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By: Natalie Russell I think I was born with a careful mind and a wild heart. It makes for a troublesome combination. When informing the decisions of my life, spontaneity is a desire but not an actuality. When I stare at myself in the mirror I see a woman that is well put together. She […]
By Natalie Russell It was my first year in the clinical psychology doctorate program; yet despite this being the achievement of my lifetime, I was deeply unhappy, empty, depleted, and un-inspired. I started mindlessly scrolling through Instagram to distract myself. I happened to come across a quote that stated, “do the work that feeds your […]
By Melissa Hale A few months ago, I booked a last minute vacation to the Caribbean with my best friend from high school. You see, my favorite band was playing at a five-day Caribbean music festival and I felt the world might end if I didn’t go. I begged my husband, Nick, to attend with […]
By Julie Tymorek Julie, Elle’s receptionist, is a student of psychotherapy, and reflects in this blog on her grandmother’s strength and beautiful eccentricities. My grandma Marjie is a force to be reckoned with. On summer family trips to Colorado, my grandma would speed up mountain sides faster than my little legs could carry me, leaving […]
By Stephanie Gibart The best guess anyone ever gave me when describing art therapy comes from an older man who said with a perplexed look: “You’re an art therapist—so you give therapy to art?” I imagine this looks something like putting a piece of art on the couch and asking about its relationship with its […]
By Lindsey Arens It’s exactly what it sounds like. It’s the belief that a number on a scale or the size of your pants does not determine health. Health at Every Size (HAES) is a movement that supports people of every size and challenges the mindset that thin = healthy. If you are intrigued at […]
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 […]