Do you see what I see?

Do you see what I see? 👀

Michelle is The Confidence Photographer helping women feel confident in photos.

Sam is a Life Coach working with others to build

confidence.

When Michelle photographed Sam recently, you’d think we would both see the same thing in the photos.

Not quite!

Michelle saw this:

The light. The warmth. The expression. The personality. The things that make a person uniquely them.

Sam saw this:

What’s missing? What’s wrong? Is that really what I look like?!

Same photos. Two very different perspectives.

It got us both thinking about confidence, and how we see ourselves.

How quickly do we look for what’s wrong, rather than what’s right? What’s missing, rather than what’s already there?

How often do we compare ourselves with an imagined version of who we think we should be, instead of seeing the person we actually are?

Perhaps confidence isn’t about loving everything we see. Perhaps it’s about being able to look at ourselves without immediately picking ourselves apart.

When Sam looked at her photos through this lens, she was amazed at what she saw.

Not because the photos had changed, but because the way she looked at them had.

So, here’s something for you to ponder…

What might you see if you looked at yourself with a little less criticism and a little more curiosity?