The Bridge to Fulfillment

Blake Schofield is the founder and host of The Bridge to Fulfillment® podcast, mom to three kids, & former corporate executive who got tired of sacrificing her life for a comfortable paycheck. This podcast is designed to change your perspective on what is really possible and help you build a fulfilling career & life on your terms without taking a pay cut or starting over. Have questions or topics you'd love to see covered on the podcast? Email us at [email protected] !

EP277: Life, Career, or Relationship Crossroads? Two Questions Unlock Your Path 04/17/2025

EP277: Life, Career, or Relationship Crossroads? Two Questions Unlock Your Path Are you feeling lost, uncertain, stressed, or anxious about a big decision, and you're not sure which next step to take? Navigating major life, career, and relationship decisions can feel overwhelming. It’s in these turbulent, unsteady, and chaotic times that we’re tasked with choices that will make huge impacts on our lives. Seasons of change are an inevitable part of life. It’s how you approach those changes that makes all the difference. Today on The Bridge to FulfillmentⓇ, Blake discusses the collective season of change many of us are experiencing and the uncertainty that comes with it. Reflecting on whether your current life path aligns with your future goals will help identify misalignments, guiding you towards better decisions that lead to greater fulfillment. In this episode, you’ll learn what it feels like to navigate the uncertainty of big changes and the toll that their weight can have on your life. You’ll hear about the role that misalignment plays in our hesitancy to make choices, and how you can jumpstart the momentum by asking yourself two important questions. With the right strategy and the right support behind you, you can finally create the changes that will lead to more alignment in your life. What You’ll Learn: Our collective season of change (0:46) Why important decisions can’t be rushed (2:11) Two powerful questions to help you gain clarity (3:12) Navigating major decisions strategically (6:08) Partnering with an impartial ally (8:07) Favorite Quotes: “We are in a collective season of change. The last couple months has brought a lot of challenge and chaos to many of us, and now is an opportunity to clear the way and really identify. What is it that we want for our future?” –Blake Schofield “In moments like this, when you're at these types of crossroads, the biggest mistake you can make is rushing to take action just to feel better.” –Blake Schofield “The truth is, the longer you continue to do things that are misaligned, the harder and harder it gets.” –Blake Schofield “If you're navigating a major life, career or relationship decision, it's critical that you actually see the truth clearly, so that you don't risk what you've worked so hard to build.” –Blake Schofield Additional Resources: For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/36187225

EP 276: Successful on Paper but Lost, Drained, or Unfulfilled? 04/03/2025

EP 276: Successful on Paper but Lost, Drained, or Unfulfilled? Are you successful “on paper” but in reality, you’re feeling lost, drained, or unfulfilled? You worked hard to get where you are, but your career success doesn’t feel like it’s ticking all the boxes. When success isn’t making us happy, society can make you feel like that lack of fulfillment is your fault. If you feel like something is missing, then it’s a sign of misalignment…but there is a way out. Today on The Bridge to Fulfillment Ⓡ, Blake shares her personal journey from success on paper to success without sacrifice. Building a successful career and a fulfilling life is possible without taking a paycut or starting over ™. In this episode, you’ll learn how to recognize the signs of misalignment and how to break free from burnout for good. You’ll hear how Blake has helped hundreds of people who’ve felt lost, drained, and unfulfilled find clarity. You’ll learn how to make lasting changes and create meaningful impact in your life and career. What You’ll Learn: Why success on paper doesn’t alway equal happiness (0:38) Recognizing the signs of misalignment (2:19) What you need to know if you’re feeling trapped (3:50) Shifting from misalignment to clarity (6:04) The first step to creating change (6:35) Favorite Quotes: "You already have everything that you need inside of you to create the type of fulfilling career in life that you want. You just need clarity to be able to truly see and understand that and a strategic path where you can create that change with less resistance, more ease and less risk." “In a world where most people are unfulfilled in their career, where society tells us that we have to sacrifice or hustle and grind in order to have success, it becomes really easy to believe that maybe we are the problem.” “I have seen is a consistent pattern of incredibly talented high achievers who have gotten locked into a box that they don't belong in, who haven't been surrounded by the right people who could help them solve this problem, and who begin to slowly die in careers and lives that don't really feel right and they don't know what to do about it.” “If we still feel lost, drained, or unfulfilled, these are not signs that something is wrong with us. They're actually signs and symptoms of misalignment in our lives.” Additional Resources: For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/35978260

EP 275: Protect Your Energy & Reclaim Your Life 03/20/2025

EP 275: Protect Your Energy & Reclaim Your Life We've been told that time is our most valuable resource. But what if we've been focusing on the wrong currency all along? The truth is that we have a resource far more important than time. It’s our energy that actually determines what we accomplish – and how we feel doing it. The breakthrough comes when we stop asking "Do I have time?" and start asking "Where is my energy going?" Today on The Bridge to Fulfillment®, Blake challenges the belief that time is our most valuable resource. She reveals why energy is a far more valuable asset, and shares how you can begin to align your energy with your goals to gain better focus and more clarity. In this episode, you’ll learn why time and money can’t solve the root issues of feeling depleted or unfocused. You’ll start to understand your personal energy fingerprint and how to apply sharper focus to the things that truly matter to you. You’ll also learn a simple exercise to pinpoint how your energy reserves are being spent so you can start to unravel the lies that are keeping you stuck. If you’re ready to start protecting your most valuable resource to reclaim your life, then this episode is for you. What You’ll Learn: Why energy is more important than time (0:50) Our energy expenditure is personal (2:26) Signs that you’re not using your energy properly (3:00) An easy way to start gaining traction in your life (4:02) The lies that keep you trapped (5:05) Favorite Quotes: “Most of us are unaware of how we're using our energy, the things that are giving us energy or draining energy, and whether we are appropriately focusing our energy on the things that will be most meaningful and most impactful.” “Each one of us is individually wired uniquely in terms of how to best use and leverage our energy to create results.” “By becoming more aware of where your focus is and where you're placing your energy, you can begin to see areas that are actually giving you life, giving you more passion, more energy, more focus, more impact. And you can also see the areas in your life that are draining you and pulling you away from what it is that you want.” “You have so much more power to create change in your life than you believe.” Additional Resources: For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/35742355

EP 274: What If What You Believe Isn’t True? 03/06/2025

EP 274: What If What You Believe Isn’t True? What if the story you've been telling yourself is THE THING that’s holding you back? Our brains create narratives to make sense of experiences, but often, these stories are inaccurate. By accepting our internal stories as absolute truth, we remain stuck, surrounded by the same perspectives that will only continue to hold us back. When we start to challenge these assumptions, it helps us begin to break free from limiting beliefs and uncover new possibilities that help foster a deeper understanding of ourselves and clear the path toward personal transformation. Today on The Bridge to Fulfillment®, Blake challenges you to examine your beliefs and question whether the stories you tell yourself are the truth. By challenging assumptions and embracing self-awareness, you can break free from limiting beliefs, see new opportunities, and rewrite the stories that define you. In this episode, you’ll learn about the impact that personal narratives have on our lives and the importance of questioning their truth. You’ll learn how personal growth strategies like expanding your circle can help provide new perspectives, build deeper connections, and foster compassion. You’ll learn how to start questioning your narrative and understand the powerful effect this mindset shift can have on your life, relationships, and career. What You’ll Learn: The lies our brain tells us (1:03) How to stimulate personal growth (3:08) Why we can feel like the world is a challenging place (5:56) How to determine if your brain is telling you the truth (8:11) The powerful ripple effect of challenging your beliefs (9:58) Favorite Quotes: “One of the biggest risks in our lives are the stories that we believe are true, that just aren't.” –Blake “When we grow up in families that focus on achievements or what other people think, ultimately, we end up looking externally for the answers." –Blake “We aren't alone, we aren't broken, and nothing is wrong with us. We have an opportunity to truly become the people that we feel called to be.” –Blake “I've really come to learn and understand how fantastic our brain is at coming up with stories, and how often those stories are wrong." –Blake Additional Resources: For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/35544415

EP 273: Tiny Experiments, BIG Breakthroughs with Guest Expert Anne-Laure Le Cunff 02/20/2025

EP 273: Tiny Experiments, BIG Breakthroughs with Guest Expert Anne-Laure Le Cunff Is the fear of uncertainty keeping you stuck? Feeling drained or unfulfilled isn’t a personal weakness. It’s a sign that you’re operating on outdated scripts, following paths that no longer serve you. But breaking free doesn’t require a massive leap… just a tiny experiment. Today on The Bridge to Fulfillment®, Blake welcomes Anne-Laure Le Cunff. She is a neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and writer and is the founder of Ness Labs. She explores evidence-based methods for people to make the most of their minds, navigate uncertainty, and practice lifelong learning. Her work has been featured in peer-reviewed academic journals and mainstream publications such as WIRED, Forbes, Rolling Stone, Fortune, Entrepreneur, and more. In this episode, you’ll learn how to embrace uncertainty through times of transition. You’ll hear how “tiny experiments” can help you break free from cognitive scripts and build self-confidence. You’ll also learn how to schedule in time for curiosity and exploration so that you can start making small, incremental changes that will eventually help you achieve true personal and professional fulfillment. What You’ll Learn: Anne-Laure’s personal journey through experimentation (3:12) Why we should treat struggles and burnout as signals for change (13:23) Embracing uncertainty rather than looking for answers (20:06) "Tiny experiments" to progressively build self-confidence (28:10) Focusing on learning rather than success or failure (40:10) Favorite Quotes: "It's really about starting small and just trying to do something different, maybe something that goes against what advice you would get from friends or from your employer, and seeing that the world doesn't end." –Anne-Laure Le Cunff "It's really about progressively building that self-confidence through cycles of experimentation, instead of trying to make the big change straight away." –Anne-Laure Le Cunff “When I began to realize that [experimentation] was the only way to get what it is that I wanted, it really helped me learn to embrace that uncertainty and to recognize that uncertainty was actually the gift.” –Blake Schofield "As long as you learn something new, that's success." –Anne-Laure Le Cunff “The things that we're experiencing are actually signs and symptoms that our life is in misalignment. They are warning signs. But because we're surrounded by other people experiencing the same thing, our brain will pattern match and say, nothing's wrong with me." –Blake Schofield Additional Resources: Connect with Anne-Laure Le Cunff: For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/35353530

EP 272: Cultivating Confidence 02/06/2025

EP 272: Cultivating Confidence When your gut tells you something, do you listen or do you tend to push those feelings aside? Intuition is your inner compass, but too often, we ignore those important signals- and that could be the very thing that’s holding you back from the life you want to create. Today on The Bridge to Fulfillment®, Blake explains why learning to trust your intuition is one of the fastest and most impactful ways to create the life that you want. She shares one simple thing you can do today to unlock your inner confidence. In this episode, you’ll learn why so many of us lack confidence, and how societal conditioning and parenting paradigms have taught us to ignore how we feel. You’ll understand how that follows us into adulthood, resulting in a lack of confidence and self-gaslighting. You’ll learn the simple prompt that will help you start trusting your gut right now so you can cultivate more self-confidence and create a life of ease. What You’ll Learn: Why we lack confidence (2:46) Ignoring the evidence of your intuition (7:11) How a lack of self-trust manifests into adulthood (8:37) Listening to your intuition (9:38) Letting your inner compass guide you (11:20) Favorite Quotes: "Your brain can only process about 25% of the stimulus that you are getting... the remaining 75% your brain literally does not know about. So when you override your intuition, you are ignoring 75% of the evidence that you are being given." –Blake Schofield “Life is always working for you. It's always working for your advantage. The challenge is we often are misinterpreting or overriding the lessons we're being shown.” –Blake "Building confidence in yourself and your own decision making and your own intuition is one of the fastest and most impactful ways to be able to create the life that you want." –Blake Schofield “True confidence doesn’t come from your identity in a job or relationship or parenting. It comes from being able to trust yourself and your decisions and know that you are creating the life and the career that you want.” –Blake Schofield Additional Resources: For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/35148635

EP 271: Solve Any Challenge with This Simple Question 01/23/2025

EP 270: How Your Network Shapes Your Success with Guest Expert Anne Marie Anderson 01/09/2025

EP 270: How Your Network Shapes Your Success with Guest Expert Anne Marie Anderson The people we surround ourselves with can either help or hinder our success in life. They’re the ones who provide support and offer words of encouragement when we need it. And they’re not afraid to challenge us when we’re stuck. Our support system helps us see our strengths and acknowledge our weaknesses because they know that true growth comes from action, not perfection. Today on The Bridge to Fulfillment Ⓡ, Blake welcomes Anne Marie Anderson, a three-time Emmy Award-winning broadcaster, keynote speaker and author. Taking bold moves in her career has helped her become one of the most experienced female play-by-play announcers in the country. Her book, Cultivating Audacity, shares how she found her “front row” support system and thus, gained the confidence to create change and ultimately, find true growth and success. In this episode, you’ll learn the importance of bolstering your support system and investing in yourself. You’ll hear how cultivating audacity and aligning with your values can help you overcome fear and doubt. What You’ll Learn: (7:31) Being held back by fear (13:42) Claiming your audacity (18:37) The value of investing in yourself (25:26) Knowing who’s in your front row (37:27) What changes when you take control of your life Favorite Quotes: “Audacity is in the action, not in the outcome.” –Anne Marie Anderson "Don't expect to eliminate your barriers. You're never going to conquer fear or own time, but you can learn to manage it and work with it once you're aware of how it's affecting you." –Anne Marie Anderson "I had to learn how to invest in myself and how to only take advice from people who had achieved what I wanted to achieve." –Blake Schofield “The big problem, I think, for a lot of people is they don't want to put a voice to it. They're afraid to say aloud what it is they want.” –Anne Marie Anderson Additional Resources: Buy the book: Sign up for book updates: LinkedIn: Instagram: /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/34783290

EP 269: Busyness Isn’t a Badge–It’s a Warning 12/26/2024

EP 269: Busyness Isn’t a Badge–It’s a Warning Does “the most wonderful time of the year” feel less like a holiday and more like overwhelm? Feeling stressed or anxious during the holidays is unfortunately all too common. But busyness isn’t a badge–It’s a warning that something needs to give. Today on The Bridge to Fulfillment Ⓡ, Blake shares the importance of recognizing that busyness is not a badge of honor but rather a warning sign that stress and overwhelm are taking over. By shifting existing belief systems, you can start to reduce stress and achieve personal growth. In this episode, you’ll learn how to identify the sources of stress in your life and truly understand which systems are contributing to your overwhelm. You’ll learn how to overcome busyness through small, actionable steps and create necessary boundaries so that you can begin to prioritize what truly matters. What You’ll Learn: Challenging conventional wisdom by confronting busyness (0:33) Why tactics and boundaries alone won’t create real change (4:16) Identifying the core belief that’s holding you hostage (5:07) Actionable steps to shift your behaviors (5:55) A real-world example of how this works (9:09) Favorite Quotes: “How you do one thing is how you do everything. Meaning whatever the belief systems are tied to some of the problems going on in your life, I can promise you that they're tied to multiple problems going on in your life.” “Change happens through a series of small steps. But when you actually can address these things at a deeper root, change happens exponentially.” “Our fear is if we stop doing so much, we'll be seen or judged as lazy. We won't be able to produce the same types of results we've produced in our career... And it is those fears unexamined that steal our joy, that steal our impact, that steal our presence.” “When we can start to see that our view of things is limited, that we have blind spots, that maybe we're creating our own stress and anxiety, that maybe the things that we really care about aren't as critical for somebody else, the weight can begin to be lifted.” Additional Resources: For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/34624545

EP 268: Thrive Through Challenge & Change with Guest Expert Mark Black 12/12/2024

EP 268: Thrive Through Challenge & Change with Guest Expert Mark Black If fear and uncertainty are holding you back from making the changes you want in life, then there’s only one hurdle you need to overcome. Yourself. For most of us, the limitations we create are self-inflicted. They are merely perceptions that can be overcome by making one simple change. Make the decision that you CAN. No matter what your unique challenges are, the key is to simply make the decision that you CAN overcome limitations, that you CAN push past your limits, and that you CAN build resilience. And if you think it can’t be done, then today’s guest has a message for you. Today on The Bridge to FulfillmentⓇ, Blake welcomes Mark Black. He is a resilience expert, coach, and author. His impressive feats of having survived a heart and double-lung transplant and the subsequent completion of 4 marathons are an inspiration to embrace possibility. In this episode, you’ll learn how to flip the script of your limiting beliefs and begin to look at what is still possible versus what you think you can't do. You’ll learn how to push the limits rather than believe your assumptions. You’ll also hear how to begin to embrace the inevitability of change earlier in the process so that you can reap the highest rewards. “Whether you think you can, or you think you can't – you're right.” –Henry Ford What You’ll Learn: (6:29) How Mark learned early in life to build resilience (13:01) Pushing beyond the fear to take a leap of faith (17:44) The opportunity cost of waiting for change to happen (23:40) What you can learn from his life experience (30:35) The real power that coaching provides Favorite Quotes: “Everybody's got stuff. Somebody else's stuff is different than yours. But that's not the reason why you can't. It just means you have to adapt in different ways to deal with it.” –Mark Black “Most people don't achieve the happiness, fulfillment, joy, peace of mind balance that they want for their life because of the things that they believe are true that actually aren't.” –Blake “There really are far deeper levels of things that sometimes we struggle to see because we don't want to admit that where we are maybe isn't where we really want to be. But when you can really be honest with yourself about that, that's where the power really lies.” –Blake “What am I showing my kids that a career should look like? What am I showing them that adult life should look like? Do I want to show them that being an adult means slogging my way through something that I hate so that I can pay bills because that's what adulthood is? Or do I want to show them that valuing my own thriving is important because that's going to make me a better human, which makes me a better parent, which helps them?” –Mark Black “Most of us are far more limited by our perception than we are by our ability or our capacity. ” –Mark Black Additional Resources: Web: Facebook: Instagram: LinkedIn: Get clarity on where you are on your journey to career fulfillment, where you’re headed, optional paths to get there, and the right next step to take. Start your complimentary, Personalized Career Fulfillment Plan by going to For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/34371285

EP 267: From People-pleasing to Sharing Your Truth Without Fear with Guest Expert Amy Green Smith 11/28/2024

EP 267: From People-pleasing to Sharing Your Truth Without Fear with Guest Expert Amy Green Smith Do you struggle to speak up and say how you truly feel in difficult situations? Staying silent or feeling a sense of fear about speaking up doesn’t allow you to show up as your authentic self. While holding back your truth can help you feel accepted, it can also be damaging to your self-worth, hiding your authenticity when it matters most. But there IS a way to stand in your truth without damaging your relationships. Today on The Bridge to FulfillmentⓇ, Blake welcomes Amy Green Smith. She is a certified life coach, speaker, and personal empowerment expert. Through her work, she helps people transform from people-pleasing to a place of radical personal empowerment and self-worth. In this episode, you’ll learn how to shift from people-pleasing behaviors into speaking your truth with respect. You’ll hear boundary recipes that will help you overcome self-doubt and conquer the fear of rejection. You’ll learn how to find your voice and speak your truth through fearless, authentic communication. Speaking up doesn't have to be confrontational. It’s possible to share difficult truths with grace. What You’ll Learn: What we’re taught about acceptance (6:27) Looking to current relationships to heal past wounds (12:36) Determining when your fear is legitimate (21:49) What it looks like to be authentic in the moment (29:41) How to ask for what you need: a boundary recipe (38:31) Favorite Quotes: “We often think our experience is just our own, but very rarely are we actually alone.” –Blake “When we're talking about finding our voice or speaking up, almost always antithetical to that, is that investment in what other people think- that people pleasing.” –Amy Green Smith “Your bullshit tolerance starts to get lower and lower once you realize, like, oh, I should not be spoken to in that way.” –Amy Green Smith “That's often why we end up as people-pleasers, because we see things differently than the people around us, and we're told that we are wrong or not okay, or we should be compliant. And as a result of that, we lose connection with our inner compass.” –Blake “People feel safer with you if they know where you stand and where they stand with you.” –Amy Green Smith Additional Resources: Connect with Amy Green Smith: Website: Freebies: Social: Get clarity on where you are on your journey to career fulfillment, where you’re headed, optional paths to get there, and the right next step to take. Start your complimentary, Personalized Career Fulfillment Plan by going to For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/34167440

EP 266: When What You've Been Doing No Longer Makes You Happy 11/14/2024

EP 266: When What You've Been Doing No Longer Makes You Happy Is your work no longer making you happy? Are you ready for something to change but unsure what the right next step should be? Making a career change, especially when everything looks great on paper, can feel like a huge challenge (even more so when it feels like you’re doing it alone). But this unsettling feeling you’re experiencing can actually be a gift, nudging you to transition with intention because that’s the only path to fulfillment that will put YOUR values first. Today on The Bridge to FulfillmentⓇ, Blake shares the most effective way to navigate a crossroads in your life and career. In this episode, you’ll learn how to use this season of transition as an opportunity to avoid career burnout before it happens, identify your unique secret sauce transferrable skills™, and start creating the life you’ve always wanted. You’ll learn why what you’ve been doing hasn’t produced results, and what you can do right now to finally get things moving in the right direction. What You’ll Learn: Two approaches to making a transition (1:09) The place most people get stuck (3:20) The biggest challenge we face when seeking change (5:15) Why you’re not gaining more clarity (7:30) The moment “more” becomes possible (11:48) Favorite Quotes: “This is where so many of us get stuck: we're making these changes, or we're trying to get clarity, we're reading the books, we're changing jobs, we are having these conversations, and they're not moving us forward.” “When we lack clarity, we believe that the answer lies externally, in our circumstances, in somebody's book and somebody else's journey. And I want you to know that that's just not true. The answer is always internal. It's inside of you.” “We often believe clarity has to be difficult, hard and painful to get. But that's just not true. It's our approach that is difficult, hard and painful.” “It's all possible, but it's only possible when we look at our circumstances and recognize where I am today is not the life I want to be repeating, and I'm done just tolerating what I have I want more.” Additional Resources: Get clarity on where you are on your journey to career fulfillment, where you’re headed, optional paths to get there, and the right next step to take. Start your complimentary, Personalized Career Fulfillment Plan by going to For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/33911632

EP 265: Simple Steps to Start Enjoying Work Now with Guest Expert Jason Silver Smith 10/31/2024

EP 265: Simple Steps to Start Enjoying Work Now with Guest Expert Jason Silver Smith Are you feeling stuck in your career? Does it seem like finding real fulfillment requires a massive change? It can be easy to think that change has to mean overhauling your entire career, when in fact, there are small shifts we can make to unlock progress that leads to more career satisfaction, helping you identify what’s really holding you back from happiness and recognizing your true potential. Today on The Bridge to Fulfillment Ⓡ, Blake welcomes Jason Silver Smith, author of the book, Your Grass is Greener. He’s an entrepreneur who got his start at Airbnb, and today he helps leaders build great, lasting companies that people actually enjoy working for. He’s a sought-after public speaker, instructor, and advisor on how to transform work into one of the biggest drivers of positivity in your life. In this episode, Jason shares how the unexpected loss of his sister led to a transformation in how he wanted to live and work. You’ll learn practical tactics that can eliminate miscommunication in the workplace for good. You’ll also learn how aligning work with personal strengths helps unlock career potential, increase workplace productivity, and lead to more workplace happiness. What You’ll Learn: How a life-altering experience shifted his perspective (8:57) Experiencing post-traumatic growth (14:06) Tactics to find more joy in the work you do (18:41) Recognizing your agency in life and work (29:38) Why real change is about the small steps we take (39:34) Favorite Quotes: “The hardest moments of our life often become incredible blessings that we didn't see in other ways.” –Blake “There is no job, no career, ever worth your health or ever worth your life.” –Blake “When things are going really well at work, it spills over into the rest of your life. You have more energy. You're fired up for what's happening in life. And the better you feel in life, the better you do at your job. And up and up and up and up and up we go.” –Jason Silver Smith “If you don't know what you're great at, it's hard to know how to deploy that in a workplace setting. And when you're not doing what you're great at, you're not doing the best work, and you're not enjoying it.” –Jason Silver Smith “When we accomplish something incredible in our lives, it's usually not some massive shift that happened overnight. It's usually the culmination of a bunch of small steps we took over time.” –Jason Silver Smith Additional Resources: Connect with Jason: : http://www.yourgrassisgreener.com : http://www.thejasonsilver.com : http://www.thejasonsilver.com/newsletter : https://www.linkedin.com/in/silverjay/ Get clarity on where you are on your journey to career fulfillment, where you’re headed, optional paths to get there, and the right next step to take. Start your complimentary, Personalized Career Fulfillment Plan by going to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/33680407

EP 264: Challenging Boss or Coworker? Here’s What to Do 10/17/2024

EP 264: Challenging Boss or Coworker? Here’s What to Do Do you often come home from work feeling emotionally drained from dealing with a toxic boss or a challenging work relationship? Just making it through the workday under these circumstances can feel like an accomplishment, but the truth is that over time, a toxic workplace will wear you down. “Life is teaching us lessons, and we will keep getting that lesson over and over and over again until we learn it. It first starts as a whisper, then a knock, then a bang on the door, and then the whole damn thing will come down.” Today on The Bridge to Fulfillment Ⓡ, Blake digs into the most common issues people experience in challenging workplace relationships, sharing strategies to help you reduce stress and identify the right next steps to take. In this episode, you’ll learn how to come to terms with the reality of a challenging boss, co-worker, or team member in your workplace. You’ll learn how the constant exposure to toxicity and fear leads to self-doubt, and ultimately trauma. You’ll learn how to identify these patterns and make empowered choices that will help you protect your reputation and gain peace of mind. What You’ll Learn: Common workplace patterns that lead to self-doubt (1:10) Existing in a fear-based work environment (2:13) How to start removing toxic people from your life (5:29) Understanding your values and finding alignment (9:00) Identifying the characteristics of poor leadership (10:52) Favorite Quotes: “If you stay in toxic circumstances or situations and either attempt to somehow make it work, avoid the conflict, or start blaming yourself… all of these are signs that you've had trauma.” –Blake Schofield “It can become easy to get into a culture where people complain about work or complain about coworkers. All that does is create more toxicity.” –Blake Schofield “When you value yourself, understand those healthy communication styles and how to vet leadership and organizations in a way that is supportive and aligned with that, you will no longer continue to suffer these issues.” –Blake Schofield “There are healthy companies and there are toxic companies. There are companies who really empower people to learn how to collaborate, resolve conflict, and work together, and there are companies that do the opposite. Fear-based companies only care about how you perform. They don't care about what that environment actually looks like for their employees.” –Blake Schofield Additional Resources: Get clarity on where you are on your journey to career fulfillment, where you’re headed, optional paths to get there, and the right next step to take. Start your complimentary, Personalized Career Fulfillment Plan by going to For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/33483107

EP 263: The Truth About Procrastination: What Your Resistance Is Really Telling You with Guest Expert Elyssa Smith 10/03/2024

EP 263: The Truth About Procrastination: What Your Resistance Is Really Telling You with Guest Expert Elyssa Smith Are you a people pleaser with a high tolerance for handling what life throws at you? Do you pride yourself on your deep empathy for others, often procrastinating on what’s important to you? If perfectionism and procrastination feel like inescapable parts of your life, then life is trying to tell you something. Procrastination isn’t a flaw. It is a signal that’s urging you to dig deeper into your underlying fears, recognize what’s misaligned, and identify what doesn’t feel safe. Today on The Bridge to FulfillmentⓇ, Blake welcomes Elyssa Smith, a trauma-informed life strategist who helps people understand the brain science behind self-sabotage. She’s the founder of and creator of the Ultimate Self-Regulation Method. Her work empowers women to overcome self-sabotage and trauma and break free from procrastination, people-pleasing, and overwhelm. In this episode, you’ll learn how trauma from our past influences behaviors like procrastination and perfectionism. You’ll begin to understand the two types of pain, identifying the kind that strengthens versus the kind that injures, and why knowing which is which is critical for growth. You’ll gain a fresh perspective on why you might be feeling stuck and how you can finally break free by addressing what feels unsafe. If you’re a high achiever who often pushes yourself into burnout, these actionable strategies will help you shift from survival mode to a place of thriving. What You’ll Learn: Identifying when people pleasing is helpful versus harmful (8:11) The build-up of ‘shoulds’ that keep us stuck (15:03) Pain and our fear of failure (25:32) Big and ‘Tiny T’ traumas that influence our patterns in life (35:25) Working through procrastination (43:13) Favorite Quotes: “I think often we've been rewarded for focusing on everyone else, and in some cases, made to believe that it's selfish to take care of yourself.” –Blake “Helping that's harmful is helping that is at your expense. There's something to be said for sacrificing for other people, but if it's a lifestyle, that's where you get into burnout. That's where you get into resentment.” –Elyssa Smith “The vast majority of our stress, anxiety, and our problems are not circumstantial. It's not the toxic boss or the environment. It's whatever belief systems, patterns, etc, that we are dealing with that are creating that anxiety.” –Blake “We have this special switch that we can turn on or off that's like, ‘I will tolerate more than is reasonable for no good reason’. So I had to find that switch, and I had to turn it off and say, No, babe, we don't need to do that.” –Elyssa Smith “The path of gentleness is sort of paved with a fear of failure. And the fear of failure is what the pain of strengthening looks like.” –Elyssa Smith “If those are your answers, work harder, be better, do more, you know that that is the pain that injures. If the kind of hard work you have to do is face your fears, that's the pain that causes resilience.” –Elyssa Smith Connect with Elyssa Smith: The Stress Less Lounge FB group: --------- Additional Resources: Get clarity on where you are on your journey to career fulfillment, where you’re headed, optional paths to get there, and the right next step to take. Start your complimentary, Personalized Career Fulfillment Plan by going to For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/33294712

EP 262: Gaining Clarity on Her Value Created Confidence & an Intentional Career Approach (Molly’s Story) 09/19/2024

EP 262: Gaining Clarity on Her Value Created Confidence & an Intentional Career Approach (Molly’s Story) How intentional have you been in your career? It’s easy to get caught up in climbing the ladder and accept what comes to us, but the truth is that we have more influence than we often realize. When you gain clarity on what your values are, you develop a deeper understanding of what you bring to the table so that you can confidently leverage your skills. Today on The Bridge to FulfillmentⓇ, Blake welcomes her client Molly to share how the program helped her get intentional about what she truly wanted in her career. This led to greater empowerment in her job search as she became an equal partner in the process of her career development. In this episode, you’ll learn how to stop shifting from job to job and start digging deeper to leverage your secret sauce transferrable skills ™ and find a more fulfilling, values-based career. You’ll hear how Molly learned to approach job opportunities from a place of power, setting clear expectations that enabled her to create a fulfilling career that doesn’t require sacrifices in her personal life or well-being. You’ll also hear how getting more in tune with her team and recognizing their values helped her develop better leadership skills and gain more confidence. What You’ll Learn: How coaching helps you see more possibilities (5:31) Digging deeper to gain real clarity about what you want in life (8:14) Why it’s not always about making big changes (15:14) Telltale signs that things aren’t ok (22:03) Developing the skill of awareness (27:44) Favorite Quotes: “I hadn't yet created the space to really take an intentional look to say what I actually want.” –Molly “It's hard to reach insights on your own, doing the same things, talking to the same people, or going through the same process. And so just to have an opportunity for someone else to come in and create a space and guide and challenge is really enlightening.” -–Molly “Those of us who are servant leaders often put all of our energy externally, not really realizing that the investment in ourselves enables us to create far better outcomes for everyone else and ourselves.” –Blake “A huge part of feeling the stress and anxiety of a job actually isn't the job. It's the amount of pressure and lack of comfort that you feel in admitting the things you don't know or asking for help.” –Blake Additional Resources: Get clarity on where you are on your journey to career fulfillment, where you’re headed, optional paths to get there, and the right next step to take. Start your complimentary, Personalized Career Fulfillment Plan by going to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/33094492

EP 261: How to Respectfully Disagree with Guest Expert Justin Jones-Fosu 09/05/2024

EP 261: How to Respectfully Disagree with Guest Expert Justin Jones-Fosu Are there times when people say things that you completely disagree with, but you don’t know how to express your thoughts or feelings without ending up in an argument? In a world that feels so divided, especially during an election year, it’s more important than ever to learn how to navigate difficult conversations. When handled respectfully, disagreements can become building blocks toward more compassion and a greater understanding of our shared humanity. Today on The Bridge to FulfillmentⓇ, Blake welcomes Justin Jones-Fosu. He’s the CEO of Work. Meaningful. as well as an international speaker, a social entrepreneur, and the critically acclaimed author of I Respectfully Disagree. His book challenges you to focus on building bridges to people rather than barriers from them. In this episode, you’ll learn how to experience disagreements in a way that fosters personal growth and empathy by humanizing the process. You’ll hear actionable ways to engage with people you may not agree with, and learn how to gracefully navigate opposing perspectives in a divided world. What You’ll Learn: How his mom inspired his life’s mission (4:02) An actionable way to engage more openly and challenge your perspective (12:50) What makes it so hard for people to learn from each other (17:02) Pillars for having respectful disagreement (23:38) How to cultivate your curiosity (35:52) Favorite Quotes: “We can vehemently disagree with someone's ideology and yet still passionately pursue their humanity.” –Justin Jones-Fosu “Recognize your own personal discomfort because that's usually why we aren't open at first. We think, ‘Oh, I don't know anyone. I'm uncomfortable. I don't know what to say, I don't know what to do’. And if we stay stuck in that, we miss the gift of all of the beauty of the things that we can learn.” –Blake “We encourage people in those moments of discomfort to remind themselves of areas where they used to be uncomfortable and that they've grown more comfortable with the discomfort. That's the power of moving forward.” –Justin Jones-Fosu “Even when we are closed-minded, we should always be open-hearted.” –Justin Jones-Fosu “When I gave myself compassion, I could show up more clearly and give others compassion.” –Blake Connect with Justin Jones-Fosu: Book excerpt: LinkedIn: Book: Additional Resources: Get clarity on where you are on your journey to career fulfillment, where you’re headed, optional paths to get there, and the right next step to take. Start your complimentary, Personalized Career Fulfillment Plan by going to For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/32901642

EP 260: A Simple Shift to Create Positive Momentum 08/22/2024

EP 260: A Simple Shift to Create Positive Momentum Do you feel like the world is hopeless, crumbling around you, and full of negativity? Today’s media landscape can make the world seem like a scary place. But the reality is not so lopsided. There’s an abundance of positivity happening in the world. It just doesn’t make the news. Today on The Bridge to FulfillmentⓇ, Blake shares how the negativity bias of the media we consume can easily drag us down, affecting how we see the world and how we feel about our lives. In this episode, you’ll learn how to start paying more attention to the input you’re receiving and exposing yourself to. Whether it’s social media or the nightly news, these outlets have a bias toward negativity and a lasting effect that, over time, distorts our view of the world. You’ll hear about a simple way to shift your habits that will almost effortlessly create more positive momentum in your life. What You’ll Learn: Noticing the input you’re exposing yourself to (0:47) The lasting impact of negative media (1:47) How the media distorts our view of the world (2:31) A simple shift to create more positive momentum in your life (3:57) Journaling your way to a more joyful life (5:32) Favorite Quotes: “There's so much negativity in the world, and it becomes really easy when you're starting to listen to that, to believe that you're seeing the entirety of truth, when, in fact, you really aren't. You're seeing something that's very jaded in one direction. It's sensational.” “I'm no longer consuming things that create negativity, fear, doubt, anxiety or worry that I'm not going to do anything about. Instead, I'm focusing my energy on positive things that move me forward, things that I care about, that I can actually take action on to do something good for the world. And the difference is astounding.” “A very simple shift you can make to get positive momentum in your life is to look at, what are the inputs, what are the relationships I have, and are those people actually breathing life into my life?” “When things become more divisive, when social media becomes louder, when the news really wants to sensationalize even more things, it can become really easy if you allow those things in your life to begin to believe that we are us versus them divided. That all these terrible things are happening in the world when you're missing all of the amazing things that are actually showing up on a day-to-day basis.” Additional Resources: Get clarity on where you are on your journey to career fulfillment, where you’re headed, optional paths to get there, and the right next step to take. Start your complimentary, Personalized Career Fulfillment Plan by going to For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/32671972

EP 259: Unlock the Power of Your Mind with Guest Expert Brent Webb 08/08/2024

EP 259: Unlock the Power of Your Mind with Guest Expert Brent Webb Do you wish you could overcome the challenges in your life and achieve the peace you’ve been longing for? To activate change, you first have to understand your existing belief system so you can clear the windshield of your past experiences. When we’re able to deactivate the generational programming we receive throughout our lives, we learn to better manage our thoughts and emotions using our greatest tool…the power of the mind. Today on The Bridge to FulfillmentⓇ, Blake welcomes Brent Webb. Brent is an acclaimed mind power expert and personal development leader, having created seminars and training programs for Fortune 500 corporations including Google, Ford Motor Company, Nabisco, and Hilton Hotels. In this episode, you’ll learn why mind power is the key to unlocking your life’s potential. You’ll hear how to shift your mindset and achieve your goals through meditation and journaling. You’ll learn what successful people understand about the power of the mind, how they use it to find happiness, and how you can, too. When you accept personal responsibility for your thoughts and actions, you can regain power over your mind and begin to experience the happiness you deserve, right now. What You’ll Learn: What to know about your mind and your capacity for change (9:21) Accepting reality without filtering it through past experiences (17:22) Putting your worries about life’s difficulties into perspective (29:44) Mind hacks to help you reclaim your life force (45:29) Embracing the wholeness of the soul experience (57:42) Favorite Quotes: “If you actually stopped and listened to what you're saying to yourself, you would realize that's just part of being human. You're not alone, and there's nothing wrong with you.” –Blake “We are always seeing reality through the lens of our past.” –Brent Webb “40% of the time during the day, you're in the future, worried about all the things that are going to happen, stressing yourself out, getting anxiety, and literally making yourself sick. That's what everybody does. Disease is dis-ease. You're not at ease with yourself. You're creating this.” –Brent Webb “I don't believe that any of us can see the totality, but we can benefit from recognizing that we don't.” –Blake “You have to know that life does not have to be hard. We think that in order to achieve success, you have to work hard, struggle, and go through all these failures. It doesn’t have to be that way.” –Brent Webb Additional Resources: Connect with Brent Webb: Free Meditation Journal and Starter Kit: Get clarity on where you are on your journey to career fulfillment, where you’re headed, optional paths to get there, and the right next step to take. Start your complimentary, Personalized Career Fulfillment Plan by going to For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/32489957

EP 258: When It's Not Your Fault 07/25/2024

EP 258: When It's Not Your Fault When was the last time you were wronged, disappointed by someone, or taken advantage of? It’s natural when something bad happens to us to want to lay blame. We want to pin the fault on someone else to make sense of the injustice. But we often forget that we are the co-creators of our experiences. And taking on that responsibility can be empowering. Today on The Bridge to FulfillmentⓇ, Blake shares a lesson in taking responsibility for your role in the things that happen in life. The empowerment of understanding co-creation and accepting responsibility can become the momentum you need to move forward. In this episode, you’ll learn how to keep an open loop to leave space for the unknown to enter your life. You’ll hear stories about people who took responsibility for difficult situations, recognizing that rather than happening to them, opportunities were actually happening for them. You’ll also learn how we actively co-create our life experiences, and how you can transform misfortune into forward momentum. “It might not be your fault, but it is your responsibility.” What You’ll Learn: How to keep an open loop (2:40) The empowering act of taking responsibility (4:20) Accepting your role as a co-creator (6:29) How to create forward momentum (8:42) Learning life’s lessons and releasing yourself from blame (10:37) Favorite Quotes: “The kindest thing I can do is help you see reality. Help you recognize the places where maybe you're keeping yourself stuck or small or suffering when you don't have to.” “In every relationship and every interaction, we are co-creators. Nothing happens in isolation.” “Understanding co-creation and understanding responsibility enables you to take negative circumstances and create positive outcomes.” “Where can you take responsibility to create forward momentum?” Additional Resources: Get clarity on where you are on your journey to career fulfillment, where you’re headed, optional paths to get there, and the right next step to take. Start your complimentary, Personalized Career Fulfillment Plan by going to For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/32276337

EP 257: A Practical Approach to Navigating Life’s Challenges with Guest Expert Andrea DeWitt 07/11/2024

EP 257: A Practical Approach to Navigating Life’s Challenges with Guest Expert Andrea DeWitt How often do you feel triggered by the words or actions of someone else? When we are emotionally triggered by something, we are usually reacting to a situation instead of responding to it. And when we are reacting instead of responding, we show up as our wounded selves instead of our best selves. That’s when it’s time to pause, ask yourself where this is really coming from, and take a moment to gain clarity so that you can reframe the situation and navigate it from a place of truth and integrity. Today on The Bridge to FulfillmentⓇ, Blake welcomes Andrea Mein DeWitt, author of “Name, Claim & Reframe: Your Path to a Well-Lived Life”, a practical approach to navigating life’s challenges. Her guide teaches you how to name and balance your emotional triggers, claim core value lead actions, and reframe challenges as opportunities so you can live your best life. In this episode, you’ll learn how to listen to your inner compass and allow it to guide you, rather than continue to push it and its message to the background. You’ll hear practical tips for gaining attuned awareness so you can begin to heal yourself from the inside out. You’ll also learn how to lead more intelligently and with more self-compassion so that you can start to rebuild your idea of success on a foundation of truth and authenticity. Until we navigate our inner problems, the changes we make on the outside won’t help us make the fundamental life changes we seek on the inside. What You’ll Learn: Why it’s never too late in life for big changes (3:16) The bold move Andrea made to shift her path in a new direction (11:57) How to be a better, more integrated leader (21:55) Dissecting feedback to uncover the truth (35:58) Cultivating intelligent leadership (43:43) Favorite Quotes: “I think that the battled and bruised healers are the best healers, because they know the pathway and it's okay to make mistakes, because mistakes are where the magic happens.” –Andrea Mein DeWitt “In order to become who you're meant to be, you need to release who you were and trust. My favorite saying is, ‘Leap and the net will appear.’”–Andrea Mein DeWitt “We often don't think about the identities that we give ourselves and how much holding on to those things is destroying our lives.” –Blake “We often talk about leadership in terms of very tactical things, not understanding that the biggest and most powerful way to show up as a leader is to have a level of self-awareness and authenticity. And then being able to create that safe space and authenticity for those around you.” –Blake Additional Resources: Connect with Andrea: For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/32061117

EP 256: The Power of Vulnerability & Building Better Connections with Guest Expert Ryan Kopyar 06/27/2024

EP 256: The Power of Vulnerability & Building Better Connections with Guest Expert Ryan Kopyar We’ve all experienced pain and tragedy in our lives. Those experiences often become setbacks that hinder our growth, changing how we view ourselves and experience the world around us. The truth is that pain is simply a part of the human experience. Ultimately, it’s how we deal with that pain that defines the resilience of our character. If you’re able to turn your pain into purpose, you can transform it into power. Today on The Bridge to Fulfillment Ⓡ, Blake welcomes Ryan Kopyar, an internationally licensed counselor. His book, Big Boys Do Cry, focuses on men’s ability to navigate emotions and show vulnerability. His breadth of experience combines communication, psychology, and personal development regarding the power of vulnerability, building better connections, and bolstering emotional intelligence. In this episode, you’ll hear how Ryan’s experience with personal tragedy and addiction eventually led him on the path to healing through vulnerability. You’ll learn the role that certain events play throughout our lives, and how opening up to face them is the key to real personal growth. You’ll also hear how toxic masculinity affects the lives of men and women, and Ryan share’s his best piece of advice for young people about understanding boundaries. What You’ll Learn: His path from tragedy to transformation (4:27) Connecting the dots of the losses we experience (10:33) Why he wrote a book about vulnerability for men (17:33) Breaking down toxic masculinity (27:12) The importance of setting boundaries (40:39) Favorite Quotes: “Even if we've experienced a tremendous level of pain in our life, we can transmute it, we can shift it, we can give it a new meaning.” –Ryan Kopyar “We don't talk enough about our belief systems and our experiences and how those are the drivers of all of our decisions, until we get to a place where we come to understand that we have a choice and we can change those. We can see them differently. We can give ourselves the things that we didn't have.” –Blake “When I can get in touch with my emotions, now I'm operating from both sides of my brain. Now I'm really powerful. Not powerful in exerting control over others, but powerful in my own sense of self.” –Ryan Kopyar “To truly be successful in where we need to go as a society, it's about getting comfortable with uncertainty. It's about emotional intelligence, it's about being able to relate to and work with people. It's about being able to see problems from new solutions or new angles. All of those things require a level of introspection and a self-awareness that we haven't really been taught previously.” –Blake “I think that one of the biggest lessons that we can teach the youth of today is truly love yourself, and self love very often comes with studying boundaries.” –Ryan Kopyar “It took me a long time to see that taking care of myself first was actually the most selfless thing I could do. That choosing me and choosing boundaries and choosing to put my time, energy, and effort in alignment with how I authentically am and what I believe in, was the most powerful thing I could do.” Additional Resources: Website: On socials: @RyanKopyar For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/31877782

EP 255: The Illusions Keeping You from Your Dreams 06/13/2024

EP 255: The Illusions Keeping You from Your Dreams Do you wake up most mornings feeling like you’re just going through the motions, as though you don’t have control over the life you’re living? You need to make money to have security, so you spend a huge chunk of your life at a job you don’t enjoy. You fear what might happen to your bank account or lifestyle if you take a step back to learn what truly makes you happy. You feel like life presents you with more obstacles than opportunities. But what if those obstacles were the opportunities, and you’ve just been viewing them through the wrong lens? Today on The Bridge to FulfillmentⓇ, Blake shares how the fears we hold onto reveal the true nature of our beliefs. When you dare to seek out the reality that hides behind your beliefs, the possibilities for joy and happiness are all around you. In this episode, you’ll learn why the beliefs you hold onto are keeping you stuck in a life that lacks joy and fulfillment. You’ll hear how fears around money, stability, and security affect our choices, and how to reframe challenges to create space for big opportunities. You’ll learn how to take back control of your circumstances and see clearly that life isn’t something that’s happening to you, it’s happening for you. What You’ll Learn: The truth about reality and your beliefs (2:25) How money affects the way we live our lives (4:14) Why hard times equal big opportunities (5:26) The first step toward creating a life of joy and peace (7:19) Experiencing life as an adventure where you’re in control (9:26) Favorite Quotes: “If you believe that you are unworthy, you will create outcomes that make you feel that way. If you believe that life is unfair or that it has to be hard or painful. If you believe that you have to work a lot of hours in order to make money, if you believe that you have no power to change the things that you want to change in your life, you will create those outcomes.” “I was so stuck in not understanding how to protect money as a resource and therefore that security is a resource, that I couldn't see anything else. I couldn't see that there was abundant opportunity for me, I couldn't see that. I had tremendous skills that could be used in different ways. I could only see the obstacles.” “Life is always teaching us lessons. The question is, are we listening and are we learning them.” “Life really is a beautiful, endearing adventure, and the places in your life that don't feel like what you want, those aren't the obstacles. They're not the things happening to you. They are the possibilities and the opportunities. They're the place to grow.” Additional Resources: For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/31702567

EP 254: Which Wolf Are You Feeding? 05/30/2024

EP 254: Which Wolf Are You Feeding? How much time each day do you spend thinking about your feelings? Not thinking about what you’re feeling…but thinking about what lessons might be waiting underneath to be unwrapped? Every emotion we experience is a gift, and it deserves acknowledgment. The challenge is to know when we’re ruminating on negativity, permit ourselves to feel it, and then…surrender and let it go. Today on The Bridge to FulfillmentⓇ, Blake explains why feeding the negative allows the darkness to outweigh the light. In order to transform emotions into lessons, we have to make sure we don’t get stuck in a cycle of rumination. In this episode, you’ll hear a parable that will help you learn to identify which emotional wolf you’re feeding through the thoughts you’re giving space to. You’ll learn how to shift your perspective by acknowledging the challenges you’re experiencing, but instead of focusing on them, choosing to feed the things that give you life. What You’ll Learn: A Cherokee parable about life (0:47) What to know about the thoughts you let in (2:48) The truth about pushing away negative thoughts (4:08) Allowing space to acknowledge your emotions (5:48) What to do when you’re feeling discontent (8:36) Favorite Quotes: What you think about and what you focus on are perhaps the most important things on a day-to-day basis. When we deny the dark wolf or the negative, we actually create more [negativity]. We can't avoid pain, anger, sorrow, or grief. But we can choose how we deal with it. We can choose to acknowledge how we feel and acknowledge our humanity. Why do I feel this way? What is it teaching me? How can I be grateful for the feeling of discontent and the lesson and then surrender that and move back into a place of empowerment, ownership, and movement in the right direction? Additional Resources: For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/31496197

EP 253: Break Free from Perfectionism with Guest Expert Dr. Greg Chasson 05/16/2024

EP 253: Break Free from Perfectionism with Guest Expert Dr. Greg Chasson Raise your hand if you consider yourself a perfectionist. This prompt likely pushes a lot of hands into the air, and it’s even more likely that this “perfectionism” has been touted as a badge of honor. The truth is that perfectionism isn’t doing you any favors. In fact, it’s probably holding you back. Today on The Bridge to FulfillmentⓇ, Blake welcomes Dr. Gregory Chasson, PhD, ABPP, an esteemed psychologist, board-certified cognitive-behavioral therapist, researcher, and educator. As an international speaker, he helps organizations, communities, and individuals address mental health challenges, such as perfectionism, using practical and feasible strategies. In this episode, you’ll learn how perfectionism permeates corporate America, and why that’s not actually a good thing for workplace culture. You’ll discover the connection between perfectionist tendencies and the need for control. You’ll also understand how to overcome perfectionism by first identifying the five primary problems, and then working towards actionable solutions that will help you finally break free. What You’ll Learn: What studying OCD taught him about how he was living his own life (4:59) Why perfectionism is the ultimate irony (11:33) How the technology feedback loop is affecting our mental health (21:00) The five primary perfectionism problems (31:20) Why you should ditch list-making (36:08) Favorite Quotes: How I was approaching the world was not sustainable. It was very difficult to try to please everyone to not try to live your life by your values but by other people's values. –Gregory S. Chasson I had this lightning aha moment of like, ‘Oh, these cycles of burnout, some of the problems I had actually weren’t other people. The only factor here is me. –Blake People are trying to control everything, and they can't, they just can't. They have this illusion or fantasy that these things are all controllable. But they just have all these variables, you end up getting burnt out, and you can't control it all. And it ends up controlling you. –Gregory S. Chasson Mess up quick, move on, and learn from it. –Gregory S. Chasson I call perfectionism the ultimate irony in this a self-fulfilling prophecy of epic proportions. Because you will try to do something so perfectly that you actually undermine yourself to the point where it makes it highly imperfect. –Gregory S. Chasson You will be far more successful when you trust that you don't have to figure it out. When you approach things with flexibility, when you don't feel like you have to plan everything out, but can really focus on the next one to two things that matter. –Blake Additional Resources: Connect with Dr. Gregory S. Chasson: Website: Flawed book website: Get a sneak peek of the first two chapters of Flawed by going here: Resources from the book: For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/31314512

EP 252: What If It Could Be Easy 05/02/2024

EP 252: What If It Could Be Easy Does everything about your life feel complicated? If the answer is yes, then you’re not alone. In our society, we’ve turned complexity into a type of social currency that’s rewarded. Work hard! Overcome obstacles! Do the impossible! But what if all of this difficulty and complexity could be washed away? What if the struggle wasn’t necessary to achieve your goals? What if life could just be easy? Today on The Bridge to FulfillmentⓇ, Blake poses this very question, asking you to apply it to your life. It’s possible that the hills you have to climb to get where you want to be have easier routes than the ones you’re taking. In this episode, you’ll learn why we’re conditioned to think that taking the hard road is the only path to success. You’ll discover how to make your life simpler by asking yourself how you can create more ease and setting yourself up for it from the start. You’ll learn how to overcome complexity and embrace simplicity in order to pave a smoother path to success. What You’ll Learn: A ‘What if’ question that can help simplify your life (0:43) The work it takes to apply a shift in perspective (1:36) The reason we make things harder than they need to be (2:28) Why you should seek the simple answers over the complicated ones (3:26) A challenge for you to simplify (4:16) Favorite Quotes: By spending the time to dig a little deeper upfront, you can stop yourself from spinning your wheels over and over and over again, wasting time and energy doing the wrong thing, and overcomplicating things. –Blake Schofield As a society, we are addicted to things being hard. We are rewarded for persevering through difficult times. We are encouraged to challenge ourselves and do hard things. We feel good when we accomplish things that weren't easy, and in doing so, we actually are creating complexity and we're making things way harder than they need to be. –Blake Schofield The answers are almost always simple. And the more complicated it is, the less likely it will be that we actually accomplish what we want. –Blake Schofield Life really is meant to be simple. We just believe that it needs to be complicated. –Blake Schofield Additional Resources: A more fulfilling career and life starts with gaining control of time, energy, & state of mind. Join my FREE 7-Day Calendar Rescue challenge to help you gain control by going to For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/31034908

EP 251: Unleashing Greater Creativity & Leadership through Improv with Guest Expert Mary Lemmer 04/17/2024

EP 251: Unleashing Greater Creativity & Leadership through Improv with Guest Expert Mary Lemmer Are you facing challenges that have put your anxiety levels on high alert? Do you feel like you’re in a creative rut? Do you want to become a better leader, but you’re not sure where to begin? These may be different issues that stem from a variety of places, but there is ONE solution that can tackle them all simultaneously. And the process is actually fun! Today on The Bridge to Fulfillment Ⓡ, Blake welcomes Mary Lemmer, a creative impact-driven entrepreneur, consultant, humorist, and global speaker helping leaders and companies innovate, navigate change, and thrive in an unpredictable world. Improv comedy has helped Mary go from frazzled and anxious to calm, confident, and more joyful. She has now been teaching others to incorporate improv-inspired principles and practices into their work and lives for over 10 years. In this episode, you’ll gain a better understanding of what improv is and how its principles can help you in life and business. You’ll learn simple and actionable techniques that will train your brain to think more positively and help incorporate more humanity into your workplace. You’ll also explore ways to use improv to identify your own limiting beliefs so that you can understand yourself and your needs on a deeper level. If you’re ready to embrace the power of improv to improve your leadership skills and boost your joy and creativity, then you’ll love this episode! What You’ll Learn: The links between improv and entrepreneurship (5:46) One technique that will help you deal with uncertainty in a more positive light (14:42) What people get wrong about the concept of improv (21:33) A team-building exercise that can help build camaraderie and improve retention (27:21) Using improv as a tool for challenging your beliefs (41:07) Favorite Quotes: “When we look at businesses and teams, often it's the first place where the creativity is gone because the environments are so structured for competition and performance and measurements. We don't realize that to innovate and to drive new ideas, there must be some level of safety, there must be some level of creativity, there must be some level of fun.” –Blake “There's not a lot of places where people get to actually practice the act of management, communicating, leading. And improv provides this very unique, effective, and fun way to do that.” –Mary Lemmer “Feeling sad, feeling angry, feeling afraid..what if you embrace that as a gift? What if you saw those as positive things that are trying to tell you something about yourself, about what you care about, about what your values are? Emotions are a gift no matter what they are, they lead us to that next thing.” –Mary Lemmer “We're at a place where there's so much opportunity to humanize the work environment, to see people for who they really are, and understand that you bring all of you with you to work. And when we try to stuff all of that down and just show up as this person who's perfect, who’s just focused on work, who has no other life going on, we lie to ourselves. We negate the opportunity to build relationships. And we hurt our ability as teams to really work together and create better results.” –Blake Additional Resources: Connect with Mary: Instagram @maryimproves and @chooseimprove LinkedIn Join the Calendar Rescue Challenge and take back your calendar by going to Learn more about The Bridge to Fulfillment® program and how to join by going to For other programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/30848498

EP 250: I've Never Done This Before... 04/04/2024

EP 250: I've Never Done This Before... Do you need something big to change in your life, but no matter how you divvy up the hours in your day, you just can’t find enough time to devote to the process? What if you could create the changes you’ve been looking for in a fraction of the time? What if you could regain control of your time and find more space for the things that really matter… in just 15 minutes a day? Today on The Bridge to FulfillmentⓇ, Blake is doing something she’s NEVER done before, and she’s calling it the Calendar Rescue Challenge. In an effort to help more people take control of their time, space, and energy, Blake is giving away the very first step of her private coaching program completely free. This is the same program that has helped hundreds of people go from feeling drained at the end of the day, going through cycles of burnout & lack of fulfillment, and lacking clarity on the right next step TO waking up excited every day, crystal clear on their unique fingerprint for success, and fully engaged & present at work and home. In this episode, you’ll hear how in just 15 minutes a day for 7 days, you can discover EXACTLY what is keeping you from doing more fulfilling work, having more energy, and doing more of what you want in life. You’ll hear how you can join the challenge and get the first step of the private program completely FREE AND the added benefits that come with completing the 7-day challenge – including an exclusive coupon code; the chance to win a FULL scholarship to the private program; and exclusive email access to Blake herself to help you through hurdles and challenges as you progress through the challenge. What You’ll Learn: A personal invitation from Blake (0:45) How this program can change your life (1:27) Why the key to clarity and more fulfillment starts with regaining control of your time (1:53) Creating big change in only 15 minutes a day (2:41) Additional exclusive offer for listeners only (3:14) Favorite Quotes: “This program has helped hundreds of people go from drained at the end of the day to waking up excited and energized to go to work every day – being crystal clear on your unique fingerprint for success and feeling fully present and engaged both at work and at home.” –Blake Schofield “We all think we need clarity, first. We're always seeking that next thing to do. But when we don't have control of our time, our energy, or our state of mind, we cannot create the change that we seek.” –Blake Schofield “My clients that apply this within three to four weeks are generally getting 20% of their time back, to repurpose to things that matter more.” –Blake Schofield Additional Resources: To join the Calendar Rescue challenge, go to For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/30660568

EP 249: Workplace Wellbeing: Transforming Stress into Success with Guest Expert Kelly Mackin 03/21/2024

EP 249: Workplace Wellbeing: Transforming Stress into Success with Guest Expert Kelly Mackin What is the missing piece to your happiness at work? Is it work-life balance? Flexibility? Autonomy? A bigger paycheck? The truth is actually much deeper. It’s your patterns and belief systems that are really preventing you from finding work that aligns with your values. And the specific things that will bolster your well-being are unique to you, so you have to dig deep to learn what they truly are. Today on The Bridge to Fulfillment Ⓡ, Blake welcomes Kelly Mackin. She is the author of Work Life Well-Lived: The Motives Met Pathway to No-B.S. Well-Being at Work and co-founder and CEO of the Motives Met Platform and Human Needs Assessment which empowers people to create their best work life and workplace. In this episode, you’ll learn why the well-being movement is on the rise, and how these values are transforming corporate culture. You’ll learn as a leader how to recognize the individual needs of your team to improve employee retention and boost employee motivation. What You’ll Learn: The flawed belief system we inherit (4:41) Learning from the patterns in your work and personal life (12:07) Potential dream killers to watch out for (13:32) The importance of psychological safety at work (23:08) Re-evaluating your needs as life changes (37:46) Favorite Quotes: “Work can actually be this source of well-being in people's lives. It can lift us up and make our lives so much better, even if it's just simply and profoundly that it allows us to live the life we want to live outside of our jobs. And it can also be the thing that destroys us.” –Kelly Mackin “We spend around a third of our lives at work. So at the end of the day, work life is life. If you have ill-being at work, you're not gonna be able to have well-being in your overall life.” –Kelly Mackin “As parents, we're so focused on our children. But if we focused more on our own well-being, we would be far better examples to our children to live their best lives.” –Blake “Whatever pattern you're seeing in your work is also a pattern that you're seeing in your personal life. And if you are putting things into a silo, you're really not seeing the lessons that life is teaching you that are really there to help move you forward.” –Blake Connect with Kelly Mackin: Website: Linkedin: Instagram: Additional Resources: For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/30464513

EP 248: The Expansion & Relaunch of The Bridge to Fulfillment® 03/07/2024

EP 248: The Expansion & Relaunch of The Bridge to Fulfillment® How long have you been searching for your True North? For high achievers, the drive toward success comes naturally. But too often, intentionality gets sacrificed in the process. If you crave deeper meaning in the work you do and the life you’re living, and you’ve been waiting for the right guidance to align your talents with your passions in life, then we welcome you to the NEW Bridge to Fulfillment®. Today on The Bridge to FulfillmentⓇ podcast, Blake shares the important changes that have led to the restructuring of our long-proven process, and what you can expect from this expanded and more accessible relaunch of this sought-after program. In this episode, you’ll learn how to build a clear and purpose-driven roadmap to your True North You’ll discover practical, actionable strategies that’ll help you unlock your fulfillment frameworkⓇ so that you can successfully position yourself now for the future you want to create. If you’re looking for a high-impact, results-driven program that offers you individualized attention so that you can finally point your life in the direction of your True North, then The Bridge to Fulfillment® is what you’ve been waiting for. What You’ll Learn: An introduction to the program relaunch (0:38) Positioning yourself for the future (2:20) How to be a part of the first cohort (5:09) The results you’ll get from the new program (6:07) Favorite Quotes: “You can achieve work-life balance and drastically reduce your stress while maintaining ambition around your career.” –Blake Schofield “Build a clear and differentiated roadmap to your TrueNorth by making sure that your journey is intentional, purposeful, and directed through practical, actionable strategies.” “Get clarity on where you are in this journey, where you're headed, optimal paths to get there, and the right next step.” –Blake Schofield “I am so incredibly proud of the program that we had. And this one is going to knock the old one out of the ballpark.” –Blake Schofield Additional Resources: To learn more about the new & improved Bridge to Fulfillment® program and register for your complimentary personalized career fulfillment plan, go to For more opportunities to work with Blake, go to /episode/index/show/thebridgetofulfillment/id/30260463

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