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Learning to Love Your Body with Katherine Henry [This is also an episode of Friday Free Talk on The Tranquility Tribe Podcast on iTunes. Listen  here .] Hello Tranquility Tribe!  I am so excited to tell you about this episode!  Today, Hehe talks to Katherine Henry, a boudoir photographer (that’s right, you read that correctly!).  Together, they talk about what Katherine loves most about her business and why you should consider doing a boudoir photography session yourself! Katherine lives in Boston with her husband and two kids, Max (5) and Ivy (2).  For the past six years, she has had a studio in Reading, where she does all of her photoshoots.   Why boudoir photography? Katherine says that one of the things that she most enjoys about her job is the opportunity that it gives her to build self-confidence in women of all shapes, sizes, races, and ethnicities.  Before the photoshoot, she gets to know her clients by chatting over the phone...

It's starts with an F and ends with a U. [This is also an episode of Friday Free Talk on The Tranquility Tribe Podcast on iTunes. Listen  here .] "First, I'm not mad at you."  Not the response you thought, huh? It's true, there will be people who will be ugly about your body. This can come at any moment during your parenthood journey. It may be a stranger mistaking you for being pregnant to someone being downright rude about your postpartum body. The way we perceive people is very much based in appearance. I'm talking about things like how rich you think someone is or how smart you think they might be, even how successful you think they are. From your face being symmetrical to your height to your combination of hair and eye color all affect the way you are perceived.  You can't blame your sister in law or that rude cashier for their comment. Your mother-in-law may not actually know any different. People feel like it's okay to speak about p...