Metamorphosis by Sara Madderson @saramadderson @RandomTTours #Metamorphosis #BlogTour

 

Metamorphosis by Sara Madderson was published 11th February 2020. My thanks to the author for the review copy and Anne Cater of Random Things Tours for inviting me on to the blog tour. 

Do you ever feel as though you’re sleepwalking through life? Awake, but not fully conscious? Surviving, but not thriving?
So many of us have built ourselves cocoons that, while comfortable, limit us from living fully. Cocoons can be either a form of confinement or, as nature shows us, an incubator for transformation. In Metamorphosis, Sara Madderson lays out a two-part framework for making changes in our lives that will bring us greater joy, consciousness and wonder, and that will elevate both our human relationships and our perceptions of the world around us.
Part I focuses on the metamorphosis process itself, providing six steps to shrug off our cocoon and awaken to our own limitlessness. Part II is devoted to navigating our external world, and helping us to understand exactly what we want in life. When we invest in our own transformation, and we transform our perceptions of the world around us, then we can emerge from our cocoon and truly embrace our own magnificence.

In this book, you will learn:

why we build cocoons for ourselves, and how to use our cocoons as incubators for growth and transformation

·             the 10 faces of unconsciousness and their nemeses: the 10 faces of consciousnesswhat taking responsibility really means, and why it is the single biggest step in any transformational process

·             why self-discipline is the key to metamorphosis, and how to turbo-charge your motivations to make it easy to make the changes that you want to make

·             how to upgrade the inputs that you feed into your brain to gain clarity, peace and wisdom

·             what steps to take to transform your health so you have the energy that you need for this journey

·             how to call out the unconscious limiting beliefs that we all accrue over time, and what it feels like to discover your real limitlessness

·             why our lives are far better than we think, and how to instantly transform our reality by upgrading our perception of it

·             why we need human connection, why we so often mess it up, and how to elevate our human relationships

·             how to identify what we really want, and don’t want, from our lives

·             the empowerment that comes when we reframe ‘luck’ and take control of our destiny

·             clarity around the law of attraction, and the most effective manifestation techniques

By the end of this book you will be transformed, viewing life from the liberated perspective of the butterfly while knowing that your cocoon is there for you whenever you need to recharge and regenerate on your lifelong journey.

 

My Thoughts: 

I want to start by saying that self help books are not really my forte, any that I have come across have left me feeling sceptical and that the information contained often seems inaccessible. So it was with some trepidation that I approached this book. Something about the points covered hooked me in and I am so pleased that it did. 

I have long held a fascination with butterflies and transformation, you would only need to look at my blog header to see that so this books offering was genuinely interesting to me. I found it wholly readable and largely relatable with enough examples thrown in to ensure that the reader doesn't feel like they are being preached to. 

There were so many salient points here and more than a few times a nerve was touched, such was the way that I was able to apply this to my own life and thinking. Hopefully going forward I will be able to emerge as a butterfly. I have come to the conclusion that I have spent far to long in the safety net of my cocoon. 

Readable, enjoyable and the writer and her style was really engaging and likeable. It could be read as a whole or dipped in to and out of. 

It is most certainly a book I will return to time and time again.

About the Author: 

Sara Madderson is an author, entrepreneur, wife and mother. She was born in Ireland and moved to the UK with her family when she was ten years old. She lives in London with her husband Chris, their two children, Paddy and Tilly, and their cocker spaniel Charlie.

Before turning to writing, Sara worked in finance for a decade and then ran her own fashion brand, Madderson London, for eight years. She earned her MPhil in Early Modern History from the University of Birmingham.

Metamorphosis is Sara's first book. Given that she spent most of her childhood writing and designing clothes, she's now seen both of her childhood career dreams come true! She's enjoyed the adventure of publishing independently as much as she's enjoyed the writing process itself. She's now completely hooked on writing!

 

Twitter @saramadderson

 Please do have a look at the other stops on the blog tour.