I tried to write this message on Facebook.

Facebook automatically deleted the post because it (the photo, I'm sure) went against their community standards.

After re-reviewing the community standards, I strongly disagree and have notified their (very unsatisfactory) customer service. We'll see if it gets re-posted.

Until then, I celebrate that I have my OWN SPACE where photos of, and conversations about, the human body and its expressions are not seen as shameful and something to be removed.

Here's what I shared:

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In the last post, "Remember Your Stories", I promised that I would share a very vulnerable story of my own with my newsletter subscribers.

I did so.

But in the process of writing it, the story felt too powerful not to pass along on a wider scale. There are some people who need to hear this. You might be one.

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You are so many stories. You are memories, dreams, pains, desires. But so much of who you are fades into the background of everyday life. You've become a routine of mother - friend - co-worker - chauffeur - cook - partner, ... and so many of your stories aren't told through those labels.

When you repeatedly forget or dismiss your stories, they start to disappear.
You start to disappear. 

As you read this, can you feel that longing to be seen, to be heard, to be known and loved through ALL of your stories? It's time to remember who you are.

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Embodiment and sensuality both play such important roles in living a fulfilled life. Both are integrated with mundane living. And both are practices that are often misunderstood or forgotten.

Sounds exactly like what we need to be discussing.

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This is a post about 3 outfits I chose for a boudoir photo shoot and the process I went through to get to that point. And it has very little to do with outfits, or with boudoir.

Take it as you will.

About a week ago, I shared a secret on Facebook that I'd been keeping for over a year and a half: I'd won a boudoir photography shoot in an auction back in May of 2017. Several months ago, I finally booked the appointment. This is the story of what happened next….

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