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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 hello@thebridgetofulfillment.com !

The Bridge to Fulfillment Blake Schofield

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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 hello@thebridgetofulfillment.com !

    Break Free from Perfectionism with Guest Expert Dr. Greg Chasson

    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: https://www.gregchasson.com
    Flawed book website: https://www.flawedbook.com
    Get a sneak peek of the first two chapters of Flawed by going here:  https://flawed.gregchasson.com/
    Resources from the book: https://www.gregchasson.com/flawedresources


    For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to www.BlakeSchofield.com

    • 49 min
    EP 252: What If It Could Be Easy

    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 www.calendarrescue.com
    For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to www.BlakeSchofield.com
     

    • 6 min
    Unleashing Greater Creativity & Leadership through Improv with Guest Expert Mary Lemmer

    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 https://www.linkedin.com/in/melemmer/ 
    www.marylemmer.com 
    www.chooseimprove.com
    https://chooseimprove.substack.com/ 
     
    Join the Calendar Rescue Challenge and take back your calendar by going to www.CalendarRescue.com
    Learn more about The Bridge to Fulfillment® program and how to join by going to www.thebridgetofulfillment.com
    For other programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to www.BlakeSchofield.com
     

    • 51 min
    I've Never Done This Before...

    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 www.CalendarRescue.com
    For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to www.BlakeSchofield.com

    • 4 min
    Workplace Wellbeing: Transforming Stress into Success with Guest Expert Kelly Mackin

    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: www.motivesmet.com
    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-mackin-52793110/
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kellymackin_motivesmet/?hl=en
     
    Additional Resources: 
    For programs and opportunities to work with Blake, go to www.BlakeSchofield.com

    • 43 min
    The Expansion & Relaunch of The Bridge to Fulfillment®

    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 www.thebridgetofulfillment.com/pcfp
    For more opportunities to work with Blake, go to www.BlakeSchofield.com

    • 8 min

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