Counselling With Elisa

25/10/2024

The way we speak to children, matters.
It ends up being the way they speak about themselves;
& the way they speak about others.
Kindness is taught. Self-love is taught.

🤍🤍

27/04/2022

In a world that feels like chaos right now + with the hustle culture that pushes us to always be busy - it can be so beneficial to allow some time in your day to slow down, sit in stillness, lay down in a calm environment, in silence, in nature.
It is healing for our nervous system to slow down + to provide moments of calmness & silence.
While you're doing this, witness + observe what's happening internally, without judgmeent. Become the observer of your thoughts, emotions and bodily sensations - while giving yourself compassion.
Have you tried this lately? Is this something you may need at the moment?

18/04/2022

We often say "time heals all wounds". Time doesn't actually heal. It is what you do during that time that matters most.

How can you support your mental health?

What can you put in place in your life to support your healing?

How can you take care of yourself?

06/04/2022

Are you getting enough sleep?
Proper, deep, restful sleep? Are you getting enough rest?
Sometime we are physically tired and sometimes we are emotionally tired. Sometimes we are both!
Listen to your body cues/signals, and give yourself the rest your body and mind need. Allow yourself to take a break, rest, sleep, sit in silence, do nothing or do something relaxing (even for 5 minutes).
Do you need sleep and rest right now?

01/04/2022

I think most of us can relate to this. How many times have you been told not to cry? How many times have you said it to someone else, sometimes by default (because you've heard it so many times yourself!)?
Crying is human. Crying is a human response which can often help calm the nervous system. Crying is part of our humanness.
Let's normalise crying + allowing ourselves to feel our emotions and let's hold space for our loved ones to do so too without shaming them.
If you have some difficulties crying, consider the following questions: 💫have you been told not to cry when you were a child/teenager (or even an adult!)? 💫 or, did it not feel safe for you to cry in your childhood perhaps? 💫 were you shamed for crying or expressing your emotions before?
Remind yourself / your inner child that it is now safe to cry and feel your emotions. 🙏🏽

23/03/2022

You are worthy of all the love you give to others 🌈
It's OK to give. It's OK to receive too. It's OK to give yourself the love you deserve. You are worthy of receiving love, too.
How can you give yourself some love today? What does it look like for you? How can you practice more of this?

22/03/2022

Visualise your happy place.
Close your eyes. Take a few deep, long breaths.
Think about a place that makes you happy, a place where you feel comfortable/ content. Now imagine that you are there.
What can you see in this special place of yourself? Focus on the things you can see with your eyes.
What can you hear? Focus on the sounds that you can hear while being there.
What can you touch, in that special place? Maybe it is the mud underneath your feet, or the warm sun...
Can you smell something? Can you taste something in particular?
How are you feeling in this special happy place? What are the sensations that are coming up in your body while visualising your happy place?
💫 you can go back to that happy place whenever you feel like it, or want to.
If you feel comfortable sharing where your visualisation sent you, feel free to comment below 🤍

25 w

21/03/2022

Gentle reminder ~
You are human. You have needs. Having needs does not make you needy. It makes you human.
What are your needs at the moment? What is it that you need? (a few examples could be the need for connection, safety, validation, love, physical touch, speaking your truth / communication, time alone, time to process, crying, ect)
How can you honor your needs right now? How can you respond to your needs?
For example, responding to our own needs could be allowing ourselves to have time alone, allowing ourselves to process, to cry, to speak up, speak our truth, to self validate, to self hug ect.
It is also OK to communicate our needs to the people around us. To hold boundaries. To ask for what we need. Having needs does not make you needy.
-care