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Natalie Russell on
October 21st, 202010/21/20 |
This year has been a wild ride. In early January, like many of us, I thought: “2020 doesn’t know what’s coming for her! A new decade, with new intentions, new goals, and new adventures”. Well, 2020 had other plans. When Covid hit, I found out that my partner, a physician, was needed on the frontlines […]
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Natalie Russell on
October 13th, 202010/13/20 |
What is self-esteem? How do we get it? And most importantly, how do we maintain it? These questions lie at the heart of so many young people’s concerns as they look ahead and attempt not only to know who they are, but to like who they are. In my personal journey toward self-esteem, years of […]
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Natalie Russell on
September 13th, 20209/13/20 |
In graduate school, I had the privilege of sitting across a holistic healing psychotherapist. Her philosophy was rooted in a body-centric and meditative modality, with guidance from ancient healing systems and contemporary neuroscience. I remember speaking to her about a difficult experience of mine—she urged me to rock back and forth. She wanted me to […]
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Emily Keeling on
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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Natalie Russell on
August 7th, 20208/7/20 |
To be completely honest, this piece is hard for me to write. Grief is a complex subject. It is personal. Heavy. And crippling. Personally speaking, I feel the hardest part about grief is that it is rooted in love. Love, or longing, that feels like it has no place to go. Another person cannot claim […]
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Natalie Russell on
July 29th, 20207/29/20 |
I know I am not the only one that has woken up from a night of sleep to feel perplexed that I am more tired than when I went to bed the night before. Many of us struggle with heavy eyelids and even heavier thoughts. It’s a vicious cycle. The moment the sun would start […]
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Natalie Russell on
July 16th, 20207/16/20 |
Relaxation: what a stressful word. Recently, in anticipation of treating myself to a “relaxing weekend,” I did all my errands ahead of time, cleaned a day earlier, called those who needed to hear from me, and created our family schedule. As I sat there on my couch, it occurred to me: nothing about this is […]
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Natalie Russell on
July 1st, 20207/1/20 |
Sit with me. Close your eyes and imagine. You’ve seen this before. Flashing blue and red lights. The shattered glass, dented doors, crushed seats, deployed airbags, pale faces with hands on foreheads, shaking, and hearts pounding. We’ve all, at one point or another, driven past a scene like this, a devastating car crash. Many people […]
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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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