Welcome to The Uncensored Self: Liberate your full expression through self-portraits!

I want to celebrate you for taking the plunge into deeper self-exploration through self-portraits.

There are endless ways to go about gaining deeper knowledge and understanding of yourself. With anything, it’s about your intention.

I’d like to invite you to set some intentions for this course.

•  What drew you to this course in particular?
•  What about self-portraits excites you?
•  How would you like your self-portrait experience to feel?
•  Are there parts of yourself you already know you definitely want to explore?

Whatever comes up (or doesn’t!) is great.

Before we get to far into things, I want to let you know about The Uncensored Self Discord community. I hope it can be a space for you to connect with others and feel supported on your journey towards full expression.

By the way, hi! I’m Melissa
I spent the first 29 years of my life doing what I thought I “should” be doing. I wanted praise, accolades, and things that I thought would gain me approval and acceptance.

I’ve spent my life since then deconstructing who I thought I was and what I believed to be true about myself and the world. One day in 2020, I felt an unignorable urge to pick up my camera - after months of not touching it - to take some self-portraits.

I knew from those first few photos that this was much more than “just” self-portraits.

This was a way to explore myself even more deeply.

I could not have anticipated what self-portraits would do for me. 

I (re)discovered more of myself, of course, but I also became more confident in expressing what feels like my TRUE self.

I even started expressing things I kept hidden away, even from myself, because they seemed really unacceptable. I shamelessly shared more of my thoughts, opinions, and humor.

And I wasn’t ostracized the way I had feared. In fact, people shared with me how inspired they were by my journey, how much they loved being able to witness ALL parts of me, not just the palatable mask I had previously been sharing. They loved my courage and confidence.
  
This isn’t something only a special few get to experience. It comes with liberating your self-expression, and it is absolutely possible for you.
  
I think self-portraits can help. I KNOW they can. 

Melissa
xx