Get out of the stigma that we need to be supermodels!

Tell me your story. What do you want people to know about who you are and why you are participating in this project?

I am a nurse, so that means caring for others more than myself. I have always been a people pleaser even if it meant I wasn’t happy. I decided to take charge of my life, after being told I wasn’t good enough for so many years. I got rid of toxic friends, and did an overhaul of my life. However, I sadly am a hopeless romantic, and thought because I worked so hard to attain all of my goals which I have; that my true happiness would be with a man. I dated and got ghosted, not chosen, treated like a piece of meat, which then made me feel worse and worse about myself. Questioned my whole purpose in life and why I existed. I thought along the lines of “is this all that there is?”, and I became more and more spiteful towards “happy couples”, introverted and angry. Then COVID hit, the isolation and stress of being a nurse, along with the long hours, bad eating habits, as well as living alone, just made me gain weight and not care about anything anymore. I’ve always felt comfortable with who I am as I know what I bring to the table, rocking my bikini and thinking if ya don’t like it don’t look at it! However, I have the dark side too, that I know that I’m not for everyone and that’s ok but am I not for someone? So, I threw in the towel- took some time off work, adopted a dog and really did some soul searching. I found the area of nursing that truly makes me happy, and stopped the whole dating thing. Began to look at the bigger picture of what truly is important- everyone comes into our lives for a reason and decided to focus on me and let the universe decide. Don’t get me wrong, I still struggle everyday and doing this will be a reminder that I am a bombshell and fierce as f**k! An abusive marriage, a long relationship which went nowhere, to letting myself not even get out of bed to wash led me here- to embrace the magical unicorn that I am and empower not only myself, but others to remember that I sparkle everyday! I wear scrubs daily- work with homelessness and addiction and mental health, but I am a lady!

Tell me about all of your favourite features and the things you would like to emphasize in your photos! This can include physical body parts or a part of your personality!

Tattoos. Large breasts. My eyes and smile. Show the playful and strong warrior side of me. I was once told by a former addict that in my job as a nurse with addictions and mental health, that I truly am an angel

Are you nervous about having boudoir portraits done? Tell me about your feelings leading up to your shoot.

I’m not nervous at all as I know this is truly for me and me alone. I cannot wait to display my photos in my home- so that I can look at them everyday and say that is ME! As well as share them with guests- especially my girlfriends- that we all are beautiful .

What do you want other women to think and feel when they view your portraits in your featured blog post? Is there anything else you want to share?

To embrace who and what we are. Get out of the stigma that we need to be supermodels and that we are weak. I know I’m a unicorn, but also a bit dark and twisty at times but hey, we all are!

Tell me something that you learned about yourself from having this experience.

That even though when I look in the mirror and I don’t see what I think I should, that the confidence I have was completely validated.

If you were nervous before, tell me when your nervousness disappeared.

I was more excited than nervous even though I have never done anything like this before! Also the ideas that we had and the candid shots made my session extremely fun! I would recommend this to all women who are on a self-love journey!

Do you have a final message or take-away from the Body Love Project?

Beauty is in all of us- never be afraid to lose your inhibitions.. get naked. Be comfortable in your own skin and the sexiness within will show! You got this!