By Barbie Decker

03/26/2015 A few months ago I did this self development training where I had to walk down a line of people with my eyes closed while the workshop participants, who I had gotten to know intimately, whispered their appreciation for me and the gifts that I had bestowed upon them in my ear. I cried my way along the line, as each person told me how I loved I was, how they saw my beautiful soul, how I was kind, how I was a beautiful woman both inside and out. I felt worthy of that praise and could feel the words were uttered from the heart.
Last night as I made my way to the other side of the room at the Beachbody Leadership Welcome Reception, I stopped to talk with coaches that I both knew and didn’t know. One Beachbody fitness coach I didn’t know stopped to tell me how much what I had done in the business mattered to them. Another Beachbody fitness coach told me how I had been a pioneer and thanked me for all I had done for the company. A few shared with me how I had inspired them or thanked me for how real I am. I just truly felt the love. The Beachbody coaches I have known for years, some in my team the Empire, some not, just were so open and loving toward me. The feeling was mutual. The feeling in both cases was humbling and incredibly touching. In the past, I don’t know if I would have been able to receive such love and praise. Maybe people had been telling me these kind things all along, maybe I had just never been open to receiving them. I’m honestly not sure.
What I am sure of is that I’m not the person that I was when I started this business. A coach friend whose been around as a Beachbody fitness coach for a little longer than I have told me that I’m someone whose personal investment in herself has truly paid off. God knows I have made working on myself to become a kinder person, a stronger leader, a more accepting human. I am still the same person I was 7 years ago in that I am still driven, outspoken, direct, sometimes funny, but I’m a softer and really, more approachable and loving person. Personal development pays off. I probably began doing it to see financial returns in my business. The benefits to my soul has been the hugest unexpected blessing and reward. I like who I have become and who I am continually becoming.
Invest in yourself, whether you are a Beachbody fitness coach or not. Your best version of you is waiting to meet you.

Barbie Decker

Hi! My name is Barbie Decker. I’m a 40-year old ex-professor turned Independent Team Beachbody Coach living in Dallas, Texas. My purpose in life is to help people see that anything is possible, as long as they believe and are willing to take action steps towards the fulfillment of thei…

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