Today we’d like to introduce you to Latoya Dixon Smith.
Latoya, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
I’m a mechanical engineer turned boudoir photographer, sex doula, and feminine embodiment coach. I got here today because I started to trust myself. Coming from a very masculine world of engineering and manufacturing, I really lost myself inside the company and its culture, trying to assimilate in order to survive. Whenever I got laid off, I had to re-discover who I was outside of a title, outside of the degree, outside of the constraints of fitting into corporate culture. During my journey, I discovered boudoir photography and found that I really enjoyed photographing women intimately and helping them see the beauty within themselves that they were previously not able to recognize. This led me into feminine embodiment coaching and now I support women in helping them remember who they are.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not, what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
The road definitely has not been smooth. My biggest obstacles have been my own self-doubt and playing small. I had to eventually come to terms with the reality that I’m a brilliant, beautiful, and highly capable woman. And if you’re reading this and thinking it sounds bit arrogant or conceited, this is the same conditioning I had to dismantle and release from my own mindset. Doing so allows me to support my clients, family, and myself from a deep level of service. Nobody benefits from you playing small. No one.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
In my work as a boudoir photographer and feminine embodiment, coach my job is to help women express their innermost desires–whether that’s through intimate imagery or manifesting their best life. I come from a very masculine industry in engineering where I thought I had to assimilate to the masculine structure of success to now work with the divine feminine and listen to my intuition in order to take my next step. I integrate that fully into my business to be able to lead and guide women to recognize themselves in all their glory!
We’d love to hear about any fond memories you have from when you were growing up?
I vividly remember playing alone at my great-grandparents’ house. Sitting in the garage by myself as an only child, having tea parties and school lessons with my toys. I used to create my own realities by myself and always had my nose in a book. I really try to get back to young Latoya often so I can remember what it felt like to have that pure, innocent view on the world and of myself. I wouldn’t hold myself back from dreaming.
Contact Info:
- Email: hello@latoyadixonsmith.com
- Website: http://latoyadixonsmith.com
- Instagram: http://instagram.com/latoyadixonsmith
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/516159422808521
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClOrDhYhCag84xyLYdUUQ3A
Image Credits
Crystal Byrd
