Butterfly Soup (eBook)

INTRODUCTION    1
Stage 1: Precipitate of Change    3
The Nature of Change    3
Change in Western Culture    5
“The Center Will Not Hold”    5
How to recognize it:    6
Action steps:    7
Stage 2: Building the Chrysalis    9
It’s OK Not to Know the Specifics    9
Identifying the Soul of the Goal    9
Developing the Inner Compass    10
Building Your Support System    11
The Pyramids Were Built One Stone at a Time    12
In The End, All You’ve Got Is You    12
How to recognize it:    13
Action steps:    13
Stage 3:  Metamorphosis Begins    15
Inhabit Your Vulnerability    16
Keep Moving Forward    16
How to recognize it:    17
Action Steps:    17
Stage 4: Confronting Resistance    19
Form Resists Change    19
The “You” You Don’t See    19
Borrowing Trouble    20
Emotional Excavation    20
Guilt & Judgment    21
Self Harm Versus Harm Reduction    21
Ego Earthquakes    22
“Hell Is Other People”    23
How to recognize it:    24
Action Steps:    24
Stage 5: Breakthrough    27
Engage the Win    27
Butterfly Wings Need Time To Dry    27
How to recognize it:    28
Action Steps:    28
Troubleshooting    29
1. Do you feel safe?    29
How to recognize it:    29
Action Steps:    30
2. Are you nutritionally deficient?    30
How to recognize it:    31
Action Steps:    31
3. Are you engaging in negative self talk?    31
How to recognize it:    31
Action Steps:    32
4. Are you allowing faith to supersede action?    32
How to recognize it:    33
Action Steps:    33
5. Maybe it’s not your goal?    33
How to recognize it:    33
Action Steps:    33
6. Are you addicted to the flush of a new project?    34
How to recognize it:    34
Action Steps:    34
7. Are you stuck in a catch-22?    34
How to recognize it:    35
Action Steps:    35
8. Are you navigating      multiple simultaneous goals?    35
How to recognize it:    36
Action Steps:    36
9. Do your fears feel overwhelming?    36
How to recognize it:    36
Action Steps:    36
10. Are you disregarding your progress and accomplishments?    37
How to recognize it:    37
Action Steps:    37
In parting…    39
About the Author    41