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Bridget Willard

Bridget Willard is a marketing consultant who brings her teaching and accounting background together to help small businesses. She began her marketing career in construction, then worked in franchise development, nonprofits, and tech. She is especially known for her brand building for Riggins Construction, GiveWP, and the Make WordPress Marketing Team. Bridget co-hosts WPblab with Jason Tucker — a podcast and live YouTube show on the WPwatercooler network.

Keeping Your Business Nimble – Plan for Uncertainty

16th June 2020 Bankruptcy Business Health Coaching Skills Health

Being nimble or agile in your business is a luxury of the small. Once you grow, it’s difficult to get buy-in for change. In downturns, we have opportunity ...

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Bridget Willard

Managing Remote Teams

27th May 2020 Business Health Coaching Mental Health Skills Health

Remote work is getting quite a bit of spotlight lately. And it’s no wonder. There has been significant pushback in the remote-work movement for years. In the interview ...

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Light Reading for the Heavy Heart: I Am Art. Art is Me.

23rd April 2020 Coaching Light Reading for the Heavy Heart Mindfullness

“Every work of art is the child of its age and, in many cases, the mother of our emotions. It follows that each period of culture produces an ...

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Light Reading for the Heavy Heart: Peace In the Unknowing

9th April 2020 Anxiety Coaching Light Reading for the Heavy Heart Mindfullness

“You find peace by coming to terms with what you don’t know.” Nassim Nicholas Taleb Why don’t I know the answers? We struggle with this constantly. We in ...

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How To Support Loved Ones Facing Mental Illness

8th April 2020 Anxiety Coaching Depression Illness Insomnia

Chronic illness is tough on caregivers; this we understand. But what about chronic mental health? We know there are professionals who work on the front lines of mental ...

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Light Reading for the Heavy Heart: Kindness Begets Kindness

27th March 2020 Coaching Light Reading for the Heavy Heart Mental Health Mindfullness

“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” Dalai Lama In the hustle and bustle of everyday life, we often lose sight of kindness that isn’t reflexive, like ...

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Light Reading for the Heavy Heart: Achieving through Helping

2nd March 2020 Coaching Light Reading for the Heavy Heart Mindfullness

“You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want.” Zig Ziglar It’s easy to focus on ourselves. We have ...

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Light Reading for the Heavy Heart: Finding Acceptance in Authentic Imperfection

11th February 2020 Coaching Light Reading for the Heavy Heart Mental Health Mindfullness

“To be authentic is to be at peace with your imperfections.” Simon Sinek Finding fault seems to be a fault that many of us have. We strive for ...

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