What does a caterpillar have to do with turning 40?

3 June

More than you’d think…

Caterpillars go through this amazing transformation inside the chrysalis as they transform into a butterfly. It is intense! Essentially, the body disintegrates into moosh (technical term) which then reorganises and creates itself into a butterfly. Nature is mind-blowing!

Turning 40 feels like this. There are so many things I have let go of, and allowing them all, and I mean ALL to turn into moosh – my salary job, business, website, identities, perceptions, old patterns. Sometimes it’s cathartic, sometimes scary, other times exciting.

My inner voice tells me ‘oh, finally!’ And unlike a caterpillar, I’m not sure how long in linear time my creation of my butterfly will take (is it a phoenix? Is it a unicorn? Who knows!) But it will happen when the time is right.

I’m simply trusting the process.

Trusting myself. Trusting life.

And I know to my core that this butterfly will be STUNNING and POWERFUL.

How have you experienced transformation?

Jean Sum

Jean Jing Yin Sum is an award-winning Courage & Transformation Coach, accredited Biodanza Facilitator, Maven of Change, Speaker, and powerful Space Holder. She supports women and men to embody their courage and drop into their amazing transformations.

Celebrated as Trainee Coach of the Year with Beautiful You Coaching Academy, Jean serves her community with love, courage and presence.

Jean has an insatiable curiosity for humanity and brings a holistic approach to her work through meditation, movement and energy practices.

What does a caterpillar have to do with turning 40?

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