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August 28th, 20208/28/20 |
Psychotherapist, Lindsey Arens, and registered dietitian, Mary Radovich, are Elle’s experts in treating eating disorders and developing a healthier self image. Learn more about eating disorders and how Lindsey and Mary have made it their life’s mission to combat them. How do you work in tandem with your clientele? And why is this best practice? […]
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Emily Keeling on
June 14th, 20206/14/20 |
This week marks the return to some semblance of life before Covid hit in March of this year. For the past three months, the bustling hallways of yoga students, therapy clientele, and clinicians came to a dramatic halt. Everyone retreated home to makeshift offices and what was hopefully a secure Wifi connection. As therapists, we […]
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Emily Keeling on
March 25th, 20203/25/20 |
I’m not going to lie, the past two weeks have been nothing short of rough. There’s a heaviness in the air—an eerie feeling in the streets—and pangs of uncertainty for the future and for the losses we are all enduring right now. As a business owner and therapist, you think first and foremost for the […]
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February 4th, 20202/4/20 |
Self-care – it’s something we often overlook during the hustle and bustle of our busy lives. However, in order to nurture the health of our mind, body, and soul, we need ways to promote well-being and reduce stress. The thing about practicing self-care is that you intentionally need to make time and space for it. […]
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October 21st, 201810/21/18 |
By Emily Keeling & Natalie Russell How did she ultimately survive? She knew she deserved more. Driven, she aggressively pursued the goals of her life. She possessed an understanding of the world and developed self-compassion, but what good was any of that without strength? The ability to stare down adversity and take action. The difference […]
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October 7th, 201810/7/18 |
She grew up without a mother. A deep void that led her to seek “mother” in almost anyone or anything that comforted. Further forms of loss would trigger her most familiar wound. If you didn’t know her history and all that she had been through, you couldn’t understand the way she responded to pain or […]
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Emily Keeling on
August 14th, 20188/14/18 |
By: Emily Keeling & Natalie Russell She could not leisurely stroll through her childhood years. That was the luxury of her peers – of which she was acutely aware. She was a girl with real monsters under her bed. She feared what skeleton she would find if she opened up her closet door or turned […]
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April 19th, 20184/19/18 |
By Emily Keeling Hope: to cherish a desire with anticipation. Synonyms include: aspiration, desire, wish, and ambition. When my mother was diagnosed with cancer for the second time in 2014, every one of my waking moments was consumed by hope. Hope became somewhat of a “frenemy” to me. Always around, instilling visions of a life […]
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February 27th, 20182/27/18 |
By Emily Keeling In honor of Women’s History Month this March, Emily Keeling, founder of Elle Studio + Wellness, looks to her mother in her effort to help other women. “She” is my mother. A woman raised in the 1950s without a mother. Bouncing from home to home with an alcoholic father who divorced and […]
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December 21st, 201712/21/17 |
We are all human. And we all suffer emotionally. I dare you to challenge me on these two statements. Working in private practice as a mental health therapist, the overwhelming number of suffering humans who are seeking help struck me. It struck me because of the stigma our society maintains around mental health. My clients […]
