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Help With Transitions
When there is a whole lot of change going on in your life, do you stop and think, “I’m going through a transition”? Or, when you actually are previewing a change you’d like to see in your life, do you look at it like a transition? Here’s why I ask… Most people meet up...
A Midlife Consideration
Going back thousands of years, society has celebrated rites of passage as a means to show community support to people going through a pivotal life transition, whether that be puberty, commencing adulthood, marriage, welcoming a baby into the world, or death. Rituals...
How to Get Unstuck From Negative Feelings and Beliefs
When you get stuck, or feel uncertainty, insecurity, or pain in your life, you can feel hopeless and despondent. Not a nice place to be! There are often feelings of shame or blame around this so getting momentum on a breakthrough can feel impossible. The good news...
7 Mindset Hacks to Help You Start Your Day Right
You might have a morning routine that works for you, including the best foods to fuel your brain and body and fun movement and exercises to take care of the vessel you live in. You might also have a spiritual practice, like prayer or meditation, to get you feeling...
January Prescription
If you live in the northern hemisphere, your vital energy is very low in January. Although we’ve moved past the winter solstice, the light of the sun is beginning to wax again, but just barely. For that reason, I would suggest that if you want to be and do new...
You Can Manage Your Attention in a World of Distraction
Knowing you, you’ve engaged a mindfulness routine, and now you’re NEVER disrupted by noise or distraction, right?! Lol! Just kidding. Focusing your attention amidst life’s constant distractions is incredibly challenging, even for advanced practitioners. Hour to...
Why Your Mindset is Worth Your Attention
Your mindset is your collection of attitudes, your established approach to life in all ways—how you respond to challenges, how you express gratitude, how you manage your time, and how you take care of yourself are just some of the parts of your life that you can...
Emotional Health for the Win
For so long, I would sweep my emotions under the rug and avoid dealing with difficult feelings that came up. I didn’t want to create conflict with my loved ones, and truthfully, I didn’t want to create conflict internally. I was lucky enough to get some guidance from...
No Place Like Home
My clients have a variety of different backgrounds: lawyers, partners in firms, philanthropists, financial managers, advertisers, actors, writers, entrepreneurs, and more. My market niche, as they say, is not a particular profession. Instead, they are people who are...
A Story of Resilience
Sitting at my computer right now, I wonder how you are really experiencing your life right now. I know, in a crisis everything looks like a crisis… but you can’t sustain a reactionary state forever. I want to know how you’re handling your thoughts, your feelings, your...
How to Feel Enough and Stop Undervaluing Yourself
On the days when I’m feeling a tad off… the “I’m not enough” monster can creep in. I’m not perfect, I’m vulnerable too! And since YOU are so important to me in all you do for your businesses, families and friends, I’m going to share with you my “GO HERE GAME PLAN” I...
5 Ways a Growth Mindset Enhances Your SuperPowers
You could be an incredible presenter, speaker, leader or manager. You could be a great mother, father, grandparent or friend. You could have skills and talents like no other on your team or organization. But if you don’t have a hold of your mindset, none of that...
A Tribute to Women Entrepreneurs
In honor of Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, I have written a heart-felt tribute to the many women who have decided to take the leap and create their own business… Today, I walk with you… For deciding to live your life on your terms For your mindset of service and...
Can Mindfulness Improve Your Strategic Thinking?
Over the course of a couple of decades, you’ve seen meditation and mindfulness migrate from the Himalayan hilltops and Japanese Zendos to corporate boardrooms and the corridors of some powerful companies like Apple, Google and even the U.S. House of Representatives....
What’s Your Calling?
One of the questions I get asked most often recently is, “Ellie, what is my purpose and calling in the world?” My answer to the first part of the question is very different from my answer to the second part of the question. So, if this has been an inquiry for you, or...
You’re the Generator
If you’re like most of my clients, having the energy to do what it is you want to accomplish is key. When you don’t feel like you have the energy you want, you may revert to stimulants like coffee or sugar, which may work for a while, but the eventual slump hits and...
Love Your Triggers
Recently a new client said the following to me… “Being triggered, Ellie, c’mon, what’s there to love?!” In psychological terms, being triggered refers to an event occurring that initiates or precipitates a psychological and often physiological process. Could be...
Wonder, Curiosity and Openness
Do you ever find yourself in front of a challenge, or unwanted conversation, or conflict and you just want to run? Your mind feels scattered, you can’t come up with solutions and your body is ready for fight or flight or freeze! I know those situations feel horrible...
Your Mindful Journey is Yours
“What is the path of meditation? Your present-moment experience. What is your curriculum? Your life, as it is. Not somebody else’s life, not your ideal life – your life.” ~Will Kabat-ZinnI love this quote from Will Kabat-Zinn, a Mindfulness teacher out of San...
8 Key Mindset Ingredients for Success in Life
I was asked the other day how I define success in my life. I answered, “Do I feel well with where I’m at?” This applies to everything – how I feel in my body, how I feel in my work, how I feel in my relationships, you get the gist. The person pushed me a bit more to...
Brain-Based Habit for Better Relating
Relationships are crucial to having a healthy and caring life with those who you value. In today’s article, I am borrowing the research of Daniel G. Amen, MD who specializes in how the brain works. He has created an acronym RELATING that will help you remember the...