In this episode of The Say The Word podcast, we’re talking about Rebecca Solnit's A Field Guide To Getting Lost: what transformation can really look like, how to pump fluid into our unfurled wings, and what the word instar means. Be sure to check out the full show notes at www.cindygiovagnoli.com/podcast.

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

• [00:46] - welcome
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• [01:17]- what happens to my books
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• [02:44] - the excerpt from A Field Guide to Getting Lost
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• [06:48] - the imagery of caterpillar to butterfly and why it never worked for me
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• [08:30] - why her word choice is so powerful
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• [10:33] - when change can mean both loss and gain
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• [11:47] - the role of grief
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• [12:51] - its bloody business
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• [13:42] - emergence
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• [16:02] - letting go
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• [17:09] - when we’re stuck
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• [18:29] - reaching for help
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• [19:34] - the stages of instar
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• [ 21:02] - the quiet changes
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• [24:28] - Christine T.’s quote from The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse
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• [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.