My 3 year old daughter’s preschool class are doing a unit on birds and bugs and within that the life cycle of the butterfly…a caterpillar creates a cocoon and stays there until it emerges as a butterfly. It made me think about how we come into our own authenticity. It is pretty much like that insect life cycle. At the beginning of your journey, you are mundanely going about your life like a caterpillar. You gather information, take classes, read books, listen to this podcast, hire a life coach to create your cocoon just as the caterpillar stuffs herself with food and prepares hers. Just as the caterpillar does when she is ready, you also emerge from your cocoon a beautiful authentic butterfly.