One of my current good friends as well as my ex boyfriend both suffer from pectus excavatum. When I first noticed this deformity in my ex, I asked him about it and immediately looked it up. He explained that he has had it since he was born and he has a few health problems because of this deformity. So what exactly is pectus excavatum?  Pectus excavatum is a condition where […]
Author: Jo
Houston Visuals Event in July 2019
Last month, I attended a Houston Visuals modeling event and it was probably one of my favorites! Every photographer was incredibly welcoming and even though I met so many in just an hour, I still made some real connections! We arrived about an hour into the event, so we missed the beginning, but right as I walked in, a photographer immediately introduced himself, offered to shoot with me, and joked, […]
Inside the Brains of Psychopaths
Continuing on from my last mental health blog post “Sociopaths are not Psychopaths,” this blog post will focus in on one specific difference between the two groups of -paths. One major physical difference is discovered in the human brain in relation to how much brain activity a person exhibits. Many psychopaths display a distinctive pattern of brain activity after receiving PET scans. The scans below display reduced activity in an […]
Personal Studio Photoshoot (ft. @alvintran.photography)
If you asked my mom right now to show you her favorite picture or video of little me, she would definitely pull up a blurry video of my “model walk.” This model walk entailed the 6 year old version of me intensely strutting while holding onto my Disney princess purse. Since I’m an Aries rising (if you’re not into astrology, just ignore this), I was a fiery little kid. I […]
Sociopaths are not Psychopaths
A common topic that psychology is known for falls under a variety of names: sociopathy, psychopathy, and popularly presented serial killers and/or mass murderer phenomenon in TV shows and movies around the globe. However, as much as most of America’s younger generations seem to be intrigued by fictional psychopathic vampires or even non-fictional, yet infamous serial killers that have since been executed. One example is Ted Bundy, who is often […]