That being said, asking questions that provide clarity can be a wonderful thing, which is exactly what you're doing. I've never gotten the “I'm so great, look at what I'm doing” vibe from you, and I don't think that's why you share with people on your blog. People love to hear (read) that a successful coach is faced by challenges every day, and has to move through her own fears & doubts to move forward. Does it take away the romantic notion that someone's got it all figured out? Sure. But it's wonderful to know that we share similar challenges or fears, regardless of our place on the journey of life.

As a side note, there is something invigorating about experiencing something “publicly.” It forces you to be honest, since real friends will call you on your BS, and you may think or act differently in situations knowing that, because of your own choosing, “everyone's going to hear about it.”

All this, and I'm just frikkin' nosy, so I like to hear what's going on

BTW..find a gym/trainer yet?

That being said, asking questions that provide clarity can be a wonderful thing, which is exactly what you're doing. I've never gotten the “I'm so great, look at what I'm doing” vibe from you, and I don't think that's why you share with people on your blog. People love to hear (read) that a successful coach is faced by challenges every day, and has to move through her own fears & doubts to move forward. Does it take away the romantic notion that someone's got it all figured out? Sure. But it's wonderful to know that we share similar challenges or fears, regardless of our place on the journey of life.

As a side note, there is something invigorating about experiencing something “publicly.” It forces you to be honest, since real friends will call you on your BS, and you may think or act differently in situations knowing that, because of your own choosing, “everyone's going to hear about it.”

All this, and I'm just frikkin' nosy, so I like to hear what's going on

BTW..find a gym/trainer yet?

I appreciate your honesty, your joy, your gifts, and your success, even as it reflects back to me where I can improve in my own life. I've witnessed your courage and your humility to openly share your journey, both business and personal, and I am proud to know you and call you friend.

In answer to your questions, I have almost instinctively been open with what is happening in my life, sometimes to the apparent detriment of how people view me. What I keep realizing is that whatever they thought of me was not true anyway, if they didn't know what was really happening for me. On my own blog, I've documented my lessons and aha's I've gained while couch-surfing and house-sitting, which certainly would not qualify as hidden or private!

My own search and self-examination journey has led to clarity of my calling and my work. Perhaps the biggest obstacle and challenge has been the simplest step, which is to let go of the idea I can work with everyone, and to allow the specific audience, my tribe ((as our friend Max would say) to become clear, so they and I can succeed and win together. This is my current growth spurt!

I've been sharing my developing focus, clarity and message along the way, and I realize I have received powerful and supportive feedback along the way. That would not have been the case if I had hidden away and kept it secret.

Thank you for being a way shower, a leader and a powerfully authentic woman.

PB&J
Barry.

I'm not sure it matters how much you expose. The more truth you expose, the more truth you will learn – and soon the truth you expose won't be true any more.

And if you think about it, there was a hippie chick in Hawaii half a century ago, a pregnant blonde midwesterner who married the baby's father, a polygamist from Africa at a time when 37 of the 50 states prohibited interracial marriages. Who would have thought that these days, the biggest scandal about the baby's birth is that some people think it didn't happen in Hawaii?

Anything you put online can come back to haunt you – but anything you DON'T put online can come back to haunt you, too. You don't know what people will give a hoot about in the future. When in doubt, be true to yourself. Others will come or go, but you always will be there, and in the long run, integrity pays off.

This totally made me think, what do I do. When I am actually writing of course, because I don't actually write as much as I think about writing. I might come up with 5-10 post ideas a day, and not blog but once a week if I am lucky. Kudos to you for sharing so openly, it is a scary thing to do. For me anyway.

My last couple posts were more the “stuff” as it was happening or as I was feeling. My only motivation was to be real. Frankly, they were harder to start (showing vulnerability) but easier to write (being open).

Many of my past posts were planned or kind of “a look what I just did”. Planned posts are very easy to start, but quickly I found myself struggling for the right words. I am sure it is because my motivation was an outside factor. As skye mentioned it felt like an ego was involved. But it's funny, Skye feels ego writing about the journey and I feel ego writing about the destination. .

Hmm….more thinking.