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Splash! Bathtime and Bedtime Music for Grown-Up Girls by Trish Bruxvoort Colligan Strawberry Point, IA: River’s Voice Music, 2010 1 CD, 53 minutes, USD$16.00


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If you’ve been craving respite—with or without a bath—you might delight in Trish Bruxvoort Colligan’s playful and deep lyrics, melodies, and provocative vocals. Whimsical and soulful, the listener is invited into rest and reflection. “This is My Time” sets a playful beginning to bath time with sounds of a closing door, match lighting, running water and jaunty lyrics that include, “I’ve taken care of business and answered all the questions of the day / Now this is my time, my only time / To play with rubber duckie, oh he’s so fine / Blowin’ bubbles to my toes, it’s so sublime.” If this sounds trite, it is not. Like a splash, the following songs take the listener on a journey that will challenge, affirm, comfort, heal, and create spaciousness and rest.


A spiritual director, Colligan says that Splash comes from her, “passionate desire to awaken in all women greater love and compassion for their amazing selves.” Her CD—one of many—“is fueled by her own coveted


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bath time rituals and her refusal to allow any fashion magazine to foil her bliss and love of her body. The music of Splash will inspire you to celebrate your body, move you to radical self-compassion, and bring you to outrageous enjoyment of your amazing Self.”


Comprised of sixteen songs, each speaks a story. Two are particular favorites: in “What If?” the listener is asked, “What would you do if you knew you could not fail? / How free would you be, how deep would you love, dear? / What would you hear if you listened to your beautiful heart? / To your beautiful heart? … Be gentle, gentle, gentle.” The theme song during the Spiritual Directors International educational events in


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Splash can be used as an accompaniment to bath time, for prayer, and reflective listening. While leading a women’s retreat, I shared two songs as part of reflective talks. We often underestimate how essential it is to cultivate self-compassion and care for ourselves and others. We cannot give what we do not have. Splash could be a timely gift for someone close to you, or even yourself. I hope you too may find a soulful homecoming in Splash. And now, it’s time for a bath!


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