Butterfly Soup: a guide to changing your life

by Aurora J Miller

Overview

There is no better metaphor for dramatic personal change than a caterpillar becoming a butterfly, leaving behind its old way of being, so it can truly take flight.
For those who are longing to fly, the 5 simple steps laid out in this book will help you navigate your own metamorphosis and transform your hope into fulfillment.
Just like the caterpillar who must dissolve into a “soup” on its transformative journey, your time in Butterfly Soup will leave you changed from the inside out, and enable you to find happiness that is truly sustainable.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781936902262
Publisher:	Portal Center Press LLC
Publication date:	11/17/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	50
File size:	85 KB

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

“"Butterfly Soup" opens with a fast paced history of contemporary culture and human behavior and introduces the idea that we can think the "biggest ideas" and accomplish them. "The Soup" guides us through the "mobius loop" of transformation with warm, authentic personal case studies and stories that challenge "small" thinking. "Butterfly Soup" is like a Rosetta Stone for the heart. You can do this! Here's how.” ~ Gail Jorden, artist and entrepreneur

“I think therapy is the most effective way to create positive change. But if therapy is not your thing, you'll want to check out "Butterfly Soup" for a map for change that you can read on your own couch. I really like how Aurora takes you through the entire change process and includes many of the important techniques that I use in my work including resistance analysis and focusing on the innate wisdom of your body. She really understands change and you can too if you spend some time with this book.” ~ Dave Kaplowitz, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Group Psychotherapist

“Butterfly Soup gives so much permission for people to give themselves permission to explore their evolution, no matter how it looks. Zero judgment and so much validation reverberates through every section. There's space held for accountability with none of the make-wrong other self-help books use.” ~ M Shirey, caterer

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