by Elise | Jul 12, 2019 | aging gracefully, Attitude, Coaching, dating, Depression, Empowerment, feelings, Growth, Limiting beliefs, Love, perfectionism, self care, unconditional love, women
You know, we coaches don’t have answers to everything. Shocking, right? In fact, the longer I am a health and life coach, the more questions I have. Lately, I’ve been perplexed by the notion of unconditional love. What does it mean, exactly? How do you...
by Elise | Feb 9, 2018 | 3rd chakra, adrenals, Anxiety, Attitude, belly fat, belly fet, breath, burn out, busyness, calm your mind, Circulation, Depression, Empowerment, Fight or flight, Health, meditation, metabolism, mindful, Nervous System, Nutrition, over-scheduling, Personal Growth, Rejuvenate, Relaxation, Resiliency, rest, rest and digest, self care, self-discipline, Stress
If you know me you also know that I actually don’t care if you look great naked. And I honestly don’t care if you’re carrying a round a little spare tire. My mission as a health coach, massage therapist and yoga teacher is stress relief not weight loss. In some cases,...
by Elise | Nov 26, 2017 | burn out, calm your mind, Comedy Show, Comfort Food, community, Depression, Empowerment, Health, hygge, Massage, mindful, Personal Growth, Rejuvenate, Relaxation, Resiliency, rest, santosha, Seasonal Affective Disorder, self care, Stress, Sunlamps, Touch, Vitamin D3, Winter Blues
I spent most of my youth in rainy Oregon. When I moved away it was to even gloomier England. Throughout my childhood I was known as grumpy, bratty, moody… i.e. a “difficult kid.” I’ve done a lot of work on myself since then, arriving finally...
by Elise | Oct 24, 2017 | Anxiety, burn out, Depression, Dr. Stuart Brown, Elise Fabricant, halloween, Health, Holiday, kids, Love, National Institute of Play, Personal Growth, Play, playfulness, Rejuvenate, Relaxation, self care, Silly
So, I was on a first date the other night, which went pretty much like all the other many, many first dates I’ve endured over the past few years. Until, after volleying the standard questions back and forth, the gentleman in front of me threw me this new one:...
by Elise | Sep 1, 2017 | Anxiety, Attitude, Buddhism, calm your mind, Depression, Dukkha, Fight or flight, Freedom, Love, meditation, mindful, Nelson Mandela, Personal Growth, Power, Resiliency, self care, self-discipline, Stories, Stress, Victim, Vipassana, Yoga
“As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself… Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.” ― Nelson Mandela I’ll admit to you...
by Elise | Aug 20, 2017 | Anxiety, breath, calm your mind, Challenge, Depression, Elise Fabricant, Family, Fight or flight, Health, meditation, Nervous System, Personal Growth, Poses, Resiliency, Stress, Yin Yoga, Yoga
There’s nothing like spending a week in your mother’s home to bring out your inner child, right? Or in my case, I’m spending a hot August week back home getting reacquainted with my angry, scared inner teenager. Last week my 42 year-old self had been teaching to...