Strive to Thrive

Send us Fan Mail Lost in the shadows of your story Let's find the light together, one brave step at a time.

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 5 of the podcast, you'll discover another bite-sized dose of hope, inspiration, and encouragement designed to meet you right where you are. As downloads continue to climb and listeners join us from near and far, this growing community is proof that even the shortest messages can create powerful ripples of change. If you've been navigating life's challenge...

Send us Fan Mail In this deeply personal episode of Tales of Awakening , Elise shares two powerful dreams that uncovered a profound message about creativity, self-expression, and reclaiming personal energy. From mysterious pink capital letters spelling “ENERGY,” to a rockstar-like figure embodying unapologetic creative force, to standing at the top of a long country road facing rows of police cars...

Send us Fan Mail Some awakenings don't arrive with lightening.  They arrive as a quiet knowing in the body. A tightening, a softening, a sense that there's more happening beneath the surface than we were ever taught to name. This episode explores the subtle body, energetic anatomy and the ancient idea of logos, the intelligence that brings meaning into form, spoken of by thinkers like Ar...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 2: Integration | When the Past Knocks Softly In this quiet, reflective episode of the Awakening Series , Elise guides you through the gentle practice of integration —the art of witnessing your past without judgment. Through a tender meditation, she invites you to acknowledge your younger self, honor old memories, and recognize that healing often looks like simply being pre...

Send us Fan Mail This series is for those standing at the quiet crossroads of change. The moment after survival, when something within begins to stir. Through honest reflections, lived stories, and gentle guidance, Tales of Awakening explores what it means to wake up to yourself again after loss, burnout, grief, or long seasons of simply getting through. These are stories of unravelling and rememb...

Send us Fan Mail "Loving an addict is like standing in the ocean during a storm—no matter how hard you fight the waves, they just keep pulling you under. You want to save them, but what if saving them means losing yourself? Let’s talk about the reality of addiction, the heartbreak of trying to help, and the hardest lesson I ever had to learn: Sometimes, love isn’t enough."

Send us Fan Mail Growing Up in the Hood vs. Growing Up in the ‘Good’ Neighborhood—How Your Roots Shape You "Where you grow up can define your early experiences, but it doesn’t have to define your future. Whether you come from the hood or an ideal neighborhood, the real question is—how do you rise beyond your circumstances?"

Send us Fan Mail "Sometimes, you don’t have to be the one in the gang for it to change your life. Sometimes, just knowing the wrong person is enough to pull you into a world you never asked to be in." Maybe you’re listening to this right now because you’re in that situation. Maybe you feel trapped between loyalty and self-preservation. Or maybe you’ve already walked away, but the scars r...

Send us Fan Mail  Today, we’re diving into a powerful conversation: the real-world business skills that you can’t learn in school. This one’s personal, raw, and full of heart — because it’s rooted in my own story, the one I shared in The New Zealand Dream: The Healing . I call this one: Grit, Guts, and Grace. Let’s talk about the tools you gain in the trenches — and how they can become the foundat...

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Listen In As We Explore: “Healing isn’t a straight path—and it was never meant to be. But you were never meant to walk it alone, either.” In this raw and hope-filled episode, Elise shares the truth about healing—it’s not a linear journey, and that’s okay. Drawing from her own lived experiences of trauma, chronic illness, and rebuilding life after loss, she opens up about the re...

Send us Fan Mail Chayne is a 31-year-old solo mum to three beautiful kids, living in rural New Zealand. She's built a massive, supportive community by teaching the lost art of getting back to basics — from growing your own fruit and veggies, to clever money-saving tips, personal growth insights, and recipes that will seriously make your mouth water. Chayne’s story is a powerful reminder that...

Send us Fan Mail Heartbreak isn't just an ending - it's a fracture in the life we thought we'd have, a deep wound that leaves us wondering if we'll ever feel whole again.  When my world shattered, I thought I was broken beyond repair. But looking back, I see now that it was through those cracks that the light found its way in. And today I want to share how you can thrive beyond...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes, life doesn’t just knock us down—it shatters us. The dreams we built, the person we thought we were, the future we imagined—it all crumbles in ways we never expected. But what if those broken pieces aren’t the end of your story? What if they’re the beginning of something even more powerful? Welcome to Survive, Rise, Thrive—I’m Elise and today, I want to share how my grea...

Send us Fan Mail This is how I found me again- and you can too. How I rebuilt my identity after everything seemed to fall apart. I take you through my journey living in toxicity, facing unimaginable challenges, and choosing freedom and healing. By the end of this episode, I hope you'll feel inspired to take your first steps toward rebuilding your own identity and thriving after life's to...