Elyse on life

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Episode 154: Depths and Currents Aug 12, 2021

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Welcome to this week's episode! Today I reflect on the ocean, a place of deep symbolism for me. A place where I have always gone to seek solace. A place that has taught me so much over the years.

Here I talk about depths and currents and waves and getting swept away, as well as deciding when it's time to stop struggling. Understanding that we don't always have to fight against the current. We can get out and start again.

This episode is also about awareness. About the fact that what is happening on the surface isn't always the full story. There is always more happening underneath. It's about slipping below the surface and the stories that we tell ourself, and finding what lies below.

Cheers!

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Episode 153: (Solo Episode) Fire, calamity, being a victim and my dryer ... Jul 29, 2021

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New episode in real time about real things and I hope it is something that connects to your real life as you live it, without the frills and packaging, but just as it is. This episode is a waking up, a remembering and a fierce determination to stop making myself the victim. Long story short, my husband was called out to a wild fire in Northern California and everything I was trying to hold together fell apart, even my dryer. So, here I am, spilling my guts back into wholeness, seeing my patterns and finding a new way forward. What does this episode communicate to you? What did you hear? What did you need to hear? And what are you going to do now? Cheers,

Elyse

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Episode 152: Homecoming + Complex Trauma Jul 19, 2021

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Unfiltered processing of my life this last week - coming home from ATX, a sick kiddo that lead to RSV pneumonia and a 5 day stay in the hospital, my own medical trauma getting kicked up, motherhood and advocacy and raising Eden, then going home and longing for the release, regulation and repair and it just wouldn't come ... then finally the leaking, the tears, the letting go, the homecoming both within and without. Thank you always for listening and letting me do my thing, swear words and raw disclosures and all. I am continually reclaiming my right to my self, my right to my voice, my right to my unedited life. This podcast is a sacred piece of my process and our shared process as humans. May you hear what you need to, take what serves you and leave the rest. Cheers, Elyse

Episode 151: Questions From Therapy This Week Jun 17, 2021

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Hi there! Welcome! Today's Trailercast is a solo episode where I'm putting on my licensed marriage and family therapist hat. I love this work, getting to witness others in their growth and healing. Getting to witness people seeing themselves clearly, sometimes for the first time. In this episode, I reflect on some questions and themes that have been coming up within my therapy practice lately. As you listen, my hope is that you use these questions and thoughts as tools for you yourself. Run them through your own story. Ask yourself, how did I get here? And what is true for me now?

I am so grateful for the opportunity to connect with you through this podcast. It has gone from a creative outlet, to a place of true and intimate connection. It has been more than I have ever imagined. If you have questions around your own therapy or coaching work, please don’t hesitate to reach out. And if you are ready to get started in your own healing journey, the best thing I could ever recommend is Radical Wellness Collaborative. We would love to walk alongside you. Cheers.

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Episode 150: A Conversation with Kristen Jun 10, 2021

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I know I've said it before, but I'll say it again, I absolutely love these Trailercast conversations with you, my listeners. Today's episode is no exception. I love being coconspirators with you in this work, seeing where the conversation takes us and leaning into healing together. What I want you to know is this: that healing can happen anywhere. It just so happens that you can listen to it happening here, in these conversations or in the work of therapy, but it can also happen at home or in the ocean or in relationship or on a hike. It happens all the time, everywhere, and for everyone. That is what I want you to think about as you listen to this episode and finish out this week. Healing is always available to you.

In this episode you get to meet the amazing Kristen. She is a fellow therapist who specializes in work around body image and disordered eating. And in this conversation she opens up and gets vulnerable, sharing what it is like to navigate body change of her own, while helping others find their freedom. We have a beautiful conversation about returning home to our bodies, and it was an inspiring conversation to be a part of and listen back to. My hope is that you listen to this conversation with an open heart, and allow it to take you where you need to go like we did.

If you want to find out more about Kristen's work, you can find her on IG @wildandweightless, where she talks about finding freedom from negative body image through outdoor activity.

Episode 149: A Conversation with Kirsty Jun 03, 2021

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Welcome back to another Trailercast Conversation! As always, I'm honored to share this episode with you. Today you'll get to meet Kirsty. Brave, bold and incredibly insightful Kirsty. She shares with us her journey and experience with being diagnosis with Bipolar II disorder. What led up to the diagnosis, what it felt like to reach out for help, the process of diagnosis and what life is like now, on medication and living a life of wholeness. Her journey is incredibly inspiring, and takes us from suffering and fear to ultimately, comfort and clarity. In Kirsty you meet a real person opening up about real life, letting us in on an important conversation.

Kirsty also offers us beautiful insights into the therapeutic relationship and process. If you are listening to this episode, and find that you are inspired to begin work in therapy, my team at Radical Wellness would love to be here for you this summer! Your are always invited to reach out and get started. Feel free to reach out with any questions!

Cheers.

Episode 148: A Trailercast conversation not to be missed May 27, 2021

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I am so honored to be sharing this incredibly special Trailercast conversation with you today. You've heard me say it before, but these conversations are with listeners just like you, who write in with stories to share, and I'm just so thankful to those of you who have taken this chance and shown up in these conversations in your brave, authentic, powerful self. And this particular conversation really highlights the power of the human experience and helps us understand that the more stories we hear, the more we learn that we are capable of living our own story. We are not alone. In this episode you'll meet an amazing woman and survivor of abuse, who shares with us her story in freedom and strength. Hear a woman standing in her power, and the absolute resolute resilience that comes from not abandoning yourself or your truth. Hear us explore the concepts of forgiveness and letting go. Listen in for the bread crumbs of truth and wisdom dropped throughout our entire conversation, and ask yourself, what strength can I borrow here? Let this conversation stir you to ask the questions and talk about the hard things. Because what you'll learn here is this, that there is good life on the other side of the work. And you are worthy of the good stuff. Cheers.

Episode 147: What is well with you? May 17, 2021

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In search of more than our wounding ... in radical pursuit of total restoration, of what is after the pain story, of what is vibrant about you.

Episode 146: Timeless Healing + The Mother Within May 06, 2021

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Bear with me as we go deep into the timeless qualities of healing and the internalized mother within.

Episode 145: Remembering + Inertia Apr 20, 2021

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Hi there! Some personal reflections post Weekends. Healing is remembering. Change is inertia. Enjoy!

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