How Darkness Can Inspire New Beginnings

We’ll be moving into another new moon phase soon – which always brings a time of new beginnings. Where one door closes, another one opens.

During a new moon phase, the sky is completely black, other than the surrounding stars. It’s the point in every month when the moon takes a retreat and begins to grow again, redoubling her light and reflecting new creative energy on the world.

It brings to our awareness the potential that darkness has in shedding light on life’s lessons and the many gifts that would otherwise go unnoticed.

As poet Mary Oliver once wrote, “Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.”

The energies of the dark moon can feel especially potent. That’s because they are. They represent the unknown and can send a magnetic pull to lure our willingness and our desire to find out – “What is the gift in this darkness that is waiting to be discovered by me?“

The darkness of the moon brings an opportunity to reflect on our life’s journey by taking a closer look at who we are – underneath the layers of life. It’s a time to turn within and write about our inner thoughts and feelings.

By looking for the “light” – and knowing that it’s there, somewhere, waiting to be discovered – we can reach a place where our personal reflection begins to shed its own light.

It’s a time to ponder where we’ve been, how we got to where we are now, and where to go from here. It’s an opportunity to explore new ways of thinking and to prepare for a new path of travel. It also marks an ideal time for connecting with our inner selves and our true heart’s desire.

This is a time where dots start to connect and patterns start to reveal themselves – just as the stars do in the night sky. Everything has a place and everything has a purpose. Now it becomes our job to find our place in the next phase of life’s journey.

And the first step toward this new phase is the realization that there is a gift in everything IF we choose to see it.

It’s a perfect opportunity to make a new discovery about yourself as you contemplate the next evolution of YOU.

Join me this Saturday, May 16th at 11:00 a.m. (eastern) – for a special new moon dialogue with fellow luminary, Jeannine Lee as part of the Happily (Ever) After Divorce Telesummit. We’ll be discussing how journaling through the moon phases inspires new beginnings – and how the greatest transformational gifts are found in those darker moments of life.

While the telesummit focuses on the topic of life after a divorce, it actually speaks to anyone going through a major life transition. Along with 20 other self-help experts, I’ll be bringing my best tips to the bigger conversation, helping you move through a difficult life phase – and get to the other side.

By tapping into the wisdom of the moon phases – and through the art of journal writing, you can be gently led into your own “new moon beginning” with grace, ease, and a crystal clear clarity for what will best support your transitional path.

There is no cost to join the call – and it will be recorded if you’re unable to join us live. So go ahead and register regardless of what your Saturday plans are.

And bring your journal with you to the call (or to the recorded version). You’ll want to capture the wisdom that we share and the powerful questions you can ask yourself while navigating a dark period in your life – such as divorce, a job loss, depression, or any major life transition that leaves you feeling heavy or hopeless.

Here’s to magical new beginnings that are inspired by the unique gifts that are found in the darker parts of life!