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…

Happiness Is The Act of Being Whole

Back in January I chose 'Happiness' as the theme I wanted to learn about and grow in 2020.

Each year I choose a word or phrase whose essence and energy I'd like to better know and understand. Then as the year goes on, I begin to see what the word has to teach me, which always shows up in unexpected ways— sometimes rewriting my definition and understanding of the word entirely.

For example, I once chose “Peaceful Heart” with the intent that my life be drama free and heart healing after a previous year fraught with transition and heartache…

Wisdom, ReflectionsBethAnne Kapansky WrightMay 3, 2020happiness, spiritual development, healing, self-growth, intuitionComment

We Are Our Own Experts: 3 Ways to Embrace Our Experience of Self

Carrying an invisible wound inside of yourself isn’t easy. When I lost my brother in 2016, I walked around for a long time afterwards feeling like half of my lungs had been ripped out.

I looked whole on the outside. Perhaps if you looked in my face you might see the stress lines and grief in my eyes, but otherwise my appearance showed nothing to indicate the deep suffering I felt inside.

Reflections, BookBethAnne Kapansky WrightMarch 5, 2020grief, loss, heartbreak, healing, wellness, empaths, hihglysensitive, intuition, soulComment

Loving Myself Whole After Loss

My brother would have been 43 this week. His birthdays are a strange event for me.

Every year that another one passes; I move further down a timeline without his physical presence and wonder who he would have been if he’d lived to see that age.

ReflectionsBethAnne Kapansky WrightJune 12, 2019grief, loss, healing, heart wisdomComment