BEING VULNERABLE AS A TRAINER

How vulnerable are you when you are in the trainer role? If you look it up in the dictionary, the term vulnerable means “capable of being physically or emotionally wounded” and “open to attack or damage”. Sounds scary, doesn’t it? When I think about the word vulnerability, what comes to mind is “being authentic with my values and my faults”. That too, scares me. It feels like I can be subject to judgement, ridicule, and criticism. Yet, it is something I aim for when I take the trainer role. Why would I do that?