Life can be HARD. Sometimes it can chew you up and spit you out, leaving you feeling less than great about yourself. It seems that women, especially, have been feeling the burden of the mental load, and often end up exhausted. There has been a rise in women who are booking self-love sessions, looking for a confidence boost and a bit of empowerment. Who doesn’t love that?!
This amazing woman sought me out to capture a time in her life that was full of change. An in-between, of sorts. We spent our time together chatting, laughing, and just FEELING. It was incredible! Every woman deserves to have an empowerment session that makes her feel BEAUTIFUL and STRONG.
When is the last time you connected with yourself? YOU are brilliant. Let’s capture it.
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Elyse | A Breakthrough Session
I met Elyse for the first time about 3 years ago. Aside from that first meeting, we rarely encountered one another, but seemed to have a bit of a connection. One day, a couple years later, Elyse reached out to me to see if I would be up for the challenge of capturing her in a unique way. Ummm…YES! I present to you, Persephone:
"Persephone, goddess of spring, is not the helpless maiden you hear of in the common version of her myth.
Her 'fall' into the Underworld was not a kidnapping, but the next step
in her evolution,
in her growth,
in her empowerment.
The maiden who had mastered the light of life, within and without, was ready master the
shadows,
death,
rebirth.
For she had always contained darkness.
She could no longer deny it.
So she decided to master it.
In the Underworld,
she learned how to not only face her shadows,
but own them,
work with them,
love them.
And while others had always preferred she stay innocent and childlike forever,
Hades loved her for her darkness, not despite it.
And for it, he made her Queen of all shadows, Queen of the Underworld.
Without giving up anything that made her goddess of spring.
Her journey is your journey.
To maturity.
To self love.
To sovereignty.
To step out of denial out of shame,
into the light that shines no matter how dark the night,
into acceptance,
into allness,
into self-love."
-Sabrina Lynn, Rewilding for Women
Mend On The Move
I had the fantastic opportunity to do a shoot for an amazing non-profit organization called Mend On The Move. They work to help empower and employ women who are abuse survivors. If you are not familiar with their mission and work, please head to their site! Part of what these women do is make some really amazing jewelry. Each piece has a story or message, AND the proceeds go to a great cause!! PLEASEE check them out!!!
