At first glance, the Meet to Marry™ method sounds like it’s just designed to help you meet your perfect match, but it’s more than that.
It’s about seeing yourself for who you truly are and recognizing what makes you special and unique. At first, you might not even be able to recognize these qualities, and so often it’s this lack of clarity that’s getting in your way and preventing you from finding the love you deserve.
So this week we’re focusing on seeing yourself–both literally and spiritually–through the lens of photography.
I invited noted photographer Catherine Just to share some of her important insights and tips with you.
Catherine focuses on “using photography as a catalyst for personal and spiritual growth” to help you “shift your perception and let go of limiting beliefs.” Her photographs have appeared on the cover of National Geographic Magazine and on Oprah.com.
Bari: How did you get involved in photography and how has it helped you see yourself more clearly?
Catherine: It’s actually a bit shocking when people hear this story. I had a drug and alcohol problem between the ages of 13-18. I checked myself into treatment the summer after I graduated from high school. After I got sober I remembered how much I loved the art classes I took and that my art teacher told me I had talent. I figured it was the one thing I loved doing so I went to art school in Minneapolis. I decided to choose photography as my major on a whim. I’m so glad I did. I started to use photography as a way to express visually what was going on internally for me. Being newly sober, there were a lot of uncomfortable feelings to explore. I was determined to create a visual language through self portraiture. It helped me to see the unseen more clearly. I was specifically looking at relationships for my photographic content. The relationship I had to men, to food, to religion, etc. Everything outside myself that I used in some way to feel better about myself. This was a very healing project for me and helped me to become more aware of my habits, beliefs, obsessions and bring light to my inner darkness. It has evolved over time as I’ve gotten more comfortable in my own skin. Photography for me is a way to slow down, become aware of my life as it is, notice how the light is wrapping itself around frustrating situations, and capture the sacred happening in the everyday.
Bari: What do you do to prepare yourself for a self-portrait?
