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Sound familiar to anyone?

The good thing is that even though our culture highly values, encourages and supports this type of conditioning (at great cost to so many), we can “unlearn” it. 🤍🤍
✨ a little summer update from me ✨

As we head into summer, I wanted to share some of the ways we can work together - and a few exciting things on the horizon. ☀️

Current offerings include:

• Virtual therapy sessions for residents of NC + SC
&
Which ones are quietly fueling your anxiety behind the scenes?🤔👇🏼
“Good girl” conditioning isn’t just a personality trait or how we were raised-  it’s often a nervous system strategy as well.

For many people, being “good” became tied to safety, belonging, approval, love, or avoi
Ultimately, “enough-ness” grows when children repeatedly experience:
“I can be fully human - joyful, struggling, growing, imperfect - and still deeply worthy of love and belonging.” ❤️
Working with exiles/wounded parts can be deeply healing… but it’s also nuanced work.

Healing isn’t just about accessing pain -  it’s about pacing, safety, nervous system capacity, and tending to the whole internal system wit
Earlier on in my career, the conventional approach to helping a child with eating struggles was more of a “my way or the highway” and a “one-size-fits-all” type of style… And don’t get me wrong, eating issues can
Diet culture tells women:
👉 your body isn’t acceptable as it is

Anti-aging culture adds:
👉 and neither is the fact that it changes over time

Together, they create a moving target you can never quite hit.
You’re expected to:
-shrink yo
Rumination isn’t just “overthinking”- it’s a loop that truly keeps you stuck. 🔁

Highly linked with disordered eating, depression, and anxiety, these thought spirals can feel like they’re slowly taking over your life.

Dr. Emily Ciepcielinski

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Charlotte, NC 28226

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