In this episode, I speak with Meka Hemmons, one of my favorite portrait photographers, about her artistic journey, disrupting the beauty industry and living her purpose every day. Meka beautifully shares her life journey and the importance of learning from rock bottom moments when they come along. Following a long depression in her career, she was able to completely turn her path around by engaging with the hard questions about her life purpose that lay in her heart. These intuitive messages are now source material for an exciting upcoming digital course that she is creating.  Meka discusses how knowing our purpose is only half the battle. Trusting ourselves to actually do something about it is where the magic happens. For Meka, this includes rewriting the beauty industry, including representation, how women are taught to value themselves, and their self-image. Part of rewriting these codes is the integral work of learning to believe in ourselves and our inner knowing again.  From her experiences as a portrait photographer primarily capturing women, Meka shares what makes women hesitate when they look at their photos and how being photographed can be such a liberating experience. We discuss how beauty and power are interchangeable and the dire need for a mindset shift across society to realize our full human potential.  You’ll also hear about:  (04:37) Meka’s expansive life journey and rock bottom moments (13:40) Launching a book and digital courses(17:52) Rewriting the beauty industry(22:17) Knowledge from the mind vs the body(31:02) Photographing women(40:07) Why isn’t society further along yet?(45:02) The joy of pain(50:56) Learning to value and share our desires Meka’s message and light are not to be missed! Rate, Review, & Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen to podcasts!  Connect with Meka Hemmons Learn more on Meka’s website Connect with Meka on LinkedIn Follow Dr. Gertrude  Learn more on Dr. Gertrude’s website Follow Dr. Gertrude on Instagram Stay in the loop and sign up to Dr. Gertrude’s newsletter