Susan welcomes Dr. Elizabeth Collins to today’s episode. She is the owner and director of The East West Company, an integrative wellness practice specializing in burnout recovery coaching, functional medicine, acupuncture, and more. She uses her combined backgrounds in both Eastern and biomedicines, along with her training in hypnosis to approach healing from a perspective that seeks to fully integrate the mind, body, and spirit. After experiencing and recovering from burnout, she made it her mission to help others identify their values, explore boundaries and bring a sense of balance to both their body and brain.

Key Takeaways:

• Dr. Elizabeth explains how she uses Tarot in her practice, shuffles the cards, and one is chosen for this episode.
• Dr. Elizabeth shares her grief and burnout stories which are very much intertwined.
• Grief is cumulative.
• Dr. Elizabeth shares how to process and feel Little G and Big G of grief.
• You can be grateful and disappointed at the same time, give yourself permission to feel your feelings.
• Take the word “but” out of your language and replace it with “and”.
• Boundaries and resentment are two huge parts of burnout recovery.
• In Chinese medicine, no emotions should go unprocessed: joy, worry, grief, fear, and anger.
• Journaling is a great way to start processing your emotions and elevate your mood.
• Nothing is off-limits, your experiences and feelings are ok.
• Susan talks about faith and hope.
• You can have faith in yourself or in anything you want (you don’t need anyone’s permission for it.)
• Dr. Elizabeth gives her advice: Do not forget the connection you have to yourself, to life, and sometimes even to grief, just breathe!

Resources

Tendrilsofgrief.com

Email Susan: susan@tendrilsofgrief.com

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Elizabeth Collins is the owner and director of The East West Company, an integrative wellness practice specializing in burnout recovery coaching, functional medicine, acupuncture, and more. She uses her combined backgrounds in both Eastern and biomedicines, as well as her training in hypnosis, to approach healing from a perspective that seeks to fully integrate the mind, body, and spirit. After experiencing and recovering from burnout, she made it her mission to help others identify their values, explore their boundaries, and bring a sense of balance to both their body and brain. When she’s not working with clients, she’s voraciously consuming all forms of music, reading, sharpening her tarot card skills, and crafting custom cocktails from random ingredients in her pantry.