Out With the Old, In With the New: Journaling Prompts and Perspectives on Cyclical Living

We all know the old saying when one door closes, another one opens.

But the process of what happens between an ending and beginning might not always feel so simple.

While the title of this blog is meant as a playful nod to the freshness of the new year and the blank page feels of January, it’s not quite accurate when it comes to matters of personal growth.

“Transforming the Old, Creating the New, and Integrating All that Falls In Between,” would be a more apt, but rather wordy designation of this article.

That is what cyclical living is truly about: embracing the fact that we live in a world of constant change and dynamic movement where life is in a perpetual state of transformation and creation mixed with a lot of integration in between…

Got Gratitude? (a few ideas for cultivating appreciation)

We often think of November as a month to focus on being grateful.

Many of us celebrate Thanksgiving/Friendsgiving and the beginning of the holiday season with the intention to gather together with gratitude in our hearts and appreciation for the abundance in our lives.

As we move into the holidays, we are presented with many opportunities to slow down, reflect, appreciate life’s gifts, and tap into the energy of gratitude in our lives.

It can be hard though—the gratitude thing. I often think that despite our best intentions, it’s easy to fall out of gratitude and into focusing on stress, all that feels wrong in the world, and whatever we feel is lacking in our lives…

Grace, Growth and Gratitude: lessons on the journey

It’s a cooler day on the island and I’ve found myself in a varied place as we step through November.

Busy with responsibilities, in a way that feels productive and kind. Thoughtful with reflection, as I begin to do what I always do around this time each year –

Slowly take stock of what the past eleven months have brought and contemplate the changes rendered as we begin the initial stages of descent drawing us closer to the conclusion of another calendar year.

Truth be told, I haven’t always liked the lessons the past couple of years have brought, but I am trying to embrace and integrate them, so I can move forward with the wisdom learned…

Navigating Spiritual Awakenings

A spiritual awakening could also be called a disruption of consciousness, or an awakening of consciousness.

Imagine that you have a certain view in which you see the world, that has developed over time by what you’ve been taught, what you understand to be true, and what you have experienced for yourself.

In a sense, you might think of this as anchoring yourself to the things that feel true for you and certain. When we anchor to ourselves to things that feel certain for us - without even knowing that we're doing it - we have created a set point that helps center us.…

Finding Home: journeying back to ourselves

There is something about this time of year that always tugs at my soul.

When I left Alaska back in 2016 I knew that mid-August into September would always make my heart ache for my first home.

There’s something that’s a mix of magic and poignancy about the way the tundra begins to turn cranberry and the leaves go from verdant green to an olive that foreshadows the yellow to gold to bronze soon to come…

The Red Paint of Reinvention: permission to redefine ourselves

Seems like I blinked and summer was almost gone.

June and July melted into a buttered blur or moving into our new home, decorating aforementioned new home, and allowing space for renewal, retreat, and respite after a difficult spring leading up to the move.

During this time I’ve painted the hallway green, hung pictures with precision and artful care, and sat in our yard, watching the sky turn from blue to orange each night at sunset…

Rose Gardens in The Stars (let your dreams be limitless)

Whatever it is that you’re dreaming about- - dream bigger.

Don’t waste time thinking about how it’s going to happen or if it’s possible or how you will get there- - just start by dreaming. \

Start by allowing yourself to imagine something beyond what you have previously imagined. Start with the seed of a rose and imagine planting an entire garden…

We Are The Revolution: Choosing Love One Act at a Time

Choose love.

It is the only choice you will make that will change your life for the better forever, because love is the origin of every good thing. And so, each time we choose love, we open ourselves up to that nucleus of goodness; everything else beautiful flows from there.

Learn to embody love’s universal energy inside of yourself; wrap it around you like a psychic shield which gently radiates presence and protection wherever you go…

July 2021 Akashic Magic: Upward Spiral

The records opened with two different images: the first one was being on a rollercoaster and slowly going up - and the second one was of ocean waves - giant ocean swells that are rising up.

And, the energy behind that had a sense of upward mobility, upward rising and a sense that the energy itself is swelling.

So, let’s dive into that and explore what it means further…

Purpose it To Love: Finding the Light in Challenge

Life went and did it to me again this past season – broke my heart that is. Not in the capital H Heartbreak kind of way, but more of the lowercase variety, which has reminded me that smaller heartbreaks can also be painful.

I’ve struggled to find the light quite a few times this last season.

It’s not the first time I’ve struggled, and I know it won’t be the last, but I do know from previous incarnations of struggling that if we can just stick with ourselves and stay with our process, a time will come where the light begins to break through…

Darkness Is Magic Too

People often say, “let it go, move forwards, it’s time to put the past behind you, all we have is now.”

But it is my observation this can be hard to do when the past continues to creep into our “now” like vines of ivy stealthily twining themselves around the present moment if we aren’t vigilant about trimming them back.

Layers of grief, trauma, and ancient history from previous heart cycles and incarnations of self like to burrow into the recesses of our psyche…

Messages from Spirit: Shine True

Community of light— We see you. We support you. We are so proud of the work you’ve done this year.

Though trial and challenge you’ve triumphed, and you’ve seeded the light in new ways, creating new patterns in the energetic gridwork so more light can come onto your planet at this time.

You discovered love in unexpected places that seemed dark until you learned to turn on the lights and look around you with greater clarity and awareness of your interconnection…

Message from Spirit: A Trail of Light

Like a trail of lights, your hearts have lit a year that we know has been challenging for you.

Like a candle in the darkness, your faith has held the flame of hope on your planet at this time.

Like a rose in winter, many of you found ways to blossom anyways under unexpected conditions…

Messages from Spirit: A New Light

Your state of happiness is of your choosing. Your state of gratitude is of your choosing.

Your heart’s condition is of your choosing. We say this not to disempower you, but to empower you to greater choice.

We say this not to chastise you for the times you feel bad, but to reassure you that you can build a joyful heart and create that energy within yourself, even as you allow for difficult feelings to flow through…

Messages from Spirit: Return to The Core

You have been preparing for this for lifetimes.

Seeding the light. Traveling the way of the pilgrim. Journeying to your planet in service to a higher good.

Now here you are. This is your time. This is your time when the collective fruits of your endeavors will begin to bring in a harvest of wealth…

Messages from Spirit: Your Capacity For Light

Each of one of you may be experiencing some degree of fear right now.

Some degree of uncertainty. Some degree of questioning bout the course you see your world taking—

What if we told you it was safe to trust? In your personal spiritual connection. In your own heart. In your connection to All That Is…

Messages from Spirit: Return to The Garden

Rest. Each one of you. And be in this moment. And now this one. And this one.

Feel how perfectly loved and held you are.

Cradled and cared for like a rare rose in an exquisitely tended garden filled with nourishment, life, and sunlight. Upheld by the earth and her helpers from the elemental, crystal, and mineral kingdom.

That is how supported you are. That is how precious you are. This is how divinely guided you are…

Spirit Messages, WisdomBethAnne Kapansky WrightJuly 20, 2020intuitive channel, soul, heart wisdom, divine guidanceComment

Book Excerpt: To See by Candlelight

This passage is a sneak peek from my upcoming book Revelations of The Sky.

‘To See By Candlelight’

I’m trying to learn what I can in this difficult season.

The other day, I was talking to a soul sister after our workout class. She is a kindred connection who sees life through a lens of hope, and we were having an honest conversation about how our summers were going. I shared the financial pressures and unexpected breakdown that has been occurring…

It Begins In You: A Prose of Encouragement

Each day is yours to take and make.

I know it doesn’t always feel this way. I know it’s hard sometimes. I know the struggle is real. I struggle too.

And yet I also know there is so much beauty when we take the time to find our rose colored glasses and notice all the places our world is painted in color.

There is good happening when we cultivate good by finding the joy that exists.

WisdomBethAnne Kapansky WrightJune 26, 2020inspiration, higher consciousness, be the light, love, be here now, presenceComment

Moving in The Direction of Love

I woke up this morning with a quiet heart, who grew heavy when I saw the headlines and reports of more rioting and violence in the United states of America.

The household was quiet—for once I managed to sneak out of the bedroom without waking the cat or the dog (both who can be quite high needs first thing in the morning), made myself a cup of coffee, and sat down on my meditation pillows as I contemplated life and watched night’s ink sky begin to streak with dawn’s silver and gray.

I lit candle. Burned a little juniper. Put my hand on my heart, opened myself to spirit…