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Karianne Munstedt’s bio
Karianne Munstedt is a portrait photographer and a body acceptance and self-love coach.
Why she left her corporate job
Before moving into photography and coaching, Karianne was in a corporate job for seventeen years. However, even though she was doing well in corporate, she found it soul-sucking.
Additionally, Karianne felt her corporate career was denying her the chance to give back to the world. To hear more, go to [01:25].
Karianne’s life-changing photo session
At [03:43], Karianne shares her experience with a photographer specializing in photographing women during a photo session. The photographer made her feel loved, cherished, and worthy of being photographed.
The experience at the photo session inspired her to be a women’s photographer to make other women feel appreciated and loved.
What society has conditioned us to believe about having a big body size
Society has conditioned us to think that having a big body is “bad”. We tend to perceive having a big body as a sign of bad eating habits and lack of exercise, which is not true.
To listen more, go to [07:11].
Do you need to lose weight before going for a photo session?
Karianne says we don’t need to lose the pounds before going to a photoshoot. We can show up just as our bodies are and be photographed beautifully.
Karianne emphasizes that photography is about bringing the person on the inside out in pictures because when that happens, we don’t see the outside anymore; we just see the person that we are.
To hear more, go to [07:39].
Selfie September
Karianne talks about the upcoming Selfie September challenge where she spends a couple of weeks teaching different ways of improving selfie taking.
Moreover, she helps people post their selfies and say something nice about themselves. To hear more about selfie September, tune in at [15:41].
Her experience with her body changes
When growing up, Karianne had a trim body because she copied her mom, who was always dieting. When she was about twenty-two years old, she was sexually assaulted.
This changed her eating habits in an attempt to cope with the emotional distress and caused her to gain weight.
She hated her body after gaining weight, but over the years, she worked on herself and shifted how she saw her body. To hear more, go to [18:24].
How being a victim of sexual assault affected how she feels about her body weight
At [21:43], Karianne shares how being a victim of sexual assault affected how she feels about her body weight.
She subconsciously thinks that losing weight will make her body more vulnerable to situations like that again. To hear more, tune in at [21:43].
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