Narrating Hope

Elizabeth B. Burton
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Narrating Hope features Licensed Professional Counselor, Elizabeth B. Burton, who is passionate about mental health and well-being. Elizabeth is grateful for this space to provide conversations and connections around well-being, soul care, and mental wellness. If you enjoy the podcast and would like to connect more, there is also a Narrating Hope newsletter available that Elizabeth would love to share with you.

  1. 12/05/2025

    Reducing Resentment in Relationships Through Wholehearted Boundaries

    Listen in to this conversation with Elizabeth focused on improving relationships by reducing the destructive dynamic of growing resentment. When we can become more aware of any resentment we are experiencing, we can then work to address it so that our inner and outer lives align more. By voicing boundaries--saying yes when we mean it and no when we need to set a limit-resentment is often reduced and relationships enhanced.

    7 min

  2. 11/20/2025

    Taking Care of Yourself Well: Building a Practice of Checking In

    Many times as we are busy and doing life, the first thing to go is taking good care of ourselves. Elizabeth encourages listeners to take care of themselves well by cultivating a practice of checking in with themselves. This kind of attunement includes checking in with your body as well as emotions and thoughts. Asking yourself "what do you need?" is that next step as it positions someone to take small steps to meet their needs and care for themselves well.

    9 min

  3. 11/13/2025

    Holiday Boundaries: Permission to Enjoy, Not to Do It All or Be Picture Perfect

    Elizabeth encourages listeners to give themselves permission not do everything during the holidays as well as permission not to be picture perfect. Instead, Elizabeth urges giving yourself permission to enjoy the season and prioritize meaning making. This involves saying no at times through boundary work, so that yeses are more whole-hearted. In this way, boundaries can go hand in hand with enjoying the holidays so much more.

    9 min

  4. 11/05/2025

    Claiming Meaning This Holiday Season: Name What Matters the Most and Loosen Your Grip on the Rest

    As the holidays approach, they can often carry with them the potential for a great deal of stress and overwhelm, and yet this dynamic can often be influenced to feel so much lighter by prioritizing what is most meaningful during the holidays and then intentionally laying down the rest or at least accepting a "good enough" stance. This frees someone to focus on and enjoy what is most important to them instead of expecting themselves to equally attend to all things--even things that are not as important.

    7 min

  5. 10/29/2025

    When Guilt Needs to Be Challenged: Discerning Conviction from Unhealthy Guilt

    Can you relate to the concept of a guilty feeling and narrative that seems to follow you around, wherever you go, even when you are not doing something wrong? In this episode, Elizabeth encourages listeners to distinguish between guilt showing up as a conviction when not living in alignment with values versus this ever-present, constant weighty narrative that accuses and condemns when it's actually not even relevant, true, or helpful.

    11 min

  6. 10/17/2025

    Thought Patterns: Shifting From Overidentifying to Simply Noticing and Naming--Without Judgment

    In this episode, Elizabeth shares about overidentification from Dr. Kristin Neff's research about self-compassion. Elizabeth encourages growing in self-awareness of any thought patterns where overidentification shows up, which is often big generalizations about what things mean and instead moving towards simply noticing and naming without so much judgment. This mindful approach helps promote self-compassion which impacts so many things, but especially our relationships with ourselves.

    10 min

  7. 09/18/2025

    Becoming a Good Friend to Yourself: Learning to Nurture and Encourage Yourself as You Would a Friend

    In this episode, Elizabeth emphasizes that we are in lifelong relationships with ourselves and how often we do not treat ourselves with the tenderness, care, and encouragement that we would treat a good friend. Elizabeth guides listeners towards asking yourself what you need as well as talking to yourself with more encouragement and kindness.

    6 min

  8. 08/20/2025

    The Beauty of Boundaries: Creating Space for a Whole-Hearted Yes and a More Settled No

    In this episode, Elizabeth encourages listeners about the goodness of boundaries--emphasizing that boundaries are healthy, not mean, and lead to more whole-hearted yeses, which then impacts there being less resentment in relationships and in general. Elizabeth encourages the naming of values and the consideration of priorities for the season that you are in. By examining these two things, it can become more clear what your yeses are and where you need to say no.

    10 min
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Narrating Hope features Licensed Professional Counselor, Elizabeth B. Burton, who is passionate about mental health and well-being. Elizabeth is grateful for this space to provide conversations and connections around well-being, soul care, and mental wellness. If you enjoy the podcast and would like to connect more, there is also a Narrating Hope newsletter available that Elizabeth would love to share with you.

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  • Creator
    Elizabeth B. Burton
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    37
  • Rating
    Clean