Since I started the FIERCE Integrity Project, I am often struck by the FIERCE acts of others. What qualifies as a FIERCE act? Well, I would say anytime a person decides to stand in their truth. Those times where you drum up the courage to show the world a teeny tiny bit more of who you really are. Those times when you are truly and authentically being honest with yourself and others.
Over the past few weeks, a fellow blogger - Dan Pearce of Single Dad Laughing has been exceptionally FIERCE. He has used his blog as a forum from which to come out of the closet as a bisexual, starting with this post. Since then, he has posted several times on the topic, each post more RAW and VULNERABLE than the next. If you haven't read these posts or heard of Dan, check him out, he is mega talented and now one of my FIERCE Integrity Champions!
As far as I'm concerned, vulnerability is a major way in which one can be FIERCE. While Dan's posts have haunted me somewhat due to their dark nature and my own struggles with my shadow, they have also inspired me beyond measure. My own journey into living with FIERCE Integrity has also felt a lot like 'coming out of the closet'. Not in the sexual sense, but it has been similar in that I have allowed the world to start to really see me exactly as I am.
I know that I have spoken about this before, but my journey into living with FIERCE Integrity has involved writing a book. In the first part of the book, I tell my story. I own my past as mine and I don't leave much to the imagination. In my book I 'spill the beans' on many of my personal details: from a miscarriage, to my struggle with an eating disorder, dealing with depression, and my recovery from a near-suffocating sense of self-loathing. It was a difficult story to tell but a powerful one and a truly essential part of living my truth.
Recently, I have found a home for my book. It will be getting published! I am very excited to be sharing this book with the world. More details to come as it moves on through the production process.
For now, I leave you with an invitation. Have you been FIERCE lately? If so, PLEASE SHARE! I would love to feature your story on this blog and have inspiring FIERCE Friday posts every week! If not, why not? What is holding you back from shining your light into the world, from being who you truly are?
Let's get FIERCE!
So much love!
Maren
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