Hi! I'm Vivienne McMaster and for the last 10 years I've been helping people shift how they see themselves in photos. This work began through my own reckoning with myself about my relationship to my body image. I realized I couldn't keep treating myself the way I was.
It so happened that I picked up a camera around that time and realized, much to my surprise, that by being in front of the camera, taking my own photos I could shift those critical voices towards a compassionate one. It was because it was a place of critique that I could reclaim my power back and make it a place of healing.
And it can be for you too...
I believe that all bodies are worthy bodies.
The world of photography has been a problematic contributor to the way we feel about our body in photos. It has taught us to see ourselves through a lens of diet culture. It has built up the unrealistic body standards that so many of us compare ourselves with. But it can also be the tool to help us break out of those expetations.
To see our body and ourselves through our own lens.
To call out the things that cloud the lens with which we see ourselves.
To reconnect to the person looking back at us in the photo.
To reclaim our power back by picking up the lens and telling our own story.
On our own terms...
Do you struggle with what you see when someone takes a photo of you? Don't worry...you're very much not alone. I've been working with people for the last 10 years helping them shift their self-perception through taking charge of the camera, taking charge of the expectations they've put on themselves and the unrealistic body standards they've been comparing themselves to.
In the Be Your Own Beloved work we become the narrator of our own story again. Through curiosity, creativity and through calling out the oppressive forces that have been defining our worthiness in a photo for far too long.
We pick up the lens and rewrite those stories.
We pick up the lens and get curious about who is looking back at us.
We pick up the lens and explore different angles and rediscover what we look like in photos.
We pick up the lens and reclaim our worthiness, no matter what the photo looks like.
We pick up the lens and release self-judgement.
We pick up the lens and welcome ourselves home.
If this sounds like something you're ready for...check out the E-Courses that are presently open for registration or feel free to click the contact option and connect with me!
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