Welcome to the Self-Love Movement

Welcome to the Sheer Boudoir Self-Love Movement

I have spent many years searching for my calling in life. I’ve been passionate about many things over the years, from sports to public speaking and everything in between, but the thing that has always driven me the most is empowering others and helping them believe in themselves. My absolute favorite thing in life is that moment that it clicks for someone else – the moment they realize they are enough. The moment they realize that no one’s opinion of them matters except their own.

We live in the era of social media, where everything is perfectly curated and edited to show the “ideal” version of whatever it is we may be looking at. As women, we are constantly bombarded with the “ideal” body, “ideal” hair, “ideal” home, “ideal” lifestyle… the list goes on. Everything in our feeds is edited to perfection and it’s very rare that we see reality in photos, ESPECIALLY when it comes to bodies. I started the Sheer Boudoir Self-Love Movement because I wanted to fill social media with “REAL.” I wanted every woman to see some part of herself represented – her body, her story, her journey. I wanted to help women see that they are not alone and that the journey to self-love is messy, difficult, and never-ending… but so, so worth it.

Over the next several months, I will be sharing the stories of real women in Northwest Arkansas here and on my social media platforms. I thought it would be good, though, if I started by sharing my own.

I’ve spent so much of my life worried about what other people thought of me. I know now that it’s because deep down in my soul, I felt like I wasn’t good enough.

I’ve sat down and shut up when every fiber of my being was pushing me to stand up and speak out. I’ve shrunk down to make other people feel more comfortable. I have apologized for who I am as a person. I have been shamed and guilted into forcing myself into a box and mold I was never meant to fit.

The past five years have been life-changing for me. I left the religion I was born into and raised in. I spent hours upon hours reading books and learning more about who I am, what motivates me, and what my strengths and weaknesses are. I healed my feelings of inadequacy through Hypnotherapy. I learned who I am. I learned that I am enough.

This body has been through a lot. It has grown and given birth to two children. It has had multiple surgeries. It has fallen down and had to learn how to get back up again. This body is MINE. This body is strong. This body is resilient. This body is capable. This body is scarred. This body is real. This body is LOVED and I will not be ashamed of it.