In my life I’ve gone through a lot of really hard times. I went through depression and had so many challenges that I overcame. And I overcame because I just decided to be happy. – Lilly Singh The first time I felt an ounce of depression, I was 11 years old. I didn’t understand what […]

In boudoir, you may hear us talking about self-love quite often. We emphasize the importance of caring for yourself and doing what you need to do to be happy in your everyday life. We also want to emphasize the importance of taking care of your health. Not just your mind, but also your body. I […]

“Take care of yourself”, it’s something we hear often. Typically, we overlook this thinking “of course I take care of myself”; but do we? Taking care of ourselves can take on so many different meanings. For some it’s a change of diet for your health. For some it can be cutting out toxic people just […]

Insecurities. We all have them. We all let them control our way of thinking in some way. Whether or not we let them affect us positively or negatively is completely up to us as individuals. We need to start embracing our bodies as they are, because that’s the only sure thing we have in the […]

Change. It is one of the hardest parts of life. Usually when a change occurs it is forced; some event takes place and we realize that change is inevitable. Many of us fight the change, wanting to retreat back to the comforts of the known. However, to blossom and grow, we must accept and embrace […]

Growing up in a world where body image is so seemly important is difficult. From such a young age we are instilled with what we should be eating, wearing, doing, and how we should strive to look. For any young girl, this can be a near impossible road to figure out. And even as grown […]

When booking your shoot, it’s normal to want it to be personalized and unique to you. There are so many little details that go into your day that there is no way it couldn’t be special! From the different choices of hair, makeup, and wardrobe, you’re already on your way to creating YOUR perfect shoot. […]

It all started when my dad asked me a really out of the blue question, “Hey Lyss, will you take me to Starbucks?” The reason this was strange, is because my dad NEVER grabs a late night Starbucks. It’s always a morning or early afternoon treat, so for this day, it was already odd. It […]

I looked down at my belly and it hit me, I could no longer see my full feet, I now can only see the tip top of my cute little toes. I remember that day – I cried, a lot. I felt like I was a failure. I sat there and I thought… How dare […]

When he finally admitted on the phone that he cheated on me, I was broken ever since that moment until the end.  I receive countless emails with all different stories of women’s lives, the trauma, their pasts. Some of them are hard to read, because my heart breaks for them, and some of them are […]