In the very beginning, I knew I wanted to try being a Boudoir photographer because it was FUN! I had no idea that it would lead me into helping heal others while also healing myself. I’ve come to realize that I am a conduit for helping uplift others so they can feel at home in their bodies and rise with confidence. I just happen to do this through photography.

The more sessions I’ve done, the more I’ve felt like a bridge for my clients’ transformational process. My own transformation started when I realized I was “yesing” everyone and losing myself along the way.

I discovered that for years I had a habit of people-pleasing. I would say yes to others, putting everyone’s wants and needs above my own and not valuing myself. I would push myself to do “all the things” and help everyone around me if it meant I didn’t have to be alone with myself.

After building up many layers of that over the years, it was no surprise that I was physically exhausted. Maybe you can relate?

This is where the magic and alchemy of Boudoir sessions comes in. 

Almost everyone I know can relate to not feeling confident in themselves. It’s so easy to lose sight of putting ourselves first and paying attention to our own needs. What I’ve found is that a lack of self-love eventually leads to a lack of self-care.

Boudoir sessions are a journey back to yourself. A journey into feeling really good in your own body, maybe even for the first time.

In my years of working with women and their bodies, I’ve noticed women of many ages and sizes have varying levels of confidence, regardless of what they look like. They’ve helped me understand that what matters most is how you feel about yourself when you let go of the numbers on the scale, the size of your clothes, the outside voices that criticize. 

The reality is that it doesn’t matter what size, shape, age, color, texture, softness, or level of physical ability you have. Anyone can feel disconnected and not like what they see or feel. Most of the time this comes from outside voices that turn into our inner critic. 

We can also become attached to our physical capabilities and appearance. Nothing stays the same, yet we expect ourselves to feel and look the same for our whole adult life. When these changes happen, that’s when our inner critic can come out.

So we have to quiet it—And my favorite way to do that is through Boudoir sessions, where you can build up evidence for yourself that you ARE beautiful and strong, and you CAN be empowered at any stage in your life.

Our bodies are our stories of the present and past. We as humans have the opportunity to lay or rebuild the foundation at any given moment. When we feel at home in our bodies and love and accept ourselves, then we can spread that love and light into the world limitlessly.