Body Image & Confidence

Finding resources to help you learn to love yourself and recognize your worth is pretty easy. There are plenty of books, TV shows, blogs, and accompanying products to help you transform the way you think about and see yourself—but sometimes the actual process can seem daunting and fruitless. You can’t expect to read a self-help […]

Move over, avocado toast. There’s a new millennial trend to take advantage of: self-care. According to NPR, millennials make more commitments to personal improvement than any previous generation, and they spend twice as much on wellness expenses—workouts, life coaching, therapy, etc.—as boomers do. Here’s why millennials love self-care: Experiences make us happier than things Why […]

When you think of Miss America, most likely one of the first things that comes to mind is bathing suit-clad beauties teetering in high heels onstage. However, that’s about to change. On June 5, 2018, Gretchen Carlson, the former Fox News anchor who is the organization’s chairwoman, announced that future Miss America competitions will not […]

Who says you have to be a size 2 or have perfectly toned abs to be beautiful, sexy and confident? A new way of thinking, body positivity, empowers us to accept and love ourselves as we are. You may have heard the term before, but what does body positivity really mean? If you’re “body positive,” […]

If you want to look your best, you can start with focusing on feeling your best. An important part of how well you look and feel depends on how well you eat. Although it’s perfectly fine to occasionally indulge in a slice of pizza or a decadent dessert, many of those foods can damage our […]

We live in a world where we are constantly being peer pressured: pressured to be a specific size, to wear a specific brand, to do our makeup a specific way, to dye our hair a certain color, and the list goes on. With social media being present in our lives on a daily basis, we […]

The reason I choose to work in boudoir photography is to help women feel empowered. Boudoir photography isn’t about sex; it is about helping women feel attractive, powerful and confident. You deserve to feel great. You deserve to feel relaxed and pampered. As women, we are conditioned from a young age that there will always […]

I recently had a boudoir client who sought out a photo session as a step to better self acceptance. Since so many women struggle with body issues and low self esteem I asked if she’d share her experience with my readers.  This is her story. “Throughout my entire childhood as well as my adult life, […]