Elyse on life

Welcome to this week's episode! Today I reflect on the ocean, a place of deep symbolism for me. A place where I have always gone to seek solace. A place that has taught me so much over the years.  Here I talk about depths and currents and waves and getting swept away, as well as deciding when it's time to stop struggling. Understanding that we don't always have to fight against the current. W...

New episode in real time about real things and I hope it is something that connects to your real life as you live it, without the frills and packaging, but just as it is. This episode is a waking up, a remembering and a fierce determination to stop making myself the victim. Long story short, my husband was called out to a wild fire in Northern California and everything I was trying to hold togethe...

Unfiltered processing of my life this last week - coming home from ATX, a sick kiddo that lead to RSV pneumonia and a 5 day stay in the hospital, my own medical trauma getting kicked up, motherhood and advocacy and raising Eden, then going home and longing for the release, regulation and repair and it just wouldn't come ... then finally the leaking, the tears, the letting go, the homecoming both w...

Hi there! Welcome! Today's Trailercast is a solo episode where I'm putting on my licensed marriage and family therapist hat. I love this work, getting to witness others in their growth and healing. Getting to witness people seeing themselves clearly, sometimes for the first time. In this episode, I reflect on some questions and themes that have been coming up within my therapy practice lately. As...

I know I've said it before, but I'll say it again, I absolutely love these Trailercast conversations with you, my listeners. Today's episode is no exception. I love being coconspirators with you in this work, seeing where the conversation takes us and leaning into healing together. What I want you to know is this: that healing can happen anywhere. It just so happens that you can listen to it happe...

Welcome back to another Trailercast Conversation! As always, I'm honored to share this episode with you. Today you'll get to meet Kirsty. Brave, bold and incredibly insightful Kirsty. She shares with us her journey and experience with being diagnosis with Bipolar II disorder. What led up to the diagnosis, what it felt like to reach out for help, the process of diagnosis and what life is like now,...

I am so honored to be sharing this incredibly special Trailercast conversation with you today. You've heard me say it before, but these conversations are with listeners just like you, who write in with stories to share, and I'm just so thankful to those of you who have taken this chance and shown up in these conversations in your brave, authentic, powerful self. And this particular conversation re...

In search of more than our wounding ... in radical pursuit of total restoration, of what is after the pain story, of what is vibrant about you.

Bear with me as we go deep into the timeless qualities of healing and the internalized mother within. 

Hi there! Some personal reflections post Weekends. Healing is remembering. Change is inertia. Enjoy! www.elysesnipes.com 

Hey there, today's episode is practical and experiential. We explore all the ways change occurs and doesn't occur, why we don't do the things we know are good for us, and all the ways our life is inviting us to make radical contact. Give it a listen, consider what appeals to you and all the imaginative ways you can create change in your life. Enjoy!  Elyse www.elysesnipes.com www.radicalwelln...

I had some time today and I kept thinking about you, yes you, the people who listen to this podcast. So, I sat myself down and recorded a little something for you about healing and what is next and how do you know when you are done. Also, some fun updates about Radical Wellness Collaborative and Weekend Retreats. Happy Friday Friends!  www.radicalwellness.co www.elysesnipes.com

In this Trailercast conversation I had the honor of sitting down with Michelle and hearing her story and her experience of loss and grief. What you do with it, what you don’t do with it, what you don’t say about it, what you could say. She has faced so much with extreme bravery and grace, and I’m so grateful she chose to share her process with us here. I think you are going to glean so much from h...

In this Trailercast conversation you get to listen in as I talk with Kelli. When we were first supposed to record, technology did its thing and we ended up having to reschedule. But, I am so excited for you to hear what happened in the in-between from when we were supposed to record, and when we actually did. About the growth that Kelli experienced.  How does looking in the shower and seeing...

As I have been writing my book, feels so weird to even say that, I have noticed there are some major gaps in what I needed to hear growing up. Good news, I am the one writing the story this time, the one holding the pen. So I can say those things, so can you. This episode weaves through some of the ideas behind therapy and how it functions, early messaging and how to shift roles in your story. I a...

Welcome to another Trailercast conversation! This is a special episode, and I am so excited to share it with you. In this episode, I’m talking with Sophie.  Right off the bat I can tell you this; Sophie is a powerhouse. She wrote into the show wanting to process through, in her own words, “navigating shame, resilience and uncertainty in a time of great personal growth and transformation, espe...

When I started Trailercast, I wasn’t really sure what it was going to become. It was a creative outlet for me, and I knew that I loved it, but what I have really been so blown away by is how it has become a pretty amazing piece of connection to others. I love when listeners reach out, share their stories and let me know what parts of my story connect to parts of theirs. And I LOVE the opportunity...

In this episode of Trailercast we continue our conversations series with a very special mama who lives on the other side of the world.  I had the privilege of sitting down and talking with Rachel, all the way in New Zealand, about what happens when you get the kind of news that you never hope to get. What happens when the thing that you never thought could happen, happens. Right before the pa...

This episode feels extra special, because I get to introduce you to my friend, my team member, Radical Wellness ' own, Katie Hayden . Katie is a therapist, coach and licensed clinical social worker, and I have the privilege of working alongside her weekly.  Katie and I met when she came to Weekends , and I'm so thankful that she came because I cannot imagine the Radical Wellness team without...

 One of the things that I have been practicing in 2021 is showing up in a pretty real and raw form. And I sense that we are all craving that authenticity these days. In this episode, join me as I process through something that happened last week, the memories and emotions that it triggered, and the beautiful truth that emerged as I worked through it. Here we are going to be talking about what...

 We’re back! Welcome to the first episode of Trailercast in 2021. We did it. We made it to the new year. Last week I reached out to my Instagram community and asked “What would you like more of in 2021?” and one theme that came up time and time again was friendship. Adult friendships. How to make new friends as adults, how to navigate tricky friendship dynamics as adults, and to nourish and care f...

Welcome to this very special episode of Trailercast!  Today we are going to take some time to say a “goodbye” to 2020 and reflect on all that this unprecedented year has been for us, both collectively and individually. We look at rules vs. rituals, and the importance of how rest fits into the whole picture as we head into a new year. We ask, how can we move out of 2020 and into 2021 in a way...

In this episode of Trailercast I have the privilege of sitting down with Dr. Tracy Cooper, PhD, alongside my friend Andy Lara, and interviewing him on what it means to be a Highly Sensitive Person. We discuss what the experience is of someone living as a highly sensitive person, what that even means, how to understand it for yourself, and as a partner, friend or as a parent of a someone with high...

This episode is a special one, because I get to sit down and have a conversation with a long-time Trailercast listener and OG Weekends participant. Namoi and I talk all about change, Weekends and some of the unexpected gifts that the COVID shutdown has brought. We talk about career, and knowing when it’s time to stay or time to move onto something new. We talk about the idea of possibility, and th...

The holidays are here.  Take a deep breath. This Trailercast episode is all about the holidays and how to best show up as our authentic, healthy selves this season. This is a loaded time of year in so many ways, with all of the “supposed-tos” and “have-tos” and the way our old family stuff often seems to be highlighted and intensified. It can be a lot. Explore with me some creative ideas and pract...