“Caitlin it really is a life changing journey. What you’ve created is so beautiful, it should be for every woman out there! I want all my friends and my daughters to go through your guidance. I can’t explain the transition or replicate it. …

Reading the [testimonials] of the other women reminded me how I felt before taking the leap. I wanted [what they got] too, I didn’t know if it would be possible, but I wanted to give myself the chance to try. I felt too old, too shy, too busy, too scared, not sexy enough, not brave enough, not even able bodied enough due to some minor health complaints. I feared not fitting in, not being able to dance or follow instructions. I gave myself ALL the excuses, but I dared to hope I could regain some of the confidence I had, and even find some more after reading such beautiful feedback.

I’d seen for myself one of the previous [Strip Her graduates] at a party. I was drawn to this vibrant woman and asked her what her secret was. She told me “Strip Her, it’s a life changing experience with a queen of a woman who unlocks what’s already there”. (The way Caitlin put it was that “her privilege is to clean the mirror of the looking glass allowing us to see what we have.”) I kept looking at the course, I was afraid. It was a big investment, but self-improvement is an investment, and it was cheaper than the therapists I’d been seeing.

My 20th wedding anniversary was approaching and something my partner had always asked for was a strip tease. I had never been able to do that. I didn’t believe I was that sexy or coordinated. I’d tried dance classes before to try to put a routine together, but I’d not been able to pick up any moves and had finished with less confidence than when I’d started. I tried Burlesque class but that didn’t unlock anything in me. I decided it was worth a try. I really wanted to feel better about my body and maybe even be able to strip for my partner.

The course goes deep and rightly so, there is a lot to unpack, patriarchy, society, self-doubt, and past trauma. Every negative thing you’ve ever heard, read and told yourself. Some weeks I left the class broken, like when you go up in weights at the gym and no longer have use of the muscles, but just like those muscle fibres need to be torn to come back stronger I needed to unpack and examine why I held that negativity about my body.

Each week I grew in confidence, and I started to feel in my body. By week five I was stripping for myself at home in front the mirror and couldn’t hold off any longer, my body demanded an audience to witness and appreciate all of me. I brought my partner into the room and stripped for him as if I‘d been doing it every night. 

Caitlin is a goddess whose magic is unlocking the goddess in you. Caitlin’s course has already done so much to change my life but it’s only the beginning of a new chapter. I feel more confident dancing. I am having better sex asking for what I want and feeling more in my body. I am encouraging the women in my life to love themselves in the way Caitlin taught me too.

Thank You”

— Talie