Today’s pose is a tad bit spicy and I am here for it!! This pose can be tamed down (which we will go through at a later date), but for now I want to push you out of your comfort zone! You deserve it!

I will pre-warn you, this one takes some coordination and mobility, so don’t be discouraged if this takes you a coupl…

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I’m so honored to welcome Alex, aka Alex.Yapps on social media, to the pod today! This woman is a freaking powerhouse, talking all things life after divorce, hot slut era and why life really does look bright on the other side!

Divorce has been a taboo topic for far too long and Alex is truly stepping into the light and bringing all our divorcee baddies with her. No more playing small, life is meant to be lived and she is truly embodying that!

Alex is a dating coach and a specialist on stepping into your power after your divorce and you won’t want to miss today’s episode!

You can find Alex on her podcast “Dating Yapps” on both Apple and Spotify as well on IG and TikTok at Alex.Yapps!

As always, thanks for listening! Find us on Substack !

Let’s get into it! I have been loving this series so much and I look forward to Friday each week to drop some spice into your inbox!

Today’s pose is great for all bodies and all abilities because it really is mobility friendly and can be modified to fit your body’s ability! I want to make sure you always know that no matter what po…

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Happy April cuties! This month always feels special, but this April feel EXTRA special because Katelyn Scott is turning 10!! I started this very company on April 4th, 2016!! We are officially hitting double digits, so in celebration of this incredible milestone, I am headed to Bali for a much needed adventure filled with love, healing and digital detoxing!

To kick this month of celebration off, it only makes sense to run down memory lane and recap the last 10 years of this incredible ride! No long winded post, just a gentle reminder that everything happens the way it’s supposed to, there are no mistakes, and the journey is the fun part because there is no true destination!

Thanks for being here and know how much I love you!

Cheers,

Katelyn

Today we are tackling one of my most requested poses and one of the poses I use most frequently with my own selfies!! It’s a wall pose that puts a heavy emphasis on your booty!

Couple things I want you to remember for this one, keep your front leg (leg closest to the camera) straight, use your back knee as leverage and push that booty…

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It’s human nature to occasionally see an image of yourself that makes you recoil then question every decision you’ve ever made. Every.Single.One.Of.Us.Has.Done.This. Insert clapping hands emojis for emphasis! There isn’t one human on the planet that hasn’t had this happen a time or two in their life and we need to normalize it.

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When I tell you that I help people heal their relationship with their body through the lens of boudoir, it means I allow people to witness the human they are becoming and then invite them to get curious about their body. To see it in ways they never have, to stand powerfully in front of a camera and investigate what makes them feel good and what makes them feel squiggly. Do you think they will love every image?! Absolutely-the-fuck will they not. And that’s ok!

We put such an emphasis on only taking images that we think we’ll like that we forget to document our lives. We refuse to get in front of a lens out of fear and disdain for the person we will see reflected back….and I hear that all the time. Every single week. But I need you to hear me when I say this, you don’t have to like the photo to start healing. You just don’t.

There are a million reasons why you may not like a photo of yourself, but none good enough from prohibiting the documentation of your life. Just because you’re not used to seeing yourself outside of a mirror, or from a different angle, or with different lighting or harsh shadows, doesn't mean your body doesn’t deserve to be in front of the lens! It just makes you human.

I had a moment like this in Banff that I keep coming back to, because it was such a clear example of how fast a photo can try to take you out. It was one of those days you wish you could bottle up and keep forever. Sun out, sitting by the river, feet in that freezing, sparkly water. Drinks in hand. Friends around. I felt good. Like, genuinely good in my body. I was wearing one of my go-to outfits, black crop top, black skirt, big earrings. My little uniform. I was comfortable. I was present. And then someone took a photo….And when I saw it, I had that full body recoil. You know the one. Where it’s like your stomach drops and your brain just starts firing.

The angle was bad. The lighting was bad. My belly looked more prominent than I expected. And immediately all those old voices showed up.

“You look terrible.”
“What are you doing wearing that?”
“You shouldn’t be out like this.”

It almost ruined the entire day. Like, genuinely almost derailed everything. But I caught it. And I think that’s the part I want you to really pay attention to…not that the thought happened, but that I noticed it. I had to pause and ask myself, “Am I really about to let a single photo take this entire day away from me?”

And the answer was no.

So I did this thing I’ve practiced over and over again. I took those voices, the ones that aren’t actually mine, the ones that were handed to me by media and people and years of conditioning, and I imagined pulling them out of my brain and putting them in a canoe and sending them down the river. Which, in that moment, was very convenient because I was literally standing in a river, and then I stayed.

I stayed in the moment. I stayed with my friends. We went to dinner. I got pulled on stage at a Greek restaurant and broke plates and laughed until I cried and had one of the best days I’ve had in a long time.

None of that would have happened if I had let that photo win.

That’s the thing no one really talks about. It’s not the photo that ruins your day. It’s the meaning you attach to it. Because the truth is, no one else is seeing you the way you’re seeing yourself in that moment. No one else is zooming in on your stomach or your chin or whatever it is your brain has decided is the problem. They’re seeing you laugh. They’re seeing you exist. They’re seeing you be a human in a moment. The only person tearing you apart in that image is you.

So the goal is to start showing up. To start being seen. To start documenting your life as it is right now—not five pounds from now, not ten pounds ago, not some imaginary version of yourself that you think would finally be “worthy” of being remembered. Right now.

Because here’s the part that always hits me in the chest a little bit….photos are not just for you. They’re for the people who love you. They’re for the story you’re leaving behind. They’re for the moments you’re going to want to remember when time has moved on and everything looks different.

If you’ve ever lost someone, you know exactly what I’m talking about. You don’t go looking for the perfect photos. You don’t care if they looked “flattering.” You just want to see them. Existing. Living. Being who they were. And if you’re not in the photos… if you keep waiting… if you keep hiding…what are you leaving behind?

So take the photo….Even if you don’t like it. Even if it makes you feel a little uncomfortable. Even if you never look at it right away.

Take it anyway and let it exist in the digital footprint you are building. Let it hold a memory from a day you want to relive. Let it be a part of your story. And maybe, just maybe, you will heal through the documentation of your story and you will look back on this images with joy and pride, and maybe even eventually love.

Give yourself the permission to grow and learn to love the version of yourself that once was and the version of yourself that you are becoming.

I love you friend, I am so fiercely proud of you and I can’t wait to see how you start to document this one beautiful life we are given! Because one day, you’re going to look back at this version of you, the one you’re so hard on right now, and you’re going to see something completely different. And I don’t want you to miss her.

Love you!

Katelyn

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Ps, look at how happy and adorable this image is!! How could this silly little cutie derail an incredible day?!

Full transparency…these last few weeks I have been wracking my brain on how I can get you consistent poses on a week to week basis and I feel like I have been falling short….then I stumbled across a project I started in 2024 that feels PERFECT!

I want to make sure we are keeping body liberation through the lens of boudoir top priority, so what better way to honor that than through pro-level posing tutorials!

I think it’s incredibly important that you keep pushing the boundaries on what you are willing to try, and I want to be that source for you. So going forward, for the foreseeable future, we will be doing Posing Like a Pro Fridays! Each Friday I’ll drop a quick little video and tutorial into your inbox and encourage you to get in front of your lens over the weekend!

This will be a many part series, broken down into bite size chunks, scattered throughout the remainder of the year. The poses cover a wide range of sets from the bed, to the floor, the bathroom and kitchen, standing, sitting and so much more. We even have some couples content that will be sprinkled in over the weeks! The same format as Naughty November will be used with a behind the scenes video, a step by step guide, the layout for your camera/light/subject and example images!

Fun fact, it’s called Posing Like a Pro because I use the same terminology and techniques when I mentor other boudoir photographers! No matter if you are here for fun, feeling better in your skin or as a pro looking for posing ideas for your own clients, you will get something from this series!

The only thing that will differ from Naughty November is that I am working with models, so you will be able to see my thought process, the verbal cues I use and what the end product looks like! The quality of image will depend on the camera that you are using, but the same basic principles apply!

Let’s get into it!

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Welcome back for episode 5 of The Nood Troop Podcast! Full disclosure, we are all over the place with this one, but there is a point…stick with me!!

Long story short, I booked a trip to Bali and like any normal, excited human, I started prepping the outfits long before the flight was booked. I imagined this easy breezy girl with flowy dresses, tiny little matching sets, clothes that made me feel like the higher version of myself…..so I did what most of us have learned to do.

I opened 37 tabs. I scrolled. I added to cart. I hoped. And then I spent over $1700 on clothes…just to return almost all of it.

Because shopping while fat isn’t just shopping.

For the majority of my life, shopping has been the ultimate ick. Hot dressing rooms, limited size options, emotional labor and disappointment. As someone who lives in a body that sits above the magical straight size of an XL, finding clothes in store is not an option. I don’t get the luxury of walking into a dressing room and knowing. I don’t get to feel fabrics, test fits, or try on five options and pick the best one.

Humans that live in bodies like mine get guesswork. We get size charts that lie. We get models that don’t look like us. We get “extended sizing” that somehow still doesn’t extend far enough. So we order…and we order a lot. Different sizes. Different cuts. Backups for the backups. Because the fear of having nothing that fits before a trip? That’s real.

And then comes the part no one budgets for.

The returns. The waiting. The refunds tied up for weeks. The mental math of “how much is currently sitting in limbo on my credit card?” The time spent repackaging. Printing labels. Driving to UPS. Doing it all over again.

And when stores do carry plus sizes?

They’re often hidden. Up on the 3rd floor next to the home goods section, with no airconditioning and a dressing room that’s built for the kids section it sits in. Nothing screams - you’re not a priority - than sitting on a stool made for a small human, while you sweat your ass off. It’s the bare minimum a store can do to say “Yes, you can shop here… but we’d prefer you didn’t.”

And here’s the part that hits the hardest…

You can be so excited about your life…and still feel completely defeated trying to get dressed for it. You finally booked the trip, you planned the travel, you said yes to life and yet somehow standing in your room surrounded by boxes that don’t fit, it’s easy to think: “Maybe my body is the problem.”

It’s not.

Let me say that louder for the people in the back: It is not your body’s fault.

Your body is not the barrier to cute clothes. Your body is not the reason shopping feels impossible. Your body is not the thing that needs to change.

The system is broken.

The fashion industry was not built with all bodies in mind and instead of fixing that, it asks you to bend, shrink, wait, or settle. It’s all a huge fucking lie and I want you to know that your body is good, is worthy and is deserving of clothes that fit you, that make you sing, that light you up and feel good on your body.

This week on the Nood Troop Podcast…

We’re talking about all of it.

The frustration. The cost. The emotional toll. And what it means to navigate a world that still hasn’t caught up to the reality of our bodies.

But more importantly, we’re talking about how none of this changes your worth. Not even a little bit.

You are not hard to dress.
You are not difficult to fit.
You are not the exception.

You are just living in a system that hasn’t done its job yet.

And that’s not on you.

I love you friend!

Katelyn

I am coming to you today with a really vulnerable post, one I have been dreading making for a few months.

It is with a whole heap of sadness that I had to help my sweet baby angel dog cross the rainbow bridge on Sunday. Life as I know it is paused for the moment and I am allowing myself the time and grace to mourn this huge loss. This angel baby was my whole world and best friend for 14 years, and full transparency, I am not handling it well.

So today, we are talking about grief….I know, not what was planned for this month, but honestly, this space is for vulnerability, honesty, stripping back the disguise and showing you that we can walk hard paths together.

I would be honored to have you join me as we chat about grief’s compounding effect on the relationship you are developing with your body, as well as some tricks I have picked up along the way to help walk this rocky path.

I love you. Just know that if you are walking with grief, my hand is open for you to grab. Our paths may not be the exact same, but I am here supporting you no matter what.

Love you, mean it.

Katelyn

Today we are diving headfirst into a recent TikTok I stumbled across during a marathon doom scroll that claimed “you’re bigger than you think you are” and unpacking why I think it’s such a problematic statement.

Trigger warning, this podcast addresses weight loss, diet culture, body dysmorphia and cultural expectations to live in the smallest body possible, so if you’re battling any sort of demon in this world, I’ll catch you on episode 4! Love you, protect you ok?!

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Love you friend,

Katelyn, your fearless troop leader!

As we wrap up February and trek faithfully into a new month, I want to take a moment and slow down. Go grab a pen, a notepad, a cup of tea and snuggle in for a journal prompt!

We spent the last month talking about the journey towards self love, taking selfies that boldly jump off the page, learning how to witness our negative inner vo…

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Today I had the GREAT honor of learning from the one and only Debbie Saroufim, author, body acceptance coach, retreat host, educator and all around bad ass!

Debbie’s message was clear and to the point. Body acceptance is something we have to fight for every single day. Even when we are telling ourselves a story that everything is ok, there may still be those negative little gremlins that pop up when we least expect them. Healing is not linear and doing the work to unpack the underlying, systemic voices is where we really grow.

If you want access to the hard hitting, 6 step process that helps you move through the negative self talk with compassion instead of shame, please make sure to subscribe to The Nood Troop to unlock the full episode!

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Debbie can be found on IG at bodyacceptance_coach or simply click through here! For more information about the incredible retreat she is running, check out her website here! And lastly, to grab a copy of her amazing kids book, Fat and Beautiful, A Book About Why You Can Be Both, hope over here!

It was such an honor learning from Debbie today and I hope you get as much out of it as I did. These are powerful words from a wonderfully powerful human.

Thanks for being here!

Katelyn

Today I had the GREAT honor of learning from the one and only Debbie Saroufim, author, body acceptance coach, retreat host, educator and all around bad ass! Today was incredible and I want to make sure you add this to your MUST WATCH LIST! Even if you just turn it on and listen to it like a podcast, I need you to hear her message. It’s …

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Hey Troop!

I am so honored that we will have the incredible Debbie Saroufim with us tomorrow for a one hour live class!! Free to attend for all my incredible subscribers so make sure to sign up today to join us live or catch the re-run posted within 24 hours!

I had the honor of vending alongside Debbie at Fat Con in Seattle and she is an absolute ray of sunshine and someone I know you will adore. Ironically, I have had the book Fat and Beautiful in my studio for almost a year because I was gifted it from a health at every size therapist here in Raleigh. She thought her book fit so well with what we do in the studio that she ordered me one!! When we stumbled into each other at Fat Con I had a bit of a fan girl moment. She is everything I had hoped she was and more.

We get the great honor of learning from her for an hour tomorrow LIVE and I couldn’t be more excited. She is a Body Acceptance Coach and she helps people at all sizes make peace with their body! She builds up people’s intolerance to diet culture and gives people tools to feel safe around food. She offers regular classes where you can explore your relationship with movement and she creates spaces to explore your own body and health biases!

We will be going live at 1:15PM EST tomorrow, February 25th, so grab your lunch and come learn! As always, these classes are recorded and posted for you to watch at your convenience if you can’t make it to the live class!

Subscribe now to join us and unlock the zoom link below =)

Love you mean it!

Katelyn

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Welcome to our spicy little corner of the internet where self acceptance gets loud and shame goes to die!!

Every week we will be baring it all on The Nood Troop Podcast. This is a space for people to be celebrated, bodies to be embraced, liberation to be had, inspiration to be taken and a general soft spot to land to escape reality. New episodes will include interviews with amazing humans, special guest hosts, tips and tricks for feeling better in your skin, current events and so much more!

Grab a seat and snuggle into the world of full exposure!

You are loved, you are celebrated and it’s an honor you’re here!

Cheers,

Katelyn

Today’s the day we deep dive into the world of color blocking! I love this technique because it can have a profound impact on the story you are telling through your self portraits! In its simplest form, color blocking is the intentional use of blocks of colors/patterns to create contrast or harmony within a frame.

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Surprise!

I’m not sure if I woke up and decided to get frisky because it’s Friday the 13th or because tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, but we are throwing a little party!

For the next 48 hours, if you book a session in my Raleigh Studio, I am offering the digital collections at half price!! You will simply pay the $499 retainer to select your date, and then I will do the rest on the back end! Digital collections start at $1199 so we are talking about $600 in savings!

If you have been on the fence about booking your session, here is your sign! You deserve to take up space, you deserve to see yourself as the art that you are and you deserve to become the main character in your own story!

Stop waiting for permission and start grabbing life by the scruff!

Grab your session date here!

Ok, I love you! Sale ends Sunday, February 15th at 12PM EST!

Katelyn,

Your spicy troop leader!

Last night we hosted a live zoom class going through the basics to taking spicy selfies at home and we had a blast! Thank you to the handful of you that showed up live =)

In true me fashion, we had some technical issues and that’s ok! Ran the whole class and never hit the record button! So please enjoy this re-run of the re-run.

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Don’t forget that tonight we have a live beginners class to taking spicy photos at home!

We will be touching on the basics on gear, lighting and the top five most requested poses!

Class begins at 6PM EST and will run for about an hour!

Here are the zoom details! I’ll see you soon!

Cheers,

Katelyn

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Good Morningggggg!!

Happy Monday you little cutie! I hope you woke up today and decided to take on the world. I know I sure did. After watching the Super Bowl last night, one thing became very very clear….fatphobia is alive and well, and we’ve got work to do. Buckle up so we can burn it down.

I would hedge my bet and say that well over 150 million dollars was spent on weight loss ads in that 60 minute game alone. What we witnessed last night was the weight loss industrial complex at its peak. We saw ads from His and Hers, Ro, Novo Nordisk, Eli Lily and the Eat Real Food campaign. Each commercial that aired cost those companies 8-10 MILLION dollars per 30 second commercial. Let that sink in. These companies are operating in monopoly money and are allowed to do so because our country was built on a fat phobic foundation. It is the bedrock of who we are.

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We have world class athletes like Seryna Williams talking about their 30+ pound weight loss over the last year. Ro took the time to compare her before body to her current body in the hopes that you could see how much “better” she is now. Like we didn’t watch her dominate across the world in that previous body. Become the most awarded female athlete in her field. In a body that was thick and strong and scientifically perfect to compete at the highest level in her profession. How the FUCK are we shaming that body?!? Be so for real.

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