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Good morning— whatever this day holds for you, what if it were to hold space for you to show up not only for your work, the people in your life, but yourself too? That can sound like a lot and maybe impossible, but when we elevate the small t
Good morning— whatever this day holds for you, what if it were to hold space for you to show up not only for your work, the people in your life, but yourself too? That can sound like a lot and maybe impossible, but when we elevate the small things, it can make all the difference.🫶🫶 Let me know what small things come to mind for you. Share with someone this might encourage, and save for later to refer back to if you are in a hurry!💕
Thoughts on SUSTAINABLE caregiving! Mostly creatively integrating a few minutes of care when you can claim it.✨ I recognize that not everyone has these gorgeous trails in their backyard, but where and how can you claim some moments for refreshment and rejuvenation??👟 Consider sharing and save for later to refer back to!! 🫶🫶
Happy Friday!! Consider sharing with someone this might encourage. And— if you are not already receiving the Narrating Hope newsletter, I’d love to share it with you! 🫶🫶
Happy Friday!! Consider sharing with someone this might encourage. And— if you are not already receiving the Narrating Hope newsletter, I’d love to share it with you! 🫶🫶
For those who CARE so much and yet feel so WEARY and exhausted. Let me know what resonates with you, and consider sharing with someone you know who cares.🫶 Save for later so that you can read again when you are feeling especially weary!!💫 https:/
For those who CARE so much and yet feel so WEARY and exhausted. Let me know what resonates with you, and consider sharing with someone you know who cares.🫶 Save for later so that you can read again when you are feeling especially weary!!💫 https://elizabethbburton.substack.com/p/when-caring-starts-to-feel-like-carrying
Monday thoughts!! Wishing each of you well as you begin this new week. Consider saving for later or sharing with someone this might encourage!🫶🫶
Monday thoughts!! Wishing each of you well as you begin this new week. Consider saving for later or sharing with someone this might encourage!🫶🫶
Let me know if this resonates with you! Being any kind of helper or caregiver is such good work, and it can be so hard all at the same time.🫶 Consider sharing with a therapist or other care-giving friend!!!💕💕
Let me know if this resonates with you! Being any kind of helper or caregiver is such good work, and it can be so hard all at the same time.🫶 Consider sharing with a therapist or other care-giving friend!!!💕💕
For those of you who’ve been connecting with my work for a while, the concept of personhood is one that has come up! I’m excited to focus a little more on this concept specifically for THERAPISTS with hopes of providing some encouragement for sustainability by nurturing the person behind the role of therapist!💫 As you can imagine, many therapists get burned out, and I would love to be a voice out there that helps with prevention and recovery. 🫶 If you are a therapist, please let me know if this new content resonates with you! And if you are not, hang in there with me while I explore this! Please share with your favorite therapist!💖💖
hey y’all! Big update here about this podcast. I am in a place where I am needing to press PAUSE. It may not be a hard stop or anything absolute, but for now. I am learning more and more to tune into listening and paying attention and trusting
hey y’all! Big update here about this podcast. I am in a place where I am needing to press PAUSE. It may not be a hard stop or anything absolute, but for now. I am learning more and more to tune into listening and paying attention and trusting the unfolding process, so while I’m not 100% confident of any final plans on this, this is where I am now.💫 At the time of this pause, there are 43 episodes!!! 🙌They are all short and all under the well-being umbrella. If you haven’t listened, please do. And if you miss it, please let me know.🫶 https://www.elizabethbburton.com/narrating-hope-podcast Pressing pause on this is allowing me to explore a new possibility! Announcement coming soon about that. For any THERAPIST connected to my work, especially tune in!!🥰
✨For those who celebrate Easter, it’s holy week.✨ Sometimes we are face to face to with such apparent holiness, slowing and savoring the beauty and wonder before us. Other times we can hardly breathe with the pace of it all. Hope you might read and let me know if it resonates!🫶 https://elizabethbburton.substack.com/p/thread-of-light
Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak with parents about supporting kids with anxiety in general and test anxiety specifically at our local elementary school. 💙 What a gift to have this time together to delve into normalizing anxiety as a human
Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak with parents about supporting kids with anxiety in general and test anxiety specifically at our local elementary school. 💙 What a gift to have this time together to delve into normalizing anxiety as a human emotion while also elevating coping strategies. 🙌 I appreciate this resource from @signalmountainlibrary which elevates breathing and body practices to help kids feel calm and regulated in their bodies.💫 My hope is that both parents and kids are encouraged from our time together!! If you are interested in me coming to speak|/work with a group or organization that you are a part of, please reach out! 🫶🫶
Part of being a good FRIEND is learning to be a good friend to yourself! Self-compassion and self-kindness are integral in learning how to give grace to others as well.💖💖 Thankful for a friendship workshop back in September and for the letters to
Part of being a good FRIEND is learning to be a good friend to yourself! Self-compassion and self-kindness are integral in learning how to give grace to others as well.💖💖 Thankful for a friendship workshop back in September and for the letters to themselves these girls will be getting in the mail in just a couple of days!!🙌 If you are local or remotely local and interested in a workshop for a group you are in, please be in touch!! These group conversations are such a fun part of my work, and I’m so grateful for the community conversation opportunities. Workshops can take different forms— friendship, relationships, boundaries, self-care, as well as other topics such as grief and anxiety! I am grateful to get to do the work that I do, and putting stamps on these letters and getting them ready to go was a lovely way to start this day!💫
Sometimes work takes different forms, and this week I was able to claim some time to work on an upcoming talk with parents about anxiety and coping strategies for kids. I’m so looking forward to this gathering later this month!!🙌 Also, notice
Sometimes work takes different forms, and this week I was able to claim some time to work on an upcoming talk with parents about anxiety and coping strategies for kids. I’m so looking forward to this gathering later this month!!🙌 Also, notice the coffee mug! Whether coffee, hot tea, or chai, I love incorporating a favorite drink into my work. What about you? How much does something little like a favorite drink affect how you feel as you work or as you go about your day in general?? I continue to see the value of little things, simple pleasures, small delights that have a profound impact on our well-being! Wishing you well as you move into your weekend. In little and in big ways! 🫶
Can you relate to longing for more meaning—whether inside or outside of work?✨ “So I hope in this you hear just a widening of really the lens of meaning making and also the consideration of really paying attention more to what is a longi
Can you relate to longing for more meaning—whether inside or outside of work?✨ “So I hope in this you hear just a widening of really the lens of meaning making and also the consideration of really paying attention more to what is a longing in you? What is an invitation? And what does moving towards more meaning look like for you? Remember, it doesn’t have to be all or nothing. It doesn’t have to mean this job is my only answer or this other job. Now sometimes that may be what we need to do for us, but it’s not a formula…”💫 Take a few minutes to listen and let me know what resonates with you. Consider sharing.❤️❤️ https://www.elizabethbburton.com/narrating-hope-podcast/well-being-in-the-workplace-a-meaningful-lifeat-work-and-beyond
I hope you might take a few minutes to consider social connectedness and how encouraging connection is for well-being in general and even for productivity and motivation. Connection happens through small exchanges of moving towards others. How connec
I hope you might take a few minutes to consider social connectedness and how encouraging connection is for well-being in general and even for productivity and motivation. Connection happens through small exchanges of moving towards others. How connected do you feel in this season of your life?💫 Take a few minutes to read and let me know what resonates with you. Consider sharing with someone you are connected to!!!🫶🫶 https://elizabethbburton.substack.com/p/living-life-through-a-relational
“Rest, recovery, rejuvenation, again, coming down from high alert, what rejuvenates you? What gives you breath back when you feel like you can’t breathe or you’re holding yourself so tight and you feel that anxiety and that stress i
“Rest, recovery, rejuvenation, again, coming down from high alert, what rejuvenates you? What gives you breath back when you feel like you can’t breathe or you’re holding yourself so tight and you feel that anxiety and that stress in your body? What refreshes you on a body level and on a soul level?...”💫 https://www.elizabethbburton.com/narrating-hope-podcast/well-being-in-the-workplace-elevating-rest-and-play ❤️Listen and share!!❤️
I am so grateful for this little corner of the world and for the gift of clients sharing their lives with me. Windows convey light and connection and perspective. Windows are also vulnerable and reflective.💫 Windows have always reminded me of couns
I am so grateful for this little corner of the world and for the gift of clients sharing their lives with me. Windows convey light and connection and perspective. Windows are also vulnerable and reflective.💫 Windows have always reminded me of counseling, and I don’t think I could survive a minute in an office without a window. We need light. We need perspective even when it’s vulnerable.✨ I am so thankful for the opportunity to journey with people in and through various seasons—both those when the light feels palpable and in times of more darkness and heaviness. 🫶🫶
Join in listening in to part one of a series on Well-Being in the Workplace.💫 “Of course we have all the high stakes and the goals and the data around revenue and profit and all the things that businesses need to do. However, there is so much
Join in listening in to part one of a series on Well-Being in the Workplace.💫 “Of course we have all the high stakes and the goals and the data around revenue and profit and all the things that businesses need to do. However, there is so much more going on behind the scenes around do your employees feel heard, seen, valued, respected and I would just theorize, I wonder how it affects productivity? I think about even in the context of relationships at home, if you are someone who’s married or has a long term partner, I think you probably can relate to this dynamic that when you feel more connected in that relationship, everything else—it’s not that it’s easy—of course, but it’s like everything else just flows better...” https://www.elizabethbburton.com/narrating-hope-podcast/well-being-in-the-workplace-a-deeper-look-at-relationships Consider sharing!! And consider tagging an employer or team leader if this makes you think of them as something that they do really well! ❤️❤️
A reflective piece on the weight and darkness of grief and how intensely encompassing the shadow of grief is, and yet in the midst of it, we can look for light that sustains. As I share this, many are dealing with intense ice-storm experiences—
A reflective piece on the weight and darkness of grief and how intensely encompassing the shadow of grief is, and yet in the midst of it, we can look for light that sustains. As I share this, many are dealing with intense ice-storm experiences—with literal darkness. Whether in the emotional realm or more literally, I am thinking of each of you who are walking through darkness. May you notice the flicker of light that sustains you.💫 I hope you will read and share! Sending a lot of compassion both to those grieving and also those surviving this ice-storm.🫶 https://elizabethbburton.substack.com/p/grief-and-the-light-that-sustains
I have not shared a simple introduction in quite a while, and I just wanted to say hi for anyone new here! I’m Elizabeth! I am a counselor who also provides some coaching support.🥰 I value supporting people in becoming more attuned to caring
I have not shared a simple introduction in quite a while, and I just wanted to say hi for anyone new here! I’m Elizabeth! I am a counselor who also provides some coaching support.🥰 I value supporting people in becoming more attuned to caring for themselves well, cultivating SELF-COMPASSION instead of a harsh inner narrative, and connecting the dots in a HOLISTIC way around how we are feeling in our emotions and other aspects of our lives—physical, spiritual, and thoughts!🫶 Even though I mostly work with individuals, relationships with others are always a focus. So much of this relational work is about voice, boundaries, and strengthening communication and navigating conflict. And coaching work does include supporting couples who desire to strengthen their connection & communication!!! 🙌 I provide COUNSELING for people living in TN, MS, and GA— which provides so much space for the telling of stories that make up our lives, and I also provide COACHING for people living anywhere— which is very present and future focused work with more precise goals. I see people online and in person (office Signal Mountain)—both in office and walking sessions!! And I look forward to some spring days coming for the walking!👟 I have availability and would love to connect!! I am in network with Blue Cross Blue Shield (relevant and helpful for some counseling clients).🫶 You can learn more about working with me at elizabethbburton.com. And please consider sharing as a word of recommendation is the greatest gift!♥️ I love to write, have well-being conversations, and meet with groups. There are so many other ways to connect with me— through the newsletter, the podcast, or attending a group gathering!✨
“And yet sometimes we make it more difficult on ourselves with how we respond to the uncertainty. And what I mean is that often we write a script in our heads of what’s going to happen and even worst case scenarios and catastrophic thinki
“And yet sometimes we make it more difficult on ourselves with how we respond to the uncertainty. And what I mean is that often we write a script in our heads of what’s going to happen and even worst case scenarios and catastrophic thinking that we might believe is going to prepare us for the worst. And maybe we’ll be less disappointed if that’s our frame of mind or something. But I think what’s often the case is that it doesn’t really prepare you, and in fact it creates a lot of anxiety and fear and distraction from present life and reality when we’re so focused on this script that we are so sure of how it’s going to play out...”💫 Take a few minutes to listen and consider sharing!!🫶 https://www.elizabethbburton.com/narrating-hope-podcast/when-your-mind-jumps-to-the-worst-navigating-uncertainty-without-spiraling
Good morning— whatever this day holds for you, what if it were to hold space for you to show up not only for your work, the people in your life, but yourself too? That can sound like a lot and maybe impossible, but when we elevate the small t
Thoughts on SUSTAINABLE caregiving! Mostly creatively integrating a few minutes of care when you can claim it.✨ I recognize that not everyone has these gorgeous trails in their backyard, but where and how can you claim some moments for refreshment a
Happy Friday!! Consider sharing with someone this might encourage. And— if you are not already receiving the Narrating Hope newsletter, I’d love to share it with you! 🫶🫶 For those who CARE so much and yet feel so WEARY and exhausted. Let me know what resonates with you, and consider sharing with someone you know who cares.🫶 Save for later so that you can read again when you are feeling especially weary!!💫 https:/ Monday thoughts!! Wishing each of you well as you begin this new week. Consider saving for later or sharing with someone this might encourage!🫶🫶 Let me know if this resonates with you! Being any kind of helper or caregiver is such good work, and it can be so hard all at the same time.🫶 Consider sharing with a therapist or other care-giving friend!!!💕💕
For those of you who’ve been connecting with my work for a while, the concept of personhood is one that has come up! I’m excited to focus a little more on this concept specifically for THERAPISTS with hopes of providing some encouragement
hey y’all! Big update here about this podcast. I am in a place where I am needing to press PAUSE. It may not be a hard stop or anything absolute, but for now. I am learning more and more to tune into listening and paying attention and trusting
✨For those who celebrate Easter, it’s holy week.✨ Sometimes we are face to face to with such apparent holiness, slowing and savoring the beauty and wonder before us. Other times we can hardly breathe with the pace of it all. Hope you might r
Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak with parents about supporting kids with anxiety in general and test anxiety specifically at our local elementary school. 💙 What a gift to have this time together to delve into normalizing anxiety as a human Part of being a good FRIEND is learning to be a good friend to yourself! Self-compassion and self-kindness are integral in learning how to give grace to others as well.💖💖 Thankful for a friendship workshop back in September and for the letters to Sometimes work takes different forms, and this week I was able to claim some time to work on an upcoming talk with parents about anxiety and coping strategies for kids. I’m so looking forward to this gathering later this month!!🙌 Also, notice Can you relate to longing for more meaning—whether inside or outside of work?✨ “So I hope in this you hear just a widening of really the lens of meaning making and also the consideration of really paying attention more to what is a longi I hope you might take a few minutes to consider social connectedness and how encouraging connection is for well-being in general and even for productivity and motivation. Connection happens through small exchanges of moving towards others. How connec “Rest, recovery, rejuvenation, again, coming down from high alert, what rejuvenates you? What gives you breath back when you feel like you can’t breathe or you’re holding yourself so tight and you feel that anxiety and that stress i I am so grateful for this little corner of the world and for the gift of clients sharing their lives with me. Windows convey light and connection and perspective. Windows are also vulnerable and reflective.💫 Windows have always reminded me of couns Join in listening in to part one of a series on Well-Being in the Workplace.💫 “Of course we have all the high stakes and the goals and the data around revenue and profit and all the things that businesses need to do. However, there is so much A reflective piece on the weight and darkness of grief and how intensely encompassing the shadow of grief is, and yet in the midst of it, we can look for light that sustains. As I share this, many are dealing with intense ice-storm experiences— I have not shared a simple introduction in quite a while, and I just wanted to say hi for anyone new here! I’m Elizabeth! I am a counselor who also provides some coaching support.🥰 I value supporting people in becoming more attuned to caring “And yet sometimes we make it more difficult on ourselves with how we respond to the uncertainty. And what I mean is that often we write a script in our heads of what’s going to happen and even worst case scenarios and catastrophic thinki