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[quote=Anonymous]  I came  relatively late to her book/podcast world. And, even though I’m a decade older, I still found wisdom and humor in her work.  I found her to be authentic  and as a fellow “3” I identified with her.  The problem I have with the current Jen is that, after years of revealing everything, and using those revelations to help herself and her audience learn and grow, she now doesn’t reveal  the most important event in her life.  It feels like a betrayal.  It feels dishonest.  I’m sure there is a voyeuristic element to wanting to know “what happened.” But, there also is a genuine sense that after marketing her self as super real, she is now …. not.  And we don’t know what the “not” is.  I would have rather she said (or says):   “We are divorced.  I may talk about it at some point. But, I’ve got a lot of work to do.  And, I have kids.   I can’t talk about me yet.  And I won’t talk about my kids’ dad right now.  Our family needs to process and heal and that will take a long time.   So, we will go on with other things.” And she could still do good work and earn a living. But,  these shadows, this hinting and teasing about the big, terrible thing that nearly destroyed her but not being honest about that terrible thing and at the same time wanting us to watch and learn as she recovers and moves on from it…. feels odd.  It diminishes her and, as evidenced by the hundreds, if not thousands, of comments here, her brand. [/quote]

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