Hi Everyone! I am back. It's been awhile! Didn't intentionally take a break, life just got busy. This episode is just so many thoughts, so stick with me. Sharing some life update, my hot take on New Years Resolutions, life I'm currently experiencing, and some goals I have.

Stress. Present in all of our lives in many forms. These past few weeks I started school and let me tell you it has not been easy. It has in-fact been so stressful I have had multiple meltdowns. But this past week something was different. Then I asked myself "What was different about this week that made it more enjoyable?" I realized that it was the way I was coping with stress. I came into this week with a different approach to stress and I hope this helps you with looking at stress.

Hi everyone! This is Episode 4 of Thoughts with Ellie. Setting boundaries. Now I know that last week I talked about saying yes, but with saying yes, comes setting boundaries. Both require you to know yourself. Do you know yourself? Do you know when you are feeling tired, sad, happy, or angry? All emotions are valid, but it's what you do with them. Setting boundaries is not a negative thing to practice. Setting boundaries is you taking care of yourself mentally or physically. Happy Monday! - Ellie

Today's episode was hard to explain the concept of saying YES because this can look like many different things to everyone! I went into some detail about what it personally looks like for me for my senior year. Some of the audio is a bit funky so just hang with me as we explore the idea of saying YES to more things.

Whether you're feeling overwhelmed mentally, physically, emotionally, etc, this episode goes into what I recently have been feeling overwhelmed with and what I did. Decluttering your life is easier said than done, but hopefully this sparks some inspiration for you to asses how you're feeling and what is causing unnecessary stress. - Ellie

This is the first episode ever of Thoughts with Ellie! Get a little sneak peek on what future episodes of the podcast might be, and get to know me! Diving into some social anxiety I've experienced, summer ending and senior year starting, and goals for the podcast! Hope you guys enjoy this... It's my first time podcasting and hopefully I'll get better and try to make my thoughts more cohesive. :) PS. Some episodes may be longer, shorter, lighter, deeper, it'll just depend on the week! - Ellie