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Jenita “Jay” Hladyshewsky, Bellisimo Photography Studio
16 Plays6 months ago
Join TheraSistersStL as we have a heartfelt conversation with Jay, a visual empowerment coach, and photographer who pours her heart into creating captivating images that celebrate each individual's unique journey. Coming from a background in the nonprofit sector, she deeply cherishes the exploration of inner and outer beauty, guiding her clients to unveil their strengths while embracing vulnerability.
We also talk about Jay's glimmers and have some giggles while doing so.
Find Jay on her website, Bellisimo Photography Studio, or on her Instagram page, Bellisimo_Photo_Studio.
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Transcript
Introduction of Thera Sisters and guest Jay
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right action clap. Okay. Was that it? That was the action clap. Okay. Hello. Hello. Welcome. So we are the Thera Sisters. I'm Catherine Barton. I'm Amy Camp Ryan. And welcome to our podcast about healing and interviewing healers. We're really excited today to have Jay come join us. Yes, I'm excited about talking with Jay today. So just jumping into it, Amy, why don't you what's going on with you right now? Do you have something fun happening in your life?
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interesting things. I don't know how much fun. The fun part is we're redoing our garage. That's fun. The interesting thing are the squirrels. We have squirrels. They have been living above our garage for many years. Decades. Decades, yes. And so we're trying to mainly release the squirrels. And we had our contractor, it's like, oh, I'll take the squirrel. And he lives over by Francis Park. So we live in the city and Francis Park is what, maybe three, four, five miles away? I don't know. So he takes a squirrel and he did put a little touch of color
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to the tail of the squirrel, nice gold, and took the squirrel and released him in Frances Park, right? And so ah my husband, Gemini, and so that was maybe Thursday, Friday, and then my husband was out in the front of our house, and he's like, oh my gosh. He didn't say it like that. It was more like, I can't effing believe this is really what he said. And so I'm like, what? And he's like, I think that's the squirrel. Is that the squirrel with the gold tail? I'm like,
Jay's journey into boudoir photography
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no, it's just a lighter brown. And we're videoing and we get closer. I'm like, it is that squirrel. So this squirrel within 24 hours decided to come back home, home.
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yeah so work like the fun that's a squiling on yeah
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you Yeah, so my daughter is turning eight on Mother's Day. And so she's having a sleepover tomorrow night with six other seven and eight year old girls. And oh my goodness, it's gonna be a lot of Tay Tay. It's gonna be making slime. It's going to be lots of makeup. So, yeah, so we're hoping we get through the night and and we're excited. It'll be fun. That will be a lot of fun. Yes. Oh my gosh. With Taylor Swift in the background and the makeup and the slime, we kind of a blast. Yeah. Yes. Should we? Yes. Bring in Jay. Welcome Jay. Hi, Leah. Hello. How are you? Thanks for joining us. Thank you. Thank you for joining us. Try and get some time. I caught it just in time. Yes.
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If you can't see us, we've got like little poofs on the floor and they're low to the ground. They're very comfy. Hopefully they're comfy. You're very comfy. You know quite how low it was though, yeah. Welcome. Thank you ladies. I appreciate you having me. We're so glad you're here. I know, I know. It's a great idea to be able to have It's just a space for women and all people to just be able to focus on themselves and go, how can I heal better? So thank you for doing it for us. Oh, you're welcome. Well, in speaking of women and people to feel good about themselves, we know that that's important to you and empowering women.
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um So first tell us more about you. Oh, OK.
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I started in nonprofit, so I had a whole other career before this, which was really cool. I always say I've had three jobs, three careers, and all of them I've absolutely loved, so I really don't feel like I've worked a day in my life. So this led me into my kind of hobby, then went into a full-time career of boudoir photography. And very much like when I worked in nonprofit, I empowered individuals to understand their worth. so in doing that, it's just not an artistic form of it. And um yeah, and so I just absolutely love it. I have a studio over in O'Fallon, Illinois, which is about 15 minutes from the river.
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And what's the name of it again? Felissimo. Felissimo photography studio. Yes. And it's Felissimo photography studio because apparently when I chose that name I didn't realize there was another Felissimo studio in St. Louis. Oh no! So I'm the one on the Illinois side. That's nice. Yeah. Yeah. So that's a little bit about me and then yeah. Okay. Yeah. And so you
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empowerment ah see yeah So what I found is that I always tell people that I give individuals an experience. So um taking pictures is great. I absolutely love it. But what I really cherish about the whole thing is the experience I give women and when they come in and they're able to really just kind of see themselves differently. They feel very empowered coming out of it and really just being able to sort of just take time for themselves and and just capture that idea of how beautiful they are and really be able to see themselves for it. So
Expansion of Jay's studio into wellness
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I always say the pictures are a bonus. They just remind you of the experience. um But the actual reason why I do it is the experience.
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And so in doing that, I knew that I wanted to really kind of expand that experience. And so my business partner, Ashley, she went on her own self-healing journey in this last year. She became a sound bath practitioner. but and now is going through yoga training. Oh, yeah, she's almost see on in a couple of weeks. So yeah, she told me so I'm just excited to be able to have her explain all of that. And so she started doing sound baths at the studio. And then
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before that you all cave in yeah and how mindfulness works so that's right that we were thinking of a different right yeah talk But yes, she did a mindfulness workshop, and that is so helpful, but especially to women that just don't take time for themselves to be able to just kind of unplug for a couple of hours and really focus in on themselves. And so in doing that, I just figured that we needed to create the space of being on just a studio for Boudoir photography. It needs to be a studio to really just help individuals
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you know, find themselves and empower themselves and heal, right? Yeah, I love that. So it's an extension, right? So you really noticed how women were failing in power. Yes. And then you're like, well, I want to extend this and expand it. Awesome. So now we are now called the self collective studio. And the collective part is really being able to bring individuals and from everywhere in to kind of share their their healing technique with women and being able to really just have a space of wellness, a space of self-development. So um another partner of mine, Jana, she is going to be doing
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a book, book, a club, and then she'll also be doing other workshops. So it's just, it's just a space of whether it be for a sound bath, whether it be for mindfulness training, whether it be for to not discover yourself through a boudoir session, it's just a space of healing. And you have a beautiful space, by the way. yeah It really is beautiful. We are very blessed. We are very blessed. pretty awesome. Well, when you think about healing, right? Like how do you maybe define healing? How do you define healing really just
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healing to me is being able to kind of see within yourself ready for see within yourself and see the parts of you that you're comfortable with and then how can I make that into a more comfortable space I like it and so that may you may not even understand what that is so So really kind of diving deep, getting in that space of vulnerability and finding, okay, because then there's like a self-discovery from that, you know, you start unpacking things and then you realize how cool it was out there. Right, right, so in there. Yeah, exactly, in there. So doing first just coming from a space of reflection and then working on those spaces where you're just not as comfortable as you'd like to be. Yes, I really like that. love
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finding what is uncomfortable, right? Because a lot of times that's where we've run away. It's like, oh, this is uncomfortable. I don't want it. I'm going to move away. Yeah, to notice that and then go, oh, that is something for me to work on. Yeah, that's a great self-awareness. Yeah. Yeah. And so did you have
Healing, self-discovery, and personal growth
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another part question? Yes. Multiple question, lady. Yes. That's my new nickname. Yeah. So, for you, personally, how do you, like, what do you do to help yourself heal, to help yourself?
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I have gone through a huge kind of healing journey, not there yet, um but ah definitely went on a huge healing journey when I turned 40. And so I'm 49 now, but when I turned 40, it was really like this like shift. And as you know, be a therapist. I'm sure you hear that when women turn 40, it's just like the shift. And I started to really understand who I am. again, not fully there yet, but trying to understand who I am, trying to accept myself. um And so really just these spaces of getting into spaces of vulnerability, whether that just be against self-reflection, whether that be talking to friends in a way that may not have been uncomfortable to me before.
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So I try to heal but myself first internally before really kind of going out and doing big things. My first one was I knew kind of my, I had to put it in stone on my 40th birthday. I got a tattoo on my arm. This is, I am enough. Beautiful. Yeah. And I always thought when I'm down and I'm sad, what do you do? You, you blow your head. And so, Oh yeah. Perfect spot for that. It's right there on your arm where you look and you see it. Yeah. Cause I wasn't the first person that wouldn't say it.
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so too there ah developments session sort yeah but but i knew i needed to do that for me so so yeah So healing is just internal first. Yeah. So question, what have you noticed within your relationship? So you mentioned that you're interacting or you're sharing things that maybe you didn't share before or you communicated differently. What have you noticed with your relationships? um I've noticed that it's okay to recognize unhealthy relationships and step away even if time is you've been with, you know, a friend your whole life, you know, and to really recognize unhealthy patterns that you can step away. To recognize that
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that I'm just, I need to speak up for myself. um And again, it's not sad like somebody is doing anything negative. It's just like, I'm not gonna say, oh yeah, even though I'm maybe internally, I'm not, I'm not okay with that. So just trying to just speak up and just be real. I tried to put on a face before of just being that person that everybody, you know, like, oh, I'm just happy, go lucky all the time. I show a little bit more vulnerability now. I like that. Yeah. And I think friendships, speaking on the friendship piece, we have, we can have that tendency to just kind of go along with an idea or something to do or conversations, even when we're not comfortable. And I think it's important to recognize like, wait a minute, maybe this isn't
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for me anymore because I think right friendships have seasons and we can outgrow them or they're temporary based on whatever is happening if it's their work or a move or something like that they can change and um it is hard because I think I don't know about you ladies but with friendships it's not like a breakup if you're dating someone where you have that conversation I don't think this is working. Let's break up. The friendship, I don't know, sometimes it just kind of fades out. and You don't necessarily have closure or I don't know, but it is good to recognize like, this doesn't work for me anymore. And it doesn't mean that there's anything like that person, you know, it might not be working for them either. And there is growth and moving away. Thank you. Yeah. Yeah. So.
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do I was going to add to that is my own personal thing with friendships and and like you said that kind of gradual growing apart because there are times where I'll look back and I'll think about it and of course I'll question myself of did I do something wrong or you know or even or maybe not wrong but like what what kind of brought us to that place where we just maybe don't really hang out anymore or um they don't reach out to me anymore what is that you know and I think just even diving into that for yourself of what is it for me? Is it intentional? Is it not intentional? You know, just kind of all of those different pieces that go into it. You use the word wrong. And then you put your therapist brain on. That is kind of what we do. Like, I think as women or others, we go like, did I do something wrong to make this friendship
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What it is now and did I hurt that? Well, I think that's something too that I'm learning now recently diagnosed with ADHD of something that comes up for me in the sense of How do I I don't know see myself? How do I perceive others and how do I perceive how others perceive me? All of those things and so I think that lots of things in the past where I'm like, whoa Like I didn't realize my actions in that moment like i think about things in college or different things where i was like huh that makes sense that um they're not really my friends right like that was something where i and see myself growing from which is cool like just a part of what you said taking that space and growing yeah having that awareness and i think it's empowering powering ah to be able to look in words and recognize
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I did these things and it makes sense that someone might not want to be around that or it makes sense that I chose that friend in that moment but not anymore and also to go this is okay, right? It is empowering to make those choices in our life. Speaking of the whole like recognizing, right? Like to know that you you recognize it but you're also saying, like, time doesn't define the relationship, at bright right? And it's okay to know that, you know, a reason, a season, or a lifetime, right? yeah anding And it's maybe that reason that the person was in your life was simply for you to grow to realize that that's not what you want. yeah yeah um And that's okay too. That's okay too.
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Yeah. And you can also extend that to family members. Right. Just because I'm related to you doesn't mean you're healthy for me. Right. Yeah. And that's a big struggle. I think a lot of people. Yeah. Definitely. Yeah. But so I love this empowerment and an actual place, a collective place where people can come together and feel empowered. And tell me a little bit more about this book club. Yeah. So the book club is focusing on self-development and really self-empowerment themes. So it's not necessarily like self-help books, right? It's just simply a book that you may discover a little bit of something about yourself and really kind of having intentional conversations around the book in the theme.
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of empowerment and development. So,
Book club and personal well-being moments
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I don't know about you, but I'll read something and all of a sudden I'm like, it could be just like a cheesy, what I call rom-com novel, you know? yeah And it's like, I read it and I'm like, wow, I really saw myself in that character. And that makes sense why I do those things. I never thought I would, yeah, I did those things. But as a reflection, I'm like, wow, that was really unhealthy.
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ah yeah i like that story piece of it yeah yeah and that's just a self-help book that i think it's interesting to see different characters because i'm in a couple other book clubs because i do too much but um but just some books that i've read where the character i really don't identify with the character and sometimes i'm like are people like this? I know people are so different all the time, but like sometimes if i'm I read a book recently where the person was like very type A and very structured and just reading it, I was like, wow, are there people like this? Or like, this is what that feels like to be like that? That's interesting.
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That's cool. But it's also like, I don't know, it just makes you think of like, oh, interesting. How you think like that's so different. Well, and I think maybe what you're touching on is that empathy of having empathy of, oh, this is some of the struggles that this type A character can have, and that's gonna be really hard. And I think empathy is also empowering, right? Of being able to understand someone else's um or understanding the emotions that someone might be having in certain situations. And yeah, yeah, yeah, empathy is huge because if you're able to to really kind of
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understand that individual, you then are able to be a little bit more accepting of yourself as well, you know, to be able to go, wow, I, you know, that must be really hard. And then go, it's okay to say it's really hard for you to to, you know, like, it's just, again, that reflection piece, right? That you can, you can be, you know, 100% empathetic with that. Sometimes it kind of then becomes a mirror. And you're like, wow, you go through that too. And it's okay that you struggle with that. yeah I get that. Yeah. We have a tendency to be more compassionate to others. And so that empathy and being able to put that on ourselves is so important. Definitely. I know. Good stuff. What about you, ladies? and What are the things that bring you
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so what is that space for yo that space for you to fe but like you can again just take a little moment for yourself who Well, I was not prepared. Well, I'm thinking of a moment specifically and maybe it's silly. It's not super deep, but I just recently bought a new car and I'm loving it. And so I was in my car yesterday right before, you know, the big old storm and I was just blaring my music so loud and just like dancing in the car and singing and just really enjoying that being me being loud, being silly.
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because I'm not always silly in my office. So it was a really nice kind of release space and it felt really good. I love that. yeah And maybe it is like just this moment to have a release and to just really let it out. So a couple weeks ago our dog went across the bridge
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And I came home and she wasn't there in the window. And I mean, I couldn't open the door fast enough. And it was like, because sometimes there are those moments too where, I mean, it was ugly. It was an ugly cry. But I think it's just accepting too that, yeah, we have these emotions and it is okay to release them and all of that. And as far as like a bigger self-reflection, um Yeah, I'm trying to think, I think it's more about talking with my sister, talking with people who are so welcoming, like you, and just processing things that come up. I don't, I mean, I think a journey would be nice. But I haven't totally gotten into that yet. But what I love that you touched on is that healing isn't always pretty. Oh, it is. not um and It's sometimes the ugly cries that make the biggest impact.
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um And ah we want to be able to hear all the good things about healing because i I think that allows us to maybe go further. We're like, okay, it's going to be great. Then we realize we get in those spaces of, it's not always great. right yeah That doesn't mean it's not good. Yeah. After that ugly cry, I didn't feel a lot better. I'm like, okay, I can move forward now in my life without my little pup around. um I appreciate that. um I'm not a crier. It's something that I'm trying. We're trying. I don't know. I don't know how to explain it. It's like, I don't cry. We'll do something and I feel something and I'm like, and I really like suppressing it and not allowed to like release or not. But yeah, exactly. But yeah, maybe just one of those really ugly, hard. Yes. They feel good. There's something in the tears. I forget what it's called.
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ah yeah i be it one day yeah
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so
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Do we want to go into our question next? I was looking at the time and I'm kind of curious. I feel like I have one more question. So in touch, again, keeping with the healing thing, if you have a story or a specific moment that you remember where you noticed, wow, I'm making a difference, or I can see healing happening in this client or something like that. Um, I wouldn't say one particular time because it happens a lot. We keep, we keep tissues in the front room where we do part to reveals, we keep tissues in the studio now. Um, and because there's this moment that, um, your first, first off into space like that, it's just vulnerable. I mean, it's just really vulnerable.
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even if you're, it's not even about being comfortable with like your body or anything like that, it's just you're literally taking off your clothes in front of a stranger in essence, right? And so being in that vulnerable space, number one, it kind of takes down the wall a little bit. yeah But then being able to then accept that I'm going to see this picture of myself. and really know that that's me, you know? And what I try to explain to people is, you know, just give me five minutes. Give me five minutes. I'm going to do the post coaching and we're going to go all through it and you won't have to know how to do anything. That will teach you everything. And then after about, you know, click, click, and get three or four shots, I'll turn around the camera. And I say, number one,
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There's absolutely no filter. There's no Photoshop. There's nothing. This is a raw image of you. So this is you and this is how the world sees you. And usually that's the point where tears start flowing. And so because of that, they're really being able to see that moment of healing. They're like, wow, that's me. That's really me. And I also talk to women about the reason why you may not see yourselves the same way. it's I don't have a magic camera.
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What I do is I'm literally showing you how to take up space. So when you see models come out, they don't just have the human on the hip and do the oop. They step forward, they have a shoulder in, a shoulder back, they tilt their head, and you're bringing in all these angles. And what it does is that it, yes, exactly. And so what it does is it just makes you come out of the picture because a picture is 2D. So you, you we leave it a 3D world. And so because you want to make it more three dimensional, because it will then look like you,
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that you're able to see yourself differently because I'm showing you how to come out of the picture. Again, not a magic camera. I'm simply showing you what the world sees every day. But as women, we're told you don't take up space. You become small. you shrink in and that it's really giving women the place to see themselves differently as well as take up space as a woman in a very open and safe environment. Yeah, beautiful. i hope that And I was thinking too, of how much beautiful, more beautiful we are as women when we do take up space. So
Pivotal moments in wellness journeys
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it's like, open up.
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take that space and show your beauty. Yeah, good work. Thank you. Thank you. Yesterday it actually happened. I even forgot my story. That um I was walking across the street with Ashley, my business partner, to Chiquete, the French um pastry shop.
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And I love her. One of our new PTO on the school, she works there. She's lovely. So I walked across the street. So there we came and the owner, Simone, came up to me. She was just like, I saw you crossing the street and you just look so beautiful in your dress and everything. old Janita would have been like, no, you just, you're just, you know, no, no, no, look at, look at the, look, look at the stain on my shirt or look at, you know, but you know, trying to pay a fit, but really being able as women to hold that space for ourselves and simply say, thank you. Yes. I appreciate you. Um, because I've been saying, yeah, I
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simply saying yes, simply saying thank you in that realm and being able to again take up space in the world, right? Yes, you are beautiful. Thank you, I appreciate you.
00:29:03
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Oh, yes. So now we came to a silly, giggly part. We're not sure. We don't even remember what's in here. Right. This is a random question. Okay. And we all get to answer it. Oh, okay. Yeah. So the question is, what got you started on your wellness journey? Okay. What got you started? My wellness journey, right? really discovering myself again, touch on a little bit before turning 40 was really a turning point for me and just seeing myself, allowing myself to say, I am beautiful. I am, I am worthy. ah Just those words like to, and it takes a moment for me to, as you notice, I pause.
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and like
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just say it, you know, um so it still takes a moment for me to say that, but that would have never come out of my mouth. So simply just using the words, I think is what got me started is just simply vocalizing. yes yeah I'm wondering, Was there anything before turning 40 or around that time that happened that got you to go, I really need to change this? No.
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I think I just, you know, there's this, it's kind of a cliche, but, you know, once you turn 40, you just stop giving enough about everything. And I realized like, I just, I just don't, I don't care. You know, like, I just don't care. Not, I don't care about myself, I don't care about others, but I don't care what people think in the space of judgment, right? And so, yeah, there was no relativity. There was nothing. It was just, I don't know, maybe 40 allowed me to go, it's okay. You know, like the number all of a sudden is like, okay, you're like an adult now. That's about what it feels like. You're trying to figure it out. 40, you're like, oh no, you're huge.
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yeah I've been working now for a while. Yeah, so probably that. I also went on a bucket list trip um out of and kind of talked before about like how I do self empowerment boards and um kind of like a vision board and created my first one and on it was my bucket list trip and got it three months later. um And I thought my bucket list trip was going to happen like when I retired. Oh, like sure that you know what I mean? Like it was because he was like, and um ended up going to Europe for almost a month. um And did some of it on my own, which is pretty cool. um During my 40s, I learned how to go to a restaurant on my own or go to an event on my own that was really never a big deal.
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to travel, especially internationally, on your own. That's a big deal. Yeah, so I think that is what really like was that true, like, turn point for me, like, maybe this. Yeah. You got it. Yes. Well, yeah, to be able to go just starting off at the restaurant and then, like, I'm going to go on an airplane to a foreign country and do it. That's huge. Yeah. Oh, what started my healing journey? Well, I've probably been on a healing journey since adolescence. And just, you know, looking back again, ADHD and but not diagnosed until adulthood. But looking back at some of my behaviors, which were not
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always the safest choices that I would make, sub-harming and things of that nature. um Impulsive is what I'm getting. And so really starting there with finding a therapist that I connected with and knowing that I can talk about this stuff. There are people out there for me. So I guess it started there and then it's just kind of, you know, just been this ongoing journey of understanding myself and what I needed. Sometimes that changes, it changes a lot. and Yeah. It's hard to pinpoint something specific. I feel like growing up and I feel like I often seized what I wanted to do and made it happen. um And I, as I was getting older and starting new things and figuring out I wanted to start my private practice and things like that, there've been times where I kind of lost
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feeling or lost that confidence. you know And so there were times where like pausing and just saying, hold on. Remember back in the day when you wanted this to happen. And so you said, I can make this happen. Why not? And I did. And so I'm like, what's different now? like I remember having a moment like laying in bed thinking, what's different now? If this is what I want to happen, what's keeping me from it? I'm like, I can do it. I just need to learn how. I'm guessing that's my answer to the question. ah Yeah, and so I don't know if that's exactly wellness, but um and so it is giving myself that space and that grace for things to change or to find new ways to heal and explore all of these different things.
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Well, I think it touches on what Jay was saying earlier about that self-awareness and kind of looking inward. And so, yeah, I like it. Yeah. Good stuff. So what about when you guys came to do your little things? Oh, yeah. That's our swimmer. Oh, sorry. Oh, no, it's perfect. No, it's fine. It's fine. Do you want to start, or do I want to start with your glimmer? Start with how we met Jay. OK. So we met Jay at a Rosé Day. What is that area? Central West Bend. And we hit a little Rosé that day. And we came across Jay's booth with Ashley. And I always kind of wanted to do a little like a boudoir thing for my husband.
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but never, you know, one, wasn't totally there to do it and then find someone to do it. And then there you were just there. I'm like, guess I can't do it by myself. You have to do it. Come with me. So we signed up and um yeah. that experience with you really everything that you mentioned before but that was a big glimmer for me because to be able to go into that space and get comfortable and let it all hang out not all of it but you know and get loose in the pictures I mean really I'm like I am beautiful and it felt so good and yeah it really was empowering and I think even after that
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You know what? I think that might have been a turning point for me, because after that, I felt empowered. And I'm like, I am going to do something different. And since then, I've gotten off of insurance panels and have really put more energy into my business. And you really you know started that. So I really do appreciate it. Thank you for trusting me. um Thank you. you Yeah, so to add on to that was I'm thinking of specifically being in the studio and being nervous and getting dressed and being worried about I don't have lipstick or I don't have the right color or you know, I'm just getting ready and being all nervous and like, Oh, what if it doesn't turn out right or whatever. And the first couple poses feeling stiff and being nervous, but just like,
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your comfort and your guidance and then Amy you're being there being like oh keep going it was it was a moment to relax and release and then have fun with it and enjoy it and and feel beautiful and feel like yeah I can do these things and be sexy um and then like you said with the reveal it is looking at yourself in a different way the way than how I look at myself
00:37:50
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I'm guessing my, you know, my husband sees me in a certain way and I don't see myself in that way, but um to actually see it. And like you said, wow, that looks great. look at me Yeah. It really is empowering to take that space and to enjoy it. yeah so Yeah. It was wonderful. Thank you so much. Again, I'm always so excited when people see that moment of like, not necessarily even a turning point for themselves, but a turning point in that moment to go, oh, I I think people see me this way. I really appreciate you trusting me. every yeah It was a great space to do it in. So how about you? Any glimmers? So lately, as of even last night, so my
00:38:48
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My parents are elderly and they're not doing so great. So my son, and for me, um he is going to move home from Chicago to spend time with them in the last couple of years. And so and he switched around his whole career, everything ah to make it work. So he's coming down. So my clipper was going through, but There's a whole other like that. I'm like,
00:39:24
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i'm like Oh my goodness. I have so much to clear out. So I literally had, I purged yesterday. Okay. So I am going to do the, I purged yesterday. And when I say I filled up six IKEA bags, And to note that I did it and I organized it and I could actually sleep on my bed last night. That was huge. Cause I really, I'm like, I'll just, I'll just sleep on the other bed. Right. To know that I took everything out of my closet that I needed to and then switched it over from his closet to mine. That was a huge flip. That was good.
00:40:08
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um I love the glimmers. I know, right? We need to focus more on them. We need to keep them coming. Exactly. Yeah. Well, so in the last piece is do you have something to promote? Do you have things that are coming down the headline that we want to know about?
Promotion of Self Collective Studio and podcast closing
00:40:25
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Sure. So and it is our our website is live. It's called the so self-collected studio and or the self-collected with dashes in between. The idea is that the site is live and it has all the upcoming events. So the two are going to be, we do a weekly sound bath at the studio.
00:40:48
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We do other different types of sound masks there as well with an acoustic guitar and that kind of thing. Yes, it's very cool. It says, oh, it's right now acoustic ambient guitar. um And then um we're going to be starting the book club and that information will be on there. And then you can always sign up there through and get more information, but you're doing a boudoir shoot. Oh, okay. It's kind of like home compassing. So yeah, the selfcollectivestudio.com. Okay. And then and people, if they want to host a healing space, they can go get me there too. yeah Okay. yeah Yeah. Thank you. Yeah, sure. And you're in Edward, where are you? In Illinois. Okay.
00:41:34
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um yeah It's only 15 minutes for the rover, but you know, in St. Louis, people think you need a passport sometimes. You don't come visit us and it's really easy. and as easy yeah yeah yeah So is that, I think that's everything. Thank you so much. Oh my gosh, this was great. It was like, it's great to be able to just reflect for ourselves. Yeah, thank you. um Yeah, and so that's yeah, so we are the there's this first yes we are and like us subscribe follow you can listen to us on the apple in spotify yeah on instagram and we're on yes and we have a website yes there is sisters stl.com and that's right okay all right
00:42:28
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okay wait and a great job um okay I wasn't sure about the timing is perfect. Okay, good. Because I sometimes get nervous because I get engrossed. and I'm like, how can I lose track? Well, at first I thought we were been talking