Drea Aguilar spent most of her life without a mother and after her awakening, she came to the realization that she herself wanted to become a mother. After a traumatic birth and suffering from postpartum depression she began healing and learning to love & accept herself. Through her challenges, she's now helping other women heal the motherhood wounds and teach other mothers about conscious parenting. Drea is a beautiful and powerful example of what a Philipino woman is and she's got a big mission to share today on Seeing Beauty Sessions.

Lizzy Francis is a young powerhouse taking a stand for social injustice. Growing up in a traditional Indian home of 1st generation immigrants Lizzy experienced & witnessed a lot of emotional & physical abuse from her father, "typical" she says in Asian households. Lizzy would oftentimes be forced to stay at the dinner table until midnight, 1 a.m. or have food shoved in her face because she wouldn't eat much. Being forced to eat she developed a severe eating disorder. The anorexia gave her a feeling of control and power. The validation from others also contributed to her small fragile frame until one day a loving guidance counselor who Lizzy had great respect and reverence for scared her straight. After that Lizzy decided to dedicate her wisdom and power to make a change in film and around social issues. This powerhouse of a woman has a fiery spirit and I'm so honored to have her join us today! Please welcome miss Lizzy!

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SEEING BEAUTY SESSIONS EPISODE 14: The Self Love Journey & A Sneak Peek of What's To Come On Season 2 with Laurie Marie

It's time! Season 2 is underway and I've got so many incredible stories I've collected on my 4-month road trip. In this episode, I'm sharing what's been happening in my world as well as what I've come to realize over the last several months. I'm sharing a sneak peek into this season's guests and what I've created for you!

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SEEING BEAUTY SESSIONS EPISODE 13:  Scarred & Beautiful with Piper Garner

Recently I interviewed Allison Garner, we met in a coffee shop and she told me her story and shared a bit about her daughters story and that Piper would be a great fit for the podcast. I’ll admit at first I was a bit hesitant having such a young girl on the show however after meeting with Piper and hearing the work she’s doing to heal at such a young age I found it to be an important story to share. At the young age of 12 Piper found herself going through severe depression, losing friendships, and she began to cut herself as a way to attempt to feel “something”. On this Episode of Seeing Beauty Sessions Piper shares her story of years of self-harm, getting help, healing, and finding purpose in her young life. This is an episode every young person and parent needs to hear. Some of the things she revealed to me I had no idea teens of today are faced with, it’s an eye opening real raw moment with Piper and I’m so grateful she was willing to share her experience with all of us.

SEEING BEAUTY SESSIONS EPISODE 12: Learning To Cope with Allison Garner

Allison Garner is sharing it all on the podcast today. Allison grew up in a home where she was often left alone and grew up with an alcoholic mother and narcissistic father so food became her friend and emotional eating became the way she learned to cope as she grew up. In her twenties she picked up drinking as a way to deal until one day she found herself in her thirties and barfing in the family mini van at a Packer Game. After that she knew it was time to take control of her life and find new ways to cope. Find out how Allison turned it all around and how she’s using her life experiences to help others in a powerful & transformative way!

I'm so grateful to be here with todays guest because just a few years ago she may not have been able to be here with me. In college Tia had struggled with anorexia and at rock bottom hit a fragile 80 lbs. Tia's need for control and desire to be perfect lead to the destruction of her body and today she shares with us her triumphant story of how she found love for herself and her body and hows she's showing up in the world today because of what she learned through her journey.

Seeing Beauty Sessions Episode 10: Fighting Cancer & Winning with Anne Sims. 

On this Episode of Seeing Beauty Sessions Anne shares what doing a boudoir session with me over seven years ago changed her life as she knew it. She shares her battle with cancer and it leading to the downfall of a toxic relationship and how it all lead her to an amazing man she now calls her husband. 

Today's guest was a client of mine when I was first beginning in photography, I photographed her two young girls who are now all grown up. Gail's here to share with us her powerful story of surviving breast cancer, healing after a double mastectomy and changing laws. The incredible work she's doing is helping other women get notified by their doctors that they have dense breast tissue, helping them detect cancer sooner. Gail's  helping bring awareness, education, and demanding laws be changed where things just aren't working. If you're a women listening this is one you're not gonna want to miss. I had no idea until Gail shared her story that dense breast tissue is a thing... This awareness is helping save lives. Her story is powerful, inspiring, and well... grab some tissues, you've been warned.