Brisbane · Australia
Elisha
Casagrande
Founded a global app. Thrived in fitness, food & fashion. Still ended up starting over. Here we go.
/ sel · ves · əns / noun
The process of returning to self. The slow, quiet re-emergence of the woman who existed before she was needed by everyone else.
Derived from self + -escence · Coined by Elisha Casagrande, 2026
The Story
I spent a decade becoming.
Now I'm returning.
I'm a qualified personal stylist, health coach, personal trainer and Pilates instructor. For eight years I wrote a parenting column for the Sunday Mail. I've contributed to Mamamia, Body & Soul, House of Wellness & The Healthy Hustlers Podcast. I hosted a masterclass for Business Chicks, built a podcast with guests including Eleanor Pendleton, Lucy Henry-Hicks, Erin Deering and Jamie Varon and scaled a global health and fitness app for women.
Mid-2025 I walked away from that app. Not because it failed - but because I had reached a point of complete burnout. The quiet kind that doesn't look like a breakdown. The kind that looks like showing up perfectly, while feeling nothing much at all.
I'm a Mum of two - my kids are 10 and 13 and for the first time in years, they don't need me every second. I have space and freedom that I haven't had in a decade & somehow, that space has been the most disorienting thing I've ever navigated.
That experience is what led me to coin the term Selvescence - a word for the season that millions of women are living without the language for it. It's the concept that everything I'm building now sits beneath.
Read About SelvescenceAs Seen In & Collaborated With
The Sunday Mail
Parenting Column Contributor · 8 years
Progress Magazine
3-Page Feature Article
Body & Soul
Published Contributor
House of Wellness
Published Contributor
Business Chicks
Masterclass Host
Healthy Hustlers Podcast
Featured Guest
Published articles
MamamiaThe Concept
The five stages of
Selvescence
Selvescence doesn't arrive all at once. It moves through stages - none of them linear, all of them valid. See if you recognise yourself here ...
The Quieting
The noise settles. Something unfamiliar appears underneath it. You're not sure if it's peace or emptiness - and the uncertainty itself is unsettling.
The Disorientation
The freedom arrives and feels worse than the chaos did. You have time and space, yet somehow have no idea what to do with it.
The Questioning
Who are you outside of what you do for everyone else? The question is uncomfortable. It's also the most important one you've ever asked.
The Stirring
Something small reignites. A feeling. An interest. A Friday morning where you actually care what you wear. You notice it. You write it down.
The Returning
The slow, non-linear, deeply personal process of coming back to yourself. Not a destination - a direction (and it's already begun).
Follow the Selvescence journey on Instagram - @elishacasagrande
Follow On InstagramWhere The Returning Begins
The returning doesn't begin with having it all figured out.
It begins with showing up.
Moving your body is one of the most proven ways to reconnect with yourself - and it's something every woman can do, wherever she is. In person in Brisbane. Or free on YouTube. The returning starts here.
Move
Circuit-style sessions designed for busy women in all stages of life
Return
Reconnect with the woman who has been waiting underneath all the roles
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In person in Brisbane or free on YouTube - you can start today
In Person · Camp Hill, Brisbane
Bootcamps built for
women like us
Small, group outdoor circuit sessions for women who are done with intimidating gyms, unrealistic standards and workouts designed for a body they no longer have.
These sessions are built around my signature full body circuits - the same ones that kept hundreds of women showing up inside my global app every single week. Now in person. In a beautiful outdoor space. In Camp Hill, Brisbane.
Days
Mon · Wed · Fri
Time
6:00am
Location
Bill Hewitt Reserve (Hannah's Place) Camp Hill, Brisbane
Founding Rate
$69 / month — Sold Out
Standard Rate
$89 / month
Casual
$15 / session
Bring a friend for FREE: Your first session - bring a friend on me. If she loves it, she can join at the founding member rate.
The 6am Founding Member spots are full. Join the waitlist for the next available spot.
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Workouts for women who don't have time to waste
Circuit-style Strength and Pilates sessions - 30 minutes, minimal equipment, for all bodies at every stage. Free on YouTube. Always.
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Whether you're a media editor, a brand looking to collaborate, a woman in Brisbane who wants to join the bootcamp or someone who just wants to say the word Selvescence resonated - I'd love to hear from you.