Feathers of Freedom
25 Nov 2011 Leave a Comment
in Body Image, Boudoir Photography, Health and Wellness, Lifestyle, Mind and Body, NYC Nightlife, Personalized Gifts, Women Photography Tags: birdcage, Body Image, boudoir photography, burlesque, dance, empowerment, entertainment, freedom to choose, Glamour, mind and body, NYC Nightlife, ostrich fans, pin up, self confidence, self help, thanksgiving, therapy, unique gift ideas, women photography
The function of freedom is to free someone else.
“You have a bird?,” inquired the woman standing behind me at checkout. I was holding a big birdcage so my answer could have gone a few different ways.
“No, I don’t,” I winked. “It’s a reminder that my bird is free!”
She grinned.
This Thanksgiving, I celebrate our freedom to choose by sharing the true story of a woman who liberated herself in fine feathery style. Kitty Cavalier reveals:
I wasn’t always the confident life of the party. For most of my life, I was suicidally depressed with a severe eating disorder. My world revolved around my body, my weight and what diet I was on or not. I wore long sleeves and long pants even in the summertime. I made up crazy excuses so friends wouldn’t take me to the beach. Getting undressed became traumatic even for the simple routine of taking a shower in the privacy of my own home.
Underneath all this shame was a deep seated belief that if only I were pretty enough, thin enough, charismatic enough, successful enough, fill-in-the-blank enough, my life would be better. My body became the battleground of my grief, shame, fear, anxieties and I hated it for not cooperating with my wishes. Then one evening, I went to see a burlesque show…
Click here for more on Kitty’s story and her School of Charm and Cheek.
Which freedom will you celebrate this Thanksgiving?
© Sharon Birke
Photography for the Goddess in Every Wife & Mother
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