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January Prescription

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...

Why Your Mindset is Worth Your Attention

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

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

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

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...

A Tribute to Women Entrepreneurs

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...

What’s Your Calling?

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...

Wonder, Curiosity and Openness

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...

8 Key Mindset Ingredients for Success in Life

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

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...

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