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THE ART OF SELF JOURNAL
Insights, inspiration, and tools to help you embrace self-love, confidence, and personal growth. Your journey starts here.
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She Chose To...
She chose to open up She chose to let go She chose to express herself in her way She chose to love herself in this moment She chose to...
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Every Photograph Has A Story To Tell
Every photograph has a story to tell. This photograph right here is what gives me the drive to be the best mum, nana, daughter, sister,...
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Nothing Is Ever Guaranteed...But You've Still Gotta Try
Nothing in this world is ever truly guaranteed, which I'm sure many of you have figured that out already. And because it's not, it...
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Is It Time To Hit The Refresh Button?
Where in your life are you relying on others to help you, fix you, support you, fill a space for you that you feel you can't do on your...
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I'M CLOSING THE STUDIO DOORS...
*** ANNOUNCEMENT *** - Long Post Alert So a couple of weeks ago I mentioned at the end of a post I had some big chances happening over...
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Never Sway From Soul...
Never sway from what your soul truly wants, it will only end with unhappiness & disconnect. Maybe you do so because you feel you need to...
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The killer of self...
You bump into them in the street You see them at a gathering You see a photo of them on fb or Instagram And you start to play the...
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What do you desire in life?
What do you desire in life? As you walk through your working day,
 As you sit with a cuppa at the end of the day,
 And when you rest your...
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WHAT DO YOU WANT YOUR NORMAL TO BE?
WHAT DO YOU WANT YOUR NORMAL TO BE? What others class as normal, doesn’t mean it is. Just because the majority of people are doing,...
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Life happened for me, not to me...
From a happy, self assured young girl To a timid, full of shame and lack of confidence young adult, Back to a confidant, content, self...
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My experience as a teen mum and an older mum...
I was 18 when I became a mum for the first time and 31 the second time round. So I’ve experienced being a young mum and an older mum....
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Getting intimate with yourself...
Start getting intimate with yourself! Find new ways to learn more about who you are, what you enjoy, and what makes you tick. There is no...
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Awaken...
She’s awake and tuned into herself. She is now walking the path that sets her soul on fire. She laughs, she cries, she giggles, she is...
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Apologise for NOT being you.
You don’t need to apologise for who you are or who you are wanting to be. You have every right to be, do and have what ever it is you...
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I'm so awkward in photos
So many woman who steps into my studio says to me 'I'm so awkward in photos, I never know what to do' Which I totally understand. Even as...
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2000 vs 2018
2000 vs 2018 As I look at these two portraits of me, 18 years apart I look at myself in the year 2000 and have so much love and...
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Wahine Ataahua.
Wahine ataahua. Te Amorangi thank you for trusting in me to photograph you again in a way that speaks to you. You allowed your wairua to...
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This Is Me.
I’m a daughter, a sister, a mum of four, a baba (aka:nana) to one, a friend. I’m a portrait photographer, a creative, a writer. I love to...
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She had a style of her own.
She had a style of her own, Her hair was black and short…shaved a little on one side. She wore long feathered earrings, Tattoos down her...
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Make today count
Life is continuously changing, Although at the time it doesn’t feel like it. Life is always moving. One moment we’re young kids...
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