YOU ASK YOURSELF, "Is this it?"
“Oh, there’s so much more,” your soul whispers.
You are in it - life feels busy. You are just trying to make to the end of the day without any serious mishaps. You’re stretched and have a list of things you want to accomplish…and the years keep moving along.
It’s not like this all the time, there are days when you are settled into the peace of putting your kids to bed, reading them stories and your eyes melt into their little-kid curls.
Photo by VanVeit Creative Ottawa.
You are in the right place if…
YOU WANT TO SEE HOW IT’S ALL CONNECTED
You’ve done all the things (therapy, epsom salt baths, trauma-therapy or work, walking outdoors…) but things are still out of whack and you’ve got dreams and ideas you’d like to experience.
You’re pretty sure there’s more going on than you can see, but you don’t know where to start.
You are ready to do what it takes to experience the peace and ease you’ve been after.
YOUR DREAMS ARE FOR YOU
YOU can do THIS
If you are ready to see yourself more clearly, keep things simple, and create the life you want then you are in the right place.
Through grounded spiritual conversations, retreats, and a whole other kind of website design, you can explore it all here when you are ready.
I WAS TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO FEEL ALIGNED, WHOLE AND WELL.
I HAD BEEN spinning my wheels FOR A LONG TIME
On a whim, I did a one-on-one session with Elle and she took me on an exploration that brought it all together; the missing piece!
TESTIMONIAL
I’VE FOUND THE PATH TO my own truth
“I've been on the periphery of Elle's social network, fellow neighbourhood mom, and her presence has always been inspiring and uplifting. When I heard that her offerings had expanded to a realm of enhancing wellness on a new level I knew I needed to check it out.
I have since embarked on the journey of coming back to myself. It has been a liberating experience to know that I am who I should be, I am enough, and I can be free of all of the personal, family, and societal expectations that held me back from being the truest expression of myself.
This stuff is magical and I am so grateful to have found the road to my own truth. I have such deep respect and gratitude for the support and warmth Elle so openly shares.”
-P. Walker
I’m Elle (not photographed here)
…a little funny, always creating, latte appreciator, organic gardener, outdoors-yes-please and I have the BEST family of three kids, my husband and our Golden-Goofballs - Filmore the Dragon-Dog and Alpine the Wise-Apple-Seeker.
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No, he doesn’t fetch or walk well on a leash but he naps like a champion, sits for his treats and loves his humans fiercely.
I have spent the last 30+ years:
working in camping (canoe trips, leadership, fun, camp) and outdoor education (Sunship Earth, Earth Keepers, Earthwalks, etc.)
Developing School Garden Programs + Community Food Programs with organizations such as Lifecycles Project, Growing Schools, and the Fruit Tree Project…
teaching leadership and communication skills
facilitating corporate team-building events
hosting wellness retreats and teaching yoga in the forest
leading (with other amazing humans) training and development conferences for professional camping and outdoor educators
consulting in Japan and Taiwan for outdoor education, camp start-ups & teaching ESL
teaching marketing to and building community with birth photographers
mentoring and supporting new business owners as they navigate how to reach the people who are looking to work with them
working with business owners who are ready to put their soul into the work they do and/or reconnect with their spiritual/soulful side
If you want to know what’s possible in your life - I’m so in! Let’s do this!
I STEP ON LEGO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
I wonder how in the world the floor got wet, my dog eats off the table, I forget wet clothes in the washer, I love being alone, my favourite book right now is Braiding Sweetgrass, I live in my pjs, I will probably swear with excitement or joy during our sessions, I’m left-handed and my birth card is the Ace of Spades - and I LOVE THIS WORK.
SO WHAT’S IT LIKE TO WORK TOGETHER?
Watch this video.
PRESS PLAY Sometimes a wider perspective helps us see ourselves more clearly - either way, you belong here and so does your dream. This has been edited to maintain privacy and shared with permission.
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Some of us are here to DREAM, to share those DREAMS, your ideas might be the thing that changes the world for tens of thousands of people
But YOU DON’T have to do all the things - YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR DREAMS, YOUR PLAYFUL DEMEANOR, YOUR INSIGHTS are the VALUE of YOU! How good it feels to be YOU is the VALUE of you!
You are the value.
This wonderful human is a dreamer, an ideas guy, a playful creator, a thinker, a passer-on of insights and thoughts guy…
What is YOUR fullest expression? Let’s explore that!
THIS IS YOUR JOURNEY
Your experience will be as unique as you are
WE GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER
We will get to know each other through individual meetings, group experiences or at a retreat.
*I will be honest with you about the scope of work we can do. Active or acute trauma is outside of my scope for example. Most of the people I work with have been previously supported or have worked with professionally trained therapists. One could call this work the clearing of the fog after the storm…when you are ready to put it all back together again and create what’s next.
YOU TAKE THE REIGNS OF YOUR LIFE
You will learn concrete tools and practices you can implement so you can truly be yourself and create the life and/or business you dream of. We will practice them so you know them.
YOUR COMMUNITY WILL EXPAND
There will always be free opportunities available: group workshops through Facebook, forest garden retreats, garden dinners, group business conversations, YouTube, and social media stuff.
BECAUSE I SEE THE BIG PICTURE
I HELP YOU SEE AND EXPRESS Your Unique Light
I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN “The Photographer”
…as a 7-year-old on the shores of the Great Lakes taking photos of all the Canadian Geese with my disc camera, as a camper capturing how the light shone on the aluminum canoes after a thunderstorm, as an overly excited year-booker in high school - through every job, every vacation, every adventure, canoe trip, conference - I had my camera.
After my first child was born, I started a photography and film business called Breathe In Photography because I wanted families to see how incredible and beautiful they were in the rawness of parenting.
A self-portrait while photographing a birth with my little guy on my back in 2016.
I have photographed over 160 births, trained as a doula, and have been featured in Huffington Post, Birth Becomes You and my images line the walls of the Ottawa Birth and Wellness Centre since its opening day.
Photography and Film remain a passion and I’m excited to witness you discover more about yourself and your business through the magic of light!
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The Resilient Heart™: Trauma-Sensitive HeartMath Course and Certification
Permaculture Design Certificate
Emotional Mastery Coach Training
Universal Laws Coach
Doula Training - Motherwit Doulas 2015
YYT - 200 hr Yoga Teacher Traning 2013 (Yoga Alliance Certified)
BA Honours Psychology: the University of Ottawa + Pre-requisite Courses for the Masters Physiotherapy Program (twice! but that’s another story!)
Copywriting for Creatives Course with Ashlyn Carter
Challenges Unlimited Inc: Level 2 – Challenge Course Practitioner: experiential facilitation and adventure facilities operation - for adventure programs recreationally, educationally, therapeutically, and for training and development.
So what to do next, you ask?
When you are ready to expand into the experience of who you really are - or to have a little leap into learning a wee bit more about yourself, come as you are - there’s nothing more you need to do - I’m ready when you are!
WRAP YOURSELF UP IN A WOOL BLANKET, PUT ON YOUR COZY SOCKS, GRAB A WARM DRINK AND…
FROM THE BLOG
THERE’S ALWAYS HOPE
Real life stories amid the noise and haste - know that calm and love are there too.
Tales and adventures with three kids, a simple life and a golden-dragon dog named Filmore and an apple-eater named Alpine - add in some grounded spirituality and Essential Oils and you’ve got some blog posts to read if you wish.
I want you to know that there’s so much more in the space between.
Creativity, Art, Your BEING here is a bridge: between the “unseen” and “seen”. Between the idea and the novel. Between your intuition and your next business move. Between inspiration and impact…