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☀️ This Summer, Choose Self-Love Over Self-Criticism You Are Already Summer-Ready 💖 Don’t Shrink. Shine. Your Summer of Self-Love Starts Here ✨

☀️ Summer of Self-Love – How to Feel Beautiful in Your Own Skin This June

June 27, 20255 min read

☀️ Summer of Self-Love – How to Feel Beautiful in Your Own Skin This June

As the days grow longer and the golden light lingers into the evening, nature begins to bloom — and so can we.

But while summer is often painted as a season of freedom, laughter, and sunshine, for many women, it quietly awakens feelings we try to hide.
Tank tops. Swimsuits. Sun-drenched selfies.
All beautiful things — until they become mirrors for comparison, pressure, and self-doubt.

That’s why this June, I’m inviting you to flip the script.

Let this be the Summer of Self-Love — a season where you reclaim your joy, your body, and your power.
Not by shrinking, hiding, or changing...
But by seeing yourself through softer eyes.
By learning to feel beautiful — not in spite of your body, but because of the life it holds.


✨ Why Self-Love is a Revolutionary Act

Let’s be real:
We live in a culture that profits from our insecurities.
Every time we hear “tone this,” “tighten that,” or “get your body ready for summer,” we’re being told that our natural state is somehow not enough.

But here’s the truth:
Loving yourself as you are is one of the boldest, most healing things you can do.
It’s a quiet rebellion.
A radical act of defiance in a world that wants to keep you striving instead of thriving.

Self-love isn’t about ignoring your insecurities — it’s about meeting them with compassion instead of shame.

It’s about:

  • 💖 Setting boundaries that protect your peace, even when others don’t understand.

  • ✂️ Letting go of comparison, because someone else’s glow doesn’t dim your light.

  • 👗 Choosing clothes that make you feel free and feminine — not smaller or more “acceptable.”

  • 📸 Showing up in photos (and in life) even when you don’t feel “ready,” because your worth isn’t conditional on perfection.


🌿 3 Daily Self-Love Rituals to Try This June

If you’re not used to self-love, it can feel foreign — even uncomfortable at first.
But like any relationship, your relationship with yourself deepens through small, consistent acts of care.

Here are three gentle rituals to infuse your summer with softness, strength, and sensuality:

1. 💬 Mirror Affirmation Practice

Every morning, stand in front of the mirror — not to judge or critique, but to connect.
Look directly into your eyes and say:
“You are powerful. You are beautiful. You are more than enough.”

Say it even if your inner critic whispers otherwise. Say it until your voice feels strong.
Because how you speak to yourself matters.
Your body listens. Your soul listens.


2. 🧴 The Self-Love Lotion Ritual

After your shower, take a few extra minutes to apply lotion or body oil slowly — intentionally.
Instead of rushing through it, treat it like a sacred ritual.
As you touch each part of your body, say thank you:

“Thank you, legs, for carrying me.”
“Thank you, belly, for holding life and laughter.”
“Thank you, arms, for embracing the people I love.”

This is about more than moisture — it’s about acknowledgment.
It’s about love in action.


3. 👗 Wear Something Sensual — Just for You

Choose one item each day that makes you feel like a goddess in your own skin.
It could be lace lingerie under your clothes, a flowy sundress, a silky robe, or even just perfume you adore.
Not because you’re being seen — but because
you are seeing yourself.

Dressing for joy, not for judgment, is a powerful shift.
Adorning your body can be an act of devotion.


📸 From My Studio: What Self-Love Looks Like in Real Life

Every week, women step into my studio with nervous smiles and self-doubt lingering behind their eyes.
They say things like:

“I just need to lose 15 pounds.”
“I’m not photogenic.”
“I hate my stomach... my arms... my thighs...”

They’re convinced they’re not ready to be seen.

But here’s the magic:
By the end of the session — after some laughter, guided posing, and moments of genuine self-connection —
they’re standing taller.
They’re glowing.
They’re changed.

Because they finally see what I see:
A woman who is breathtaking — exactly as she is.
A woman who is worthy of softness, celebration, and beauty.
A woman who no longer has to wait for “someday.”


🌸 You Deserve to Be Seen — Right Now

Summer isn’t a deadline for your body to be “ready.”
It’s an invitation to live, love, and light up the world as your fullest self.

So this June, I hope you take up space.
I hope you speak kindly to yourself.
I hope you wear the dress, eat the ice cream, and get in the damn picture.

And if you’re ready to see yourself through a loving lens — literally — I’m here.
Let’s create images that capture not just your beauty, but your bravery.
Not just your shape, but your spirit.

Because this summer belongs to you.


📅 Join My Webinar Today!

Becoming Seen: From Shame to Self-Worth

Ready to go deeper and turn this season into a true transformation?

Join me live on Zoom for an empowering webinar where I’ll guide you through real self-love breakthroughs, mindset shifts, and practical tools to start showing up confidently — in life and in photos.

Becoming Seen: From Shame to Self-Worth

🎟️ Cost: $27
📍 Live on Zoom (link emailed after registration)

📅 Available Dates:
June 27, 2025 – 5 PM MT / 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT
July 31, 2025 – 4 PM MT / 6 PM ET / 3 PM PT

👉 Register now for June 27 »
👉 Register now for July 31 »

Let this be the summer you finally see your beauty — and believe it. You deserve that. 💖

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Krisleen Jones

a boudoir photographer in Colorado. I spent the majority of my life as an Air Traffic Controller and retired at the end of 2016. I love airplanes and found this to be a very fulfilling career.

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