07/12/2022
It was a pleasure working with female fitness boss woman Tosca Reno yestersay creating content for her business. Here’s an unedited image form our shoot!
Yesterday marked a notable day for me.
It was not just a photo shoot, something that needs to be done to capture current images for business B U T a day marking a tremendous shedding of layers. My past.
I understand that the past makes me who I am today. It’s life, delivered for me, not to me. Yet it was time for me to shake off the dross.
Standing in front of the camera lens yesterday was also about welcoming my new self. She is my Future Self who is not afraid to raise the bar on herself. She is at this moment, in this photo, walking towards her best self.
This photo captures that moment when I saw her.
I saw the woman I am now. The woman I feel bubbling through me, out into the world. The woman I am and am becoming.
She is beautiful.
To feel beautiful again after the dark chapters of recent years brought tears to my eyes. Joy to my heart.
The struggles have been so darkly challenging I wanted to give up often. The work of metamorphosis taxed me daily. It was messy and gruelling. Exhaustion made me feel ragged and without light.
But like the butterfly that must go through the “goop” stage until she is ready to emerge from her chrysalis, there is no turning back.
Thank you to you, my sisters, who have given me space and borne witness to my evolution.
Thank you to Carly and Michelle who have stood with me as strong women in their own right, helping to bring my new vision to the world.
Thank you to Valeria Nova who did my hair, makeup and styling. We too have a past over which we have shed tears - both happy and sad. There is no one better.
Thank you to Dave Laus who saw with his eye and creates art with his lens. Your spirit of welcome helped shape these beautiful images.
Thank you to my mentors great and small who have shown me the way. There are many. Because I read The Beauty of Living Twice by Sharon Stone, I know I can triumph too.
For this I am blessed and filled with light. I feel beautiful once again.
Dave Laus The Eat-Clean Diet