Edited or raw? Scroll for 7 sets of comparisons from a very ..
Added 2024-03-11 22:30:05 +0000 UTCEdited or raw? Scroll for 7 sets of comparisons from a very long time ago.
Fun fact: Today is one of my rebirth days. In this day in 2011 I had a life changing event take place and man am I grateful for it, as it shaped me into who I am today. I got clean, and have been clean off all downers ever since. Being confined with all freedoms stripped from me for a year from 20 to 21, and going through my own process of recovery, I then went on to work in the field for over a decade, getting my double masters degrees in Clinical Psychology and Marriage and Family Therapy, and being a therapist of my own. This set, where I am of course blonde, with minimal tattoos, and less hair… gray and my bush too! I was a different person, but it was the start of my sobriety and beginning of part of who I became. I’m 22 in these photos. They were taken 11 years ago. I dove back into modeling (which I have always done, throughout my life) and modeled through getting my degrees and through my various work in rehabs and therapy offices.
It’s my rebirth-day, and I wanted to remember and honor how far I have come as an individual, and what I have attempted to give back to the Universe and the collective energy, through my struggles and hardships. We ALL go through various degrees of hardships and pain. Some in our control and some not at all. We get to choose what we do with it, with the pain and hurt. I have always been resilient. I choose life, love, openness and acceptance now. I choose to turn my hardships into lessons and into art. Transmute my pain into something meaningful to me, and hopefully impactful to whoever needs to see/hear/witness it.
How do you cope with, deal with and/or transform your pain/ trauma/negative feelings? What do you do to regulate your emotions?
Anyone who comments here a true response or responds to this post and question in my DMs (for more privacy) will get a special surprise in their messages. ✨
