Model, Licensed Esthetician & Artist, Tara Blanchard

Dec 17

**Tell us about yourself and what were your early inspirations that set you off on your particular journey?**

I was born and raised in sunny, southern California where I grew up as a child actress and competitive athlete. Homeschooled on a ranch alongside my two sisters, we were surrounded by gardens, animals, land, lots of love, big dreams, and freedom to run with the winds of our hearts. Being born into a creative family of artistic entrepreneurs gave me a strong springboard of opportunities to live in the art of the possible. “Dream, Believe, Achieve” was, and still is, inscribed within the breath of my very creation. Watching both my grandparents and parents build a beautiful and colorful life from the ground up is my everyday inspiration and motivation to activate my God-given gifts to their fullest potential. My roots early on in performing arts and athletics were a complementary prelude to my time spent now as a model and artistic entrepreneur.

How would you describe "natural beauty therapy" and how do you help others through emphasizing their natural beauty?

Natural beauty, to me, is the art of living in your innate state, unaltered and unapologetic. Radiantly calm and confident as you are. Natural beauty therapy, to me, is to give reverence to, and be in promotion of, the pure magnificence of you. It’s about letting your soul shine from the inside out.

As a model, licensed aesthetician and artist, I hope to promote beauty in many different forms and lead by example. Throughout my time as an international model over the past decade, I struggled off and on with skin issues and flare ups. I decided to take matters into my own hands and attend beauty school to learn everything I could about the body’s biggest organ – the epidermis, our outer skin layer. While at school I gleaned the knowledge I needed to heal my own skin and move forward into the next chapter of my life. Today, I work with clean beauty brands and companies around the world that aim to promote health and happiness from within. I hope to lead by example in choosing to market my image in this light and be an inspiration of living life in delight! By publishing my first book dedicated to the pure potential of our innate state, I also hope to remind others of their God given source of sparkle and spirit within, which influences the dictation of their skin.

**Throughout your journey as an athlete and artist, what have been the biggest takeaways thus far?**
Being in a state of internal ease, or distress, influences the rest. Meaning, when I am training and creating in flow, in freedom, in wonder, and in awe, the world around me sings in tune to this song. However, when I choose to view my own musings in a negative way, forgetting
to play, or am too serious and stern and in my own way, I lose my opportunity to learn and discern. Through self-awareness, I’ve come to see I am the only one who can rob myself of experiencing the highest potential of who my soul created me to be. To get to her, I just must be me.

Tell us about The Wealth Within.

I recently started @TheWealthWithin in the autumn of 2021 to have a place and space to share a daily dose of spirit and happy hymns from within. The concept of The Wealth Within was birthed during the pandemic when my external world changed rapidly, taking with it many things I loved. I used this time as an opportunity to live in the art of the possible, to embrace the power of the pivot, and to do what I do best – to dream, believe, and achieve. However this time, I strictly wanted to use the resources inside of me, so I turned to writing, to meditation and to God. Through this exploration, I discovered the wealth within me, and turned it into a project to be. During this time, I wrote my first book, which is a little story about spirit, life and light and the evolution of the soul! I am currently teaching myself how to draw and paint to self-illustrate my poetry book and bring it to life in 2022. I started The Wealth Within Instagram page to document my artful journey and inspirations along the way. Through writing, ballet, paint and play, I am now living in my wealth within everyday. Now regardless of external circumstances and the state of the world, the beauty, the possibilities, and the potential within me is here to stay.