#5: Chrysalis

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In This Episode of The Say The Word Podcast

We’re talking about:

  • my bad book habits

  • an excerpt from Rebecca Solnit’s A Field Guide To Getting Lost

  • how a butterfly’s chrysalis is a more apt emblem of transformation than I once believed

As promised…my copy of this book:

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Here’s where the action’s happening in today’s episode:

  • [00:46] - welcome

  • [01:17]- what happens to my books

  • [02:44] - the excerpt from A Field Guide to Getting Lost

  • [06:48] - the imagery of caterpillar to butterfly and why it never worked for me

  • [08:30] - why her word choice is so powerful

  • [10:33] - when change can mean both loss and gain

  • [11:47] - the role of grief

  • [12:51] - its bloody business

  • [13:42] - emergence

  • [16:02] - letting go

  • [17:09] - when we’re stuck

  • [18:29] - reaching for help

  • [19:34] - the stages of instar

  • [ 21:02] - the quiet changes

  • [24:28] - Christine T.’s quote from The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse

  • [25:21] - what’s coming up next week


You can find your copy of Rebecca Solnit’s A Field Guide To Getting Lost HERE, and all the books mentioned here on the podcast in my curated Bookshop list here.

Reminder: Bookshop is a place to buy books from local and independent bookstores. You can choose your bookstore and look for local shops near you. Hit them before you run to Amazon, please…indy bookstores are community gifts and we want them to stick around!


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