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Staying safe as you become more visible online

Content notes:

This article references child pornography, trolls and threats to personal safety.
Please be aware that if you have a history of domestic or family violence, this post has not covered the type of safety considerations you need to take into account as you grow your online business. That will be covered in the future in a separate post.
And finally, if you have a history of trauma or PTSD there are other considerations to take into account when growing your visibility online. Again, these issues are not covered here but will be addressed in a future post.

Tim Ferriss wrote a piece recently about the downside of fame. For most people who feel some fear when they think about visibility, the article may confirm your greatest fears and reinforce a story you’re probably familiar with which is that visibility is not worth the effort.

But given how … [Read More...]

The spirit of the land is speaking

You may have heard me speak about the impetus for starting the School of Visibility before. I was sitting in a conference in Portland, Oregon and opened intuitively to guidance from the universe about the deeper calling of my life from that time forward. Sitting quietly, the words came very clearly into my head; ‘Make the invisible visible’.

At the time that felt like a broad sort of instruction and I knew it could and probably would mean multiple things; raising the visibility of women, supporting the release of visibility fears, and most of all, making visible the spiritual truths and powers that will underpin the way we live in the new world we’re creating.

Until now, the timing hasn’t been right to speak about spiritual truths and powers that might be cultivated. Certain things needed to happen energetically first. But this recent fire season in Australia has altered a … [Read More...]

The Visibility Compendium, 2019 (part 2)

Before we dive into all the great things we have in store for you in 2020, we’re wrapping up 2019 with some more big themes:

the courage to speak,
visibility in business,
visibility blocks,
women’s empowerment.

Scroll down and read on!

The courage to speak

Failure to act

I’ve watched women step away from me as I’ve offered a contrary perspective in a group conversation. I’ve seen women huddle in circles and bitch about my forthrightness. I’ve had women physically turn their backs on me and encourage others, through their tone, to keep the conversation ‘light and fun’.

Next time you see a woman speaking up please don’t be one of those women. That’s not sisterhood. That’s upholding the patriarchy.

Don’t let her stand there on her own. Let other people know that you agree with her. That you’re with her.

Because you are going to benefit from her battle

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The Visibility Compendium, 2019 (part 1)

In 2019 we traversed a lot of visibility ground here at the School of Visibility blog! As the year draws to an end, we wanted to share some of the highlights with you, to set you up for your most visible 2020. Some of the big themes we covered in the first half of 2019 included:

visibility blocks,
visibility in business,
creating a visibility strategy,
the kyriarchy and visibility,
the courage to speak up, and
self care and visibility.

Scroll down and read on!

Visibility blocks

Three stories we tell ourselves that stop us from speaking up

In this article we cover three big stories you might have been telling yourself that have sabotaged your visibility efforts.

Here’s a snippet;

When this happens to me, I notice the story, give myself some time to relax into it, and then remind myself that it’s ok to have nothing to say. The

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You don’t have to be visible all the time

Recently I’ve been putting together a class on Visibility for Introverts as part of our 2020 curriculum and have been asking for input on the big issues introverts face when it comes to visibility.

This morning I heard two of the big misconceptions that everyone – not just introverts – seem to hold about visibility;

(i) to be really visible I have to keep showing up everywhere, all the time (which is a total nightmare for introverts and really anyone who wants to do any deep work or to have a life outside of work), and

(ii) to be visible I’m going to have to share more about me (another nightmare for introverts and anyone who just likes their privacy).

So let’s just bust those myths right now.

As the CEO of the School of Visibility I had two visibility priorities for 2019;

(i) improving consistency with list building (my … [Read More...]