July 13, 2023 • 35 mins
Who says we can't reshape our lives and become who we truly desire to be? Our guest, Bridgette Simmonds, a renowned coach, speaker, and facilitator, assuredly proclaims just that. Bridgette, who is fondly known as the Go Coach, brings to the table a unique blend of intuition, creativity, and logic in her approach to coaching, guiding people to discover opportunities and tackle challenges.
Bridgette believes that while our childhood experiences shape us, as adults, we have the power to metamorphose into who we were meant to be. We explore this idea further as we delve into the significance of self-care, rest, and challenging the status quo for personal growth and development. We also look back at the ancestral beliefs around work, rest, and self-care and how the pandemic has nudged us back towards a simpler, more meaningful life.
In our final discussion with Bridgette, we examine how she has been assisting her clients in finding alignment and meaning in life. We discuss her innovative methods, from one-on-one VIP days to annual retreats and her Partnership VIP Program. Bridgette encourages us all to live life by design and maximize our days to their full potential. Join us in this enlightening conversation as we uncover the secret to becoming more aligned with our true selves.
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Jessica Rosario (00:16):
Hello and welcome to the Maximize Your Day
podcast, a place forentrepreneurs for building their
business, in pursuit of freedomand flexibility to do the
things they love.
I'm your host, jessica Rosario.
I'm a New Yorker turnedFloridian Who knows a thing or
two on how to effectively manageyour time while juggling
multiple priorities.
I'm an ex-corporate leader whowalked away from my 9-5-ish to
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launch and grow my business.
In this podcast, i shareinsights on mindset, business
productivity, habits andstrategies to help you take
control of your to-do list andmaximize your day, which will
help you feel more confident andless overwhelmed and getting
more done in less time.
I'm so excited you're here.
Go ahead, listen in.
Welcome back to the show.
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Today I share an interview withBridget Simmonds, the Go Coach.
Bridget is a coach, speaker andfacilitator.
She's a trainer dedicated tobeing a true partner to everyone
she connects with.
Bridget focuses on developingaccountability with leadership
teams and groups of all sizes.
As the Go Coach, bridgetbelieves in taking action,
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moving forward and bringing herintuitive and creative skills
together with sharp logic tosolve challenges and reveal
opportunities.
Bridget is a professionalcertified coach through the
International Coach Federationand the Institute of
Professional Excellence inCoaching, also known as IPEC.
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When she's not coaching orgoing confidently in the
direction of her dreams, bridgetlives in sunny Tampa with her
fur baby, ginger, the middlechild of a proud Jamaican family
.
She enjoys traveling, food,dancing, sunday naps, true crime
and anything created by OprahWinfrey On the go and in the
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office.
Bridget the Go Coach knows howto inspire and innovate for
teams and individuals ready fornew experiences and new pursuits
.
Are you ready to listen in howBridget Simmonds, our Chief
Transformation Officer,transforms your life?
Well, listen in.
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So welcome back to the MaximizeYour Day podcast, and I'm so
excited to be sharing thisinterview today that I know it's
going to change your life.
And, just like all of the otheramazing people that I get to
interview on the podcast, thisone is not far behind.
I mean, she is just such anamazing person that I had the
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pleasure of meeting in Marchwhile I was going through my
IPEC certification.
But getting to meet her andseeing how much she invests and
the people that she teaches, shejust got such a giving heart
And every opportunity that wewere in interaction, it was just
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an amazing experience.
So I knew I had to get her onthe podcast to be able to share
her with you guys.
So, without further ado, i wantto introduce you Bridget
Simmonds, who is the CEO, butnot the traditional CEO.
She's a Chief EmpowermentOfficer, life and Leadership
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Coach, and I'm so excited tohave you on the show, bridget.
Bridgette Simmonds (03:45):
Oh, what an intro.
Thank you so much, jessica.
I feel so honored and blessedto have met you and connected
with you, and that you'veinvited me here to have a
conversation Very, very excited.
Jessica Rosario (03:58):
Absolutely, absolutely.
So let's jump right in.
I love the experience that youwere able to share with everyone
, but, of course, i know part ofyour story and the audience
doesn't.
So tell us who are you and howyou got started in the journey
that you're in right now.
Bridgette Simmonds (04:17):
So I love that question who are you, as a
coach, gone through so manytypes of courses like IPEC, i
was a student sitting in yourseats at one point and I geeked
out on all things personalgrowth and development.
So when you said the question,who are you?
My simplest answer to that is Iam love.
So I've whittled everythingthat I am to pure love and
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everything that I do stems fromthat, being that I know that I
am, which is love.
But people want to know morethan that Typically.
So I am a daughter, a sister, aloving friend and fun comedian
to anyone around me.
I enjoy elevating people andsupporting people and becoming
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who they know themselves to bethat they can answer that
question with a sense of easeand confidence.
And so, yeah, i'm a coach.
I love everything sunshine andpalm trees.
I'm from the beautiful state ofFlorida and come from the
island of Jamaica my parents andmy heritage So island things
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and tropical places is kind ofin my bones.
Jessica Rosario (05:33):
I love that Being in Florida too.
I'm actually a New Yorker termFloridian So I love it here, and
I had some years in Puerto Ricoalso, so I totally understand
the whole Caribbean island.
I don't think I'll ever leaveFlorida from here, from Central
Florida moving to the beach.
Bridgette Simmonds (05:50):
Yes, That's my next move to.
I'm like there's no place elseto go but the edge of some water
.
Why would you go inland afterthis?
Jessica Rosario (05:59):
Exactly, exactly.
So tell me what inspired you tobecome an entrepreneur.
Bridgette Simmonds (06:07):
Oh gosh.
Well, both my parents areentrepreneurs, my dad longer
than my mom.
So it's always been somethingthat's been in front of me And,
interestingly enough, recently Iwas hanging out with my mom and
was asking her what mygrandfather did her father,
because I never met her and shewas actually raised by her aunt
And she knew her aunt as grandmamore than my grandfather, who I
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never met, and he was anentrepreneur And I'm like, oh my
goodness.
So he used to collect taxes inJamaica.
So it runs deep.
And what inspired me, beyondthat internal subconscious
knowing, was I I don't know ifit's because I'm a Sagittarius
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and we're known to be do not boxus in, don't pin me down.
It's in my nature to not feelrestrained or restricted or to
have someone tell me what to do,and I've kind of been that way
since I was a kid.
I mean, my parents did anamazing job, but I was one that
could not wait to grow up.
I don't know if your parentssaid the same phrase.
A lot of parents tend to saywhen you want to do what you
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want to do, but it's not goingwith what they want, that they
say while you're under my roof,you'll do it my way, and every
time I heard that, i was likeyou know what, i can't wait to
get under my own roof becauseyou know what, if that's what it
takes is my own roof to do itmy way and be free and give me
my own roof.
Jessica Rosario (07:29):
So, so I love that.
I love that you say thatbecause I am an empty nester,
but at a young age, i think,because it was sooner than I
expected.
I see a lot of people that havetheir kids still living at home
and my oldest daughter was like, i think, from the moment she
turned like 12, she was like Ican't wait to have my own place
and being able to just live lifeon her own terms.
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And she's doing just that,which is great, but she still
comes around and she's still,she's always going to be my baby
, you know, but definitely kidsnowadays have that sense of
independence.
So I totally get it.
Totally got it.
Bridgette Simmonds (08:04):
And I felt that way, working like it wasn't
a parent child relationship,clearly, but having a full time
job was just something I thoughtI was supposed to do.
so I just followed that pathlike, oh, what's everybody doing
?
getting a degree, okay, let mego to college and get a full
time job?
okay, what do we do after this?
oh, we get a full time job witha cubicle, oh, okay.
and just following thatconveyor belt of predictability,
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i, when I, when I got to theend of it with the job, i just
felt like this cannot be theonly thing, and the
entrepreneurship and the freedomand flexibility and the
autonomy that came with thatlifestyle was pulling me because
of my you know dislike of whatit felt like incorporate.
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not like anything's wrong withthat.
I feel like it has its placefor people And it was hugely
beneficial for me.
It just didn't align completelywith who I am.
Jessica Rosario (09:00):
I love that.
and let's dive a little bitdeeper on that freedom and
flexibility, because a lot oftimes we crave that right and we
think that the entrepreneurialjourney is the end all be all of
freedom and flexibility.
And we both know very well thatthere are times that even in
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the entrepreneurial journey webecome almost like enslaved to
our business right because we'redoing all the things.
So how would you differentiatethat freedom and flexibility
expectation that you had fromleaving the corporate space to
where you are today?
Bridgette Simmonds (09:41):
Oh my gosh, you said a whole mouthful,
jessica.
So what's funny and justfascinating to me is I read a
book before I left corporate tobecome an entrepreneur, called
the e myth revisited.
Have you read that book before?
Absolutely Yeah, and he talksabout exactly what you just said
, that many people are like I'mgoing to be an entrepreneur So I
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can be free and end up workingway more, way harder than they
did for someone else.
And though I had that knowledgeand this is the key
differentiator between hearingsomething and learning something
logically and embodying itbecause, though I knew that, i
did get swept up and caught upin it and I feel like at first
it's you have this sense ofresponsibility and an a not very
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true statement, but it feelstrue at the time that if I'm not
working, i'm not making money.
So there's this underlyingpressure to constantly feel like
you're in motion, and I alsofeel, for me, i was repeating
the same behavior that I didworking in corporate.
If you looked at my calendarand corporate and my calendar
after I became a full time coach, they looked exactly the same.
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I was just seeing differentpeople, and it took me getting
to a space of burnout andoverwhelm and really like why am
I doing?
this I don't feel any more freeand that's what I was after
where I feel like that becomesthe journey of the entrepreneur.
It's less about the businessand the thing that you're
selling And it really is apersonal growth journey and an
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understanding of you and abecoming of yourself.
And it takes sometimes gettinginto a space where it didn't pan
out the way that you thought itcould.
But what's powerful about it tome versus being an employee for
people who resonate with thattype of lifestyle is that you
get to choose a career and, overagain, what it feels like and
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what it looks like.
So once it got overwhelming tome and I'm still in the midst of
it, so don't be fooled.
I haven't completely conqueredthe staffed and packed schedule,
but realizing that it waspainful was a great, great
opportunity to begin to askmyself what does freedom and
flexibility truly mean and looklike and how do I make decisions
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that align with that in mybusiness and in my life?
Jessica Rosario (11:59):
So, very true, it becomes more of an
opportunity of, instead ofchasing freedom and flexibility,
you're almost chasing purpose.
Rather, you know better thananything else that you can
possibly do, and I've been therebecause you know.
As you know, i left thecorporate space to and found
myself in the same position.
My calendar was so full thateven my family members had to
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let me know when was a good timeto call, and it's not a good
feeling right to be able to dothat.
So you said something reallyimportant that resonated with me
, which was becoming of yourself.
Tell me more about that, andwhether it's your personal life
or the experience that you'vehad with your own clients of how
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important that pieces.
Bridgette Simmonds (12:46):
So for myself and for my clients, both
for every human being, i'mgrowing to understand that when
we were born, we have a sense oflimitlessness and fullness,
that if our parents had anunderstanding of that when they
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had children, they would likelyraise children differently.
But most of us just becomeproducts of what and who raised
us and so forth, and then thepattern continues.
So I feel like that's thebeautiful, juicy part of life.
We're born with this knowingand this sense, and if the
outside world, ie our household,doesn't foster that and pull it
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out of us and enhance it, butinstead puts on us expectations
and rules and lets us know asyoung people, oh, that's
acceptable, that's not.
That then forms us into a spacethat may or may not align with
our actual, true nature that wepopped up on the earth with.
So then, when we get out of thehouse and we're under our own
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roof, so to speak, we then getthe opportunity to become And it
really isn't.
It's not a shift or a change.
It's actually a returning towhat you were when you were born
, that before all of the rulesand pressures and expectations
and disappointments andheartbreaks and the things that
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molded you, become what youthink is true That we, the
becoming, is what life is reallyabout And it doesn't have an
endpoint to it.
There's a constant andpersistent unraveling and
discovery of ourselves that,quite frankly, not a lot of
people take full advantage ofthat.
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They get to change their mind,that they get to be.
You know, kids play pretend andone day they're a ballerina and
the next day they're afirefighter.
We get to play that same way.
But oftentimes adulthoodbecomes this space that we feel
we are just stuck What we've.
You know we're too old or stuckdoing what we've always been
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doing and what the family hasalways been doing.
So, yeah, becoming is the cruxof what life is about for me and
for the people.
I work with as a coach.
Jessica Rosario (15:08):
I love that, and you hit it right on the nose
about there's no destination toit, it just you never stop
evolving, and one of the thingsI say when I'm working with
entrepreneurs is where you arenow is not where you'll be a
month from now, three monthsfrom now, six months from now,
because as your vision evolves,your business evolves and you're
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in a constant period of growth,so it never ends.
Bridgette Simmonds (15:36):
Yeah, and not to judge that.
Like I love that you said that,it makes me smile, i think
about.
There's a retreat that I'mplanning for October and it had
one name for the last threeweeks And I talked to my retreat
coordinator curator on Fridayand now it has a whole different
name And I'm like, oh, this isit.
This feels more alive.
And there was part of me thatwanted to judge like, oh man,
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what am I gonna look likeSwitching it up?
And then I'm like, nope, thisis it.
And we get to do that.
We really get to evolve andshift and change and see what
feels right, what doesn't, andrespond to that.
Jessica Rosario (16:11):
Absolutely, absolutely.
What, would you say, is yourbiggest pet peeve?
Bridgette Simmonds (16:20):
Oh man, my biggest pet peeve is stagnation.
Jessica Rosario (16:27):
Tell me more.
Bridgette Simmonds (16:30):
So I'm growing into knowing I don't
always have to be in motion,kind of like our conversation a
few moments ago around justbooked and busy and hustle.
I don't like that And I don'tfeel like it's necessary.
I think rest is luxurious andnecessary and just as powerful
as achievement.
However, stagnation is goingagainst nature to me.
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It are natural want andanything that's living wants to
expand and take up space andgrow.
Even if it seems and appears tobe at rest, it's still in that
space of expansion and growth.
So when someone or even anorganization or unit refuses to
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grow for whatever reason,sometimes it's a fear of the
unknown, sometimes it's whateverit is.
That is one of my biggest petpeeves is not wanting to stretch
and grow and be open-minded orchallenge the status quo, and
understandably so.
Change is uncomfortable.
We love and live for comfort,but if your choice is to remain
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stagnant, then oh okay, i'mgonna leave you right where you
are.
It irks me, but I wish thatwasn't the case right now.
Jessica Rosario (17:51):
So good.
It's funny that you say that,because my I have like a little
affirmations thing.
Obviously people can't watch it, but it's right on my desk and
I bought it on Amazon And today,for April 25th, it says once
mined, once stretched by a newidea never regains its original
dimensions.
So it's like right aligned withwhat you're saying and avoiding
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being in that status quo.
You mentioned also resting.
A lot of people can look atresting or even self-care, which
seems to be like the trend, thetopic that everyone talks about
now.
They look at that as As if it'swrong to do, it's wrong to have
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rest, It's wrong to spend alittle self-care time, whatever
that looks like for you.
So what are your thoughtsaround self-care?
Bridgette Simmonds (18:46):
Oh, it's critical.
Like the way I look at it isyourself is what you're using to
drive, whatever you're tryingto drive, and if you don't take
care of that self, then how muchmore can you drive that thing?
It's like a vehicle.
If you don't maintain it andtake it in for its regular
tune-ups and oil changes, orturn it off, park it, if you
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just drove and drove and droveand drove, how long will that
vehicle take you where it needsto go with as much power?
How much can it maximize theuse?
And if your vehicle is yourbody, your physical body, and
you don't take time to maintainit and see to it that it's taken
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care of, how much can youmaximize its use?
So yeah, self-care is critical.
I call it luxuriating.
It's my favorite thing to justlay and stare at the sky And
some people think it's oh, igotta get a massage.
It really is as simple astaking a moment to breathe or
saying no to something that youtruly don't want to do is taking
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care of yourself and payingattention to the signals and
signs that yourself isconstantly giving us, versus
just barreling through them justto get things done.
I think I feel like a lot of us,especially in this generation,
are coming from a generationthat built the country and or
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immigrated to the country And alot of times take on those types
of mantras and beliefs thatthat mentality and that mindset
was needed or at least theythought that was needed and that
type of grit and gotta keepgoing.
Let's not, there's no time torest.
It made sense why that wasrelevant for that time and space
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.
But there comes a point wherewe can question what do I
believe about work and grinding?
What do I believe about rest?
And where did I get that belieffrom And how is it serving me
current day?
Did I just take it on and adoptit because my grandfather was a
hardworking man?
Okay, thank you.
So much gratitude for whatthose people created, our
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ancestors created, as a verybeautiful place for us to be.
But if we're not questioningdriving ourselves into the
ground at what cost, then we'rereally, really missing an
opportunity to really maximizeour power.
Jessica Rosario (21:18):
Do you think that while we were in quarantine
in the last few well, i guesstwo years ago do you think that
self-care became more and moretop of mind?
Bridgette Simmonds (21:29):
Oh yeah, i definitely think it did.
I think that it was one of thegreatest gifts of that time and
space that we lived in, that weall as a collective were on the
go and they're.
It came to a screeching haltand we were forced to just sit
and be.
And I don't necessarily know ifeverybody was able to fully get
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into self-care, especially mydear parents who had to home
school bless their hearts Butfor sure I feel that it created
a space to consider what am Idoing this for, at what cost?
Wow, like I think more peopletook a look at their lives than
they ever, than ever before, andthen they probably would have
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if that did not happen.
Jessica Rosario (22:14):
Right, we were almost like forced to do it.
Well, we were forced to do itAnd a lot of good things came
out of that A lot of family timeconnections and a lot of even
family Zoom calls.
I had some friends that theywere like oh yeah, my family
gets together once a week onZoom And I was like, really,
that's interesting, So beingable to do things differently.
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And another thing was gardeningA lot of people.
Now everything is likehomegrown.
Bridgette Simmonds (22:42):
I love it.
It's like we're returning backto the earth, are you?
Jessica Rosario (22:46):
gardening.
Did you start gardening?
I am not.
I kill everything, But everytime I go somewhere they're like
oh, i've got some peppers andI've got this And I've got.
I'm like oh my.
Bridgette Simmonds (22:54):
God, That is so fun.
Yeah, you and I are exactly thesame.
I cannot.
I can keep dogs alive, butplants are not my jam.
Jessica Rosario (23:02):
Yeah, yeah, me neither, me neither.
So, Bridget, tell me about yourideal client.
Who do you work with And whatdo they struggle with?
Bridgette Simmonds (23:14):
I work with mostly women.
Sometimes some men find me andI'm open to that But mostly
women who crave exactly what Ido, which is freedom,
flexibility and fun.
And I love engaging with thewoman who is powerful.
She's like, at this innerwarrior, goddess inside that
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she's either doled or is trappedin a cage of following what she
thought she was supposed tofollow Get a job, get a degree.
They're climbing, she'sclimbing the corporate ladder.
She, on paper, looks like, oh,she wants for nothing.
She's like living her best life, but there's some part of her
that's inside wants to screambecause it's not her fullness,
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she's not maximizing hertotality of her power And she
really, really craves to own herlife and own her days, whether
that's leaving corporate andgetting into entrepreneurship or
at least becoming a more trueversion of herself.
The way I look at it is thatthere's a lot of powerful,
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powerful women who, again, onpaper look incredible but
they're living a lie.
It's what I call.
They're out of alignment.
But I love words and I loveplays on words.
It's alignment, but it'sspelled A-L-I-E alignment And
living in alignment.
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They're typically living forvacations and that's the moments
that they feel a little bitfree, but then they return right
back to feeling encapsulated.
They also just our boss ladies,taking care of a lot of people
but not taking the time toreally truly pour into
themselves.
Symptoms of when you're inalignment, living a lie, are
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that you may do things to try toquiet that.
Like my thing was eating snacks, love, ice cream, or it might
be shopping, or it could bepouring into others and just
constantly giving and giving andgiving.
Another element is where you maybe now looking for the next
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position, but it's really notgonna do anything.
Like it's that momentary, likeokay, i feel like I'm growing,
but it's just the repeat.
Like what they're reallyseeking is true alignment,
spelled properly A-L-I-G andM-E-N-T, where the alignment
just feels like peace, it feelslike love, it feels like there's
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a sense of fullness, becausethose women, these women that I
love to work with, they want toleave this earth and this planet
with a sense of legacy And notas though they need to be on the
world stage and be famous, butthey truly desire and deserve,
and what I do when I work withthem is connect them to meaning,
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that sense of meaning, the mostpowerful thing that we all have
the ability to create in ourlives.
Jessica Rosario (26:19):
I love that.
I actually had a conversationwith someone recently and we
talked about a misalignment withintegrity and a misalignment
with purpose, And while I wasliving in that, while I was in
my last few years in thecorporate space, I really wasn't
understanding it.
I just knew that somethingdidn't feel good, And one of the
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things that I found myself inwas in 2021, I had a lot of
revelations where my intuitionwas screaming Jessica, listen,
Jessica, listen, right.
And I was blocking it, thinkingthat it was just insecurity and
overthinking, which a lot of ustend to do.
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And one of the things that, astime has gone on, I've been
doing is really listening to myintuition, following my heart
and being still to really listento what's happening before I
even take action, And sometimesthat causes you to stop for a
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moment.
Not every answer has to be adecision right now, at the
moment, but listening to ourintuition and following our
heart has been so important, AndI can see how I love what you
said living in alignment but LIE.
I can see that every day.
Corporate space especiallybecause the more we grow, the
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more we think that that nextposition is gonna be the best
thing.
Bridgette Simmonds (27:50):
So Yeah, I was talking to a client last
week and this was the exactconversation.
She was saying okay, i havethis boss.
That's horrible.
Right now I've got a company,that's this beautiful startup,
calling me and I could go thereand I just don't know what to do
.
And I had her do a breathingexercise and exactly what you
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said slow down, get silent, withmy support, there, and I took
her through a little exercise,meditation, where she met her
warrior, goddess self in thisvisual, and I said, okay, when
you open your eyes, tell me whatcame up.
She's like I'm not goinganywhere, i cannot do another.
And it was so sure, so powerful, so clear.
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She said I will not just jumpto another company and give my
talents, my energy, my gifts toanother space.
It is time for me to stop beingscared and finally start living
my truth.
And I'm like, yes, this isexactly what I do.
Because when we, as women andmen too, are unleashed in a
space of our truth, oh the joythat emanates from that.
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And there's so many people thatput on a face, that are in
meetings right now, that arerunning it, and it looks
fantabulous, but inside there'sjust like an ache to be
connected with the truth of whothey truly are, but they either
don't feel like it's possible orare scared to take that next
step.
Another client last week saidto me I feel like I'm in a small
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, small room and I can see thehallway right there And I know I
just need to go through thatdoor down that hallway, but that
hallway feels so scary.
Jessica Rosario (29:29):
Goosebumps You're giving me goosebumps,
girl Because it's so real andyou know community is so
important to be able to surroundyourself with the right people.
And as someone you know, i'm acoach and I hire coaches right,
Because we all need a coach inour life.
And I think it's so powerfulwhat we do because you know we
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can go to counseling all daylong and deal with trauma, right
.
So counseling really helps usdeal with the past.
Coaching truly helps you withyour future, but really is that
commitment to yourself thathelps you with the now, and a
lot of times it takes a coach tobe able to help you define that
.
So I love what you're doing andI'm so proud of you and excited
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to be able to share you with mycommunity.
So tell me, how do you workwith people?
What programs do you haveavailable for someone that would
want to work with you?
Bridgette Simmonds (30:23):
Absolutely So.
There's a couple of differentways I work with people.
One is through my retreat.
That's annual at this point Ithink I may do it a couple more
times That's in a group setting,where we really tap into where
are you currently and thencreate that framework of freedom
for you in a group setting Andthen from that space, i also
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work with you in a group to takethat framework that's created
and actually start to live it,and where they're together, step
by step, to really take fullownership, take the limits off
of your life and trulyexperience limitlessness.
Where, like you said, communitymakes all the difference.
And a lot of times, the women Iconnect with, because they're
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so powerful, because they'releaders, they're oftentimes the
lone wolf.
I was for so long where, andbecause we can do a lot of
things.
We tend to do a lot of things.
But one of my favorite sayingsis pain shared is pain lessened
or reduced.
And when you are in community,like my group, that we journey
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together through the wholeentire year, you can look back
and say, ah, look what we did.
And you have your sisters therecelebrating with you.
For those of my clients whoreally would love just
concentrated time together,there's two ways I do that.
One to one.
One is a VIP day, where we takefour hours, you and me in
person I also do it virtual, butI prefer in person And we
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create your entire blueprint forthe next year of your life what
it's going to look like, whatsteps you're going to take and
all of that good stuff.
And then from there, i alsowork with people in my
partnership VIP program, whereit's me and you together all
year long, where I do it withyou, so done for you is my VIP
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day me and you just formulatingwhat the plan is.
If you're like, ah, i need yoursupport to execute this plan,
then that's my partnership VIPprogram.
So those are the ways that,ways in which I work with people
for now.
Jessica Rosario (32:22):
I love that, i love that, and where can people
find you?
Bridgette Simmonds (32:24):
You can find me on Instagram at Bridget the
Go Coach.
That's B-R-I-D-G-E-T-T-E the GoCoach, which is inspired by the
Henry David Thoreau quote goconfidently in the direction of
your dreams, live the life youimagined.
And on Facebook, my name,bridget Simmons.
That's S-I-M-M-O-N-D-S.
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A little silent D in there,just for fun.
Linkedin same thing, bridgetSimmons.
And then my website,bridgetthegocoachcom.
Jessica Rosario (32:56):
Love that Love that.
So I will be dropping all ofyour links on the show notes and
, of course, on social mediachannels.
So guys feel free to follow herand be in her space, because
you know we all need to connectwith amazing people and
definitely Bridget is one ofthose.
So, before we wrap up, the wayI always end our podcast is
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really understanding like a dayin your world and what does
maximizing your day looks liketo you?
Can you share that with ouraudience?
Bridgette Simmonds (33:31):
Absolutely.
First, I want to say thank youso much, Jessica.
This has been so incredibleTime flew chatting with you and
I feel so very grateful andblessed to be here and talking
to you and your audience.
So thank you, thank you Sohonored.
And maximize my day means Ifeel like I'm still that little
girl.
That's like I got my own roof.
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I can do whatever I want.
So maximizing my day means I dowhatever I want and I get to
choose.
That is the greatest andsweetest joy to me, that if I
wanted to, today, go lay out bythe pool, my day is maximized.
If I want to serve four peopleone on one in conversations to
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watch them maximize their day,my day is maximized.
If I want to take a nap at one,because I can, and curl up with
my puppy Ginger, my day ismaximized.
So it's whatever I choose andthen that freedom, that's
maximized.
That's a maximized day in myworld.
Jessica Rosario (34:35):
I love that.
I love that.
Well, thank you so much forsharing and, as you guys can
hear, everyone has a differentway to maximize their day.
Maximize your time At the endof the day, it's really what
helps you live your life bydesign and live the life of your
dreams, as well as buildingthat business of your dream that
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you so much crave.
So thank you for being here.
I hope you guys enjoyed thispodcast and I can wait to share
more at the next show.
Thank you so much, bridget.
Thank you, jessica, as always.
Thank you so much for listeningin.
Don't forget to subscribe tothe show to be notified the
second a new episode is releasedand share with your friends who
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You never know if your topicwill be next.
Until next time, maximize yourday and own it.
Hello and welcome to the Maximize Your Day
podcast, a place forentrepreneurs for building their
business, in pursuit of freedomand flexibility to do the
things they love.
I'm your host, jessica Rosario.
I'm a New Yorker turnedFloridian Who knows a thing or
two on how to effectively manageyour time while juggling
multiple priorities.
I'm an ex-corporate leader whowalked away from my 9-5-ish to
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launch and grow my business.
In this podcast, i shareinsights on mindset, business
productivity, habits andstrategies to help you take
control of your to-do list andmaximize your day, which will
help you feel more confident andless overwhelmed and getting
more done in less time.
I'm so excited you're here.
Go ahead, listen in.
Welcome back to the show.
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Today I share an interview withBridget Simmonds, the Go Coach.
Bridget is a coach, speaker andfacilitator.
She's a trainer dedicated tobeing a true partner to everyone
she connects with.
Bridget focuses on developingaccountability with leadership
teams and groups of all sizes.
As the Go Coach, bridgetbelieves in taking action,
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moving forward and bringing herintuitive and creative skills
together with sharp logic tosolve challenges and reveal
opportunities.
Bridget is a professionalcertified coach through the
International Coach Federationand the Institute of
Professional Excellence inCoaching, also known as IPEC.
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When she's not coaching orgoing confidently in the
direction of her dreams, bridgetlives in sunny Tampa with her
fur baby, ginger, the middlechild of a proud Jamaican family
.
She enjoys traveling, food,dancing, sunday naps, true crime
and anything created by OprahWinfrey On the go and in the
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office.
Bridget the Go Coach knows howto inspire and innovate for
teams and individuals ready fornew experiences and new pursuits
.
Are you ready to listen in howBridget Simmonds, our Chief
Transformation Officer,transforms your life?
Well, listen in.
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So welcome back to the MaximizeYour Day podcast, and I'm so
excited to be sharing thisinterview today that I know it's
going to change your life.
And, just like all of the otheramazing people that I get to
interview on the podcast, thisone is not far behind.
I mean, she is just such anamazing person that I had the
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pleasure of meeting in Marchwhile I was going through my
IPEC certification.
But getting to meet her andseeing how much she invests and
the people that she teaches, shejust got such a giving heart
And every opportunity that wewere in interaction, it was just
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an amazing experience.
So I knew I had to get her onthe podcast to be able to share
her with you guys.
So, without further ado, i wantto introduce you Bridget
Simmonds, who is the CEO, butnot the traditional CEO.
She's a Chief EmpowermentOfficer, life and Leadership
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Coach, and I'm so excited tohave you on the show, bridget.
Bridgette Simmonds (03:45):
Oh, what an intro.
Thank you so much, jessica.
I feel so honored and blessedto have met you and connected
with you, and that you'veinvited me here to have a
conversation Very, very excited.
Jessica Rosario (03:58):
Absolutely, absolutely.
So let's jump right in.
I love the experience that youwere able to share with everyone
, but, of course, i know part ofyour story and the audience
doesn't.
So tell us who are you and howyou got started in the journey
that you're in right now.
Bridgette Simmonds (04:17):
So I love that question who are you, as a
coach, gone through so manytypes of courses like IPEC, i
was a student sitting in yourseats at one point and I geeked
out on all things personalgrowth and development.
So when you said the question,who are you?
My simplest answer to that is Iam love.
So I've whittled everythingthat I am to pure love and
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everything that I do stems fromthat, being that I know that I
am, which is love.
But people want to know morethan that Typically.
So I am a daughter, a sister, aloving friend and fun comedian
to anyone around me.
I enjoy elevating people andsupporting people and becoming
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who they know themselves to bethat they can answer that
question with a sense of easeand confidence.
And so, yeah, i'm a coach.
I love everything sunshine andpalm trees.
I'm from the beautiful state ofFlorida and come from the
island of Jamaica my parents andmy heritage So island things
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and tropical places is kind ofin my bones.
Jessica Rosario (05:33):
I love that Being in Florida too.
I'm actually a New Yorker termFloridian So I love it here, and
I had some years in Puerto Ricoalso, so I totally understand
the whole Caribbean island.
I don't think I'll ever leaveFlorida from here, from Central
Florida moving to the beach.
Bridgette Simmonds (05:50):
Yes, That's my next move to.
I'm like there's no place elseto go but the edge of some water
.
Why would you go inland afterthis?
Jessica Rosario (05:59):
Exactly, exactly.
So tell me what inspired you tobecome an entrepreneur.
Bridgette Simmonds (06:07):
Oh gosh.
Well, both my parents areentrepreneurs, my dad longer
than my mom.
So it's always been somethingthat's been in front of me And,
interestingly enough, recently Iwas hanging out with my mom and
was asking her what mygrandfather did her father,
because I never met her and shewas actually raised by her aunt
And she knew her aunt as grandmamore than my grandfather, who I
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never met, and he was anentrepreneur And I'm like, oh my
goodness.
So he used to collect taxes inJamaica.
So it runs deep.
And what inspired me, beyondthat internal subconscious
knowing, was I I don't know ifit's because I'm a Sagittarius
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and we're known to be do not boxus in, don't pin me down.
It's in my nature to not feelrestrained or restricted or to
have someone tell me what to do,and I've kind of been that way
since I was a kid.
I mean, my parents did anamazing job, but I was one that
could not wait to grow up.
I don't know if your parentssaid the same phrase.
A lot of parents tend to saywhen you want to do what you
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want to do, but it's not goingwith what they want, that they
say while you're under my roof,you'll do it my way, and every
time I heard that, i was likeyou know what, i can't wait to
get under my own roof becauseyou know what, if that's what it
takes is my own roof to do itmy way and be free and give me
my own roof.
Jessica Rosario (07:29):
So, so I love that.
I love that you say thatbecause I am an empty nester,
but at a young age, i think,because it was sooner than I
expected.
I see a lot of people that havetheir kids still living at home
and my oldest daughter was like, i think, from the moment she
turned like 12, she was like Ican't wait to have my own place
and being able to just live lifeon her own terms.
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And she's doing just that,which is great, but she still
comes around and she's still,she's always going to be my baby
, you know, but definitely kidsnowadays have that sense of
independence.
So I totally get it.
Totally got it.
Bridgette Simmonds (08:04):
And I felt that way, working like it wasn't
a parent child relationship,clearly, but having a full time
job was just something I thoughtI was supposed to do.
so I just followed that pathlike, oh, what's everybody doing
?
getting a degree, okay, let mego to college and get a full
time job?
okay, what do we do after this?
oh, we get a full time job witha cubicle, oh, okay.
and just following thatconveyor belt of predictability,
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i, when I, when I got to theend of it with the job, i just
felt like this cannot be theonly thing, and the
entrepreneurship and the freedomand flexibility and the
autonomy that came with thatlifestyle was pulling me because
of my you know dislike of whatit felt like incorporate.
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not like anything's wrong withthat.
I feel like it has its placefor people And it was hugely
beneficial for me.
It just didn't align completelywith who I am.
Jessica Rosario (09:00):
I love that.
and let's dive a little bitdeeper on that freedom and
flexibility, because a lot oftimes we crave that right and we
think that the entrepreneurialjourney is the end all be all of
freedom and flexibility.
And we both know very well thatthere are times that even in
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the entrepreneurial journey webecome almost like enslaved to
our business right because we'redoing all the things.
So how would you differentiatethat freedom and flexibility
expectation that you had fromleaving the corporate space to
where you are today?
Bridgette Simmonds (09:41):
Oh my gosh, you said a whole mouthful,
jessica.
So what's funny and justfascinating to me is I read a
book before I left corporate tobecome an entrepreneur, called
the e myth revisited.
Have you read that book before?
Absolutely Yeah, and he talksabout exactly what you just said
, that many people are like I'mgoing to be an entrepreneur So I
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can be free and end up workingway more, way harder than they
did for someone else.
And though I had that knowledgeand this is the key
differentiator between hearingsomething and learning something
logically and embodying itbecause, though I knew that, i
did get swept up and caught upin it and I feel like at first
it's you have this sense ofresponsibility and an a not very
(10:27):
true statement, but it feelstrue at the time that if I'm not
working, i'm not making money.
So there's this underlyingpressure to constantly feel like
you're in motion, and I alsofeel, for me, i was repeating
the same behavior that I didworking in corporate.
If you looked at my calendarand corporate and my calendar
after I became a full time coach, they looked exactly the same.
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I was just seeing differentpeople, and it took me getting
to a space of burnout andoverwhelm and really like why am
I doing?
this I don't feel any more freeand that's what I was after
where I feel like that becomesthe journey of the entrepreneur.
It's less about the businessand the thing that you're
selling And it really is apersonal growth journey and an
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understanding of you and abecoming of yourself.
And it takes sometimes gettinginto a space where it didn't pan
out the way that you thought itcould.
But what's powerful about it tome versus being an employee for
people who resonate with thattype of lifestyle is that you
get to choose a career and, overagain, what it feels like and
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what it looks like.
So once it got overwhelming tome and I'm still in the midst of
it, so don't be fooled.
I haven't completely conqueredthe staffed and packed schedule,
but realizing that it waspainful was a great, great
opportunity to begin to askmyself what does freedom and
flexibility truly mean and looklike and how do I make decisions
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that align with that in mybusiness and in my life?
Jessica Rosario (11:59):
So, very true, it becomes more of an
opportunity of, instead ofchasing freedom and flexibility,
you're almost chasing purpose.
Rather, you know better thananything else that you can
possibly do, and I've been therebecause you know.
As you know, i left thecorporate space to and found
myself in the same position.
My calendar was so full thateven my family members had to
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let me know when was a good timeto call, and it's not a good
feeling right to be able to dothat.
So you said something reallyimportant that resonated with me
, which was becoming of yourself.
Tell me more about that, andwhether it's your personal life
or the experience that you'vehad with your own clients of how
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important that pieces.
Bridgette Simmonds (12:46):
So for myself and for my clients, both
for every human being, i'mgrowing to understand that when
we were born, we have a sense oflimitlessness and fullness,
that if our parents had anunderstanding of that when they
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had children, they would likelyraise children differently.
But most of us just becomeproducts of what and who raised
us and so forth, and then thepattern continues.
So I feel like that's thebeautiful, juicy part of life.
We're born with this knowingand this sense, and if the
outside world, ie our household,doesn't foster that and pull it
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out of us and enhance it, butinstead puts on us expectations
and rules and lets us know asyoung people, oh, that's
acceptable, that's not.
That then forms us into a spacethat may or may not align with
our actual, true nature that wepopped up on the earth with.
So then, when we get out of thehouse and we're under our own
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roof, so to speak, we then getthe opportunity to become And it
really isn't.
It's not a shift or a change.
It's actually a returning towhat you were when you were born
, that before all of the rulesand pressures and expectations
and disappointments andheartbreaks and the things that
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molded you, become what youthink is true That we, the
becoming, is what life is reallyabout And it doesn't have an
endpoint to it.
There's a constant andpersistent unraveling and
discovery of ourselves that,quite frankly, not a lot of
people take full advantage ofthat.
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They get to change their mind,that they get to be.
You know, kids play pretend andone day they're a ballerina and
the next day they're afirefighter.
We get to play that same way.
But oftentimes adulthoodbecomes this space that we feel
we are just stuck What we've.
You know we're too old or stuckdoing what we've always been
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doing and what the family hasalways been doing.
So, yeah, becoming is the cruxof what life is about for me and
for the people.
I work with as a coach.
Jessica Rosario (15:08):
I love that, and you hit it right on the nose
about there's no destination toit, it just you never stop
evolving, and one of the thingsI say when I'm working with
entrepreneurs is where you arenow is not where you'll be a
month from now, three monthsfrom now, six months from now,
because as your vision evolves,your business evolves and you're
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in a constant period of growth,so it never ends.
Bridgette Simmonds (15:36):
Yeah, and not to judge that.
Like I love that you said that,it makes me smile, i think
about.
There's a retreat that I'mplanning for October and it had
one name for the last threeweeks And I talked to my retreat
coordinator curator on Fridayand now it has a whole different
name And I'm like, oh, this isit.
This feels more alive.
And there was part of me thatwanted to judge like, oh man,
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what am I gonna look likeSwitching it up?
And then I'm like, nope, thisis it.
And we get to do that.
We really get to evolve andshift and change and see what
feels right, what doesn't, andrespond to that.
Jessica Rosario (16:11):
Absolutely, absolutely.
What, would you say, is yourbiggest pet peeve?
Bridgette Simmonds (16:20):
Oh man, my biggest pet peeve is stagnation.
Jessica Rosario (16:27):
Tell me more.
Bridgette Simmonds (16:30):
So I'm growing into knowing I don't
always have to be in motion,kind of like our conversation a
few moments ago around justbooked and busy and hustle.
I don't like that And I don'tfeel like it's necessary.
I think rest is luxurious andnecessary and just as powerful
as achievement.
However, stagnation is goingagainst nature to me.
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It are natural want andanything that's living wants to
expand and take up space andgrow.
Even if it seems and appears tobe at rest, it's still in that
space of expansion and growth.
So when someone or even anorganization or unit refuses to
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grow for whatever reason,sometimes it's a fear of the
unknown, sometimes it's whateverit is.
That is one of my biggest petpeeves is not wanting to stretch
and grow and be open-minded orchallenge the status quo, and
understandably so.
Change is uncomfortable.
We love and live for comfort,but if your choice is to remain
(17:41):
stagnant, then oh okay, i'mgonna leave you right where you
are.
It irks me, but I wish thatwasn't the case right now.
Jessica Rosario (17:51):
So good.
It's funny that you say that,because my I have like a little
affirmations thing.
Obviously people can't watch it, but it's right on my desk and
I bought it on Amazon And today,for April 25th, it says once
mined, once stretched by a newidea never regains its original
dimensions.
So it's like right aligned withwhat you're saying and avoiding
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being in that status quo.
You mentioned also resting.
A lot of people can look atresting or even self-care, which
seems to be like the trend, thetopic that everyone talks about
now.
They look at that as As if it'swrong to do, it's wrong to have
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rest, It's wrong to spend alittle self-care time, whatever
that looks like for you.
So what are your thoughtsaround self-care?
Bridgette Simmonds (18:46):
Oh, it's critical.
Like the way I look at it isyourself is what you're using to
drive, whatever you're tryingto drive, and if you don't take
care of that self, then how muchmore can you drive that thing?
It's like a vehicle.
If you don't maintain it andtake it in for its regular
tune-ups and oil changes, orturn it off, park it, if you
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just drove and drove and droveand drove, how long will that
vehicle take you where it needsto go with as much power?
How much can it maximize theuse?
And if your vehicle is yourbody, your physical body, and
you don't take time to maintainit and see to it that it's taken
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care of, how much can youmaximize its use?
So yeah, self-care is critical.
I call it luxuriating.
It's my favorite thing to justlay and stare at the sky And
some people think it's oh, igotta get a massage.
It really is as simple astaking a moment to breathe or
saying no to something that youtruly don't want to do is taking
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care of yourself and payingattention to the signals and
signs that yourself isconstantly giving us, versus
just barreling through them justto get things done.
I think I feel like a lot of us,especially in this generation,
are coming from a generationthat built the country and or
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immigrated to the country And alot of times take on those types
of mantras and beliefs thatthat mentality and that mindset
was needed or at least theythought that was needed and that
type of grit and gotta keepgoing.
Let's not, there's no time torest.
It made sense why that wasrelevant for that time and space
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.
But there comes a point wherewe can question what do I
believe about work and grinding?
What do I believe about rest?
And where did I get that belieffrom And how is it serving me
current day?
Did I just take it on and adoptit because my grandfather was a
hardworking man?
Okay, thank you.
So much gratitude for whatthose people created, our
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ancestors created, as a verybeautiful place for us to be.
But if we're not questioningdriving ourselves into the
ground at what cost, then we'rereally, really missing an
opportunity to really maximizeour power.
Jessica Rosario (21:18):
Do you think that while we were in quarantine
in the last few well, i guesstwo years ago do you think that
self-care became more and moretop of mind?
Bridgette Simmonds (21:29):
Oh yeah, i definitely think it did.
I think that it was one of thegreatest gifts of that time and
space that we lived in, that weall as a collective were on the
go and they're.
It came to a screeching haltand we were forced to just sit
and be.
And I don't necessarily know ifeverybody was able to fully get
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into self-care, especially mydear parents who had to home
school bless their hearts Butfor sure I feel that it created
a space to consider what am Idoing this for, at what cost?
Wow, like I think more peopletook a look at their lives than
they ever, than ever before, andthen they probably would have
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if that did not happen.
Jessica Rosario (22:14):
Right, we were almost like forced to do it.
Well, we were forced to do itAnd a lot of good things came
out of that A lot of family timeconnections and a lot of even
family Zoom calls.
I had some friends that theywere like oh yeah, my family
gets together once a week onZoom And I was like, really,
that's interesting, So beingable to do things differently.
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And another thing was gardeningA lot of people.
Now everything is likehomegrown.
Bridgette Simmonds (22:42):
I love it.
It's like we're returning backto the earth, are you?
Jessica Rosario (22:46):
gardening.
Did you start gardening?
I am not.
I kill everything, But everytime I go somewhere they're like
oh, i've got some peppers andI've got this And I've got.
I'm like oh my.
Bridgette Simmonds (22:54):
God, That is so fun.
Yeah, you and I are exactly thesame.
I cannot.
I can keep dogs alive, butplants are not my jam.
Jessica Rosario (23:02):
Yeah, yeah, me neither, me neither.
So, Bridget, tell me about yourideal client.
Who do you work with And whatdo they struggle with?
Bridgette Simmonds (23:14):
I work with mostly women.
Sometimes some men find me andI'm open to that But mostly
women who crave exactly what Ido, which is freedom,
flexibility and fun.
And I love engaging with thewoman who is powerful.
She's like, at this innerwarrior, goddess inside that
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she's either doled or is trappedin a cage of following what she
thought she was supposed tofollow Get a job, get a degree.
They're climbing, she'sclimbing the corporate ladder.
She, on paper, looks like, oh,she wants for nothing.
She's like living her best life, but there's some part of her
that's inside wants to screambecause it's not her fullness,
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she's not maximizing hertotality of her power And she
really, really craves to own herlife and own her days, whether
that's leaving corporate andgetting into entrepreneurship or
at least becoming a more trueversion of herself.
The way I look at it is thatthere's a lot of powerful,
(24:22):
powerful women who, again, onpaper look incredible but
they're living a lie.
It's what I call.
They're out of alignment.
But I love words and I loveplays on words.
It's alignment, but it'sspelled A-L-I-E alignment And
living in alignment.
(24:44):
They're typically living forvacations and that's the moments
that they feel a little bitfree, but then they return right
back to feeling encapsulated.
They also just our boss ladies,taking care of a lot of people
but not taking the time toreally truly pour into
themselves.
Symptoms of when you're inalignment, living a lie, are
(25:08):
that you may do things to try toquiet that.
Like my thing was eating snacks, love, ice cream, or it might
be shopping, or it could bepouring into others and just
constantly giving and giving andgiving.
Another element is where you maybe now looking for the next
(25:30):
position, but it's really notgonna do anything.
Like it's that momentary, likeokay, i feel like I'm growing,
but it's just the repeat.
Like what they're reallyseeking is true alignment,
spelled properly A-L-I-G andM-E-N-T, where the alignment
just feels like peace, it feelslike love, it feels like there's
(25:52):
a sense of fullness, becausethose women, these women that I
love to work with, they want toleave this earth and this planet
with a sense of legacy And notas though they need to be on the
world stage and be famous, butthey truly desire and deserve,
and what I do when I work withthem is connect them to meaning,
(26:13):
that sense of meaning, the mostpowerful thing that we all have
the ability to create in ourlives.
Jessica Rosario (26:19):
I love that.
I actually had a conversationwith someone recently and we
talked about a misalignment withintegrity and a misalignment
with purpose, And while I wasliving in that, while I was in
my last few years in thecorporate space, I really wasn't
understanding it.
I just knew that somethingdidn't feel good, And one of the
(26:41):
things that I found myself inwas in 2021, I had a lot of
revelations where my intuitionwas screaming Jessica, listen,
Jessica, listen, right.
And I was blocking it, thinkingthat it was just insecurity and
overthinking, which a lot of ustend to do.
(27:01):
And one of the things that, astime has gone on, I've been
doing is really listening to myintuition, following my heart
and being still to really listento what's happening before I
even take action, And sometimesthat causes you to stop for a
(27:24):
moment.
Not every answer has to be adecision right now, at the
moment, but listening to ourintuition and following our
heart has been so important, AndI can see how I love what you
said living in alignment but LIE.
I can see that every day.
Corporate space especiallybecause the more we grow, the
(27:47):
more we think that that nextposition is gonna be the best
thing.
Bridgette Simmonds (27:50):
So Yeah, I was talking to a client last
week and this was the exactconversation.
She was saying okay, i havethis boss.
That's horrible.
Right now I've got a company,that's this beautiful startup,
calling me and I could go thereand I just don't know what to do
.
And I had her do a breathingexercise and exactly what you
(28:11):
said slow down, get silent, withmy support, there, and I took
her through a little exercise,meditation, where she met her
warrior, goddess self in thisvisual, and I said, okay, when
you open your eyes, tell me whatcame up.
She's like I'm not goinganywhere, i cannot do another.
And it was so sure, so powerful, so clear.
(28:33):
She said I will not just jumpto another company and give my
talents, my energy, my gifts toanother space.
It is time for me to stop beingscared and finally start living
my truth.
And I'm like, yes, this isexactly what I do.
Because when we, as women andmen too, are unleashed in a
space of our truth, oh the joythat emanates from that.
(28:57):
And there's so many people thatput on a face, that are in
meetings right now, that arerunning it, and it looks
fantabulous, but inside there'sjust like an ache to be
connected with the truth of whothey truly are, but they either
don't feel like it's possible orare scared to take that next
step.
Another client last week saidto me I feel like I'm in a small
(29:18):
, small room and I can see thehallway right there And I know I
just need to go through thatdoor down that hallway, but that
hallway feels so scary.
Jessica Rosario (29:29):
Goosebumps You're giving me goosebumps,
girl Because it's so real andyou know community is so
important to be able to surroundyourself with the right people.
And as someone you know, i'm acoach and I hire coaches right,
Because we all need a coach inour life.
And I think it's so powerfulwhat we do because you know we
(29:51):
can go to counseling all daylong and deal with trauma, right
.
So counseling really helps usdeal with the past.
Coaching truly helps you withyour future, but really is that
commitment to yourself thathelps you with the now, and a
lot of times it takes a coach tobe able to help you define that
.
So I love what you're doing andI'm so proud of you and excited
(30:12):
to be able to share you with mycommunity.
So tell me, how do you workwith people?
What programs do you haveavailable for someone that would
want to work with you?
Bridgette Simmonds (30:23):
Absolutely So.
There's a couple of differentways I work with people.
One is through my retreat.
That's annual at this point Ithink I may do it a couple more
times That's in a group setting,where we really tap into where
are you currently and thencreate that framework of freedom
for you in a group setting Andthen from that space, i also
(30:44):
work with you in a group to takethat framework that's created
and actually start to live it,and where they're together, step
by step, to really take fullownership, take the limits off
of your life and trulyexperience limitlessness.
Where, like you said, communitymakes all the difference.
And a lot of times, the women Iconnect with, because they're
(31:06):
so powerful, because they'releaders, they're oftentimes the
lone wolf.
I was for so long where, andbecause we can do a lot of
things.
We tend to do a lot of things.
But one of my favorite sayingsis pain shared is pain lessened
or reduced.
And when you are in community,like my group, that we journey
(31:26):
together through the wholeentire year, you can look back
and say, ah, look what we did.
And you have your sisters therecelebrating with you.
For those of my clients whoreally would love just
concentrated time together,there's two ways I do that.
One to one.
One is a VIP day, where we takefour hours, you and me in
person I also do it virtual, butI prefer in person And we
(31:49):
create your entire blueprint forthe next year of your life what
it's going to look like, whatsteps you're going to take and
all of that good stuff.
And then from there, i alsowork with people in my
partnership VIP program, whereit's me and you together all
year long, where I do it withyou, so done for you is my VIP
(32:10):
day me and you just formulatingwhat the plan is.
If you're like, ah, i need yoursupport to execute this plan,
then that's my partnership VIPprogram.
So those are the ways that,ways in which I work with people
for now.
Jessica Rosario (32:22):
I love that, i love that, and where can people
find you?
Bridgette Simmonds (32:24):
You can find me on Instagram at Bridget the
Go Coach.
That's B-R-I-D-G-E-T-T-E the GoCoach, which is inspired by the
Henry David Thoreau quote goconfidently in the direction of
your dreams, live the life youimagined.
And on Facebook, my name,bridget Simmons.
That's S-I-M-M-O-N-D-S.
(32:47):
A little silent D in there,just for fun.
Linkedin same thing, bridgetSimmons.
And then my website,bridgetthegocoachcom.
Jessica Rosario (32:56):
Love that Love that.
So I will be dropping all ofyour links on the show notes and
, of course, on social mediachannels.
So guys feel free to follow herand be in her space, because
you know we all need to connectwith amazing people and
definitely Bridget is one ofthose.
So, before we wrap up, the wayI always end our podcast is
(33:20):
really understanding like a dayin your world and what does
maximizing your day looks liketo you?
Can you share that with ouraudience?
Bridgette Simmonds (33:31):
Absolutely.
First, I want to say thank youso much, Jessica.
This has been so incredibleTime flew chatting with you and
I feel so very grateful andblessed to be here and talking
to you and your audience.
So thank you, thank you Sohonored.
And maximize my day means Ifeel like I'm still that little
girl.
That's like I got my own roof.
(33:52):
I can do whatever I want.
So maximizing my day means I dowhatever I want and I get to
choose.
That is the greatest andsweetest joy to me, that if I
wanted to, today, go lay out bythe pool, my day is maximized.
If I want to serve four peopleone on one in conversations to
(34:16):
watch them maximize their day,my day is maximized.
If I want to take a nap at one,because I can, and curl up with
my puppy Ginger, my day ismaximized.
So it's whatever I choose andthen that freedom, that's
maximized.
That's a maximized day in myworld.
Jessica Rosario (34:35):
I love that.
I love that.
Well, thank you so much forsharing and, as you guys can
hear, everyone has a differentway to maximize their day.
Maximize your time At the endof the day, it's really what
helps you live your life bydesign and live the life of your
dreams, as well as buildingthat business of your dream that
(34:55):
you so much crave.
So thank you for being here.
I hope you guys enjoyed thispodcast and I can wait to share
more at the next show.
Thank you so much, bridget.
Thank you, jessica, as always.
Thank you so much for listeningin.
Don't forget to subscribe tothe show to be notified the
second a new episode is releasedand share with your friends who
(35:18):
you believe could benefit fromlistening.
Contact me at justrosariocomforward slash podcast to share
your feedback, ask question,make topic suggestions or even
be a guest on my show.
You never know if your topicwill be next.
Until next time, maximize yourday and own it.
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