I'm suggesting that now is the now. What do you have here now to work with? Reminiscing about what you had once isn't going to help you achieve or receive in this moment the life that you really desire and dream of creating. It's not that far off in the distance because in the moments you get to create that by connecting with the people you want to connect with, by avoiding someone and not talking to them, that says you're done with that. You've closed that chapter. It doesn't say, oh, I'm giving you space or oh, I'm going to let you process and then I'm just going to be here when you're ready. Shutting someone out of your life means you're done with them, because the time you cannot, time can create regrets for you. You don't want that. You don't need that. You need to be present in the now and by you separating yourself or closing yourself off from certain things, you do that in power as a power practice. You say, okay, this happened. This is a thing. I am impacted by it today. It's made me who I am for the good and for the bad. However you want to judge that or analyze that, go ahead. But the truth is, you are in the moment of acceptance here and now. That's what time gives you, acceptance, the opportunity for acceptance to embrace this, whatever this is, whatever this is now right here. What do you want? And if you are missing someone, if you're missing your loved ones, if you haven't seen them since pre-COVID or whatever that looks like for you or if you've moved across country, pick up the damn phone and call them and just tell them, hey, I have missed you and have conversation. Do that because it fills you up energetically. In the present moment, you can change your life with a fucking phone call. So do it. What the hell are you waiting for? For the perfect time? There's no perfect time. Time is not about perfection. Do you understand that? Do you understand that? It's more divine, which is more rhythmic and cyclical. It's seasonal. So therefore people do come into your lives or you have experiences that are seasonal experiences like a job, right? Job is a total good example of this. It's a seasonal experience or thing. And then you move on to the next season or experience or experiential thing and you integrate, you take with you what you've learned and you use that in your next environment. You also will take with you some of the trauma or the pain, right? You might have had some automatic responses or some trauma responses from the workplace or whatever that looks like. But when you're in awareness in the present moment, as you're moving through the cycle, as you're in whatever you're in right now, that's where the sweet spot is. That's how time helps you. It holds us. It gives us a rhythm. A morning when the sun comes up, noon, right? Then what? Evening when the sun goes down. Like you mark your day. You mark the passage of the rhythm of time. It's so, so, so natural. And so to then you can recognize the gift of the moment. The gift isn't like this magical, I won the lottery thing. That's not the gift. The gift is the fact that you're breathing. Breathe with me right now. Can you just breathe with me? Can you do that? Give yourself permission to be in the body? I have really struggled with this essence of the energy of the breath and being present myself because my body has felt oftentimes recently like it's in fight or flight mode. And I'm sure many of you are feeling that too. So when it comes to time, let's just settle in for a moment. Let's rest into this moment. Just breathe. There's no excuse not to breathe with intention. Pay attention to the natural miracle of your body. Your body is attempting to hold you regardless of whether it can run that mile like it did when you were back in track in high school. It doesn't matter now. What matters now is what is here now because you will look back at this moment and think, wow, did I waste that? You don't want to have regrets. Be present with me. Can you do that on the Sunday morning coffee? Just feel that heart space. Can you just do that? Just put your hands on your chest so you can feel the rise and the fall with the intentional breaths. Just breathe. It's hard for me where I'm at right now. It's hard to breathe. There's a bit of anxiousness happening. What do you notice? How can you be compassionate with yourself and soft in this moment? How can you do that? How can you utilize this time right now to honor your body just by acknowledging what it's doing without you telling it to? It is supporting you. It's breathing you. That's the point. Let the awareness of this moment breathe. You breathe. You feel the body. And if you're avoiding this, if this is driving you nuts, then that means you need it even more. You need it even more. Just trust in the moment. Trust that time has you right now. Acceptance. Breathe in. Big exhale because that helps me. I'm just gonna big exhale. Big exhale. Let go to lean into this moment. Just lean back into this moment and whatever your day has to present you with, acknowledge the beauty of the fact that you are connected and gifted with time today. I know there's crunches and rushes and pressures and I'm looking at my time because I have to leave here in a certain amount of time. I have a coffee. I have coffee this morning so I think I'm actually having real coffee at a coffee shop, a great coffee shop. So I'm looking forward to that. So I know that time is crunched and we are aware of it and it's a way that we can connect with people but also time is currency. It is what you make it. What you choose it to be. What is your relationship with the time today? And recognize that then all of the elements and the natural rhythm of life is going to rise to greet you. The birds that you see, the way the sky looks, the clouds, what you hear as you're moving through your day. What you smell or sense like I have cinnamon. I got some cinnamon sticks for my altar honoring the great mother or the earth mother energy for this month. I just felt like she just wanted these and I am like all of a sudden addicted to cinnamon. Like I need it in everything like I'm putting it in my coffee. I have this great cardamom cinnamon tea that I love and that smell just, oh it's so, smells really nice. So like that, like that even with all the stressors and pressures we have because I have a lot. So do you. You can still savor these moments. You can still be in relationship with time in a way that honors you physically, mentally, emotionally and your spirit. The energetics of all of this is what brings us together. Us, ourselves. Body, mind, heart and soul, body, mind, heart and soul. And if you work with me privately in session, you know what that means. All four aspects of you encompassing you and unfolding you and creating space for you. So as you move through your day, I hope that you'll feel embraced by time in positive, healthy and hopeful ways. So this is Bridget. Thank you so much for joining me for Sunday Morning Coffee with Bridget. We've had a bit of a live stream today. I'm going to fix this here before I head out of this stone. Yes, I do. And I want to say hello to the chat. I appreciate you guys being here. I was going to take a peek and say hi quick before I wrap up. Ah, Cornette's in the chat. Hi. Oh my gosh. Tina Luhu. Tina Luhu. Good morning. Rebel. Hey, nice to see you. 18 muses. I totally forget who you really are, but hi. Nice to see you. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry to hear that. Hi, Lisa. Nice to see you this morning. Hey, Mackie. Good morning. Good morning, everyone. Cheers to you. I hope your coffee is warm or your tea is hot as you step into your day. As always, I hope that I've inspired your spirit today and filled you with hope on our podcast. Tomorrow, I will be doing a channeling session. Again, if you missed the unique channelings I did this week, make sure you check them out. They're on the playlists. They were live with Lisa Marie because she resigned past and I did them on a different days. They were done on Friday the 13th of January, 2023. So check those out as well. Thanks so much for being here. Have a great day.