From Rage to Renewal: Harvest, Burn, and Bless Your Way Into Becoming

donna conley
9 hours ago
4 min read

In my last post, Write the Rage, Release the Rage, we began this full-moon-to-full-moon journey by letting the raw truth move through us — uncensored, unedited, unpretty.

We wrote the rage so it wouldn’t stay trapped in our bodies, looping through our nervous systems. Through the rage to renewal ritual, we named it and released it.

But release is not the end.

When the fire of anger dies down, the embers still glow — and in those embers lies wisdom. This is where we begin the next part of our ritual: transforming the energy we’ve freed into the foundation for who we are becoming.

Throughout the upcoming waning phase, we will reflect, burn, and bless.

Before you begin, remember to light the same white candle you’ve been using for this ritual. Let it be your flame of truth, present for every journaling session and sacred act that follows.

The Rage to Renewal Ritual

Use the waning cycle to help us release, forgive, and love ourselves.

Step 1 – Revisit Step One

If you haven’t yet begun with Write the Rage, Release the Rage, start now. You are not behind — you are right on time. Trust your rhythm. Trust your flow.

Step 2 – Reflection & Lesson Harvest (Waning Gibbous)

Rage is a powerful truth-teller. Once its heat fades, we can see the patterns, wounds, and false beliefs it revealed.

Ask yourself:

What did my rage show me about what I value?
What patterns or roles keep me stuck in cycles I’m ready to leave?
What lesson is this pain asking me to learn?

Let your journal be a mirror — not for the one who hurt you, but for your own truth. This is the “harvest” — gathering the medicine from the wound so nothing is wasted.

If you have my first book, turn to page 89 for the What Am I? exercise. It’s designed to help you uncover limiting beliefs and self-definitions that hold you back.

Examples include:

I’m not good enough,
I don’t have enough money.
I will get hurt,
All people cheat me,
I’m not the problem (denial blocks energy),
It’s too late to pursue my dreams.

This practice helps you identify two things:

What you believe you are (“I am…”)
What you believe you can do (“I will…”)

Step 3 – The Burning: A Rite of Becoming (Last Quarter Moon)

Now we release the identities and beliefs that no longer fit.

Review your journaling from the full moon until now and make two lists:

What I Think I Am — every role, title, or version of yourself that feels outdated, heavy, or false. (Even ones you love but want to reimagine — like “Mom,” “Wife,” or “Employee.”) Include limiting beliefs like “I’m too old” or “I’m not pretty enough.”
Who I Want to Be — the future self you are consciously calling in.

In sacred space, tear the What I Think I Am list into pieces and submerge them in water. As they sink, imagine those old versions dissolving from your energy. Leave this bowl on your altar or in your moon-work space — you’ll need it in the days ahead.

Then step into your Who I Want to Be list: stand tall, look in the mirror, speak it aloud, breathe it in, and claim it.

Step 4 – The Blessing (Waning Crescent)

Before the cycle closes, we bless and release.

This isn’t about condoning what happened — it’s about declaring that the energy of those people, places, and moments no longer lives in you.

Hold in your mind each connection tied to your old roles. Whisper a blessing — even if it’s as simple as, “I release you.” Then place your fingertips in the same water that holds your dissolving paper. Let the water carry the last threads away.

Just before the new moon, pour the water into the earth while reciting:

Invocation:

Earth, you are my base. You give and sustain life.

Take these thoughts and versions of me that no longer serve.

I no longer need them.

Please compost them into something beautiful.

Why The Rage to Renewal Ritual Works

This month-long ritual is not just symbolic — it’s a somatic, energetic reclamation. You are:

Releasing stored tension from the body
Closing loops that drain your power
Choosing your identity with intention
Stepping into your next chapter fully awake

When we move from rage to renewal, we don’t bypass the pain — we transform it. We harvest the lesson, burn the old self, and bless the path ahead.

✨ Up Next: As the new moon arrives, we’ll step into the next phase of becoming — planting the seeds for the life that already lives inside us. This is where intention becomes creation, and the vision you’ve been holding begins to take shape.

Stay with me. The next chapter begins in the dark — where all new life is born.

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Your rage is not a flaw — it’s a compass.

I’d love to hear your experience. Share a photo, tag me @wildmoonhealers, use #writetherage #releasetherage #ragetorenewal, or send me a message.

We rise higher when we rise together.

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