Welcome to The Nood Troop!
An empowered, spicy space to come home to your body
Hey friend!
I’m Katelyn, your resident Noody Troop Leader/Founder, traveling spicy photographer, hype woman and resident expert on learning to lean into a body that doesn’t quite feel like home (YET)! I know you stumbled in here for a reason and I am so damn glad you did.
As a squishy bodied lover of squiggly hearts, soft spaces and empowered humans, I am a strong believer that your body doesn’t need to be “fixed” to fit in, you just have to find your troop! This isn’t just a Substack. It’s a movement. A soft landing. An empowered place to be fully seen, to bare it all, and stand powerfully in the nood.
So… what is The Nood Troop?
It’s the heart of my work as a body liberation focused boudoir photographer and educator. For the last 9+ years, I’ve helped over 600 people capture themselves in all their messy, glorious, unfiltered humanness.
Now, I’m building something deeper with you. I have had the calling to build an online community for years, and now feels like the perfect time. As I make my way around the country experiencing amazing new places and incredible humans on the Take More Noods Tour, I am noticing that community is the thing I crave most. I want a place to feel seen, empowered and lifted up and I know if I am feeling that way, other people are too!
Not only is this Substack an open love letter to all of you, it is my combined knowledge and personal experience of learning how to live in a body that feels like home. This will be a mix of art, education, community, behind the scenes, selfies, challenges, meetups, weekly voice memos hyping the shit out of you and direct access to me through our monthly classes!
I want this space to feel like the ultimate summer camp where you come home with sticky fingers, banged up knees, hair braided down your back, secret handshakes with your new best friends, and a lifetime of memories that feel like home. The place that you can almost snuggle into and be your wildly wonderful and weird little self. Come find your troop!
What you can expect here:
Monthly classes: We will be deep diving monthly on a 90 minute zoom call around all things body liberation. Not only will we be doing the dirty hard work, we will also be exploring how art and selfies can actually help you heal the relationship you have with your body! Don’t worry, they will be recorded so you can watch them when you have time!
Weekly voice drops from me on Telegram, aka your personal hype-cast
Behind-the-scenes dispatches from the road
Pep talks and body truth-telling: essays on self-love, softness, and showing up anyway
Photography education (how to take spicy selfies, pose confidently, and reclaim your image) and selfie challenges
Guest interviews with body-liberation badasses
Resources for you that will help you walk your body tolerance path towards body liberation
Exclusive invites to workshops, classes, and community events
Discounts on sessions and product collections
Why now?
Because the world is loud with messages about who we’re supposed to be. Society will always let us know that we are too much, not enough, imperfect and unworthy and I’m on a mission to make space for who we already are. Loudly. Unapologetically.
Your body is not a project to fix. It’s a story to honor.
And this work? It deserves a spotlight.
You deserve a spotlight.
How to support this work:
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Show up for the monthly classes and events and lean into the healing work
Thank you for being here.
I promise to keep it real, raw, tender, and wildly affirming.
In the nood,
Katelyn
Your Noody Troop Leader
🖤 Find yourself in the nood.
Welcome to Substack!! Excited for your content, friend🫶🏻