Over a year ago, Jill Devine received an email from Jenita “Jay” Hladyshewsky asking to be a guest on the podcast. Jay is the Owner/Photographer of Bellissimo Studio. As described on her website:
As St. Louis Area's Premier Boudoir and Intimate Glamour Studio, we create meaningful experiences of self-love and empowerment through elegant intimate glamour and boudoir photography. Celebrate the beautiful woman you have become through a day of pampering, acceptance and love. Do It For You Because You Are Fine Art!
In all honesty, Jill wasn’t too sure about having Jay on because Jill wasn’t comfortable with intimate glamour and boudoir photography. After taking some time to think about it and running the idea past a close friend, Jill decided to contact Jay. Just because something makes Jill uncomfortable, doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be discussed. That’s not the purpose of Two Kids and A Career. The podcast is platform to discuss all types of things, whether it makes you feel comfortable or not.
Contacting Jay and asking her to be on the podcast was 100% the right thing to do. Jay is a champion for women:
Jay took her passion for empowering others from her extensive years in the nonprofit field to empowering women through intimate glamour photography. Jay deeply believes women, today more than ever, must celebrate their accomplishments and femininity. She helps her clients find their strength, while capturing their own inner and outer beauty in a medium that can be remembered forever. Her philosophy is “You are fine art.”
Jay told Jill about the struggles she had with not feeling like she was enough. She didn’t think she was pretty enough or skinny enough. She knew she needed to change her way of thinking and that’s when transformation began. Jay and Jill discussed how, as women, we are so hard on ourselves and Jay wanted to show women how beautiful they are right now, in this moment, which is one of the reasons she opened up Bellissimo Studio.
Recently, Jay created EmbodyMe:
Working in collaboration with licensed therapists and facilitators, each workshop dives deep into discovering who you are and a reawakening of your beauty all while the visual empowerment photography coach brings to life the visual aspect of your journey. Whether it is an EmbodyMe session or a small group encouragement workshop, all events include a recording of your journey. Within each platform, the coach and trainer creates a space in which growth is encouraged, beauty is celebrated and love is embodied.
Jay also talked about being adopted and her journey in finding her birth mom in this week’s episode.
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