News Flash: Motherhood is HARD! In this latest episode of Hope Reclaimed, Ellie Collins shares how the Lord is calling her to renew her mind and body in this season of postpartum. Disappointment, anxiety and depression have crept in. But, when Ellie has chosen to focus on gratitude and worship, Read more…
The season of postpartum can be a lot for new moms. Sleep deprivation, healing from the delivery and not to mention your hormones completely changing! Nothing is the same! In this latest episode of Hope Reclaimed, in this series on Motherhood, Ellie Collins interviews Ashley Pullar, a postpartum nurse all Read more…
Have you ever sat down to talk to your mom about what it’s like to be a mother? Well, in this latest version of Hope Reclaimed, Ellie Collins does just that! Being a new mom, Ellie asks honest and meaningful questions to her mother, Jill Herringshaw about biblical motherhood as Read more…
Depression and anxiety are very real – especially while grieving. In this episode, Ellie Collins sits down with License Psychologist Steve Wiese. Depression and anxiety and trauma are real after going through a divorce. However a clinical diagnosis is not the natural outcome of grief! Steve Wiese is a clinical Read more…
In this episode, Ellie Herringshaw shares about what 2018 was for her and how she’s looking forward to a new year. Ellie recaps her story of healing from infidelity and divorce in the form of Reclaiming. She tells how she launched Rclaimed this year, and how she has struggled with Read more…
In part 2 of the 3 part wedding series, Ellie and Mark talk about why Ellie needs to Reclaim weddings and how she is making her brother’s wedding into a Reclaiming event for herself. Ellie also opens up about her experiences with panic attacks and anxiety and how these are Read more…
I had a panic attack in the middle of the mall last week. No, it wasn’t convenient, but is there ever an opportune time for a breakdown? Shopping for a dress with my mother turned into a race to find my breath and my sanity outside of Banana Republic. It was embarrassing to say the least. I’ve made great mental health strides in the past few months, and this felt like a giant step backwards.
Feeling generally terrible about myself has been a real hurdle in healing from my divorce. For me, every crappy feeling is rooted in a lie of some sort. My strategy in facing the crap is to identify the lie and replace it with truth. Lies circulate like a nauseating merry-go-round: Read more…