Emily's Boudoir Experience

Emily shares the story of her Boudoir Experience

"I somewhat impulsively booked this boudoir session with Hanah. I knew I wanted to do it as a gift for my fiancé, but at the time of booking I had many doubts in my mind about it. After struggling with confidence and body image insecurities due to a weight gain from health issues I kept finding myself making excuses to finally "get healthy" and had the "I'll start tomorrow" attitude. Booking this session created a force I needed to get my mind right and begin the journey back to my healthy self. I had this new sense of intrinsic motivation and realized this session wasn't only for my fiancé but mostly for me, myself, and I.

The morning of the session I thought to myself, "Holy s**t, what did I get myself into?” But once I arrived to the studio I was immediately relieved. We got right to it - Hanah + her team know what they're doing! There really was no down time to feel nervous once we got started. Between the glam session to picking out outfits to Hanah answering my annoying, "So, what's next..." questions (which she not once made me feel silly for asking - she understood it was something I needed to help myself feel comfortable) our session was done in the blink of an eye. Once the session ended, I found myself continuously saying, "THAT WAS SO FUN!". I knew it was going to be a great experience, but I didn't realize how much fun I was actually going to have. It was so surreal!

After getting home from the session I found myself falling back into the negative mindset I had before my session. I was starting to get really nervous about getting my images back. Not because I thought Hanah and her team didn't do an amazing job, but because I was so used to seeing pictures of myself and not liking how I looked.

LET ME TELL YOU HOW QUICKLY THOSE THOUGHTS CHANGED!

My mind was blown. I was so happy with the way the photos turned out. I was radiating confidence, like WHO IS THAT GIRL?! I truly owe it all to Hanah and her team. They made me feel so comfortable and beautiful and EMPOWERED and man did it show!

I find myself on bad days flipping through my images and I feel instantly empowered again. It's almost like a mental recharge/reset. When I told my friends I did a boudoir session, they'd say how they'd never be able to do one because they aren't comfortable in their skin or wouldn't feel comfortable in front of the camera. That WAS me.

I just can't express enough how I feel like doing a boudoir session is more than JUST a boudoir session. It's about proving to yourself you can do something that puts you out of your comfort zone and it ending up being amazing in the end. It's finding a new sense of empowerment and inner confidence. It's about minimizing that critical voice of your insecurities and letting those positive thoughts scream from the roof tops.

I just want everyone to know, if you have the chance, YOU NEED TO DO ONE!

Oh! I think my fiancé will like them too ;)