Inspired by: Trisha Hughes

Trisha Hughes-Medicated Like Me

A personal photography project + journal

Social media sometimes allows us to connect with people that we’ve never met before and sometimes those people provide a sense of companionship that even “the authors” don’t even realize how largely they’ve impacted others. With the right platform we are able to reach the masses and provide comfort in what sometimes feels so isolating.

Trisha Hughes is that person for me. And here’s a little bit on as to why.

She posted on IG:

After retreat, I saw some images of myself that... weren’t exactly what I recalled I looked like. Has this ever happened to you? 
Over the past couple of years I have ebbed & flowed with my body. There was a time when I was strength training 3+ days a week. I was much more toned, tan & physically much stronger than the body I currently inhabit. I was also really really really mentally not well. 
So I saw these recent images - where my arms weren’t as toned. My face was a little more full. My breasts (something I’m quite self conscious of) were larger. My waist was thicker. And I thought, yeah... but what you can’t see is all the other work I’ve done. 
The past year + I might only hit the gym once a week, but I’m also going to therapy once a week. I’ve learned to practice self care, self appreciation & self preservation. 
I’ve learned to speak up for myself. Name my emotions. Say no. I’ve allowed myself to be around people who make me laugh & feel loved. Who value my ideas & passions & appreciate the complicated range of emotions I bring. I’ve felt my heart open & grow to a size that I’ve never quite felt before. 
I’m no longer lying in bed crying. Im not angry. I’m not aching for someone to give me more than they’re capable of. I cleaned up my office. I cleaned up my head. I started making plans. I went back to working. I went back to school. 
I say all of this not to provide you with an opportunity to tell me I’m beautiful at any size. While this isn’t my favorite version of my body, it is a body I am grateful to live in & just like everything, my body has seasons. So instead, I hope to draw your eyes to what lies within you. The ways you’ve grown, evolved & changed over the past few weeks, months or years. I hope you’re able to recognize that growth, even if can’t fully be captured in an image. You can still see it. I can see it too. You don’t need to be a before & after picture. You just need to be. #medicatedlikeme

She speaks on the very things we believe in here at la femme. I encourage you to read more on her personal photography project + journal at: https://medicatedlikeme.com/read/rain

Be inspired. Inspire others.

xo-d

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