The LYHL Podcast

Send us Fan Mail 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 spac...

Send us Fan Mail 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! Support the show -------- Your support is invaluable. You can contribute...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 discussi...

Send us Fan Mail 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 im...

Send us Fan Mail 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-preservati...

Send us Fan Mail 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 t...

Send us Fan Mail 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 energ...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the LYHL Podcast, Elle brings us into conversation surrounding the rewarding work of intention setting. She references a video and artwork; you can see it here on the youtube channel: https://youtu.be/BFdMwAz-tbs Themes explored include soul, essence, quieting yourself, knowing, theme or word of the year, annual and seasonal personal retreats, value-based living...

Send us Fan Mail Laura Dunn civil rights and victims’ rights attorney and cousin to Elle joins Elle on this heartfelt episode of the LYHL podcast. Committing her life to justice after experiencing violence and betrayal, she shares openly and articulately about living an integrated life, healing, political goals, psychedelics, sexual assault, serving others, Evangelical Christianity, family pattern...

Send us Fan Mail In this new series, Elle shares thoughts that arrive during runs in nature. (Nothing like nature and movement to clear the head and allow space for new connections, thoughts, and ways of being. In this episode, Elle discusses "opportunity gain," comparing the power of decisions versus "opportunity cost" and our dread of FOMO. Want to F*ck FOMO? Purchase items t...

Send us Fan Mail Elle is joined on The LYHL Podcast by two lovely humans & singer-songwriters: Lauren Evans & Sergio Snow. They fully embrace the practice of considering and discussing how we can live our healthiest lives. The conversation is wealthy with topics including: Supporting one another Calling  Making healing accessible to the masses Words create worlds  Michael Jackson’s "H...

Send us Fan Mail Often we need each other to help because we become stuck. I've spent several decades helping people heal pain. Here I discuss the more challenging layer of emotional energy being stuck and stored in the body and leading to physical pain. Described and demonstrated is using LQEB - low, quiet, easy breathing and SBS - sense, breathe, say combined with progressive emotional inte...

Send us Fan Mail Need a dose of loving, laughing, listening, wise vibrant 90 year olds in your life? Would you benefit from models of healthy relationships and marriage? Want to be inspired about how to live a life of purpose - rooting your identity in your soul and knowing how to give that to others and the world? Then have a listen to this podcast episode with between Elle and Sally and David Ev...

Send us Fan Mail Fear unaddressed will control you. People in power know this and use fear to manipulate you. First steps are recognizing fear and not letting it keep you from acting in line with your values. Fascism and autocracy use fear to suppress, oppress, and control people. Our voice - the many facets and expressions of our voice - empowers us to rise up and live a bigger, healthier life -...

Send us Fan Mail Sarah Driver graces the LYHL Podcast with her radiant and thoughtful presence. Perpetually curious and motivated throughout her life by justice, Sarah shares some of her life journey and insights into healthy living. Educated at the London School of Economics with a Master's degree in social policy and development, she works for equality in the work place as well as in religi...

Send us Fan Mail Rest is essential to living your life. Have you evaluated your relationship to rest. In this video from The LYHL Podcast, Elle unpacks powerful nature of the  rhythms of rest. Don't sleep on rest! Support the show -------- Your support is invaluable. You can contribute financially to The LYHL Podcast at: https://ko-fi.com/theellebottrell Or by sharing and subscribing. ~ Join...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening! In this episode, Elle and yoga teacher and yoga asana writer, Rachel Meyer, connect deeply, kindredly, and joyfully as they explore what it means to live your healthiest life. Rachel brings an insightful and brilliant interfaith approach to her life and work. She acknowledges suffering as universal and strives to relieve suffering. Her work considers topics s...

Send us Fan Mail Elle introduces the concept of the Pain Pendulum - a concept she originated which describes widespread dysfunction of the body due to emotions, thoughts, and beliefs dictating behavior and not the body. Learn how to break the pain pendulum you are caught it.  Learn simple practices to begin incorporating in your every day Sign-up for the LYHL Movement Newsletter Subscribe to the L...

Send us Fan Mail Hey there! I'm inviting you via a heart-to-heart to be a part of my "Becoming Divergent" project. Have a watch and let me know what you think! Support the show -------- 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 Newsl...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Elle finds herself in meaningful conversation with Amy Guthrie - interior designer and coach specializing in helping those experiencing partner trauma.   They get into it quickly and explore topics spanning: Interior design Psychotherapy and Coaching Partner trauma from sex addiction & Infidelity  Harm from the Codependency framework  Doing the f*@king hard wo...

Send us Fan Mail Elle wrote a book and self-published in mid-2022 to no fanfare! Here she reads the foreword to you.  She didn't have "the nerve to write - always 'not knowing where to start.'" "Painting inside the lines is boring. Our lives are works of art. I want to live a dynamic, creative life that follows the true rules - the natural laws - and not man-made rule...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Elle Bottrell is joined by none of than - John C. Pollard - musician and sometimes marketer. John's presence in the world as a creative, contemplative learner and achiever comes through right away in the discussion with myriad references to useful thinker, researchers, and philosopher's words, insights, findings and more. Their shared history in Evangeli...

Send us Fan Mail The LYHL Podcast host Elle Bottrell reintroduces herself and gives you an update on changes in her life and what this means for the podcast. She’s on a mission to companion you in Living Your Healthiest Life (LYHL). In this brief episode she discussed: Thank you for the positivity the  The LYHL Podcast  Career changes Stopping teaching in graduate school setting Transitioning from...