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Oliver Buchannon
Elle Bottrell

self-love

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Grief & Gratitude with Rob Bell

Jun 3, 2026

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2 min read

Grief & Gratitude with Rob Bell

Punching ourselves in the face and looking for fists!

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell

miracles

+2

Baby Grasshopper

May 19, 2026

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3 min read

Baby Grasshopper

Noticing small things and being surprised by wonder.

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell

self-love

+4

Letters to Self

May 5, 2026

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2 min read

Letters to Self

Thoughts on the lost art of letter-writing.

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell

work

+1

92

Mar 18, 2026

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3 min read

92

How and when do we do our best work?

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell

art

Belief, Life, & Art

Mar 3, 2026

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3 min read

Belief, Life, & Art

Do you believe we need your art?

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell

passion

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Milestones and Good People

Dec 15, 2025

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3 min read

Milestones and Good People

When passion meets perseverance with a camera and mic and good people...

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell

blessing

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May You Always See the Blessing: Fall 2025 Edition

Oct 22, 2025

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5 min read

May You Always See the Blessing: Fall 2025 Edition

When I think of a well-lived life, I think of gratitude.

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell

strangers

+1

Oh The People You Meet: Hugging Strangers at Gas Stations

Oct 13, 2025

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4 min read

Oh The People You Meet: Hugging Strangers at Gas Stations

We embraced and I could feel her tentativeness.

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell

God

+4

Two Types of Dreams

Oct 6, 2025

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4 min read

Two Types of Dreams

Dreams require learning, growth, curiosity, risk, reflection, and adaptability.

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell

rest

+3

Fatigue Fiasco

Aug 1, 2025

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7 min read

Fatigue Fiasco

Fatigue is a sign we need rest. How equipped and practiced are you at resting?

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell

community

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July Community Events

Jul 4, 2025

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3 min read

July Community Events

Living Your Healthiest Life is not a solitary activity. We need each other. These events allow you to focus on yourself while benefitting from a supportive, like-minded community pursuing healthy living.

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell

followership

+2

It's Pride Month!

Jun 16, 2025

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3 min read

It's Pride Month!

We are living in a society that is more and more accepting of those with varying sexual and gender identities. This is a beautiful thing. How do we make it more accepting?

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell

work

+2

Inner Knowing

May 12, 2025

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2 min read

Inner Knowing

You can’t do the work you’re meant to do until you are yourself.

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell

rest

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Rhythms of Rest

Apr 14, 2025

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4 min read

Rhythms of Rest

We need rest at regular intervals - daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, bi-annually, annually, and sabbatically (every 5-10 years). These moments of rest require planning, attention, and resources.

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell

ice

+7

How You Drive Says A Lot

Mar 26, 2025

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5 min read

How You Drive Says A Lot

How I drive matters. How I do anything is how I do everything.

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell

singing

+3

Oh the People You’ll Meet: Spontaneous Sing-a-long

Mar 19, 2025

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4 min read

Oh the People You’ll Meet: Spontaneous Sing-a-long

"Of course music can do this!", I realized, surprised. Of course human connection trumps language and age barriers and abilities.

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell

retreat

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Spring Theme Retreat Announcement!

Mar 12, 2025

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2 min read

Spring Theme Retreat Announcement!

These retreats are wonderful pauses from the hustle bustle of our lives to give energy and attention to what matters most. Can you believe it's already March!? (Notice if that causes a panic in you or what you feel in your body).

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell

community

+1

Othering Kills

Mar 6, 2025

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7 min read

Othering Kills

Othering doesn't kill just them. It kills you. It kills us. It's doing it right now.

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell
The Ecstasy of Calling.

Feb 24, 2025

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4 min read

The Ecstasy of Calling.

Today I want to talk about the ecstatic nature of calling. We've talked about some of the challenges of calling already, but what of ecstasy?

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell

community

+5

Dissonance

Feb 17, 2025

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2 min read

Dissonance

There is bound to be dissonance when we seek to create new, healthier, truer patterns that go against the culture of a relationship, organization, community, or belief that is unhealthy and needs to change

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell

podcast

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Another Podcast!

Feb 14, 2025

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4 min read

Another Podcast!

I am obsessed with living a health life. I want to live my healthiest life. I want others to live their healthiest lives. I want to be an aid in others living their healthiest lives.

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell

giving up

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Preemptive Giving Up

Feb 11, 2025

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6 min read

Preemptive Giving Up

Have you ever given up on something before you even tried? Yeah, me too.

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell

adventure

+7

New Newsletter! ("Becoming Divergent")

Feb 5, 2025

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3 min read

New Newsletter! ("Becoming Divergent")

I'm branching out! One newsletter just won't suffice. Please come along to my personal newsletter - Becoming Divergent!

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell

loveability

+9

Rejection

Jan 31, 2025

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3 min read

Rejection

I've faced so much rejection in the world that it is hard to show up in the world.

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell

change

+2

Same-Change

Jan 29, 2025

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3 min read

Same-Change

Some things change; some stay the same.

Elle Bottrell
Elle Bottrell
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