Inside The Polished Apple

Such a fun evening for our practice members and community members! We started the evening with a meditation with Margaret, our Acupuncturist at Elan. Lisa, Registered Massage Therapist, led us in stretches for Heart Openers-to help open up from our forward bending posture.  Next was Jodey Sharman, Registered Pyschologist, who spoke on the topic: People Pleasing... Is it OK to not be nice? Last up was myself, Dr Josephene Juell, speaking on 3 Myths about Women's Health that will SHOCK you!  We had beautiful gift bags with items donated by a number of local businesses. Thank you to Sage Traditions , Routine Cream , Rumina Naturals, Citrinity , Young Living/ Sandra Catania , Horse and Heart Connection , Naturally Unique and Dr Rob's chocolates! And of course, yummy food and drink and a photo booth.  Mizael from Real Organic Creations with samples of his raw cashew cheese.  Thank you for a wonderful ev...

Elan was excited to participate in the first Courageous Self Care Festival held at Mount Royal this past weekend. It was a day dedicated to Women's Health and Self Care~more then just chocolate and bubble baths! Here's some photos of the day.  Margaret, Registered Acupuncturist, ready to offer NADA ear needling.  Christina Marlett of Courageous Self Care Kim, Elan Office Coordinator and Jodey Sharman, Registered Psychologist ready for the afternoon! 

Have you had a chance to meet our newest team member? Say hello to  Jodey Sharman, Registered Psychologist,  the next time you see her in the office!     Jodey is offering a Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Class at Elan, starting THIS SATURDAY, MAY 5th. This is a treatment method that helps change self talk so it is accurate and helpful, and change behaviour to decrease avoidance and improve mood.This group will be over 4 x 2 hour classes and cover the 4 areas of CBT- cognition, emotions, behaviour and body/ wellness.  You can see more about Jodey’s services on her  Psychology Today profile . Her services are covered by most benefit plans.

We would like to introduce to you the newest addition to our family at Elan! Please welcome  Jodey Sharman, Registered Psychologist .   Jodey started working as an Occupational Therapist and returned to school to get her Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology in her 40’s. She works comfortably with people with both physical and mental health conditions, complex diagnoses such as Bipolar Disorder, and difficult relationships including recovery from past and present abuse. She has experience helping individuals with medical leave from work and addiction recovery and relapse prevention.  Jodey is practicing and training in Somato Respiratory Integration (SRI), intuition development, and Medical Intuition. Many of Jodey’s clients talk about working through being disconnected and lacking energy and fulfillment.  Jodey is excited to use psychological therapies to help clients who are practicing SRI move through the 12 Stages of Healing from suffering to wholeness an...