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Elle shares about an unexpected life-changing interaction exploring suffering and joy. This episode is a quick, but potent listen. Enjoy.

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Videos of the conversations are available on YouTube and other videos Elle has created including poems, photography, "how-to" videos, outdoor and nature exploration. Look for @theellebottrell. You can also find Elle on IG at the same handle: @theellebottrell.

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None other than THE Rob Bell joins today's episode with Elle. Rob has been super formative in Elle's life with connections going back to videos during her teenage years up to his most recent fiction writing: the "Where'd You Park Your Spaceship" series, which Elle can't recommend more highly, although getting to reading it she had to overcome the spaceship themed title (and she's so glad she did!).

Joy was discussed (so naturally they talked about grief!). 

They discussed many other things including, but not limited to:

• Calling: how to find the next thing
• Doing the work you love
• Plays
• Music
• Soul reclamation
• Loving and integrating our earlier selves 
• Punching ourselves in the face and looking for fists 
• Stories work for a while and then they don’t
• Being shrewd
• Changing setups; life as fluid
• Healthy living needs to consider sustainability of our behaviors 
• Weary is a spirit and soul fatigue and leads to despair
• Despair can masquerade as existential crisis when it’s just burnout
• What feeds your soul
• Programming of the world confusing love of self and care of self with selfishness 
• Gospel of denial
• Loving the world starts with loving yourself
• The unique signature and resonance of grief
• The power of both grieving and ungrieved grief
• The connection between grief and gratitude
• Anger as fuel
• How awesome it is to be human!
• How emptying out your closet and giving away a carful of belongings is a high
• The writing process
• Loving bikes

You can find more of Rob's work at www.robbell.com

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Videos of the conversations are available on YouTube and other videos Elle has created including poems, photography, "how-to" videos, outdoor and nature exploration. Look for @theellebottrell. You can also find Elle on IG at the same handle: @theellebottrell.

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In this episode, host, Elle Bottrell discusses the power and lost art of letter writing. In particular, she discusses the dynamic power of writing or recording letters to yourself - letters to love, notice and celebrate growth, hype, encourage, and care for yourself.
Have you tried letters to yourself?
Enjoy!

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~ Join Elle's newsletter "The LYHL Newsletter"
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Videos of the conversations are available on YouTube and other videos Elle has created including poems, photography, "how-to" videos, outdoor and nature exploration. Look for @theellebottrell. You can also find Elle on IG at the same handle: @theellebottrell.

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Tyler Eng - physical therapist, educator and former colleague (as well as student) of Elle’s - helps people with running injuries, crush personal records, and be happy. 

They have a lively chat and discuss the following, plus more:

• Choose your own adventure books and video games
• The path of injuries leading to helping others
• Identity crisis
• Reaching goals
• Learning to love running
• Rehabbing running injuries
• The power of encouragement and peer support
• The power of belonging
• Fulfillment 
• Privilege and the need for policies to better care for the health of all
• Barriers to health - environmental, physical safety, finances, social support, food scarcity
• Climate change
• Navigating Fatherhood / parenthood
• Strength training for life - building foundation for decades
• Importance of training power
• Fall prevention 
• Habit formation
• Missing aspects of healthcare
• Investing in social relationships
• Integration in healthcare systems
• Bio-psycho-social model of patient care
• Integration within individuals

Want to connect with Tyler or learn more about his work? 

You can find him on Instagram: @tylereng

or on his website: movespacept.com

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Videos of the conversations are available on YouTube and other videos Elle has created including poems, photography, "how-to" videos, outdoor and nature exploration. Look for @theellebottrell. You can also find Elle on IG at the same handle: @theellebottrell.

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Welcome, join Elle Bottrell as she invites you into a discussion exploring patience. 

Along the way, she incorporates themes such as shame, compassion, LYHLing (living your healthiest life), calling and vocation versus work and career, societal pressure, impatience, self-worth, comparison, suffering, fast food, dieting, physical health, U.S. global influence, Guatemala, IMA School for Girls, delight, and presence.

You can learn more about IMA at www.imausa.org.

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Your support is invaluable. You can contribute financially to The LYHL Podcast at: https://ko-fi.com/theellebottrell

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~ Join Elle's newsletter "The LYHL Newsletter"
~ Buy Elle's book: "Holy Shit" - Musings and self-reflections of a de-constructed Christian faith from the lived experience of a female, undercover feminist, mid-life crisis-er, and likely mystic contemplative. 

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Videos of the conversations are available on YouTube and other videos Elle has created including poems, photography, "how-to" videos, outdoor and nature exploration. Look for @theellebottrell. You can also find Elle on IG at the same handle: @theellebottrell.

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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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Your support is invaluable. You can contribute financially to The LYHL Podcast at: https://ko-fi.com/theellebottrell

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~ Join Elle's newsletter "The LYHL Newsletter"
~ Buy Elle's book: "Holy Shit" - Musings and self-reflections of a de-constructed Christian faith from the lived experience of a female, undercover feminist, mid-life crisis-er, and likely mystic contemplative. 

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Videos of the conversations are available on YouTube and other videos Elle has created including poems, photography, "how-to" videos, outdoor and nature exploration. Look for @theellebottrell. You can also find Elle on IG at the same handle: @theellebottrell.

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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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Your support is invaluable. You can contribute financially to The LYHL Podcast at: https://ko-fi.com/theellebottrell

Or by sharing and subscribing.

~ Join Elle's newsletter "The LYHL Newsletter"
~ Buy Elle's book: "Holy Shit" - Musings and self-reflections of a de-constructed Christian faith from the lived experience of a female, undercover feminist, mid-life crisis-er, and likely mystic contemplative. 

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Videos of the conversations are available on YouTube and other videos Elle has created including poems, photography, "how-to" videos, outdoor and nature exploration. Look for @theellebottrell. You can also find Elle on IG at the same handle: @theellebottrell.

May you always see the blessing.

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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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Your support is invaluable. You can contribute financially to The LYHL Podcast at: https://ko-fi.com/theellebottrell

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~ Join Elle's newsletter "The LYHL Newsletter"
~ Buy Elle's book: "Holy Shit" - Musings and self-reflections of a de-constructed Christian faith from the lived experience of a female, undercover feminist, mid-life crisis-er, and likely mystic contemplative. 

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Videos of the conversations are available on YouTube and other videos Elle has created including poems, photography, "how-to" videos, outdoor and nature exploration. Look for @theellebottrell. You can also find Elle on IG at the same handle: @theellebottrell.

May you always see the blessing.

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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."

I.L.Y. merchandise to spread the love to all those you encounter available at redbubble.com at the VRNACLR X LYHL shop.

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Your support is invaluable. You can contribute financially to The LYHL Podcast at: https://ko-fi.com/theellebottrell

Or by sharing and subscribing.

~ Join Elle's newsletter "The LYHL Newsletter"
~ Buy Elle's book: "Holy Shit" - Musings and self-reflections of a de-constructed Christian faith from the lived experience of a female, undercover feminist, mid-life crisis-er, and likely mystic contemplative. 

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Videos of the conversations are available on YouTube and other videos Elle has created including poems, photography, "how-to" videos, outdoor and nature exploration. Look for @theellebottrell. You can also find Elle on IG at the same handle: @theellebottrell.

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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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Your support is invaluable. You can contribute financially to The LYHL Podcast at: https://ko-fi.com/theellebottrell

Or by sharing and subscribing.

~ Join Elle's newsletter "The LYHL Newsletter"
~ Buy Elle's book: "Holy Shit" - Musings and self-reflections of a de-constructed Christian faith from the lived experience of a female, undercover feminist, mid-life crisis-er, and likely mystic contemplative. 

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Videos of the conversations are available on YouTube and other videos Elle has created including poems, photography, "how-to" videos, outdoor and nature exploration. Look for @theellebottrell. You can also find Elle on IG at the same handle: @theellebottrell.

May you always see the blessing.