Review of Butterfly Awakens

[Vance Gardiner]

[Following is a volunteer review of "Butterfly Awakens" by Meg Nocero.]

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4 out of 4 stars

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Meg Necero’s book Butterfly Awakens: A Memoir of Transformation is a very original perspective on how grief can teach us to awaken to who we are and why we are here, on this journey of unfoldment which we are all undertaking. She allows us to emotionally share in her journey while presenting insights and a guide to tools we too can use to wake up. Her love for her mother and the grief that she felt, during her mother’s experience of cancer and at her transition, absorbs us. Transcending this part of her life led her to leave her job as immigration attorney to become a writer, coach, mentor and speaker. Leaving her comfort zone she followed Paulo Coelho’s El Camino de Santiago to recognize her inner strengths and to foster the courage to follow her bliss. Her love for others and her country comes across as she encourages; us to take our own pilgrimage to find our purpose, and the United States to remain true to its best ideals.
I find this book positive in many ways as a “fellow believer”. It is a self help book in certain aspects but even just as a memoir it is well worth reading as it is riveting and well written. Being experiential, it is relatable, unlike some self help books which require a level of self discipline beyond the competency of most people. This book shows that not only are we all are on our own pilgrimages but we all can wake up and live by using certain tools to grow through life.
Although I consider myself an empathetic person, I am not someone who feels pity for suffering but rather I try to be a channel of healing and support. The sections of the book describing Meg’s grief and the pain that her mother had to endure, could have been shorter and still be as effective.
Although a bit lengthy for audiences with limited attention span, I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars. This is a must read for a time like this as the issues it addresses are relevant to the lives of most of us on the planet at this time.
If you are someone who is searching for your purpose and still open to best possibilities for your life, this book is for you. You will find a memoir that’s relatable, encouraging and a guide that you can use to awaken to your “better yet to be.”

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Butterfly Awakens
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