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This is James. I called him Jimmy. He was a brothe

This is James. I called him Jimmy. He was a brother, son, uncle, nephew, cousin & amazing friend. Class president, Homecoming court, Valedictorian, Yale Grad. Brilliant musician, actor, writer. He struggled mentally for years, and on this day in 2007 - made a permanent decision to leave this physical realm. This event was the catalyst for starting the Faces of Fortitude project.

This past week, as I was preparing content for the IG team (everyone seriously give a big HIGH FIVE to Stevie who does 99% of the work for me on here now!) - I started getting really hard on myself and emotional around my choices. I quickly realized how close the day of my brother's death day was, which explained it. But what really surprised me was that my MIND had forgotten the date was coming up, but MY BODY remembered. The body TRULY does know, and keeps the score of our traumas.

My brother taught me to SEE at least one person a day, that I have never SEEN before. And REALLY SEE them. Make eye contact. Smile. Say hello, learn their name or even give them a compliment. He was convinced that we all had gotten too desensitized to the horrible parts of our world, that we forget to remember we are all humans with beating hearts and our own life issues.

He was one of the most sensitive people I have ever known. I think it’s safe to say he was far too sensitive for this physical world 🖤

If you have ever lost a loved one this way - you are not alone in this space. We are so glad you are here. Rest In Power sweet brother 🖤 your memory and life are a constant inspiration. You are missed every day. 🖤

It’s official- we are back in the studio photogr

It’s official- we are back in the studio photographing Faces of Fortitude, after almost 3 years on hiatus because of COVID.

Tomorrow is the anniversary of M’s brother James’s death; the day that was the catalyst and reason this project was created. So this start back date, photographing the Faces and sharing space with people again, feels divinely timed.

While travel is still limited - locally we are grateful to now have a space to use to continue sharing space and creating art through our collective grief.

Applications are now open on our website. Link is in the bio 🖤

What happens when we ALLOW ourselves to go into th

What happens when we ALLOW ourselves to go into those dark, painful and often stigmatized spaces? Not just sadness and grief, but embarrassment, shame, anger, self hate?

It hurts, and its painful! Did you know our brains process that kind of pain we recollect, often like actual body pain, which is why we fear it. Which makes sense why our knee jerk reaction is to fix it.

What if THAT is the feeling of growth?

Close your eyes, and ask yourself what kind of comfort you need in those moments of discomfort and where this feeling is ROOTED. Its blooming a reaction in you for a reason. What if, in this moment you felt it - you voiced out loud the discomfort or sadness? And STAYED fully with yourself in those moments? Instead of deflecting, excusing, joking or dissociating.

Pain sounds different, when it's said outside of our heads. It's healing to feel and see peoples reactions, and can give perspective! Getting those toxic words and feelings out into the open air - clears space within YOU for the growth needed to process these hard things!

YES its terrifying, YES its painful to talk about hard things, but finding words for them and putting them out into a space where we can feel them and be supported - is so helpful in our growth process.

We’re sure there are so many of us treating our

We’re sure there are so many of us treating our houseplants far better than we treat ourselves.

Let’s use that same level of care we give to those plants to relearn how to care for ourselves.

You deserve it 🌿

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