Phoenix with Elle & Molly

When I was in Phoenix I had the pleasure of meeting up with some photographers, one of them name Christine Johnson. While I was at her home (which had the most beautiful light and vibe) she invited her 20 something nieces over to model for me and while we didn't have much time, I had so much fun creating in the beautiful AZ light. After our brief shooting time, we sat and chatted and essentially gave them a mini Body Image Bootcamp. Seeing these 20 somethings challenge their body image and just having these conversations was fascinating - you can see the immense amount of info they have about HOW to do the things and knowing the things they SHOULD do, but still struggling to put everything they know into action - it almost made them feel worse about themselves and I could see the shame spiral of “I know I shouldn’t think this way, but I do….” It's almost like the quantity of information is overloading their capacity to DO anything about it. So, in true Teri fashion I encouraged them to just get curious and I hope that that is enough for them to consider that there might be another way to exist that isn't full of self-loathing.

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