I'm gonna admit something... I HATE asking for help. And after 20 years of teaching, being the one who knows and being the "I got it girl" most of my life makes it even more difficult. So I was calling this service for support I am offering an "audit". If you're like me, that feels like the IRS are pounding down your door or Roz from Monsters Inc is about to make her zoom appearance. So what it really is... I walk into community spaces and take a look around. I use these spidey senses to recognize patterns, see the energy and the notice things. I notice when I lean in. I notice areas where I feel safe and some where I start to lean right back out. It's not intentional. Honestly, I just don't know if we think about this when it's our baby. We're so focused on building a beautiful space and creating courses where our members will grow from our wisdom on a topic. We're excited to serve. We build these spaces with good intentions.We create welcome posts, Start Here sections, community guidelines… all because we genuinely want people to feel supported and know how to participate. But sometimes when it’s our own space, we can’t feel what a new person feels walking in for the first time. It's a kind look but the word audit feels like someone's about to walk through your space and rip it to shreds. NEVER!! NEVER my goal! Never going to be the way I show up. But I really am doing an energy audit. What posts make it easy to join in the conversation? What posts make me wonder if I fit in this space? Are these my people? Those are real questions your members are asking. But they'll probably never say that out loud because we're human and safety is our nervous system's top priority!! But I also know this reflection is really important to adjust your community so members can see them self inside the conversations. I've already talked to Chat, Claude and Plexi about this. I would rather talk to the humans who would receive this feedback. What would you call this? What would resonate in a "she gets me" way?