Recognizing Our Intrinsic Worth: Flea Market Finds and Self-Value

When browsing through a flea market, we often stumble upon hidden treasures. Among the jumble of knick-knacks and trinkets, we sometimes come across items that catch our eye, items we previously overlooked and dismissed as ordinary. However, it is only when we witness the exorbitant price tag attached to these seemingly insignificant objects that we begin to question their true worth. This intriguing phenomenon can serve as a powerful metaphor for our perception of body image and self-worth. By observing how others value themselves, we can find the courage to embrace our own worth and stop diminishing it.

Amy RouyerJune 22, 2023Wilde companybody image, body neutrality, body positive boudoir, body positive, body acceptance, body acceptance movement, all bodies are good bodies, self worth, self growth, self love, nashville photographer, nashville boudoir photographer, nashville photography studio, empowerment photography, empowerment photographer, nashville boudoir studio

Why Zooming In On Your Photos Can Affect Your Body Image

We all do it. You know that feeling, when you're looking at a photo of yourself and you instantly start to zoom in to see all the little details of the image. When we do this we're typically not looking for the good things, but rather the things in which we feel most uncomfortable about with ourselves.

Amy RouyerFebruary 23, 2023Wilde Companybody image, body image healing, body neutrality, body positive boudoir, empowerment photography, empowerment photographer, nashville photography, nashville boudoir photographer, nashville boudoir studio, body acceptance movement, boudoir, boudoir empowerment

Things I've Unlearned

As a boudoir photographer, I’ve had to unlearn many things I’d been taught and shown around body image and our relationship to our bodies, and how that affects the way we move through life. From the toxic beauty industry, to society’s expectations around how our bodies are “supposed” to look, the way the media teaches us that we have to look a certain way to be desirable, the way some groups teach that bodies (especially women’s bodies and queer bodies) are inherently sinful and worthy of shame. There is SO much there to unpack…

Amy RouyerJanuary 26, 2023Wilde Companybody image, body neutrality, body positive boudoir, body image healing, body acceptance, body acceptance movement, body positive boudoir photographers, body positive photographer, boudoir photographer, boudoir photography, portrait photography, self love, self growth, nashville boudoir studio

Our Relationship With Our Bellies

The main body image hang-ups that I've encountered with folks, and with myself, are so often around bellies. We hold so much power and strength in this area, yet we relentlessly tell it it's not "good" because it doesn't look a certain way. But here's a reminder : bellies aren't good or bad...they are simply bellies. Your belly doesn't hold moral worth, the way it looks doesn't make you a good or bad person, it doesn't make you more or less capable of experiencing desire or pleasure simply because of how it looks, and it definitely is not worthy of the shame that we so often carry around it.