Many times as we are busy and doing life, the first thing to go is taking good care of ourselves. Elizabeth encourages listeners to take care of themselves well by cultivating a practice of checking in with themselves. This kind of attunement includes checking in with your body as well as emotions and thoughts. Asking yourself "what do you need?" is that next step as it positions someone to take small steps to meet their needs and care for themselves well.

Elizabeth encourages listeners to give themselves permission not do everything during the holidays as well as permission not to be picture perfect. Instead, Elizabeth urges giving yourself permission to enjoy the season and prioritize meaning making. This involves saying no at times through boundary work, so that yeses are more whole-hearted. In this way, boundaries can go hand in hand with enjoying the holidays so much more.

As the holidays approach, they can often carry with them the potential for a great deal of stress and overwhelm, and yet this dynamic can often be influenced to feel so much lighter by prioritizing what is most meaningful during the holidays and then intentionally laying down the rest or at least accepting a "good enough" stance. This frees someone to focus on and enjoy what is most important to them instead of expecting themselves to equally attend to all things--even things that are not as important.

Can you relate to the concept of a guilty feeling and narrative that seems to follow you around, wherever you go, even when you are not doing something wrong? In this episode, Elizabeth encourages listeners to distinguish between guilt showing up as a conviction when not living in alignment with values versus this ever-present, constant weighty narrative that accuses and condemns when it's actually not even relevant, true, or helpful.

In this episode, Elizabeth shares about overidentification from Dr. Kristin Neff's research about self-compassion. Elizabeth encourages growing in self-awareness of any thought patterns where overidentification shows up, which is often big generalizations about what things mean and instead moving towards simply noticing and naming without so much judgment. This mindful approach helps promote self-compassion which impacts so many things, but especially our relationships with ourselves.

In this episode, Elizabeth emphasizes that we are in lifelong relationships with ourselves and how often we do not treat ourselves with the tenderness, care, and encouragement that we would treat a good friend. Elizabeth guides listeners towards asking yourself what you need as well as talking to yourself with more encouragement and kindness.

In this episode, Elizabeth encourages listeners about the goodness of boundaries--emphasizing that boundaries are healthy, not mean, and lead to more whole-hearted yeses, which then impacts there being less resentment in relationships and in general. Elizabeth encourages the naming of values and the consideration of priorities for the season that you are in. By examining these two things, it can become more clear what your yeses are and where you need to say no.

In this episode Elizabeth Burton encourages listeners to really consider their own patterns as well as the patterns in their relationships. This takes reflection and some degree of self-awareness. When you are honest with yourself about naming the patterns, you are more in a position to possibly grow through them and to help create healthier dynamics with yourself and in your relationships.

In this episode, Elizabeth Burton encourages movement towards a healthier body image by increasing awareness of all or nothing, highly critical, and rigid thought patterns. The good news is that we can work to cultivate and build a healthier view of bodies by intentionally shifting our thoughts towards more acceptance and more sustainable thoughts and choices.. This is relevant for adults listening in terms of their own body image and also for any parents listening to consider how they can model a healthy body image for their kids.

Anxiety often provokes developing coping strategies that are avoidant in nature. In this episode Elizabeth encourages challenging avoidance when it is not serving you. As people, we generally grow through facing hard things. When we become less avoidant and face what is anxiety provoking, we may find that the anxiety shift and become less powerful.