Carmelle Ellison Psychotherapy

11/06/2024

11/06/2024

Some gentle reminders about grief. Take what feels true for you and your own body and please know that you have the right to be in honest connection with your grief today and always.🙏🏾

11/06/2024

No matter where you are, its a good day to let your voice be heard and counted. I hope you got into some Good Trouble today and if you’re on the West Coast, there’s still some time left.🙏🏾✨ It’s also a good day to practice any of these reminders that stand out to you, time and time again.✨

#2024

08/19/2024

What else would you add to the list?✨

Give space for what is complimentary in your own life.✨

08/16/2024

⏩Can you notice some signs that tell you when you’ve entered a thought spiral? What do you hear? What do you see? How do you feel? And what do you tell yourself as it’s happening?

08/16/2024

✨”Allow the space between where you are and where you want to be to inspire you, not terrify you.” ✨- Tracee Ellis Ross

07/01/2024

🔸Take a deep breath in, now exhale out the residue of what's been held within. And remember, there’s support on the road to embracing your entitlement towards living a healthier, more honest, wholesome, and fulfilling life.🔸

DM me; I’d love to be of support in any way that I can. Or schedule some time through the link below.✨

https://calendly.com/carmelleellison/20-minute-consult-call?back=1&month=2024-07&date=2024-07-03

06/27/2024

🔸What can you offer yourself here in the present?🔸

06/21/2024

🔸Have you allowed yourself an honest check-in today (with yourself and others)?
🔸If not, what do you tell yourself is holding you back?

🍃You can't bypass honesty on the road of making contact with what you truly want.

06/19/2024

✨And may you never stop advocating for your highest wellbeing and our community.✨

Advocating has many faces in a Black body, such as prioritizing your mental health (one of the ways to celebrate Juneteenth today), taking an inherent pause, and choosing the type of rest and action that’s calling to you.

02/24/2024

🔸What unburdens you?
I’ll never forget an article that prompted me to ask myself this question. Often, we’re so preoccupied by the list of things that seemingly burdens us that we forget that increasing relief is brought on by giving care and attention to what unburdens us.
🔸Where do you feel your strength awaken?
When I reference strength, I don’t mean self-sacrificial endurance, but what your natural strength is. Strength is meant to enliven us, not deplete us.
🔸What allows your heart to feel less constricted and more open?
This is where you consider what softens you, disarms you, and allows you to feel connected to self, others, and sense of purpose in your life.
🔸What areas of your life can you let gratitude into?
This question prompts curiosity, but its not a “toxic positivity” curator. For many of us, we can often find gratitude when we pay attention to ordinary moments where we notice what’s present and not what is missing. Allowing ourselves to let in gratitude reminds me of a Esther Hicks quote shared with me by someone fairly recently, “A happy life is made up of happy moments, but most people miss the moments because they are trying to  get a happy life.”
🔸What would you need to let go of or embrace to access hope for the future?
Believe or not, our human evolution consist greatly on a hope for the future, yet when when we witness various challenges in the world, to be hopeful can at times feel naive. Yet, an inner or outer world without hope can significantly impact our wellness. We can be aware and simultaneously hopeful. So let yourself access hope where you can find it. It’s not naive, its bravely intentional.💫

🔸What’s one act of courage that could aid you in allowing yourself to be supported and loved abundantly by others ?

While this is for any and everyone, I especially point this out for those who are often overly self-reliant and need the reminder that autonomy and communal care can co-exist expansively, if they dare to let themselves find out.

02/23/2024

Can you notice how self-sacrificial endurance has burdened your body and soul?

You are worthy of the fullness of living and self-sacrificial endurance isn’t it.

⏩Can you notice how self-sacrificial endurance has burdened your body (and even your soul)?

🔸You are worthy of the fullness of living and self-sacrificial endurance isn’t it. 🔸