Don't Stop In Your Cocoon
What if your caterpillar goo never reassembles into moth/butterfly?
Bear with me - this one is troubling.
Many stories of transformation are told as the caterpillar-into-moth tale: you go into your journey as one thing, then have to unmake yourself into goo in the safe space of a cocoon, then you emerge as something else entirely.
And yet. What if?
What if when you go into your cocoon, seeking rest and seeking a new life . . . you are not prepared?
What if other circumstances are working against your transformation?
What if you turn into goo and just stop there? Can goo get comfortable?
This worry is okay. Because we all know how the familiar can feel safer than the unknown. This worry is human.
If you asked these questions before you started a self-transformation, how could that change your momentum when the goo started to feel gooooood?
Simple (but not easy). Create safeguards.
There are many ways to build in some nurturing guideposts. Checking in with your own progress through journaling. Asking your healing coach (whether that’s a therapist, mentor, friend or other healing guide) to help you notice when there is fear and hesitancy around the next hard step.
Because the comfortable goo can still look like healing work: buying more books, taking more courses, journaling hours per day, going on spiritual journeys, consulting new healers, researching new modalities, trying something again to see if you get a new result. The list goes on. I’ve been there. I might be there now.
When things feel a little scary and you reach for more TOOLS, this is a sign your goo is staying gooey. Maybe it’s time to start to take form into the next thing. Maybe it’s time to say, “yes this is scary but it’s going to be okay. really okay.”
Remind yourself that goo cannot fly.
