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Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync -The Waxing Moon & The Art of Co-Creation – How to Take Aligned Action Without Burning Out · Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul

• 1:37
  SPEAKER_00: Hello and welcome to today's episode of the Healing Her Story Podcast.
• 1:43
  SPEAKER_00: Today we are gathering for our weekly Cycle Sync episode, and I'll share a little bit more about the invitations and the opportunities that we have for this week.
• 1:54
  SPEAKER_00: Before we begin, I want to take a moment to acknowledge you.
• 1:58
  SPEAKER_00: I really see you showing up for yourself, doing this work that, let's be real, isn't always easy and doesn't always feel good.
• 2:07
  SPEAKER_00: And yet there is a part of you that chooses to press play and to keep tuning in week after week and explore how you can begin to live in alignment both with your inner rhythm and these natural rhythms and cycles of the world that we live in.
• 2:27
  SPEAKER_00: I truly believe that when we begin to work with these cycles, instead of working against them, that we can create more harmony and that a lot of our disease that we experience being a woman in this modern patriarchal capitalist society, a lot of that struggle and that distress and that frustration, while it may not completely go away, can certainly begin to soften when you begin to really embody your unique rhythm and expression.
• 3:05
  SPEAKER_00: And that is the work that we are doing here.
• 3:08
  SPEAKER_00: So thank you again for being here and for tuning in.
• 3:13
  SPEAKER_00: If this is your first time here, welcome.
• 3:15
  SPEAKER_00: I'm so grateful to have you here.
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  SPEAKER_00: I do not take your presence and your time for granted.
• 3:23
  SPEAKER_00: And I hope that today's episode is insightful for you.
• 3:27
  SPEAKER_00: I hope that it's supportive for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we'll talk a little bit more about how you can work with this week's energy right after our minute of silence.
• 3:36
  SPEAKER_00: We begin with this minute of silence in each of our weekly cycle sync episodes, mostly as an opportunity for you to sense into where you are in your inner rhythm.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because it's helpful to know where we are in these greater rhythms and cycles, yes.
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  SPEAKER_00: And there is your own rhythm happening inside of you.
• 4:00
  SPEAKER_00: So I hope that in this minute of silence that you can begin to check in or to at least just come into a place of more presence with yourself, whether you're driving or doing some chores or got something going on in the background, seeing if you might be able to take a minute of stillness, even if it's just for a little bit.
• 4:22
  SPEAKER_00: And as you begin to come into more presence with yourself, whatever that may look like today, starting to become aware of your breath.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe even beginning to slow the breath down.
• 4:40
  SPEAKER_00: And as you slow the breath down, may you begin to be pulled into your inner world.
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  SPEAKER_00: And continuing to follow the breath as you explore for the next minute.
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  SPEAKER_00: Curious to know what you uncovered, if anything at all.
• 6:13
  SPEAKER_00: If you didn't uncover anything, that's okay too.
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  SPEAKER_00: I myself just took some deep breaths and just kind of allowed myself to just kind of rest and relax for a moment as I am about mid-cycle, and I can feel that drop beginning to happen now.
• 6:35
  SPEAKER_00: And you might have heard me say a similar thing in last week's check-in, and that's because I am batching the episodes for this month, which is something that I have always wanted to do, and honestly, just probably didn't plan properly for it.
• 6:53
  SPEAKER_00: And so I planned much better this cycle.
• 6:56
  SPEAKER_00: And as I'm getting ready to start the final leg of a youth performing arts summer camp that I am an assistant manager for, I really wanted to allow myself to enjoy that time and not be adding any more stress or work at the end or at the beginning of my day.
• 7:21
  SPEAKER_00: And so I really prioritize these episodes this cycle so that when summer camp begins again and when I start my next bleed, because that will definitely be happening, happening while I'm working summer camp, all of these are taken care of, and all of you who have been listening regularly are taken care of, and that just feels so good to me.
• 7:47
  SPEAKER_00: So celebrating that for myself today, and yeah, really curious to see how the rest of this cycle will unfold.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today we are attuning to the energy of the waxing moon and for the rest of this week, really.
• 8:08
  SPEAKER_00: And we're talking about the week of July 28th.
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  SPEAKER_00: And seriously, how is it already the end of July?
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  SPEAKER_00: I feel like time is just flying by between summer schedules, family obligations, the energy of the summer season, and all of the things that pull on our time.
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  SPEAKER_00: I really hope that you've found even just a tiny pocket of time over the last new moon weekend to rest, restore, and reconnect.
• 8:47
  SPEAKER_00: And if you haven't, I get it.
• 8:49
  SPEAKER_00: That's okay too.
• 8:51
  SPEAKER_00: What I will offer here is maybe a gentle invitation to give yourself permission.
• 9:00
  SPEAKER_00: Because I remember when I used to struggle with my inner spring or follicular phase, which is associated with this waxing moon.
• 9:08
  SPEAKER_00: I had this unspoken expectation that once my bleed was done, that my rest was done too.
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  SPEAKER_00: That as soon as it was over, it was go time, it was push time, rise and shine and do all the things time.
• 9:25
  SPEAKER_00: And you know that worked until it didn't.
• 9:29
  SPEAKER_00: I started having IBS flare-ups, immune crashes, and waves of anxiety and overwhelm that I couldn't quite place.
• 9:39
  SPEAKER_00: One day in the stillness, I heard a message from deep within.
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  SPEAKER_00: So now, yes, even in this waxing moon inner springtime, I really prioritize rest.
• 10:06
  SPEAKER_00: And maybe it's a different kind of rest than the rest that you have during your bleed.
• 10:11
  SPEAKER_00: To me, that rest that happens during the bleed, it kind of just completely takes you and just knocks you flat.
• 10:19
  SPEAKER_00: And there's really sometimes not much else you can do but to just lay around.
• 10:26
  SPEAKER_00: And so as the estrogen is rising and the energy is rising, it might be tricky to get that same kind of deep rest and stillness.
• 10:39
  SPEAKER_00: But we can play with doing rest, with having rest, with getting rest, prioritizing rest in a way that is more rhythmic, where we show up and we do something and then we take a break.
• 10:55
  SPEAKER_00: And then we show up and we do something and then we take a break.
• 11:01
  SPEAKER_00: This kind of rest is the rest that can really nourish the roots while your stem is slowly beginning to stretch upward.
• 11:14
  SPEAKER_00: Because here's what I believe to be true, and what I really know in my bones to be true, is that healing and growth, I can't always look like hustle.
• 11:26
  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes there are these big waves of output and things happening and breakthroughs and manifestations, and then sometimes healing and growth just looks like being patient, it looks like slowing down and listening and really allowing the magic to unfold in these sort of in-between phases, which is where we're in right now.
• 11:55
  SPEAKER_00: Waxing moon is this in-between phase between the new moon and the full moon.
• 12:02
  SPEAKER_00: And that brings us to today's offering, today's opportunity, today's invitation.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that is the power of co-creation.
• 12:14
  SPEAKER_00: Now, if you're big into manifestation, this might feel a little controversial.
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  SPEAKER_00: While, yes, I believe in magic, I believe in the mystery, and I believe in a higher intelligence that goes far beyond what the mind can comprehend.
• 12:32
  SPEAKER_00: I believe in synchronicity, I believe in divine timing.
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  SPEAKER_00: I experience it almost every day.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I also believe this and know this to be true, is that you can't just set it and forget it.
• 12:47
  SPEAKER_00: Let's be real, creating the life you want, whether it's in your healing, your relationships, your career, your creative expression, it requires a partnership.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's like planting a seed.
• 13:02
  SPEAKER_00: You can set your intention and lay it gently in the soil, but if you don't water it, tend to it, protect it from the elements, it won't grow, or maybe it will grow, but it won't reach its fullest expression.
• 13:18
  SPEAKER_00: You can think of the universe as the soil, and you can think of yourself as the gardener.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the waxing moon is a time to roll up our sleeves and to do a little tending.
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  SPEAKER_00: This might look like doing the research, sending the email, booking the consultation, starting the outline of that creative project you've been dreaming about, taking just one next right step.
• 13:50
  SPEAKER_00: And even small movements, I believe, send ripples through the unseen realms.
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  SPEAKER_00: And when the universe sees you showing up with your heart and consistency, I have found in my experience that it meets you there.
• 14:08
  SPEAKER_00: This is the sweet rhythm of co-creation.
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  SPEAKER_00: You act, you receive, you listen, you respond.
• 14:16
  SPEAKER_00: It's a dance.
• 14:19
  SPEAKER_00: If you're wanting to work with this energy of Leo season that we're leaning into the next few episodes, this is a really potent time to begin a new creative project.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I'm curious about what wants to be expressed through you.
• 14:38
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe it's a poem, maybe it's a drawing or a painting, maybe it's just buying a sketchbook and getting back to some of the things that you enjoyed when you were a little one.
• 14:54
  SPEAKER_00: Whatever creative project you wind up doing, the invitation is to really nurture and tend to this creative project throughout Leo season and over the next few weeks.
• 15:07
  SPEAKER_00: We'll be continuing our conversation on creativity.
• 15:12
  SPEAKER_00: If you haven't had the chance to listen to our first conversation of the cycle that aired on Friday, I invite you to go back and give it a listen.
• 15:22
  SPEAKER_00: And I very much look forward to seeing how things unfold over the next few weeks.
• 15:29
  SPEAKER_00: If you are in need of support with this process of co creation and receiving information and using it to help you recalibrate, you can find a free breathwork meditation on Insight Timer in the show notes.