I’m really enthusiastic. Like, really really.

In everything I do, I jump in quickly. I move fast. Dig in. Work hard. Think fast. 

This connects directly to what I consider my internal speed. Not inherently “bad,” per say. But not inherently good either. Very enthusiastic, though 🙄😂

But enthusiasm wanes. Hi-speed loses steam. Fierce fire burns super quickly, unsustainably.

Enthusiasm requires a new burst of energy to keep the momentum… to keep on keeping on, enthusiasm needs what it often doesn’t get and, therefore, it fizzles out.

We stop in our tracks. We set down the dream. We fall back asleep. We let the lethargy in. We turn back to what we know. We shrug and settle.

Endurance is learned and built over time. And it’s the only way to create true change. 

I’ve had to learn and build endurance on all levels of my humanness — in my body, brain, heart and soul — before I could fully understand and actively work to approach all of life differently. 

Only then, could I experience true and lasting change in all areas of my life.

I’m not here for quick and easy. I’m here for helping people get where they want to get, be who they want to be, live how they want to live. And that, my friends, is only achieved through endurance.

Let’s all make endurance more common. 

Let’s all make living whole, authentic lives that feel connected and reflective of generosity and fearlessness and compassion and joy the most common thing there is.

, Ellie

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Oct 21-24 2021
Laughing Heart Lodge, Hot Springs NC

**A FEW SPOTS JUST OPENED**

Half-Day Silent Meditation Retreat

February 12, 2022
9am-12:30pm
Richmond, VA

Nothing has supported me in my life more than the direct teachings & guidance of my teacher.

Nothing has shown me more about myself and no one has quite ever cut through my egoic material like she has.

I would not be where I sit today without learning to sit with myself.

Over the past decade, I have worked with her 1:1, sat for hundreds of hours of weekly meditations, and accumulated weeks of silent meditation retreats.

And now, only now, am I ready to offer this to you...

Though I always incorporated silence + meditation into my annual retreat, I will now begin to offer silent meditation retreats. It is an honor and a privilege.

My next offering will be a Half-Day Silent Retreat:
Saturday, February 12, 2022, 9am-12:30pm
Richmond VA
Sliding scale donations: $40-$125

If you’d like to learn more or would like to save your spot, please email me.