AMATEUR: Recent Episodes
Ellie Vázquez
Welcome to Amateur! This is a space to learn how to turn life lessons into the material for growth. We are all in a journey of becoming and the best way to progress is to fall in love with the process. It’s never too late to be an amateur of life.
This podcast is a ´playground’ to explore and reflect on how to create our handbook on living life. No one was born with a guide on how to life live. The purpose of this podcast is to reflect on life experiences and challenges to equip us with the toolkit to set us up for an intentional, purpose filled, awe-striking and impactful life.
Have you ever been too caught up in the mundane? Are you looking to find new meaning and intention in this season of life? If you feel stuck or are looking to elevate your life, this episode is for you!
If you’ve ever been stuck in your life or are looking to be challenged, this podcast is for you. In this episode we dive deep into how to find truth and change our perception of reality to create the life that elevates us.
Join me for a conversation on why we feel frustrated, misaligned or out of place at times, and how to become the version of ourselves we deeply long to become.
In this episode, Ellie talks about the importance of learning ‘how to think’ and how you are able to rewire the coding of your mind to see success in your life. From perception to posture, Ellie takes us through a discussion on how to surmount self-sabotage and live a life of intention, purpose and greatness.
Hi everyone! This episode is all about fate, choices and creating a new version of yourself. Have you ever felt the fear of stepping into something new or been paralyzed by the weight of your dreams? Have you been at the edge of who you want to become or wanted to be there?
In this episode, community manager of @geneva and philanthropist, Carly Adair, talks us through feeling stuck, caring about others’ opinion and so much more. We dive deep into what it means to find yourself, how to get what you want in life, and how being selfless elevates you from being stuck to inner freedom.
If you’ve ever been stuck in life, felt like nothing is working or even thought that the process is betraying you, this is for YOU. In this episode, Ellie talks about exposure therapy and having new experiences as a way to find your uniqueness and unlock the progress you’ve been longing for.
Your life is made out of the habits that you've adopted along the way. Have you ever been stuck in life? Have you ever been discouraged by your lack of progress? In this episode, Ellie discusses how to deconstruct our toxic behaviours, and pave the way to the create the life we want, by changing the way you think about habits.
Here's the link to the article of the steps to affairs (discussed in the section of tracing small actions that lead to lifestyles)
How do you treat yourself better? Are you known for beating yourself up? Have you ever been rejected or felt ashamed when you showed up as yourself? Have you felt like you were not good enough? In this episode, Ellie dives deep into the dynamics that trap us in a state of mental abuse and validation of harsh treatment against ourselves, and how that behaviour inherently shapes our identity, affects our choices and hinders our relationships.
Have you ever crashed and questioned your whole life? Have you ever fallen in love and it all spiralled? Have you found yourself in a place you never intended to be at? In this episode, Ellie discusses how your choices are fundamentally linked to what you're building your life on and how the material of your future comes from the voices you listen to. Wherever you are in life, this episode will help you to identify what is driving you and how to pivot the direction of your future.
If you've ever felt the pain of not feeling good enough or feeling that life is against you, you might have struggled with celebrating people's successes. In this episode, Ellie discusses the power in celebrating others and the internal joy that comes out of it. She explores how when something affects you it has power over you.
Topics discussed:
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Celebrating Others
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Selflessness vs Self-love
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Workaholics and its extremes
Change! Some love this word and some dread it with passion. Whether you create change in your life or resist it, we can all suffer from the emotional effects of change. What if we could use our minds to go through change unscathed, mentally and emotionally? What if we could use our mind to catalyse change into proactive growth?
How many times do you hear people around you talking about relationships? How much do YOU think about dating? Everyone is talking about romance, dating, and potential relationships non-stop. Why does this thought consume us or captivate us to this level? And why are we still not good at relationships? In this episode, Ellie discusses the fundamentals of relationships, challenging us to have a new way of approaching relationships. If you've ever been stuck in this spiral of relational talk, this episode is your call to action.
Have you ever fallen off track and given up on yourself? Have you ever lost all sense of purpose in your journey? Do you have a militant internal voice beating you up for your failures? If so, this podcast might be for YOU.
This podcast is not for everyone, only for those who want to challenge everything you've known and everything that is holding you back, to discover who you really are and what is on the other side of what limited you.
As the New Year starts off, we are bombarded with vision boards and words for the years, longings and desires, or potential disappointments. In this episode, Ellie discusses the importance of being honest with yourself as the first stepping stone to accomplishing anything, and what happens when you're not honest with yourself. Have your actions ever been out of sight with your beliefs or vision? Have you ever found yourself disappointed after failing to be who you want to be? Could insecurity be taking a hold of your intention? This episode is for YOU.
Finding our way back to a healthy mind and life seems overwhelming at times, yet we can find hope in taking small steps. In this episode, Ellie discusses how changing small things about our environment can improve the state of our minds. Discover the power you have at hand to elevate your mindset and take your mental health to the next level.
Have you ever felt like the moment you’re in doesn’t matter? In this episode, Ellie talks about how every single situation in life is interconnected, so that the failures and lows of yesterday can be the lessons we need tomorrow.
In this episode, Ellie looks back on these past months to discuss some of the life-changing lessons that have come in with the challenges of the year. With the year coming to an end, it's easy to think of the regrets and losses we've had, how do you reframe your mindset to win when you've lost your progress? If you feel stuck in this space in between, this episode is exactly what you need, as Ellie lays down practical tips on how to stop fighting yourself to start fighting for your future.
Have you ever felt inadequate or like you're not good enough? Have you ever strived to fit in or become someone you're not and failed at it? Whether it is the media or your peers, it is easy to fall into a state of despair when our differences make use feel as if we don't belong. In this episode, Ellie creates a framework of societal understanding to debunk the myth of the idealised stereotype of the perfect "human" and to challenge our view of ourselves to become who we were meant to be and a healthier society.
If you've ever asked yourself, "why can't I be like her/him?" or if you've ever thought to yourself, "I don't belong", this podcast is for YOU.
Have you ever judged a book by it's cover or missed out on the greatest ride of your life because you were afraid? So often, our choices are a reflection of what we are choosing to dictate the narrative of our lives. In this episode, Ellie explores and analyses the mechanisms that shape our perception of ourselves and reality, and how to break free from unhealthy behaviours that are driving our lives.
"We lose trust in humanity because of the way we treat each other, which is a natural reflection of how we treat ourselves." – Elisabet Vázquez
In this episode, Ellie dives into the topic of TRUST. Why do we feel reluctant to trust? How can we trust ourselves more to trust others? Where did this start?
Do we even have free will if we give it away so easily? In this episode, Ellie discusses free will and how we so often forget to exercise it.
If you need CLARITY in your life, career, relationships or anything, this podcast is for you. Here are 3 practical keys to clarity that you can implement right now.
Peace out,
Ellie
Everything is connected. If you are struggling with emotional pain, it will inevitably show up in physical, mental and social aspects of your life. If you want to become who you were meant to be, you will need to know how to manage your emotional pain in a way that propels you into the future. Today, join Ellie for a conversation on how to elevate by knowing yourself better through identifying the symptoms of your pain, emotionally, mentally and physically.
Peace out, Ellie
Life is an on-going process of highs and lows, beginnings and ends, births and deaths. In this liminal stage called life, we experience losses and newness on the other side. The moment you make a new choice, you experience the death of yourself to become a new person. But, how can we navigate the emotional waves that come from this process? How can we know ourselves better to make less self-destructive choices?
If you've ever experienced any loss or the nervous excitement of new beginnings, this episode is for you.
Peace out,
Ellie
Great leaders move. They are always moving. Leaders aren't wasting time observing from the outside and judging because there's no time. The future and people are at stake. What defines a great leader is how they come out the other side knowing that things are gonna fall. – Some notes on what Ellie discusses today. You don't want to miss this one.
Do you feel stuck?
What change must be created?
What is your responsibility in life?
Have you ever been labelled something you weren't or lost yourself in your own labels? In this podcast, Ellie debunks the myth of the "creative" label to think about a world of blurred lines, less divisiveness, and more innovation. If you've ever wanted to collaborate creatively or just branch out in your relationships, this podcast is for YOU.
Peace out,
Ellie
What if the problem with comfort was where we are finding it? What if comfort is exactly what we need to create the future we long for? In this episode, Ellie challenges the concept that comfort is the end of your future, by suggesting that you need to find comfort in the hope that comes from moving through liminality and taking action.
Peace out,
Ellie
In this episode, Ellie discusses how the choices you make in one area of your life will affect everything you do.
Some questions we brought up:
How honest are you with yourself?
What can you take control over?
Who can you be in someone else's life?
Peace out,
Ellie
Liminality is about being between stages. Whether you are in between jobs, changing career paths, going through a breakup or any life breakdown, this podcast is for YOU. We will discuss what choices lead you to where you are, the beauty that can be found in transition, and practical steps to create the life that you would want to wake up to. From your host, Ellie