The Butterfly Code: Learning to Spread Your Wings Through Personal Evolution and Transformation

by D'Yanna Craighead

Overview

A roadmap to unlocking your inner strength, overcoming adversity, and living a life of authenticity and purpose

In her powerful debut book, The Butterfly Code, D'Yanna Craighead takes readers on a transformative journey of personal growth, resilience, and self-discovery. Drawing on her own remarkable life experiences, D’Yanna reveals a profound framework for navigating life's challenges and emerging as the best version of oneself.

D’Yanna’s story begins in the inner city of Pittsburgh, where she grew up in a close-knit family, dreaming of a life beyond her neighborhood. Through hard work and determination, she embarked on a groundbreaking career as a Black woman in technology, defying stereotypes and breaking barriers in a predominantly white male industry. D’Yanna candidly shares about:

• Her struggles with divorce and the challenges of being a single mother
• Navigating the lack of diversity in her technology career
• Experiencing grief after the loss of her father

Through these trials, she discovered the transformative power of embracing change, trusting the process, and looking within for strength and healing. At the heart of The Butterfly Code is Craighead's unique framework for personal evolution, inspired by the metamorphosis of a butterfly:

• The stages of preparation
• Evolution
• Transformation
• Emergence
• Soaring to new heights

D’Yanna’s writing is intimate, honest, and deeply empowering. She shares her story with vulnerability and courage, inviting readers to reflect on their own lives and the possibilities for growth and change. The Butterfly Code is a celebration of the unbreakable human spirit and a powerful reminder that, like the butterfly, we all have the capacity to transform, evolve, and emerge as our best selves.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798891880771
Publisher:	Advantage Media Group, Inc.
Publication date:	09/24/2024
Pages:	138
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

D’YANNA CRAIGHEAD is a senior technology manager with over 20 years of experience at various large corporations. With experience in software engineering, product and program management, she has successfully delivered large, award-winning technology products around the world.

D’Yanna’s biggest passion is inspiring others. As a Black woman in technology, she is a champion for diversity and inclusion in technology, which led to founding and leading an employee resource group for Black Technologists. She regularly mentors others in technology careers and participates in STEM outreach.

In 2022, D’Yanna created YARA SKY LLC as a platform to provide mentorship, career consulting, and transformation coaching to women and underrepresented groups using her Butterfly Code framework through speaking engagements and workshops. She currently resides in Orlando, Florida.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: Butterflies and Boardrooms

STEP ONE: Preparation: You Must Crawl before You Can Fly

CHAPTER 1: Dreaming Big on the Ground
CHAPTER 2: A Whole New World

STEP TWO: Evolve: You Aren’t Meant to Stay a Caterpillar

CHAPTER 3: Adulting, Disappointments, and Depression

STEP THREE: Transformation: Embrace Change While Being Still in Your Chrysalis

CHAPTER 4: Sitting Still and Waiting While Growing

STEP FOUR: Emerge: Strengthen Your Wings

CHAPTER 5: Emerging!
CHAPTER 6: Fighting Your Way to Freedom
CHAPTER 7: Total Health—Mind, Body, Spirit

STEP FIVE: Transcend and Soar: This Is Where You Are Meant to Be!

CHAPTER 8: Dreaming Big from the Sky

SUMMARY
ADDITIONAL FLUTTERBYTZ

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