Writer, author, speaker, and advocate for artists, powerhouse Amie McNee, blasts into the LYHL Podcast with loads of unapologetic truth, encouragement, and a cry for your art. Over the course of the delightful conversation she repeatedly leaves Elle silent while she processes how her body is reacting to the profundity and enthusiasm of Amie's generous offering. Their discussion includes:

• The difficulty of following art as a  calling
• Thriving as different than optimization
• The creative act helps us connect to one another
• Artists are revolutionaries
• What is art
• My book, “Holy Shit,” as rebellious and revolutionary 
• Her book: “We Need Your Art”
• How to thrive in your art - dealing with shame, perfectionism, imposter syndrome and beyond 
• The link between shame, depression, resilience, and creativity 
• Trusting your inner voice
• Embodied emotions
• Time continuum 
• Internal family systems - Martha Beck
• Talking to our inner child
• Distrusting your body
• Cultural influences to our actions and beliefs
• Self-coronation
• Choosing yourself and not waiting for others to choose you
• Rebel Queen 
• Medieval sexual behavior
• Colonialism
• White Supremacy

You can find her TedTalk and books at: https://www.amiemcnee.com

On instagram she is: @inspiredtowrite

She has shared meaningful conversations with the likes of Anne Lammott, Julia Cameron, Alex Elle, Jay Shetty, Martha Beck, and Cheryl Strayed.

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Elle invites to you join her personal “Becoming Divergent” journey - including youtube channel, newsletter, and instagram. 

Elle shares about recent experiences that highlight the importance of community. 

She discusses:

• Crying
• Healing in community 
• Integrated living
• Sharing emotions
• The impact of your life on others
• Allowing what is to happen
• The power of participation 
• The impact of not resisting
• Planting and nurturing relational seeds
• Jonathan Feingold’s focus on community 
• Distractions of social media and advertising
• Being a highly sensitive person
• Emotional pain
• Belonging 
• Our lives are our greatest lesson
• Our lives are our greatest creative act
• The power of asking
• Learning and practicing what you want
• Pruning friendships 
• The magic of connection shared in the “Oh the People You’ll Meet” story series

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Today’s guest on the LYHL Podcast is teacher and fellow writer, Simone Hall. Our heartfelt conversation moves from:

the writer Alex Elle to 

synchronicity to

the power of a writer's conference to

Julia Cameron - "The Artist's Way" to 

teaching as a calling to

life as swirling to

Simone’s poetry book Heart Storm" to 

authenticity to

masks to

self-preservation to

the terror and gift of creating to 

the importance of self-love & community

and so much more. 

You can find her book of poetry, "HeartStorm," as well as get in learn more about Simone and her work at https://www.simonehall.com.

Thank you, Simone.

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Join Elle in the backyard as she explores two types of dreams - one that holds us back, one that invites us forward, but both require love, growth, learning, change, adaptability, and bravery. Stasis and fear get and keep us stuck, often without us knowing. Evaluate your dreams and how you relate to them in this short episode. Learn how art and, in particular, poetry can open up truths to you that you hadn't previously seen. Unpack the profound poetry of Hafiz and his poem "Forgive the Dream."

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This episode invites you to expand your concept of what it means to be a clown and to clown around. Founder of the Clown School in Los Angeles, David Bridel brings his unique and exemplary presence to The LYHL Podcast. Their conversation holds breath and depth and topics explored include the following and much more. 

Clown as embodiment practice 
Playfulness
Releasing stored energies
Commitment
Courage
Frustration
Clowning as oppositional 
Safety through expectation 
Conditioning 
the play: "Waiting for Gadot"
Experimentation
Being unbothered
Withholding judgement 
Flow
Surrendering to impulses
Avoiding outcome-based thinking and behavior
Exit strategy for managing energy after energy relational exchanges 
Finding joy in everyday life
wonder 
Journey towards appreciation
Spiritual bypass
Personal dogma 
Ann Basting of the University of Wisconsin

Philippe Gaulier

Samuel Beckett

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On this episode of the LYHL Podcast, Elle brings us into conversation surrounding the rewarding work of intention setting.

She references a video and artwork; you can see it here on the youtube channel: https://youtu.be/BFdMwAz-tbs

Themes explored include soul, essence, quieting yourself, knowing, theme or word of the year, annual and seasonal personal retreats, value-based living, integrated living, the power of art, following intuition and internal guidance, talking to God, and more.

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Laura Dunn civil rights and victims’ rights attorney and cousin to Elle joins Elle on this heartfelt episode of the LYHL podcast.
Committing her life to justice after experiencing violence and betrayal, she shares openly and articulately about living an integrated life, healing, political goals, psychedelics, sexual assault, serving others, Evangelical Christianity, family patterns, healthy civil rights leadership, law & order, oppression, criminal legal system, cruelty, mental health, Title IX,  the Me Too Movement, shame, SurvJustice - a victim's advocacy non-profit she founded, trailblazing, activism, self-care, advocacy, PTSD, health & wellness, the importance of sleep, “Trust, Surrender, Receive” - a MDMA testimonial book, Ruth Bader and Marty Ginsburg, authenticity, Gabor Maté, autoimmune disease, Hillary Clinton, sexism, masculine and feminine energy, bell hooks, healthy communication, cognitive dissidence, evil, oppression, love ethic and so much more.

You can learn more about Laura, her work, and contact her at: www.Lauraldunn.com & @lldunn_nyc

Thank you, Laura.

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In this new series, Elle shares thoughts that arrive during runs in nature. (Nothing like nature and movement to clear the head and allow space for new connections, thoughts, and ways of being.

In this episode, Elle discusses "opportunity gain," comparing the power of decisions versus "opportunity cost" and our dread of FOMO. Want to F*ck FOMO? Purchase items that reminder you and other to be here now. Available in the newly launched VRNACLR x LYHL collaboration - use and gift items that inspire and prompt positive change. Purchase at RedBubble:

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Elle is joined on The LYHL Podcast by two lovely humans & singer-songwriters: Lauren Evans & Sergio Snow.

They fully embrace the practice of considering and discussing how we can live our healthiest lives.

The conversation is wealthy with topics including:

• Supporting one another
• Calling 
• Making healing accessible to the masses
• Words create worlds 
• Michael Jackson’s "Heal the World" 
• The joy in creation 
• Collaboration
• Quantum physics 
• Energy exchange 
• Music as spiritual & healing like 12 steps in AA
• Art requiring surrender 
• Unlearning
• Awakening 
• Alignment 
• Integration of physical, mental, and Emotional well-being 
• Gardening as a metaphor for life
• Flourishing personally, communally, and in the environment/nature
• Creating art that you need and sharing it
• Fear in the atmosphere
• Confirmation bias
• Making yourself a safe space for others
• Cultivating empathy 
• Growing goodness
• Glimmers of hope
• Conquering the dark
• Preservationism
• Burying head in the sand
• Journaling as a mirror for self-examination of behavior 
• Visualization specifics of future self and future life during meditation 
• Transitioning familial patterns to healthier celebrating
• Lauren's Newsletter: "Pen Alchemy" 
• Glee versus joy
• Alchemizing difficulties into goodness and beauty
• Not feeling guilty about your needs for a day
• You’re never stuck; you can always change

You can be in touch with Lauren & Sergio and connect with their song "Glimmers"

IG, Bluesky & TikTok: @thereallevans

Facebook: OfficialLaurenEvans

Website: www.laurenevans.com

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IG: @thesnowverse

Email: info@sergiosnoemusic.com

Youtube: Sergio Snow

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Spotify: 

https://open.spotify.com/album/6W7VUOFLQLy2FWNzp2ENN7?si=C2ZLo2WuRTCRxTmAIvuP6Q

Apple Music: 

https://music.apple.com/us/album/glimmers/1795153537?i=1795153538

YouTube Lyric Video:

https://youtu.be/G6S1wcAxip8

YouTube of Performance at Kulak's:

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Often we need each other to help because we become stuck. I've spent several decades helping people heal pain. Here I discuss the more challenging layer of emotional energy being stuck and stored in the body and leading to physical pain.

Described and demonstrated is using LQEB - low, quiet, easy breathing and SBS - sense, breathe, say combined with progressive emotional intelligence and presents to identify and thus process stored pain and emotions and release through identification, breath, awareness, and curiosity.

Pain coaching info available at: LYHL Coaching and Physical Therapy

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Need a dose of loving, laughing, listening, wise vibrant 90 year olds in your life? Would you benefit from models of healthy relationships and marriage? Want to be inspired about how to live a life of purpose - rooting your identity in your soul and knowing how to give that to others and the world?

Then have a listen to this podcast episode with between Elle and Sally and David Evans married nearly 70 years!

Full of advice, wisdom, chatter, playfulness, curiosity, listening, engagement, friendliness, noticing, energy, amazement, generosity, preciousness, unity, integration, learning, caring communication, connection, spirituality, self-expression, and uniqueness (yes - we even talk about being weird!)

You'll be hard-pressed to be leave this rare conversation unchanged

72 minutes well spent!

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Fear unaddressed will control you.

People in power know this and use fear to manipulate you.

First steps are recognizing fear and not letting it keep you from acting in line with your values.

Fascism and autocracy use fear to suppress, oppress, and control people.

Our voice - the many facets and expressions of our voice - empowers us to rise up and live a bigger, healthier life - despite a culture of fear or presence of fear. As long as we have breath, we can use our voice.

FEAR is on the rise in the U.S.A. and this is a tool of Fascism. 

Awareness is key. 

Fear can only control you if you let it. 

Uncontrolled fear is a cage.

Referenced in this episode are the Holocaust, the Nakba and a TED Talk by Carol Cadwalladr.

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Sarah Driver graces the LYHL Podcast with her radiant and thoughtful presence. Perpetually curious and motivated throughout her life by justice, Sarah shares some of her life journey and insights into healthy living. Educated at the London School of Economics with a Master's degree in social policy and development, she works for equality in the work place as well as in religious spaces.

Elle and Sarah discuss:

• How do we envision justice?
• How do we confront and undo injustice? 
• Justice is not passive; it is active. 
• Incorporating other peoples well-being in our decision making
• Sermon on the Mount 
• Evil
• Wisdom & Discernment
• Developing an injustice radar to act appropriately in real time
• Access to resources
• Institutional neglect 
• Intervening directly or advocating other resources
• How it’s easier to take action on injustice, afar than justice close up 
• Guatemala & marginalization of indigenous communities
• Saviorism
• "Family reunions" > "mission trips"
• Justice is good for everyone
• Grace versus accountability 
• Observer Effect - Particles observed changed their behaviors
• International Justice Mission 
• Carter Center
• Importance of international travel learning about other’s experiences and beliefs
• Toxicity of loyalty culture
• Spiritual trauma
• Human development in contrast to social development 
• And more!

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You can learn more about Sarah and her work at: 

https://driverconsulting.co/, https://www.justicedriver.com & https://www.instagram.com/justicedriver/ 

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Rest is essential to living your life. Have you evaluated your relationship to rest. In this video from The LYHL Podcast, Elle unpacks powerful nature of the  rhythms of rest. Don't sleep on rest!

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Thanks for listening!

In this episode, Elle and yoga teacher and yoga asana writer, Rachel Meyer, connect deeply, kindredly, and joyfully as they explore what it means to live your healthiest life. Rachel brings an insightful and brilliant interfaith approach to her life and work. She acknowledges suffering as universal and strives to relieve suffering. Her work considers topics such as queerness, home, yoga, refuge, introversion. Her experiences living in Europe and in varying regions of the U.S. throughout her life bring unique and helpful perspectives. She was influenced early in life by her father's occupation as a Lutheran minister and his death from cancer in her early 20's.

Their conversation incorporates:

• death
• impermanence
• queer theology
• feminism
• familial lineage
• patriarchal influences
• Ram Dass (beloved spiritual teacher)
• Rosemary Radford Ruether (badass grandmother of feminist theology)
• brilliance
• fluidity
• Michael Stone (Buddhist yoga/meditation teacher and psychotherapist)
• embodiment
• laughter
• Annie Dillard
• Transcendentalists like Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson
• daoism & being like water
• recent injury and fracture to her sacrum
• living abroad
• yoga asana
• gratitude
• breath work
• Susan Piver (Buddhist meditation teacher)
• Literary mystics like Annie Dillard and Edward Abbey
• body's intrinsic healing knowledge
• Schitt's Creek
• the impact of Lin Manuel Miranda's creativity and musicality
• aging in the U.S. versus for the Swiss
• finding teachers in unexpected places
• European football
• empathy
• importance of time outside in nature and moving
• Marvel movies

You can find Rachel and her work: www.rachelmeyeryoga.com

@rachelmeyeryoga

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Elle introduces the concept of the Pain Pendulum - a concept she originated which describes widespread dysfunction of the body due to emotions, thoughts, and beliefs dictating behavior and not the body.

• Learn how to break the pain pendulum you are caught it. 
• Learn simple practices to begin incorporating in your every day
• Sign-up for the LYHL Movement Newsletter
• Subscribe to the LYHL Movement YouTube channel

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Hey there!
I'm inviting you via a heart-to-heart to be a part of my "Becoming Divergent" project. Have a watch and let me know what you think!

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In this episode, Elle finds herself in meaningful conversation with Amy Guthrie - interior designer and coach specializing in helping those experiencing partner trauma.  

They get into it quickly and explore topics spanning:

• Interior design
• Psychotherapy and Coaching
• Partner trauma from sex addiction & Infidelity 
• Harm from the Codependency framework 
• Doing the f*@king hard work of inner reflection required to evolve into your truest self
• Self-compassion for earlier versions of ourselves 
• Going for your dreams
• Dealing with other people’s voices and expectations 
• Knowing what you want
• Big versus small dreams
• The effect of, as a woman, not being allowed to dream while growing up
• Learning how to dream individually and collaboratively
• The trap of the American dream
• The allure of control
• Physical manifestation of emotional and mental trauma
• EMDR
• The power and beauty of physical space to calm our nervous system, help us feel safe, and help us heal
• The essential nature of lighting
• How constant learning leads to a healthy life
• Steps to finding the right coach or therapist 
• The hard work is worth it
• The beauty, youthfulness, and energy that is possible with aging
• The value of putting in the work to grow

Amy, thank you, thank you. For your insight.

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If you'd like to connect with Amy and learn more about her work, you can find her at:

• Design work: instagram @trilogydesignla or www.trilogydesignla.com
• Coaching work: instagram @trilogypsychotherapy or www.trilogypsychotherapy.com

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Elle wrote a book and self-published in mid-2022 to no fanfare! Here she reads the foreword to you. 
She didn't have "the nerve to write - always 'not knowing where to start.'"
"Painting inside the lines is boring. Our lives are works of art. I want to live a dynamic, creative life that follows the true rules - the natural laws - and not man-made rules for social order and for the elite to maintain power and suppress and repress people."
Enjoy.

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In this episode, Elle Bottrell is joined by none of than - John C. Pollard - musician and sometimes marketer. John's presence in the world as a creative, contemplative learner and achiever comes through right away in the discussion with myriad references to useful thinker, researchers, and philosopher's words, insights, findings and more.

Their shared history in Evangelical Christianity makes numerous appearances in their conversation as they share about their expanding views of the world, life, and spirituality.

The arching discussion reaches such places as:

• the importance of knowing yourself
• mental, physical, and spiritual components to health
• Karl Paulnack's address to freshman parents at Boston Conservatory https://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/centers/boisi/pdf/s091/Welcome_address_to_freshman_at_Boston_Conservatory.pdf
• how injuries and traumas relate to curiosity
• neuro personal training and teaching your mind and body to feel safe again
• how eye movements can decrease back pain
• how vital feeling safe it
• moving from a religion teaching human depravity and brokenness towards a God of love and humans being made in God's image
• the intersection between using words like "God" and "universe"
• centering prayer
• Internal Family Systems - IFS - by Richard Schwartz
• embodiment
• presence
• being is better than achieving
• bone rhythm
• slow exhalations - https://zhealtheducation.com/
• “The Awakened Brain” by Lisa Miller
• MindValley's 3 Most Important Questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTVtBhVYZwY&t=13s&ab_channel=Mindvalley
• "Finding the Mothering Tree" by Suzanne Simard

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John created:

"Days to a Deeper Connection to God" which is an app sharing 31 five-minute guided prayer sessions that include narrated poetry, abstract art, prayer prompts, and space for silence before God while gentle music plays underneath. 

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/31-days-to-a-deeper-connection/id1582461275

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You can interact with John and here his musical creations at:

Instagram, Threads, YouTube and TikTok  - @johncpollard

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The LYHL Podcast host Elle Bottrell reintroduces herself and gives you an update on changes in her life and what this means for the podcast. She’s on a mission to companion you in Living Your Healthiest Life (LYHL).

In this brief episode she discussed:

• Thank you for the positivity the  The LYHL Podcast 
• Career changes
  • Stopping teaching in graduate school setting
  • Transitioning from PT (physical therapist) to more expansive knowledge as healer
  • Moving to expression of healer as health coach specializing in movement and integrated living
• Value-based living arising from
• Transitioning through divorce
• Evolution into queer relationship with her fiancée!
• “Holy Shit” book project:
  • Available at: www.theellebottrell.com
• Announces her next project exploring the experience of becoming marginalized 
  • Becoming Divergent 
• Her emerging neurodivergent diagnosis with autistic and ADHD properties
• Launching of The LYHL Newsletter:
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• Benefits of Suffering
• Art as essential for healthy living
• Life transitions 
• The importance of community
• A teaser into her enrollment in Clown School

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Author of "I Want to Remember This" and champion of life transitions in tiny and radical moments, Rumi Tsuchihachi, graces The LYHL Podcast with her soulful, observant, poetic, and discerning presence. Prepared to be altered as you let her words sink in. She and host, Elle Bottrell discuss
* Career changes
* The power of being present
* The beauty in observation 
* Life’s small moment and joys
* Living an authentic life
* Feeling like you have to hide who you are
* Feeling like you can’t bring all of you to every setting
* Discovering work that lights you up
* Helping others discover their purpose
* Being a sensitive and tender person in a demanding world
* Flipping the narrative in a world that demands things of you that it shouldn’t 
* Alternative pathways to becoming an artist
* The problem with bringing productivity mindset into artistic living
* The long road of becoming
* Shame
* Importance of small decisions 
* Scaling small decisions into big decisions
* The Buddhist concept of the middle way
* Interplay between permission, experiences, feelings, growth, failure, risk, curiosity, hope, perception, control, commitment, difficulties, compassion, kindness, and peace
* And so much more!
You can reach Rumi at her Substack: rumitsuchihashi.substack.com
And purchase some of her books here: whatislovebook.org and iwanttorememberthis.com

Thank you Rumi for all your insights and sharing some of your enlightenment with us!

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Today's guest is none other than fear coach, Dex Ereon. Dex embodies principles of curiosity, joy, and love to help people establish a positive relationship with fear.

With a background in modeling, acting, climbing, and trail running amongst myriad other activities, Dex comes to this conversation with his calm, open, and gentle spirit. The conversation that ensues is heart-warming, encouraging, and nurturing.

Elle and Dex discuss:

• how we all have fear and anxiety
• knowing our emotions and sensitivities
• the importance of being in nature
• rock climbing
• moving towards fear
• failure
• judgement
• ridicule
• the interplay between safety and danger
• sense of self
• gifts of hearing and listening
• how limits relate to creating
• practicing in calm aiding performance in panic
• balance
• appropriate vacation lengths
• how balance and perspective relate to one another
• doing the right thing
• being compassionate
• asking questions
• learning to ask for help
• judgement
• the relationship between curiosity and judgement
• fear can lead to awareness
• eliminating "should", "always", and "never" from beliefs
• the importance of nuance
• moving from fear to joy
• joy needs space
• joy requires contrast
• how suffering and joy relate to each other
• trail running

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Yes, it was a beautiful conversation!

You can learn more and reach out to Dex at gobeyondprocess.com or his delightfully active instagram and tiktok accounts - @gobeyond.love

Thank you, Dex, for blessing us all with your life experience, wisdom and insight, and transformative perspective on fear!

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To all,

May you see the blessing!

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This conversation from spring 2023 is long-overdue and we are so excited to share with you all. Elle sits down with Stacey Carr, TV development executive and consultant. They cover a lot of ground and make many meaningful connections. Topics covered include:

• providing access and professional development for under-represented persons
• how to get into TV/film
• deciding to leave the U.S.
• how helping others eases burnout
• impact of media on people's lives & sense of belonging
• how to know when a chapter is done
• calling
• miracles
• pursuing joy
• incorporating healthy habits
• dancing
• morning pages (al la "Artist's Way" by Julie Cameron)
• self-awareness
• how being yourself helps others to be themselves
• letting go of what others think of you
• allowing multiple emotions to co-exist
• emotional and disordered eating
• being soft, kind, vulnerable and curious
• reflecting on our behavior versus labeling good or bad
• continuing/resuming what you enjoyed doing when you were young
• joy is contagious
• the gifts of being child-like
• creativity is for everyone 

As this non-comprehensive list indicated, there was a lot of useful discourse. Thank you, Stacey for sharing your wisdom and experience with The LYHL Podcast!
You can connect with Stacey on LinkedIn.

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Join Elle Bottrell & Jon Feingold as they discuss what it means to LYHL - Live Your Healthiest Life. Jon is intuitively curious and a wealth of knowledge, insight, and humility. He is a law professor at Boston University and a critical race theorist. Yes, he studies CRT, which he is surprised to find has become such a mainstream topic for such an academic pursuit!

At BU, he teaches property law and this includes how conquest and slavery have impacted property laws!

Over the course of our conversation we discuss:

• Curiosity
• The impact of education
• Luke Harris, Kim Crenshaw and the African-American Policy Forum https://www.aapf.org/
• critical race theory
• making sense of the world we live in
• fighting for the dignity of people
• his podcast "Race Class" https://soundcloud.com/user-808872105
• Victor Ray - "On Critical Race Theory"
• ongoing impacts of and loss from the COVID-19 pandemic
• structural and communal impacts of the pandemic
• public and private interests limiting access to high quality food
• eating food that doesn't poison you
• why and how he stopped eating bread & the positive impact he feels
• being comfortable in the kitchen, getting sufficient sleep, exercise
• the need for super affordable childcare in the US ($10/month!) in the wealthiest country in the world
• importance of social connections & communal meals
• natural mythology
• the current toxic, inhumane political environment
• how ones access to safety and dignity can vary bases on the state you live in the U.S.
• Kiese Laymon's memoir  "Heavy"
• how sometimes we are the worst to the people we should be the best to
• how do our actions allow others to live their healthiest lives?

Thank you, Jon, for such an insightful conversation!
You can learn more about Jonathan or reach out:
https://www.bu.edu/law/profile/jonathan-feingold/

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Learn more about Elle's work at: www.theellebottrell.com

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Elle had the distinct pleasure of sitting down with Meg Miller - executive and transformational coach with Novus Global, emcee, mother of two and darn good laugher! Her wittiness is always a delight to behold and the authenticity and vulnerability she brings to this conversation is a true gift. 

Over their conversation they discuss:

• Curiosity 
• Work vs vocation
• Togetherness, unity, vulnerability, and growth
• Creating spaces for others
• Self-regulation, regulating the nervous system, regulation color zones
• Impacting individuals, groups, and the human race
• Pixar film: “Inside Out”
• Morning routines
• Creating delightful and sustainable habits 
• Doom scrolling 
• Meaning making 
• Associated behaviors
• “The Three Laws of Performance” by Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan
• Indoor hammocks chairs
• Anger, shaming out
• Practical next steps for LYHL!

Thank you, Meg, for stopping by The LYHL Podcast. 

You can reach Meg at: meg@novus.global.com or www.novus.global.com and since she’s not much on insta: @novus.global

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On this LYHL Podcast episode, Elle was blessed to sit down with Terry Richardson, aka The Orchid Whisperer, aka The Black Thumb and, boy, was it a treat! He is a physical therapist in Los Angeles, specializing in wound care, but is also a DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) advocate, and avid, burgeoning gardener. Terry gave out so much gold that describing the topics covered necessitates a massive run-on sentence. We talk about tennis, positivity, baby steps, Black excellence, the power of a great coach, HBCU (Historically Black Colleges & Universities), leading by example, working in a collective vs individually, giving back, evolving, limiting beliefs, worthiness, being yourself, occupying space, code switching, courage, vulnerability, authenticity, Brene Brown (of course), intentionality, self care, changing narratives, humility as energy, patience, persistence, consistency, enoughness, safety concerns growing up as a Black child, regional cultural differences in the U.S. and its impact on style. 

You, too, will be blessed by this episode if you open yourself up to the messages.

Want to get in touch with Terry or see his many valuable resources?
IG: @orchidwhisperer19
TikTok: @blackthumbtv
Gardening website: www.blackthumbmarket.com
USC/XULA EAP: https://pt.usc.edu/about/diversity-anti-racism/#assurance-program
USC Summer Institute: https://pt.usc.edu/programs/usc-pt-ot-summer-institute/
USC PTMLA: https://sites.usc.edu/uscptmla/

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May you see the blessing.

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www.theellebottrell.com
YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2ageE9z2VayTKUilemUS7TSUd3N706Xw

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In this episode, Elle had the opportunity to catch with an old friend, Arafat Salvador. Arafat is an attorney and photographer and a delight to spend time with. If you watch on YouTube, you'll get to see her infectious smile and some of her fantastic photography. We cover a wide range of topics including not defining yourself based on productivity. Working on your body, mind, and soul being in alignment. The importance of food and diet and movement. It's okay to feel a lot and high sensitivity (e.g. HSP). The importance of seeking connection. The beauty and gift of her daughter checking in daily to ask: "are you happy?". The intersection between aging, maturity, and grace. Taking joy and reveling in life. Protecting yourself and letting people go. Just being. Standing of beauty and goodness. Risking in relationship. Self care in travel, having the eyes of a child, watching a good TV show. Knowing you are enough.

Here are some of the Nigerian artists she's enjoyed listening to recently:
Burna Boy:  https://youtu.be/bMyrBds_9Zc
Asake: https://youtu.be/Uuz0EIFwxyg

You can watch the video on TheElleBottrell YouTube channel.

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In this episode, join Elle as she share about the fatigue and the need for rest and her sharing in near real time what rest can look like for her. She explores
songwriting, recording music in garage band, rest, play, creativity, light, inspiration, and authenticity. It's a short, but hopefully a good one.

You can watch the YouTube video to see original photography from Elle and a screenshot of the tracks in garage band at: TheElleBottrell YouTube channel.

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Join Elle in this conversation with Steph Spencer - enneagram coach and cofounder of 40 Orchards - a female run non-profit in Minneapolis that hosts scripture circles. Her passion is bringing language to the human experience. She loves to help people ask better questions!
Her wealth of knowledge is abundant and deep and she is an excellent teacher.  They discuss her mentorship with a Jewish rabbi, midrash, the enneagram, Jerome Wagner, liminal space, white space, Parker Palmer, time as circular, growing in wholeness, nephesh, yoga, intermittent fasting, physical practices helping our emotions, integration, the gap between desire and the pathway, and so much more! We discuss recent endeavors into a podcast -  "Searching the Sacred" - and her enneagram journals "Beyond Your Number".

You can get enneagram resource recommendations on Steph's website here: https://www.stephaniejspencer.com/aboutenneagram
Or book an enneagram consultation call here: https://calendly.com/stephjspencer/consultation-call
Or follow me on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/beyondyournumber

40 Orchards:
You can listen to her Searching the Sacred podcast here: https://searchingthesacred.podbean.com/
Explore more about what Steph's non-profit does here: https://40orchards.org/
Or follow 40 Orchards on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/40orchards/

A video recording of this conversation can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/y163vAp1hRo

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In this episode, Elle sits down with Gregory Ullery - creative freelance artist - to mine the treasure of his mind, heart, and spirit about what it means to him to LYHL.

Due to our ease of conversation, Elle's limited time management capacity, and the myriad exciting things to explore, it's a long one! We meander, laugh, and cry our way through topics such as Bob Dylan, spiral dynamics, Ken Wilber, Clare Graves, sleep, surfing, art, Richard Rohr, Homeboy Industries, social media, retributive justice, beginner's mind, non-duality, and meaning and purpose in life and much more. Buckle up! It's a fun ride of a conversation. It was so fun that when we ended we still chatted for another 30 minutes.

We hope to catch you there and we hope it helps you live your healthiest life.

Oh amongst many things Greg is a musician and he's graciously said yes to my request to include some of his soon to be released album - Weltschmerz in the episode. You'll hear the tracks Hold On and Crime of Love, which are pure gold.

You can find musical projects he's worked on on streaming services look for The Eyes and most recently Jason Ruegger and The Eyes.

Give your episode comments on instagram or youtube. As always the conversation is available either audio only on your favorite podcast provider or in video form on youtube.

Greg is super humble and didn't want to promote his work, but I searched and found a links to make it handy to find things referenced in our chat.

• Here's a recent music video/short film for the upcoming release of Weltschmerz:   Cold Place: https://youtu.be/MuCF8wSnZ14
• You can listen to the collaboration with Jason Rueger and The Eyes here (or on spotify or other streaming services)  https://www.jasonrueger.com/music
• Want to collaborate with Greg and The ii Agency? Find them here, but get in line. https://www.theiiagency.com

Greg was also incredibly thoughtful and thorough with notes that he shared with me and now you. There's a lot more to talk about. If your interest was sparked surrounding a particular topic or you'd be interested in next steps/further reading from here, you're in luck. Thanks, Gregory!
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Gregory Suggestions:

Richard Rohr – What do we do with evil?  Universal solidarity is the important lesson, not private salvation. Both Thomas Aquinas and

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Join Elle Bottrell and Hannah Souter as they discuss how to LYHL. Hannah shares what it means to her about living her healthiest life and Elle does her best to learn and be a good listener. (You’ll see some growth opportunities here for Elle). They were both nervous to record this, but ended up really enjoying the conversation and the journey. 

Touch points include Mary Oliver, discernment, weed roots, Brené Brown, wisdom, female body image, camping, friendship, community, patriarchy, teaching, being a guide, learning, growing, vulnerability.

Elle is so glad she finally got a conversation with Hannah like this recorded. Now she can relive it when she wants and can pick up on some of the things that she didn’t listen well enough to hear the first or the second time. 

You can find the podcast on the podcast hosting apps - spotify, apple, google (you get the point), but if you'd rather watch, head over to youtube so you can see our faces as we had our lovely zoom sesh.

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We live our healthiest lives together. It is Elle’s life passion to help you Live Your Healthiest Life. Yes, she’s wants you to LYHL!

In this episode, she gives a glimpse, err a listen, into some of her why for creating the LYHL podcast and what she envisions for it.

She wants us all to see the blessing.
May you see the blessing.

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Subscribe to The LYHL Podcast to learn from others how you can Live Your Healthiest Life. In other words, we will learn from one another how to live our healthiest lives. (Hint, we are better together. Elle is so grateful for her current and future guests and all their knowledge, caring, perseverance, and insight.

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You can view the video for this podcast here:
https://youtu.be/V_9uBckW4EM

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May you always see the blessing.