Fusion Stretch and Wellness

08/14/2024

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Join me for this riveting conversation with Erica Wilcox. Being a self-taught artist, intuitive healer, and having a deep spiritual practice, Erica strives to create artwork and healing sessions that encourage others to connect with themselves.

After experiencing pain and discomfort physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually, Erica took those experiences and transformed them into healing opportunities for others.

She offers Psychic Art Readings, Shamanic Healing sessions, and Craniosacral therapy to help heal people who seek support. Along with being a healer, she is a drawing artist who strives to capture the link between human and Godlike energy. Her goal is for her art to encourage others to do inner work and feel their inner power.

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08/08/2024

I enjoyed a great conversation with Alex Brayton! If you are curious about cultivating a new relationship with alcohol, or alcohol-free living, his story is definitely one of inspiration.

Elizabeth met Alex on a fluke through an app. She meets many through apps, Zeel, Lyft and Uber. Life stories are amazing, and often times incredibly inspiring. Having newly stopped drinking, it seemed the Universe/ God just dropped new sober ...

07/19/2024

My latest episode with the lovely, local Melanie Rudolph!

Melanie shares her lifestory and her journey to findingLaughter Yoga, Couchsurfing and to living an Unbridled Life. This is an episode you don't want to miss, ESPECIALLY if you need more laughter and Vitamin J(oy) in your life.

In this episode, Elizabeth and Melanie talk about moving through adversity, the loss of laughter and Vitamin J (joy), and healing through connection and community. Melanie Rudolph is a Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher ( CLYT ) since 2009. She has been actively involved with the Global “ Couchsurfin...

05/30/2024

I had the awesome opportunity to speak to Dave Wilkinson of Team Speedy Turtle about his upcoming 3,000 mile bike ride in the Race Across America! With the ability to ONLY perceive light and dark, and having the goal to be the first blind cyclist to complete the race, his story is one you don't want to miss.

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elizabeth-elliott33/episodes/Team-Speedy-Turtle-Races-Across-America-e2k9bpa

12/07/2023

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05/15/2023

Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day!

As I mentioned, I was birthed a mother 21 years ago last week. It is crazy how time flies!

You would think it gets easier as they get older but alas, I have decided it is much easier to apply band-aids to skinned knees than ride the roller coaster of life, emotions and anything else that comes along with teens and the early twenties!

Happy day to anyone who is walking alongside as a guide to a child.

May the force be with you forever and always!

05/15/2023

Happy Mother’s Day!

As I mentioned, I was birthed a mother 21 years ago last week. It is crazy how time flies!

You would think it gets easier as they get older but alas, I have decided it is much easier to apply band-aids to skinned knees than ride the roller coaster of life, emotions and anything else that comes along with teens and the early twenties!

Happy day to anyone who is walking alongside as a guide to a child.

May the force be with you forever and always!



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05/12/2023

Come Flow with the majestic horses on the beautiful lands of Atwood Farms in Goshen, Kentucky

Immerse yourself in nature, quiet your mind, connect with the deep place within that is connected to all that is …

May 20, 2023
10 am
$35 (or ALL you can give)

Proceeds to Benefit Kitten Corner & Puppy Street

Comment or DM and I’ll send you the registration link.

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05/12/2023

Come Flow with the majestic horses on the beautiful lands of Atwood Farms in Goshen, Kentucky

Immerse yourself in nature, quiet your mind, connect with the deep place within that is connected to all that is …

May 20, 2023
10 am
$35 (or ALL you can give)

Proceeds to Benefit Kitten Corner & Puppy Street

Comment or DM and I’ll send you the registration link.

🙏

05/09/2023

Loving Yourself Will Make It Better …

Are you feeling powerless? Have circumstances taken a turn you don’t like? Do you feel there’s nothing you can do to make today better? One power that’s always available to you is the power to love yourself.

Sometimes we feel powerless. We have circumstances in our lives we simply cannot change, no matter what we do to create something different, to move the situation along. We can’t get another person to behave differently. We can’t seem to change something at work. We can’t do much about our money situation, at least not at the moment. Nothing in life seems to be going out way. It’s not that we’re doing anything wrong. We aren’t off our path or neglecting a particular lesson. The energy of that particular time in our lives is frustrating. There is no action we can take to change our circumstances. All we can do is surrender to the circumstances, accept what’s happening, and stay in the moment.

During those times, there is one action we can take that will help. We can love ourselves . When we can’t do anything about the world around us, when we can’t even seem to do much about ourselves, we can always, always love ourselves. When all our other powers seem stripped away, we can practice the power of self-love. It’s one power no one can take away.

~ Melody Beattie, Journey to the Heart

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05/08/2023

Pictured are the sacred marks from carrying my son. These marks that I have battled with emotionally and mentally tell the story of this time when at the young age of 23, I got pregnant. My inner body critic likes to point them out and look at them through a negative lens … my inner wise woman reminds me of the beauty of pregnancy and childbirth, the gift I was given when my son chose to birth me a mother 21 years ago today.

We need to love our imperfections, the sacred stories we have written across our bodies. We need to embrace the natural beauty of our lives.

I may regret eating too many ice cream cones when I was pregnant, but becoming a mother completely changed my life and I am so grateful for the experience up to now. I am grateful for my body’s ability to carry, nourish and birth a baby. I am grateful for the journey and the lessons I have learned along the way.

I can’t believe Noah has reached adulthood and is graduating from college. It really so crazy how fast it happened!

Happy Birthday Noah!

05/05/2023

Love … all you need is love!


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05/03/2023

It’s Derby week y’all …

It is easy to get hung up on the things we do wrong in our life.

When I reflect on my years as a parent up until now, I can see my shortcomings, and decisions I made that in hindsight I would have made different, discipline techniques I might have implemented, vacations I wish I took, skills I wish I had passed down, etc. but alas they are just about grown and I don’t get a do-over.

In reflecting on those choices that I wish I could change, I also must look at and consider the aspects of parenting where I really showed up as the best mom I could be.

A decision I made that I would never change is the decision to homeschool my kids … the freedom to wake up to their animated, joyous smiling faces that welcomed the world each and every morning , to sleep in and create life the way we wanted it to look, the extra outside time most kids don’t enjoy when attending school in a building, the opportunity to experience life in a much more hands-on, experiential way, arts and crafts; fresh, homemade food, running errands, walking to the hardware store, getting to know our neighbors, and our yearly field trip to the track to watch the horses workout … I wish I had never quit homeschooling, that is most definitely a decision I would change if I could go back in time.

This week in particular though, reminds me of all the good times the kids and I had at home, all the fun we shared and the unique experiences they got to have simply because they were schooled at home.

05/02/2023

This one reminds me of growth and expansion. It is as if my spine is bursting from the soil the a tree would … reaching for the sun.

I believe we are here to grow, evolve and transform. I believe we are souls that have chosen a human experience, exactly the body, personality, parents, siblings, friends, family, and human experiences we need in this lifetime for our soul to expand, learn, evolve and grow.

Thank you for yet another beautiful depiction of the curvature of my spine.

05/01/2023

When was the last time you felt truly free?

Adulting is hard. The ups, the downs, responsibilities … household, bills to pay, kids to raise, relationships family, friends, maybe a significant other … baggage from the past (maybe you are luck with just a backpack, more often it seems to be a suitcase or two).

We all have that inner child, the aspect of us, that original part of us who entered into this world with the capacity to experience wonder, joy, innocence, sensitivity, and playfulness.

Often times she gets buried, tucked away, is forced to grow up too soon, experiences a rupture that creates hurt and disappointment. We all have a younger part of ourselves that was “never quite loved the right way or the way they needed as a child, “ clinical psychologist Trish Phillips, Psy.d says.

We carry this being with us on a daily basis and she (he) usually shows up during times of hurt more often than not … in our relationships, during certain experiences that trigger feelings we may have once experienced by a caregiver when we were small.

The beauty is we can go back and heal our little child through inner work and addressing our needs that weren’t met when we were children. We can find that playful, joyful, free-spirited essence again through inner child healing work.

This can be done a variety of ways. One way to begin is by framing a picture of yourself when you were a youngster.
Place it somewhere you can see it. If you could imagine being your little child’s caregiver … how would you treat her (him)? How would you show up? You could practice simply visualizing just that with your little person.

04/30/2023

Another awesome sketch by of my spine … when you look close you can see where the screws fuse the lower vertebrate together … the procedure was an attempt to keep the upper curvature from getting worse .

My book is available soon … a journey of 29 daily rituals and practices to cultivate self love.

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04/25/2023

Today marks six months without a drink …

I definitely enjoyed my alcoholic beverages as an early adult. I have mostly been a beer drinker, the rest just made me sick. Occasionally I would enjoy a glass of wine.

But beer … I loved beer! My romance with beer began with Newcastle Brown Ale, then Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Magic Hat #9. I enjoyed a good porter and a stout in the colder, darker months. I leaned towards the Corona and Negra Modelo in the summer months. By far, Negra Modena became my favorite, best when garnished with a lime. I love the way beer tastes, the at it hits the tongue. I used to wish it didn’t make me drunk. I didn’t drink it for the effects … I absolutely loved the taste!

As I grew older however, our relationship began to dwindle. Beer began to keep me up at night with ruminating thoughts and sleeplessness. It became something I was no longer enjoying. The weekend beers just weren’t that enjoyable when followed by insomnia, anxiety and a next day sluggishness.

I then thought I found the perfect way to drink for me… occasionally, right around 5 pm and no more than 2. This likely is still the perfect amount which doesn’t seem to interfere with my life.

The last several years I could probably count the number of drinks per year on both hands. On October 24, the day after a wedding (and I only enjoyed two beers), I decided I was going to give it up for a year. Today marks halfway! I have no idea if giving up alcohol is a forever thing or a now thing. I do feel better, have more clarity, less digestive stressors due to the gluten and likely genetically modified grains so often used in beer.

Alcohol … the dance with alcohol is an interesting one to say the least. First many drink to have a good time, then to celebrate, then to unwind from a stressful day, or when one is feeling down. The next thing you know, there is always a reason for a drink.

The relationship we have with alcohol is personal and as with any relationship, I think it is important to explore the why, what, when, where, how and with who … a little self-inquiry to better understand its function in your life. Cheers!

04/21/2023

Scoliosis is a curvature of the spine. I was diagnosed around puberty and at the age of 12 had a spinal fusion in the spring, 33 years ago. It is to believe, and crazy how fast time flies!

I celebrated 45 years old a couple Saturdays ago. My oldest will be 21 and graduate from college and my youngest will turn 18 in November!

I share this with you as despite it may or may not being that disruptive to my life, it has altered my path and choices I have made along the way. It is no surprise when I think about it … my path has been anything but the straight and narrow, or what many in the mainstream would call conventional.

My back, a dysfunctional upbringing, trauma and fear of abandonment in my adolescent years, the inability to control sodimany things in my life, disordered eating, over exercise, body dysmorphia have made it hard to find self love or feel “enough”.

I share this as I know I am not alone. Many, likely most of us are walking around with the feelings of inadequacy in some way or another, not being enough or feeling as though we are truly lovable. BUT we are ALL lovable as our perfectly ,
imperfect, perfect human selves.

During 2020, I started writing a book and this past year decided to add the final touches after being inspired by during an interview when I hosted the Thrive With Lyme online summit. I am excited to share these daily practices and rituals in self-love with you! In a matter of days, my first book will be available on Amazon!

I commissioned my dear friend to create my book cover and she did four pieces that I think she captured perfectly, based on an X-ray of my spine. Stay tuned to see each one as they are each one-of-kind.

I am so grateful for so many people on my journey, but these two in particular ladies for helping me make this upcoming book a reality!

04/04/2023

Steak dinner …

03/20/2023

I’ve been going strong on my carnivore /animal based journey and tonight I wanted to indulge …

Yesterday I made raw milk ice cubes 🧊, ready to go for today’s tasty treat. I blended up several raw milk ice cubes, raw heavy cream, banana, maple syrup, 1 egg yolk and cocoa powder. Turned out like a Wendy’s frosty and it was absolutely delicious 💯!

1 egg yolk
1/2 cup raw milk
9 raw milk ice cubes 🧊
2 TBS organic cocoa powder
1/2 banana
1 TBS maple syrup

Blend in Vitamix and serve!

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03/20/2023

I’ve been going strong on my carnivore /animal based journey and tonight I wanted to indulge …

Yesterday I made raw milk ice cubes 🧊, ready to go for today’s tasty treat. I blended up several raw milk ice cubes, raw heavy cream, banana, maple syrup, 1 egg yolk and cocoa powder. Turned out like a Wendy’s frosty and it was absolutely delicious 💯!

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03/16/2023

Ribeye ✨ 🍖 ❤️

03/14/2023

More than 84 million people in the United States has insulin resistance, approximately 1 in every 3 adults.

A carnivore diet is a great way to reverse insulin resistance and balance your blood sugar, decreasing your risk of diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

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03/09/2023

Eggs and avocado

It looks like my food is sitting on top of the placemat, BUT there is a clear plate in between the two.


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02/23/2023

Tonight was air fried chicken with smoked sea salt … easy peasy, and once on the plate garnished with lotsa butter.



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02/21/2023

Lunch

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02/21/2023

The carnivore journey continues journey

02/14/2023

Tried a new salt tonight

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02/10/2023

New York Strip

02/09/2023

Breakfast: 3 eggs and bacon
Dinner: Ribeye, ground beef topped with butter and half an avocado

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