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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 […]
By Melissa Hale When was the last time you let yourself fall apart? I’m talking about the mascara-faced, snotty nosed, incoherent, sobbing situation. Or perhaps the rage-filled, angry, plate-throwing, swearing, monster? What about the devastated, depressed, can’t-get- out-of- bed-scared- as-shit person? While these may be extreme examples, what if there was something to be honored […]
By Lindsey Arens Most people don’t have a diagnosable eating disorder. Thank goodness. I don’t wish an eating disorder upon anyone. They have the highest mortality rates in the mental health world, and they are literally a form of self-torture. More people on this planet, however, struggle with the following: disordered eating traits or patterns, […]
By Alex Luber So you know that craze about the mind-body connection? That’s what I’m all about. I can treat the mind-body connection so that it makes a transformative impact in people’s lives. However, a persistent challenge of my career has been to accurately describe it. Identifying it is simple. I am a psychotherapist and […]
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 […]
The 411 on this emerging form of therapy that relieves persistent muscle pain. Ugh, that recurring pain—the one in your back, or maybe it’s your knee or your shoulder. Maybe it’s a pesky, persistent case of plantar fasciitis that’s been keeping you from walking the dog or enjoying your morning jog. It’s common to attempt […]
Ask yourself these five questions first. You already know the basics of healthy eating, but putting that knowledge into practice is easier said than done. If that sounds like you, maybe you’ve considered meeting with a nutritionist but you’ve never taken the first step. Perhaps you’ve tried to step up your nutrition plan on your […]
Don’t let these myths about mental health therapy keep you from seeking help and feeling better. For some of us, our ideas about talk therapy are rooted in stereotypes. If we’ve considered meeting with a therapist, we often hesitate, falling back on a few common myths about therapy. We worry that our problems aren’t big […]
I have always been curious and passionate about the human experience. This is what drove me to become a therapist. I wanted to understand the human condition in a way that made sense to me. As a psychology major in college, it wasn’t the statistics or empirical data that answered my questions. Rather, it was […]