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Aug 26, 2023

This is a pregnancy portrait of Ana

I love pregnancy photoshoots where people are just completely comfortable in their skin and showing up as their full selves. This shoot wit

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Aug 25, 2023

Hidden Consequences of People Pleasing

people pleasing that we are socialised into, which is one of the main causes of people not speaking up against oppression.

People-Pleasing: The Silent Guardian of Power Structures

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Aug 23, 2023

People-Pleasing: The Silent Guardian of Power Structures

a pervasive culture of people-pleasing, one which often silences critical voices in the face of oppression. But it's high time we consider:

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Aug 21, 2023

This is a portrait of Katie

All the circus schools were shut and we were allowed outside to exercise, and she asked me to take some dancing portrait photographs of her

Allowing others to lean on us, without falling over…

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Aug 20, 2023

Allowing others to lean on us, without falling over…

SelfCareSchool.co.uk's Self Care Sundays Postcards: 20th August 2023 TLDR link page Free workshop: How to support people without burning...

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Aug 18, 2023

What People Pleasing is not

What people get out of my courses is the possibility that maybe we could take some of the pressure off right now so that we're not always lo

Why Fatphobia Is Ableist (and what is wrong with that)

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Aug 16, 2023

Why Fatphobia Is Ableist (and what is wrong with that)

When you equate thinness with morality and conflate thinness with health, the result is that people who do not fit into socially acceptable

How to be kind to others, without overlooking yourself…

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Aug 16, 2023

How to be kind to others, without overlooking yourself…

SelfCareSchool.co.uk's Self Care Sundays Postcards: 13th August 2023 TLDR link page Free workshop: How to support people without burning...

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Aug 14, 2023

This is a portrait of Adriana

I met Adriana in Italy and they were modelled in soft and floaty fabric and I quickly got to the heart of it that she was a hip-hop chick at

Letting Go of Body Anxiety: Building a Life That Requires Less Coping and more Pleasure

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Aug 12, 2023

Letting Go of Body Anxiety: Building a Life That Requires Less Coping and more Pleasure

Creating hypercritical views of yourself is a natural result of a society which constantly reminds us that our value is our attractiveness.

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Aug 11, 2023

The Emotional Rollercoaster

the emotional roller coaster gets too much when all of those high-volume emotions feel like there are too many in one place at one time.

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Aug 9, 2023

Disrupting AI Art

With AI with each iteration, it gets more white, more Eurocentric features, younger, thinner, more flawless skin, her clothes begin falling

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Aug 7, 2023

How to Support People (without burnout)

for those of us who value empathy, who centre social justice and who have wide-open-hearted care for people - this can pose a problem.

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Aug 5, 2023

Allowing others to lean on us without falling over…

SelfCareSchool.co.uk's Self Care Sundays Postcards: 6th August 2023 TLDR link page

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Aug 5, 2023

This is a portrait of Dylan

It was such an honour to do a pregnancy photoshoot with Sophie a few months ago, and we spoke about the possibility of a newborn session whe

Why You Can Achieve Your Goals and Still Feel Terrible

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Aug 5, 2023

Why You Can Achieve Your Goals and Still Feel Terrible

It's a common misconception that reaching our goals will automatically lead to happiness™️ and fulfilment. The truth is, accomplishing what

Why you need to stop being mean to yourself (why self-criticism is not the way to self-love)

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Aug 4, 2023

Why you need to stop being mean to yourself (why self-criticism is not the way to self-love)

Here's something I've noticed that we do that isn't all that useful, and that is to believe that our inner critic, your self-criticism, the

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Jul 30, 2023

Learning about Ourselves and Others

SelfCareSchool.co.uk's Self Care Sundays Postcards: 30th July 2023 TLDR link page New course: ASK FOR WHAT YOU WANT (without feeling...

What is it You Want? (and why we stopped asking for our own needs)

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Jul 29, 2023

What is it You Want? (and why we stopped asking for our own needs)

We are taught to believe that if we don't have needs and make ourselves as small and unburdensome as possible, there is a chance we can

When Your Heart Cannot Stop Being Tested by Big Emotions

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Jul 28, 2023

When Your Heart Cannot Stop Being Tested by Big Emotions

Is there any space in there for you to be able to just anchor onto one little thought of "this is me experiencing life"