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Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync | Full Moon & Ovulation: How to Care for Yourself at Peak Energy · Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul

• 1:38
  SPEAKER_00: Hello and welcome to today's episode of the Healing Her Story podcast.
• 1:45
  SPEAKER_00: Today we are gathering for our weekly cycle sync episode.
• 1:50
  SPEAKER_00: And I'm excited for this episode because it's gonna be airing right as we are moving through the full moon.
• 1:58
  SPEAKER_00: So let's start with our minute of silence before diving in.
• 2:04
  SPEAKER_00: In this minute of silence, you are invited to come into a place of more presence with yourself, whatever that looks like.
• 2:11
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you're driving or doing something in the background.
• 2:16
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you are preparing a meal, doing some chores.
• 2:21
  SPEAKER_00: Whatever you're doing, you can maybe see what it would be like to stop doing that.
• 2:27
  SPEAKER_00: Or maybe just slowing down and bringing more awareness to the experience of what you're doing.
• 2:34
  SPEAKER_00: Noticing what's in your hands, noticing what your body may be making contact with.
• 2:40
  SPEAKER_00: And also maybe noticing how you're doing today, especially as we are in this full moon portal.
• 2:47
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe there is some things that need some tending to here.
• 2:51
  SPEAKER_00: And if there is, I'm gonna offer a really simple practice.
• 2:55
  SPEAKER_00: One that I share in my free trauma recovery mini course, and one that I teach all of my clients within a few times of working together.
• 3:07
  SPEAKER_00: And that's this idea of really acknowledging ourselves and attuning to ourselves.
• 3:12
  SPEAKER_00: And so as you're noticing what's here, if there is anything here, if it feels right for you, you can maybe place your hand on the heart or wherever helps you to feel most connected to yourself, and you can repeat the words I feel you quietly inside, and to notice how your system may or may not respond to those words.
• 3:39
  SPEAKER_00: So I'm gonna give you some time to do that now.
• 3:43
  SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna get my timer set, and I've got one minute on the timer here.
• 3:48
  SPEAKER_00: So we'll begin our minute of silence and possibly stillness now.
• 5:10
  SPEAKER_00: So maybe taking a moment here to notice what stood out to you.
• 5:14
  SPEAKER_00: And in addition to that feeling like it went by really fast, I'll share that I am cycle day 15 today.
• 5:22
  SPEAKER_00: And as I was going to the restroom today, this is around the time I like to track my cervical mucus.
• 5:28
  SPEAKER_00: And today I found the most sticky cervical mucus that I had tracked over the last few days.
• 5:38
  SPEAKER_00: So to me, that's confirmation that I'm very much in this window, this window of ovulation, my inner summer.
• 5:46
  SPEAKER_00: And I'll tell you, that's different from what my Mira app is saying.
• 5:51
  SPEAKER_00: And I've been sharing some of my insights over the last several months.
• 5:56
  SPEAKER_00: And so it's just interesting to see my own lived experience not quite aligning with the data.
• 6:02
  SPEAKER_00: And it's such a lovely reminder to not base everything off the data, that it's also very much about what I'm feeling and what I am experiencing.
• 6:14
  SPEAKER_00: And I just again, I just love when my cycle aligns with the cycle of the podcast.
• 6:20
  SPEAKER_00: There's really some magic there happening.
• 6:22
  SPEAKER_00: And as far as how my experience of cycle day 15 is, in addition to the cervical mucus, I'm feeling quite tired getting this episode recorded, if I'm being honest.
• 6:34
  SPEAKER_00: As I shared in another episode, I'm kind of doing a batch with these few that are coming out.
• 6:40
  SPEAKER_00: I'm in a fuller season of my life right now.
• 6:43
  SPEAKER_00: I'm working a summer camp program full time, so it's been uh quite demanding and it's just getting started.
• 6:50
  SPEAKER_00: So, anyway, recording these well ahead of time so that there are no disruptions while I'm managing that program.
• 6:58
  SPEAKER_00: And yeah, also just acknowledging that I am a bit more lower energy today, even in that fullness, just because of the the demands of this season.
• 7:09
  SPEAKER_00: And I'm still so excited and delighted to be here with you, to tap into this week's lunar energy with you.
• 7:18
  SPEAKER_00: You know, in spite of the fullness of my life, I find that really working with these cycles and these energies, both internally and externally, truly do support me.
• 7:31
  SPEAKER_00: It's this blueprint that I can follow.
• 7:35
  SPEAKER_00: And it reminds me that nothing is forever, that eventually this full season of my life, fuller season of my life will come to an end and a different season will begin.
• 7:47
  SPEAKER_00: And just the act of tracking the fullness within me allows me to be more comfortable with the fullness around me as well.
• 7:57
  SPEAKER_00: So I'm still very much here, and it will be a shorter episode today.
• 8:02
  SPEAKER_00: So let's let's go ahead and dive in.
• 8:04
  SPEAKER_00: This week we are attuning to the energy of the full moon.
• 8:10
  SPEAKER_00: And as we're moving through cancer season, our focus for these Monday episodes is on care and how we work with the lunar energy to inform the way we care for ourselves.
• 8:23
  SPEAKER_00: So today's invitations are relevant to the full moon we are moving through right now, and they can also apply to your inner summer or your ovulation time.
• 8:33
  SPEAKER_00: You are very welcome to take note of these invitations so that when you arrive at your next ovulation, you have some things ready to explore.
• 8:43
  SPEAKER_00: The full moon is a time of fullness.
• 8:46
  SPEAKER_00: The moon is at the peak of its light, and in the menstrual cycle, estrogen is at the peak during this time as well.
• 8:53
  SPEAKER_00: And with that, there are a few ways I've found to be most supportive for me personally.
• 9:00
  SPEAKER_00: And as always, I invite you to discern and to feel into what actually works best for you.
• 9:06
  SPEAKER_00: But I'm going to share what has worked really well for me and what I believe are some of the most powerful ways we can harness the energy of the full moon.
• 9:16
  SPEAKER_00: The first invitation is creative expression.
• 9:20
  SPEAKER_00: With energy at its peak, there can often be an amplification of feeling, of intensity, and sometimes the most supportive thing we can do is to find a healthy outlet for that.
• 9:34
  SPEAKER_00: I don't think many of us consider how we can use art to express our emotions.
• 9:39
  SPEAKER_00: And sometimes we talk ourselves out of it.
• 9:41
  SPEAKER_00: We might say things like, I'm not good at this, or it doesn't have any value, or I don't know how.
• 9:48
  SPEAKER_00: What I know from my own lived experience is that there is something so powerful and healing about getting what is inside of you, outside of you, whether that's through drawing, painting, dancing, singing, improv, cooking, tending to your home.
• 10:08
  SPEAKER_00: We all have an inherent desire to create and to make.
• 10:14
  SPEAKER_00: Aligning that with the full moon is such a wonderful way to support yourself as we move through what can be a more activating and intense time.
• 10:24
  SPEAKER_00: The second invitation is to connect.
• 10:26
  SPEAKER_00: This can mean connecting with yourself, or if it feels right, connecting with others.
• 10:31
  SPEAKER_00: Human connection is such an instrumental piece of our well-being.
• 10:37
  SPEAKER_00: We are hardwired for it.
• 10:39
  SPEAKER_00: We genuinely need other humans to thrive.
• 10:43
  SPEAKER_00: So I'm inviting you again to discern what feels best for you this week.
• 10:49
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you take yourself on a solo date, maybe a trip to the museum, an out-of-town adventure, or a cozy nest at home to create, reflect, or simply rest.
• 11:00
  SPEAKER_00: Perhaps you might want to connect inward through meditation, breath work, journaling, or time in nature.
• 11:08
  SPEAKER_00: And if you're more of an extrovert or just craving some social nourishment, this might be a great week for a girl's night or a long dinner with a friend you haven't seen in a while, or maybe having people over.
• 11:20
  SPEAKER_00: The key word there is nourishment.
• 11:24
  SPEAKER_00: So connecting with people who actually fill you up rather than drain you.
• 11:30
  SPEAKER_00: The third invitation is to take action.
• 11:33
  SPEAKER_00: In the waxing moon phase, we are researching, planning, gathering.
• 11:38
  SPEAKER_00: Now that you may have gathered that information, it might be time to start actually moving on it.
• 11:45
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe that's booking an appointment or reaching out to a mentor or starting a conversation you've been putting off.
• 11:53
  SPEAKER_00: The action doesn't have to be grand.
• 11:55
  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes one small conversation sets us on an entirely new trajectory.
• 12:01
  SPEAKER_00: If there's something you've been thinking about, maybe even overthinking, overanalyzing, or quietly ruminating on, the full moon is such a beautiful time to finally move.
• 12:14
  SPEAKER_00: And what I've noticed is that the full moon is so powerful that she sometimes has a way of inviting things out of you, whether you feel ready or not.
• 12:25
  SPEAKER_00: Something comes into the spotlight and becomes undeniable.
• 12:30
  SPEAKER_00: And that undeniability is what finally motivates you to take that action because the non-action is no longer an option for the change you want to experience.
• 12:43
  SPEAKER_00: So those are your three invitations this week: creative expression, connection, and action.
• 12:50
  SPEAKER_00: And you might want to explore how you can incorporate these into your self-care.
• 12:57
  SPEAKER_00: I do want to leave you with one last thing, and that's this idea of celebrating yourself.
• 13:03
  SPEAKER_00: I have a trauma-informed somatic meditation centered around this idea, and I've linked that for you in the show notes this week.
• 13:12
  SPEAKER_00: In trauma-informed care, there's a concept called resourcing.
• 13:17
  SPEAKER_00: It's about acknowledging what's going well, what we can celebrate, what gives us that sense of feeling okay, and acknowledging what you've already gone through.
• 13:29
  SPEAKER_00: The simple act of acknowledgement actually builds confidence and paves the path for more positive change.
• 13:38
  SPEAKER_00: When we're only focused on what's not working, what needs fixing, what needs changing, it wears us down and it can disconnect us from our sense of hope and possibility and keep us stuck in an endless loop.
• 13:50
  SPEAKER_00: And when we're in that loop, we can miss all the beauty and the fullness that is already here.
• 13:58
  SPEAKER_00: So maybe take some time to celebrate yourself this week, especially with the summer solstice just passing.
• 14:04
  SPEAKER_00: If you need some support with that, you can find the meditation link for you in the show notes.
• 14:09
  SPEAKER_00: I'm wishing you an illuminating week ahead, and I look forward to connecting with you in the next episode.