Elizabeth Tripp

Elizabeth Tripp Return home to your true self — Deepen your self-love and awaken to the wisdom of your Sacred Heart | Spiritual Midwife | Birth A Whole New Reality |

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So—this is something I’ve never shared before…but for whatever reason, right now feels like the time when what I’ve expe...
04/08/2026

So—this is something I’ve never shared before…
but for whatever reason, right now feels like the time when what I’ve experienced will be most relevant for you.

In 2018, I supported a client through one of the most difficult decisions of her life—leaving her husband after discovering years of infidelity.

I held space for her to choose herself.
Even when it was painful.
Even when it felt impossible.

What I didn’t know…
was how deeply that decision would impact my own life.

After she left, her husband directed a great deal of anger and rage toward me.
For years, he went to great lengths to try to harm me—hiring people to follow me, involving others, and sending waves of negativity in my direction.

At times, it felt unsettling.
At times, overwhelming.

And for a long time…
I carried this.
Even though it’s the experience itself has over for several years.
……..
Recently, something nudged me to give myself space to truly sit with this experience.

Not to analyze it.
Not to fix it.

Just to be with what was still there.

And in that space, something softened.
I began to see how much I had been holding—
how deeply I felt a sense of powerlessness in that situation.
A part of me believed someone else could take something from me…
could hurt me…
simply because I chose to shine.
………
From that awareness, something shifted.
I found myself ready—
ready to let go.

To release the years of pain I had been carrying.
To forgive.
Not because what happened was okay…
but because I no longer desire to hold it in my body, my heart, or my life.
……….

What this experience has shown me is this:
When we hold onto the past, it doesn’t stay there.
It lives within us… shaping how we feel, how we respond, how we see ourselves.

Without realizing it, we continue to experience it in the present.
Freedom isn’t found in changing what happened.
It’s found in how we meet it now.

Everything—even the “bad things”—happen for a positive purpose.
………
There was a time I tried to reclaim my power through anger… through defending myself… through pushing back.
But that only kept me connected to the very thing I was trying to move beyond.

What I’ve come to understand is this:
My power was never in “trying” to defend myself or prove I was stronger. To blame the other person.
To wish it never happened.

My power has always been in my perspective.
In the meaning I choose to make of the experience.
And in the way I see it now.
In my understanding of Who I AM at my core.
………
So today, I feel gratitude.
For what it revealed.
For what it asked of me.
For the way it guided me back to true myself.

Because it showed me something I will carry with me always:
My soul choose that experience for a powerful purpose, and I know without a shadow of a doubt that I AM never given something by chance..

I have been wanting to know for a long time that no one has the authority to take something from me… to hurt me…
unless I assign them that role.

And that…
Well that is true power.
…..
And to you—the ex-husband:
Thank you.
For helping me learn how to have true power.
I forgive you.
I really do.
I see now that your actions came from a place of fear, pain, and not knowing how to be with what you were feeling.
Hurt people, hurt people.
I no longer need to carry that.
I send you compassion.
I send you love.
And I truly wish you a life free from that kind of suffering.
…..
So… I want to ask all of you:

Is there something in your life you’re still holding onto?
Can you bring unconditional presence to it?

Can you ask yourself:
Am I ready to be free… or am I still trying to be right?

Because the moment you choose presence in the face of pain..
You gain freedom…
everything begins to open.
And the lesson you were meant to learn from that experience become so clear.
And peace returns.
Not because it was ever missing but because you allowed it to emerge.

Xoxo
Elizabeth

Ps: The below pic, is a throw back from 2018, and wow, I can’t believe this me held all this..
… Sending unconditional love to this verison of me.. 😘

Human elements—emotion, mistakes, imperfection, reacting to others—and knowing the truth of who we really are COEXIST wh...
03/24/2026

Human elements—emotion, mistakes, imperfection, reacting to others—
and knowing the truth of who we really are COEXIST when we are EMBODIED.

I used to think being my most human me—expressing these elements—meant I wasn’t getting it right.
That there was an opportunity for others to judge me, to see me as weak, or as some sort of imposter—not a spiritual teacher.
Not someone who had it all together…

I had no real pulse on the fact that these were just my deepest insecurities…
I perfected my spiritual self so much that these parts of me had very little room to live.
Until I began to give them permission to coexist with me.

Now,
I embrace these “messy moments.”
They tell me I AM LIVING.
And it’s not in a dramatic way.
It’s just: I AM this.
And that.
And that too.

Because…
My identity.
It is never fixed.
It moves like a wave.
Within the OCEAN.

To live fully in our own presence means TRUTH is present with the human elements—
it’s not one or the other.
It’s a way of being that chooses not to bypass reality.

It allows ALL of who we are to exist,
while remaining aware that we are the narrators, main characters, and stars of our own show—the Creators.

And as we live from this way of being,
we don’t aim to eliminate the ways our mind separates us from TRUTH;
we cultivate a steady, gentle practice of our TRUE SELF including all parts of ourselves. ❤️

Because the TRUTH is:
unconditional love never judges or excludes any part of who we are.

It welcomes.
It seeks to understand.
It allows and accepts.

And well..
Interestingly enough.
It’s how polar opposites become a WHOLE beautiful being ☯️

Xoxo,
Elizabeth

I’ve been traversing my inner landscape and my outer world for as long as I can remember.And I know so many of you have ...
03/16/2026

I’ve been traversing my inner landscape and my outer world for as long as I can remember.

And I know so many of you have been here with me along the journey.

But for the first time…
I feel capable of holding life.

The pain of loss.
And truth.

Grief.
And joy.

Fear.
And trust.

Anger.
And unconditional love.

And instead of getting wrapped up in one or the other, I find myself standing in the middle…
Witnessing my life in a way I’ve never experienced before.

There are butterflies everywhere I look.
And unknown roads.

There are storms.
And sunny beaches.

And then there is this…

Isness.

A quiet presence beneath it all.
Something steady, spacious, and deeply alive.

It’s different than anything I’ve known before.
Yet I feel so present to the cycle of life—
the way our lives breathe.

In.
And
Out.

In.
And
Out.

In.
And.
Out.

And in that breath…
the sacredness of it all.

Xoxo,
Elizabeth

Is your mind a place you want to be?For many people, the honest answer is no.Most people feel uncomfortable in their own...
03/11/2026

Is your mind a place you want to be?
For many people, the honest answer is no.

Most people feel uncomfortable in their own minds—often because it can feel like something happening to them rather than something they are in relationship with.

A lot begins to shift when we start choosing presence.

For those who have been on the spiritual path for some time, presence can become a kind of meta-journey—an unfolding where deeper and deeper layers of the Self are revealed and touched.

For those new to mindfulness, discovering the Self can feel both exciting and a little daunting. There is a sense of stepping into unfamiliar territory within our own inner world.

And for everyone, there are always surprises as we begin peeling back the layers.

As humans, we have incredibly complex minds. One of the gifts of presence is that it shines a light on the parts of us that have been working very hard to keep us safe.

Something I’ve come to deeply understand is that safety, in many ways, is an illusion. It’s a construct we begin developing at a young age and something that is also passed down through generations.

For millions of years, humanity has evolved through survival.

But now, we are being invited to evolve through awareness.

And that… is quite a shift.

Ohana, the great Divine Mother Whale, and I often dialogue about this. Through these conversations she has shared a beautiful process that I am now implementing with my clients. It supports them in developing Self-led leadership, or Soul-led leadership, where compassion and understanding (our truest nature) guides the way as we move through life’s challenges and our own awakening.

Rather than forcing or denying any part of the Self, to include our human mind, this practice welcomes every part with curiosity and care.

The work is rich, and I have been immersing myself in it deeply. To call it powerful would be an understatement—it is a path for those who are truly willing to lead their lives from the heart.

Safety is inherent to our beingness.
It is not something we have to earn, fight for, or defend.

The belief that we must constantly secure it is part of the human construct—designed by us, and while that can feel very real for many people, there is another truth available.

Compassion and understanding are powerful forces of nature. Because they are fundamentally who we truly are. When they are present, people naturally begin to feel seen, supported, and ultimately safe—no matter what situation is unfolding.

Sometimes I wonder what might change if we practiced this more deeply within our families.

How might our communities transform?
How might our political landscapes shift?

I know I want a different kind of change.

Don’t you?

Xoxo Elizabeth

Like the Ocean.For the last two weeks I’ve been in Upstate New York supporting my parents as they navigate some unexpect...
03/10/2026

Like the Ocean.

For the last two weeks I’ve been in Upstate New York supporting my parents as they navigate some unexpected things. When I left Virginia Beach in late February, I felt very secure in myself—the familiar sense of I can handle anything.

But when I arrived home, waves of emotion began to roll in. I began to notice that my inner world felt a bit like an ocean.

There were moments of calm—stillness, presence, clarity. And then suddenly a wave would move through: fear, sadness, protectiveness, grief. Parts of me responding to the uncertainty, to memories, and to the responsibility of being present for my family.

In the past I know I would have tried to control the waves, smooth the surface, or push certain things away.

But what I’ve been doing lately is something different.

Instead, I sit on the shore and watch.

I witness the waves as they come and go.
I listen to the parts of me that are trying to protect, care, and make sense of the unknown.

And I don’t try to fix them.
Instead, I offer my heart.
And I grieve.

A lot.

Partly because I am beginning to realize that I have never, ever been alone. For most of my life I felt that I was—or perhaps the support I received externally from a mentor, a partner, or my parents buffered that feeling.

But when you begin to realize you’re truly not alone—that you couldn’t have been, with this kind of compassion and love surrounding you all the time, so many things start to shift.

And equally, this knowing is met by a depth of raw human emotion that is hard to put into words.

It’s as though everything becomes richer and more deeply felt.

Through it all, there is joy.

Joy to be this alive.

This capable of witnessing life and feeling it all at the same time.

I suppose I AM maturing into myself.

Quite simply, there is joy in the fragility of our human experience. And sense of neutrality.

I AM here, we are here, but I AM (we are) not the wave.

Because more than ever, I feel quiet sense of safety permeating even the hardest moments.

So I AM.
Grateful.

That during my trip home I was able to embrace the totality of what I think it means to be fully human.
⬇️⬇️

I used to think awakening meant I wouldn’t have messy parts anymore.That if I was really present…really conscious…really...
02/18/2026

I used to think awakening meant I wouldn’t have messy parts anymore.

That if I was really present…
really conscious…
really embodied…

I wouldn’t rub up against perfectionism.
I wouldn’t feel overwhelmed.
I wouldn’t spiral when I thought I wasn’t getting it right.

But not too long ago, I met my inner perfectionist again.

And instead of trying to transcend her…
Or tell her this is how we used to be…
Or redirect her to creating something new…

I stayed.

I stayed present to the overwhelm.
To how out of control she feels when she thinks she might not be performing the right way — for herself or for others.
To how tired she actually is from being wired all the time.

And in that staying, she began to reveal something deeper.

She wasn’t trying to be perfect.

She was afraid.

Afraid of being judged by me.
Afraid of disappointing me.
Afraid that my “higher self” would look down and see she wasn’t capable.
Afraid that if she stopped striving, I would realize she wasn’t good enough… and leave her behind.

Underneath the story was just pain.
A part of me working so hard to protect me from ever being seen as unacceptable.
Unlovable.

In deep presence I told her:

It’s okay.
You don’t have to change.
You don’t have to do this differently.
I’m here.
And I’m not going anywhere.

And she relaxed.
She breathed.
She cried.

She felt safe.

Because really she was just looking to be aknowleged.
Accepted.
And loved.

Awakening, isn’t the absence of messy parts.

It’s the end of abandoning them.

So very human.
Yes.

So spiritual too.
Yes.

Fully, vulnerably, imperfectly human.

Yes. Yes. Yes.

Through my decade-long training as a transformational coach, combined with my channeling and work with Ohana, the Great Mother Whale, I’ve developed a unique approach to help us blend our human and spiritual aspects — to awaken without abandoning any part of ourselves.

Curious to experience this for yourself?
DM me.

Xoxo,
Elizabeth

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Guiding you to stand in your true power so that you feel astonishingly confident in yourself and your big dreams no matter what is what sets my soul on fire. The truth is four years ago it was impossible to imagine I would be able to bring you to this new level.

In the winter of 2016 I was going through the most heartbreaking experience of my entire life – As I neared my 30th birthday the man who I envisioned spending the rest of my life with walked out of my life. I was crushed and completely stunned.

I asked myself how can I possibly start my life over again? For months I closed myself off from the world. I over drank and under ate. I didn’t think I had a way out of the pain. Looking back, I can see I was in the darkest period of my life. I felt so powerless, out of control, and broken inside. In a fleeting moment I thought - is there even any point in living?

Now I see this period of darkness directed me on the path of my life’s work – my true purpose. I wouldn’t be here today doing what I love and loving what I do had I not experienced the pain I did. In fact, that same year I was led to an amazing coach who helped me get in touch with my true power and brilliant light within. This gentle awakening reconstructed my mindset, opened me up to my special gifts, and transformed my life. In less than 6 months of meeting my coach I decided to leave my corporate job as a Registered Dietitian and start my own life coaching business. In a giant leap of faith I let everything go, chose to believe in my heartfelt dreams, and traded my life in for the unknown.