Welcome to the Chrysalis
You found your way here for a reason.
Maybe you've spent years—decades—performing a version of yourself that never quite fit. Chasing approval. Measuring your worth against standards you didn't create. Shrinking to make others comfortable. Or maybe you've just... lost her. The woman you were before the world told you who to be.
The Cocoon Phase is where you stop performing and start listening.
This isn't about fixing what's wrong with you. There's nothing wrong with you. This is about removing what's blocking you from seeing your own truth. The noise. The distractions. The lies you've absorbed about who you should be, how you should look, what makes you worthy.
In the chrysalis, the caterpillar doesn't improve itself. It dissolves. It breaks down completely so something new can emerge. That sounds terrifying—and it is. But it's also sacred. Necessary. The only path to becoming.
You're not here to become a better version of the woman you've been pretending to be. You're here to finally meet the woman you actually are.
What this phase is
The Cocoon Phase is your protected container for truth-telling.
This is where you get radically honest with yourself—perhaps for the first time in years. About what's blocking you. About what you've been avoiding. About the gap between who you present to the world and who you feel yourself to be underneath.
It's quiet work. Interior work. The kind of deep listening that requires you to stop doing and just be.
This phase is:
Safe and protected
Deeply introspective
Spiritually grounded
Focused on awareness and understanding
The foundation for everything that follows
This phase is not:
About action plans and goals (that comes later)
Quick or surface-level
About becoming someone else
Comfortable (truth rarely is)
The Real Work
Getting Honest About What's Blocking You
Most women arrive here knowing something is off but unable to name it. They feel disconnected from themselves. Exhausted by performing. Unclear about what they actually want versus what they've been told to want.
In the Cocoon Phase, we identify the blocks:
External noise you've internalized:
Beauty standards that were never meant for you
Success definitions that don't match your values
Roles you've played so long you forgot they were costumes
Others' expectations living rent-free in your mind
Patterns you've outgrown:
People-pleasing that erases your needs
Perfectionism that paralyzes you
Self-criticism disguised as motivation
Numbing behaviors that keep you from feeling
Wounds you've buried:
Moments you learned you weren't enough
Times your authentic self was rejected
Messages about your worth tied to appearance, achievement, or approval
Grief for the woman you might have become
What you're discovering: This isn't about blame; not of yourself, not of others. It's about awareness. You can't transform what you can't see. The Cocoon Phase is about seeing clearly, maybe for the first time.
Listening Inward
When did you last get quiet enough to hear your own voice?
Not the voice that manages your to-do list. Not the inner critic cataloging your flaws. Not the people-pleaser calculating what others need.
Your voice. The one underneath all that noise.
In the Cocoon Phase, you practice:
Stillness: Creating space where nothing is required of you
Silence: Removing distractions that keep you from yourself
Softening: Releasing the armor you've worn for protection
Surrender: Letting go of who you think you should be
This might feel uncomfortable. Foreign. Even frightening. If you've spent years focused outward—on others' needs, external validation, constant productivity—turning inward can feel like stepping into a dark room.
But your eyes will adjust. And what you'll find in that darkness isn't emptiness. It's you.
How it works
Structure: 1-2 Sessions
The Cocoon Phase is intentionally brief but deep.
This isn't about lengthy analysis, it's about creating a container for honest discovery.
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We begin with truth-telling. Not your polished story, but the real one.
What we explore:
Where you are right now (honestly, not how you present it)
What brought you here (the real reason, not the acceptable one)
What you've been avoiding looking at
What you sense is blocking you, even if you can't name it yet
What you'll experience:
Deep listening without judgment
Questions that bypass your rehearsed answers
Permission to not have it figured out
Sacred space to be exactly where you are
What you leave with:
Initial clarity on your primary blocks
Awareness of patterns you may not have seen
Practices for continuing the inner listening
Preparation for deeper work
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Some women find clarity in a single session. Others need more time in the chrysalis. The second session goes deeper:
What we explore:
Roots of the blocks you've identified
How these patterns developed (without getting stuck in the past)
What these blocks have been protecting you from
What becomes possible when they dissolve
What you leave with:
Understanding of why you've been stuck
Compassion for how you got here
Readiness to begin active transformation
Clear path into Emergence Sessions
Investment
The Cocoon Phase is priced to be accessible while honoring the depth of the work:
Single Session: $150 (90 minutes) Two-Session Package: $275 (saves $25)
This includes:
Deep, spiritually grounded coaching session(s)
Practices and reflections for between-session work
Resources to support your inner listening
Readiness assessment for Emergence Sessions
The Spiritual FoundationBe-U-ti-Ful One is grounded in universal spirituality—not any particular tradition, but the truth that runs through all of them:
You are not your body, your roles, or your achievements. You are something deeper, something that cannot be diminished. Your worth is not earned. It simply is.
The Cocoon Phase invites you to reconnect with this truth. Not as a concept you understand intellectually, but as a lived experience. A knowing in your bones.
This might look like:
Guided meditation and breathwork
Contemplative practices from various traditions
Connection with nature and natural rhythms
Journaling as spiritual practice
Simple presence and awareness exercises
I'm not here to give you a belief system. I'm here to help you access what you already know—the truth that's been waiting beneath all the noise.
What you’re releasing
Every decision we make is shaped by a clear sense of purpose. Our journey has been anything but ordinary. Through every step, we've What You're Releasing
The chrysalis requires dissolution. The caterpillar must break down for the butterfly to form. Similarly, you're releasing what no longer serves you:
The performance of beauty — Exhausting yourself trying to meet standards designed to keep you striving, spending, never arriving
The approval addiction — Making yourself small, palatable, acceptable; betraying yourself to be chosen
The comparison trap — Measuring your worth against curated images; finding yourself perpetually lacking
The inner critic's authority — Believing the harsh voice that tells you you're not enough; letting it run your life
The numbing strategies — Whatever you use to avoid feeling; the distractions that keep you from yourself
The false self — The version of you that was built for survival, not truth; the mask that's become so familiar you forgot it was a mask
Releasing isn't the same as fixing. You're not correcting flaws. You're letting go of what was never truly yours to begin with.
on staying true to our values and making space for thoughtful, lasting work.
What to Expect
This Phase Might Feel:
Uncomfortable — You've been avoiding this for a reason. Looking honestly at yourself and your patterns isn't easy.
Emotional — Grief, anger, relief, fear, hope—sometimes all in the same session. Let it move through you.
Disorienting — When you stop performing, you might not know who you are without the performance. That's okay. That's the point.
Quiet — After years of noise, silence can feel strange. Stay with it.
Sacred — You're doing holy work. Treating yourself as worthy of this attention, this care, this transformation.
Common Experiences:
"I didn't realize how much I'd been performing until I stopped."
"I thought I knew what was blocking me, but it was something deeper."
"The quiet felt uncomfortable at first, then it felt like coming home."
"I cried more than I expected. I think I needed to."
"For the first time in years, I asked myself what I actually want."
Preparing for the Cocoon
Before your first session, I invite you to:
Create space — Physical space (a quiet corner, a closed door) and temporal space (time that belongs only to you)
Remove distractions — This isn't about productivity. Put away the phone. Close the laptop. Let people know you're unavailable.
Get honest with yourself — Start noticing where you perform, where you hide, where you feel most disconnected from yourself
Set intention — Not goals or outcomes, but intention. Why are you really here? What are you ready to face?
Practice gentleness — You're about to look at parts of yourself you've been avoiding. Approach yourself with compassion.
Who This Is For
The Cocoon Phase is for you if:
You've lost connection with yourself and want to find your way back
You're exhausted by performing and ready to stop
You sense there's more to you than what you've been living
You're willing to get honest, even when it's uncomfortable
You're open to spiritual exploration without dogma
You're ready to question the beauty standards and expectations you've absorbed
This is for women of all ages, backgrounds, and circumstances. Whether you've never felt beautiful by the world's standards or you've achieved everything you were "supposed to" and still feel empty—you belong here.
Beauty is not about approval. It's about truth.
Your truth is waiting in the chrysalis. Are you ready to meet her?
Moving Forward
The Cocoon Phase is complete when you have:
Clarity about what's been blocking you
Understanding of the roots of these patterns
Connection with your inner voice (even if faint)
Readiness to begin active transformation
Commitment to your own becoming
From here, you move into Emergence Sessions—where the inner work becomes outer practice, and the woman you're becoming starts to break through.
A Note from Dawn
I believe in the sacredness of every woman's unfolding.
I've seen too many women—brilliant, beautiful, worthy women—shrink themselves trying to meet standards that were never meant to honor them. I've watched them lose themselves in roles, in relationships, in the endless pursuit of approval that never comes.
And I've seen what happens when they stop. When they get quiet. When they finally listen to the voice that's been waiting all along.
The Cocoon Phase isn't comfortable. Transformation never is. But it's where everything begins.
There's only one of you. And you're already enough.
Let's discover what that actually means.
To begin your Cocoon Phase or ask questions about the journey, visit beutiful.one