One Day to Change the Way You See Yourself
Lens of Love is a half-day experience for women who are tired of being at war with the way they see themselves — in the mirror, in photos, in their own story.
This is not a photoshoot. The camera is the tool. The experience is what changes you.
Next round: July 6 (in-person) & July 20 (virtual) | Nashville, TN
*both days are part of a single Lens of Love
Lens of Love
I'm walking away with a deeper sense of witnessing of myself, my body, my story. And an experience of being witnessed by others in my full, integrated self — not just the parts I feel okay about sharing, but me. The light parts, the dark parts, the known parts, the hidden parts.
-Stacy, Lens of Love Spring 2026
You know that thing you do when you see a photo of yourself?
The immediate scan? The thing you find (that you always find.) The way your whole body tightens before you've even finished looking.
Maybe you delete it. Maybe you untag yourself. Maybe you've stopped being in photos altogether and there’s a family album that doesn’t include you.
Or maybe you've tried everything. The diet. The outfit. The angle. The filter. The injection. The surgery. And none of it fixed the way you feel when you look.
What if the problem was never what you were seeing?
What if it was what you were seeing it through?
Most women are looking at themselves through a lens they picked up so long ago they forgot they're wearing it. A lens that says you're not enough. A lens that fixates on one flaw and blinds you to everything else. A lens that says you have to hold it all together before you're allowed to take up space.
You don't have a body image problem. You have a lens problem.
And for some women, it goes deeper than the mirror. Maybe your body holds a story you haven't been able to face — something it went through, something it lost, something that was done to it, something you wish it would just stop so you could move on.
Maybe you've been living in your body without being in relationship with it, because being in relationship with it means feeling things you've been avoiding.
This is for that, too.
What Lens of Love Actually Is
Lens of Love is a small, intimate gathering of women — in person, in a real room, for a half-day.
It's guided conversation — where you tell the truth about how you see yourself — and hear other women tell the truth about how they see themselves.
It's body mapping — a life-size creative exercise that makes the invisible visible.
It's somatic movement — shaking, stretching, breathing, letting the stories move through your body instead of staying stuck in your head.
It's photography — but not the kind you're thinking. I don't photograph you to give you a pretty picture. I photograph you in the middle of the process, as your body shifts and opens. The camera captures what's changing in real time.
And then, two weeks later, we come back together on Zoom. You see your photos for the first time — but not alone. You see them in the presence of women who were in the room with you. You hear what I saw behind the lens. And you hear what they see when they look at you.
Most women have never experienced anything like it.
"Someone might sign up thinking they're going to get some photos or a good photoshoot. All of that is true — but Liza brings a somatic awareness that's almost like a second vision. She can look at someone and ask really powerful questions in this beautiful, nonjudgmental way that creates spaciousness and safety enough for people to be brave in." — Stacy
Who’s Holding the Room?
I'm Liza. I'm a photographer, speaker, and self-perception guide based outside Nashville. I've spent decades photographing women, and somewhere along the way, I stopped seeing my job as taking pretty pictures and started seeing it as witnessing.
I built Lens of Love because I lived the thing it heals. I spent 30 years trying to fix the woman in the mirror, including getting breast implants to fill what I thought was missing. They didn't change anything when they were in, and when they were out I was still self-conscious. Until I found the lens I was looking through that I had no idea was there.
Now I help women see what I see when I look through the camera: a woman who was never the problem.
The Shift
This was after we’d done the work of conversation, body mapping, guided visualization and a little journaling. It was the very first photo from the somatic movement photoshoot portion, where the work drops in. Tense, on guard, bracing - like the stories she carried told her she needed to be.
This was 30 minutes later, the last image of her shoot, after we’d moved through patterns the body was holding, opened up, gave breathing room to things that had sat in a closet and were suffocating. In half an hour, I watched her make peace with the stories her body carried for years. She was open, found self-trust that had been there all along and knew she could face anything.
Her body didn’t change - the things it’s been through, the way it looks, the longings she still carries. What changed was the way she saw it - no longer something to fight against, something that was letting her down over and over again, or that needed fixing. In a matter of hours, she came to a point where she and her body faced each other and said, “I see you. I can be at peace.” And this is how we learn to love our bodies in the most deepest and purest of ways.
“I originally signed up thinking it would be helpful for my visibility and my business. What surprised me was that Lens of Love was so healing for me in my own personal grief journey with pregnancy loss.”
What’s Included
Each full Lens of Love experience consists of 2 days: a main day & a follow up day on zoom
The main day is in-person about 4-5 hours. Location is my studio in Franklin, TN. It includes:
Group welcome, connection & sharing
Journaling time before, during & after
Guided visualization designed to connect you to the parts of you you’ve been rejecting
10-15 minutes of shoot & chat time per person where you can share with me whatever is coming up & we do your photoshoot!
Snacks & beverages
Closing circle
The follow up day 2 weeks later and lasts about 2.5-3 hours. This is where you see your photos for the first time!
Group welcome, connection & sharing
Revealing of images
Reactions to images
Reframes & creation of possibility statements
Group closing
Each participant is given an online gallery of 15+ images for their own use and is gifted a set of 12 prints and a wooden photo stand to display their images and work with them regularly.
how to participate
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Sign up for a Lens of Love! Come and participate with other guests who are also looking to upgrade their relationship to their bodies.
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Gather a group of friends or co-workers and book a private Lens of Love session. See each other through eyes of compassion & deepen your connection and understanding of yourselves & each other.
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Hire me to lead a full 5-hour Lens of Love session at any point during your retreat.
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You’ve got a retreat and it provides beautiful transformation. Now offer soulful Lens of Love-style photography to help your attendees capture & solidify their awakening & becoming. Retreat pays or retreat can have attendees sign up and pay.
Joining a group is done via waitlist only.
in her words
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the images were really touching. I felt my heart soften & open as I viewed pictures of myself in a variety of expressions, having fun & feeling a sense of freedom. They captured me.
Anne P.
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I felt like I could finally feel safe to be myself. It was the permission that I'd been waiting for in a photoshoot for so long to just be real. My best friend saw the photos and said, "Amber! It's YOU!"
Amber Z.
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I'm not often in a space where women who don't look like me are really being vulnerable with their insecurities. It was really like, "we're all human."
Jamila T.
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Lens of Love invited me to asses my perception of myself & meet myself right where I was. I was proud of responding to the invitation that was calling me out of my comfort zone.
Kristina A.
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I had the realization that there is worth, there is value, there is beauty in life beside a picture of a thing; it's not indicative of what's happening in a moment.
Alex K.
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It's been a huge piece for me in allowing my head and my body to match up with each other. It's been really difficult for me over the years with all the weight loss that I've had to see myself, who I am now, what I look like now.
Marilee C.
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Lens of Love helped me see where I am, how far I've come and also a bit of where I'm headed, the possibility. It's like a soul snapshot.
Jen C.
UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Reach out if you’d like more information on Lens of Love or on any of the following:
a custom date for your own group
adding a full Lens of Love experience to your retreat
offering Lens of Love-style photography to your retreat guests
sacred witnessing & space-holding documentary photography for your retreat, ceremony or workshop
a private solo Sacred Self-Expression session
next Lens of Love
MONDAYS: July 6 & 20
$697 all-inclusive
Most workshops → you leave with notes + memories.
Lens of Love → you leave with images of yourself that change how you see yourself.
👉 That’s not typical. It’s an investment in transformation and art you get to keep.
Nashville, TN • Available for Travel
FAQs
what happens at a lens of love event?
A lot of beautiful things! There’s time for discussion, to share your experience with your body, seeing yourself in photos or anything else you feel is relevant to you choosing to be here. You’ll be guided through a soulful meditative visualization designed to help open you up to seeing yourself more wholly, with compassion and through the, yes, lens of love. You’ll have time to journal and have some snacks while I work with each woman. We’ll finish with a lovely closing ceremony.
can you come to where i live and do a lens of love event?
Yes! Beginning in January 2024 I’ll be available for both domestic and international travel, so if you have a group of friends, co-workers or peers and you want me to come lead an event for you, send me a message! If you’d like to add the full Lens of Love experience to your retreat, send me a message & let’s create something magical!
what if the idea of being a group of women is overwhelming?
First and foremost, always honor where you are. If being a group of women is so triggering that something like this would actually cause more damage, don’t join in until you’ve done more work around that wound. However, if it’s not as intense as that, every single woman who has been through Lens of Love has reported that being the group was a highlight and added a lot of deep personal insights. It’s a safe space with women who feel very similarly to you.
how do the scholarships work?
If you know in your heart & soul that Lens of Love would be transformative for you, but it would also be financially not feasible, please contact me, tell me why this is for you right now and what, if anything, you could comfortably pay.
can I do this on my own without the group?
Yes! Except it’s just a little bit different. I call these “I AM” sessions and they are for when you are in a season where you want to solidify a new version of yourself, what you’re birthing in your becoming, or perhaps pay homage to a piece of you that is no longer for whatever reason. It’s real, it’s personal, it’s raw and it’s powerful. Send me a message if you’re interested in knowing more!
who is lens of love right for?
Honestly, you probably know right this very moment if this is for you. Most women report having an inner knowing or a nudge that says, “I think I need this.” If you desire a deeper relationship with your body, to be more willing to show up in photos so as not to erase yourself from your own (or your family’s) history, to truly SEE yourself as powerful, to add another layer to your healing journey, or if you’re simply curious about what this process can offer you, then Lens of Love is for you.
what do i do with my photos?
You will be gifted a set of beautiful prints along with a photo stand for you to place on your desk, your alter, or anywhere else you feel will help act as a reminder of your innate worthiness, beauty and power. You can also use your images for inquiry and meditation - sit with them regularly, notice what you love and what you want to change. Get curious and ask why. Honor your journey, explore what your soul is trying to tell you through each image.
who is lens of love NOT right for?
I’ll say this - your photos will absolutely reflect where you are in your journey of self-compassion and openness. If you’re hoping to walk away with a glamor shot of you at your peak best with hair & makeup, this isn’t for you. If you carry a lot of shame in your body about traumatic events and you haven’t been on your healing journey very long, this may be a little bit much for you.