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Moon Phases & Feminine Power - Your Weekly Cycle Sync: Let This Full Moon Show You How Far You've Come · 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: If you are just joining us for the first time here today, welcome.
• 1:50
  SPEAKER_00: I am so delighted to have you and to be able to share this time with you and to be able to help you remember this feminine wisdom that I truly believe already lives inside of you.
• 2:10
  SPEAKER_00: If you are returning, welcome back.
• 2:13
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you so much for tuning in week after week.
• 2:19
  SPEAKER_00: I truly do not take your time for granted.
• 2:23
  SPEAKER_00: We live such busy and full lives.
• 2:25
  SPEAKER_00: And let's be honest, there's so many choices out there nowadays.
• 2:29
  SPEAKER_00: There's so many different podcasts, there's so many different books and audiobooks and things on Instagram and TikTok and streaming and YouTube.
• 2:39
  SPEAKER_00: It's just we are inundated with information constantly.
• 2:44
  SPEAKER_00: And I know I'm very discerning about what I listen to, especially in the podcast format, because it is so intimate.
• 2:53
  SPEAKER_00: So it's truly an honor that you choose to return and to spend this time together.
• 3:01
  SPEAKER_00: So thank you so much for being here.
• 3:05
  SPEAKER_00: We are gathering this week for our weekly Cycle Sync Feminine Power Moon Phases episode.
• 3:12
  SPEAKER_00: And if you were here for the last few cycle check-ins, you might have noticed that we were really going deep in the menstrual cycle.
• 3:22
  SPEAKER_00: And I hope that was helpful for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you haven't tuned into those and you're curious about how to work with your menstrual cycle more closely, I would invite you to go back and give those a listen.
• 3:33
  SPEAKER_00: I shared so much juicy insights and information and things that I that really work for me.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's not to say that they will work for you, but things that you can explore and consider.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so we closed out that series and now we are back to our more regular focus on the moon phases.
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  SPEAKER_00: So today we are going to be attuning to the energy of the full moon, which I'll speak to here in a moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: But first, let's begin with our minute of silence.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in this minute of silence, you are invited to come into a place of more presence with yourself, whatever that looks like, whether you're driving or doing some chores or got something going on in the background.
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  SPEAKER_00: Seeing what it would be like to slow down, even if it's just a little bit.
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  SPEAKER_00: Taking some time to do that now.
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  SPEAKER_00: Even if they're not the most profound insights.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe they can create just a small pause in your day.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I think just creating those little pockets of space can be, I know for me, so supportive on this journey.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that's why I like to offer those to you.
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  SPEAKER_00: And they're honestly very helpful for me, too.
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  SPEAKER_00: And for as far as what I'm noticing today, I am cycle day eight today.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the eighth day in my menstrual cycle.
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  SPEAKER_00: Still very early in the cycle, and that's something that I need to remind myself right around this time.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I'm going gently.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm really working on pacing.
• 7:43
  SPEAKER_00: And this week is great for that because I do have some time off from my part-time work with the school district.
• 7:52
  SPEAKER_00: The schools are closed for the week, and so I've got no classes to teach to small children, which is always a welcomed change of pace.
• 8:04
  SPEAKER_00: I've got uh some clients I'm seeing this week, which is always very lovely and welcomed.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I have most of the days off this week.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I'm going to be closing down the office for a few days and driving down to Southern California to see my family, my dad's side of the family.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we'll have a big uh Thanksgiving gathering of about 20 people.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's been a while since I've had one of those.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I'm looking forward to it.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've got a good uh relationship with my dad, and I always really enjoy my time down there.
• 8:42
  SPEAKER_00: So I think it'll be very easy this week to pace myself, to get a little bit more rest while I did prioritize rest during my bleed.
• 8:53
  SPEAKER_00: I still did have to work during this bleed.
• 8:56
  SPEAKER_00: And yeah, had a really big, I think I mentioned it in the last cycle check-in, just a big moment at school with our big dance showcase.
• 9:07
  SPEAKER_00: And it went pretty well.
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  SPEAKER_00: I, of course, as an achiever, always think that things could go better.
• 9:14
  SPEAKER_00: And so uh try not to focus on that too much, but it did really touch on something uh really tender inside of me, and I think because I was in such that um late winter, early, early spring phase, it it was a bit more, um, I was a bit more sensitive than perhaps maybe at a different time in the cycle.
• 9:37
  SPEAKER_00: So so kind of tending to that and um recovering from that and just needing some more rest and space, which um again worked out really lovely this week that I am recording.
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  SPEAKER_00: As far as this week, this week, the week of um wow, excuse me, I kind of lost my words there for a moment because I'm like, holy shit, it's December 1st.
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  SPEAKER_00: Wow.
• 10:03
  SPEAKER_00: Wow.
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  SPEAKER_00: This year has gone by so fast, so fast.
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  SPEAKER_00: Wow.
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  SPEAKER_00: I know it has for me.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this week, the week of December 1st, we are tuning to the full moon.
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  SPEAKER_00: And not just any full moon, but the final full illumination of the calendar year.
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  SPEAKER_00: As we reach this point in the cycle, I want to remind you there is a natural slowing down happening right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: And yet, within our Western culture, this is the moment everything ramps up.
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  SPEAKER_00: You might have already been feeling it with the holiday last week, the family gatherings, the friends givings, the Black Friday deals, the travel plans, the holiday prep.
• 10:58
  SPEAKER_00: And then if you're on a healing journey, it can feel like you're carrying all of that, plus whatever is moving through you internally, the transformation you've gone through this year, that you are still going through this year, the grief that's maybe surfaced surfaced, the old wounds that have come to the surface to be tended and loved.
• 11:23
  SPEAKER_00: So I'm going to invite you to look again, time and time again.
• 11:29
  SPEAKER_00: I will remind you at what nature is doing here in the northern hemisphere where I am living currently.
• 11:38
  SPEAKER_00: If you are in the southern hemisphere, it is a bit of a different pace.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's essentially the opposite.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's more of a spring blooming, budding energy.
• 11:50
  SPEAKER_00: But here in the northern hemisphere, the leaves are shedding.
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  SPEAKER_00: The flowers are offering their very last blooms of the season.
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  SPEAKER_00: I love to buy fresh flowers every week at the farmer's market, and right about now, the fresh flowers are starting to dwindle.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I actually very intentionally don't buy flowers from the grocery stores during this time of year to really honor the season of winter, and I will go for dried flowers, is usually what I'll do, and I'll try to buy some from local vendors.
• 12:29
  SPEAKER_00: And so I'm starting to kind of keep my eye out for beautiful dried flower bouquets because nature is really beginning to contract into itself.
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  SPEAKER_00: I know I've been feeling that too.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm starting to have ideas and goals, uh, things that I want to create and work towards in the next year.
• 12:51
  SPEAKER_00: And then when I really tune into my body, I can feel that the energy just isn't there.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's harder to get out of bed.
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  SPEAKER_00: It takes more effort to socialize.
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  SPEAKER_00: It to me really does feel like a descent, much like the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we can see it, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm recording this at 5 p.m.
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  SPEAKER_00: in the evening, and it's almost dark where I'm living.
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  SPEAKER_00: And during the summer, it doesn't get dark until eight or nine.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so even during a workday, it's much harder for me to work later in the evening because it's darker outside and therefore darker within me.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm ready to get cozy and get ready for bed.
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  SPEAKER_00: So it's it's an interesting dynamic this time of year.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if the end of the year is already feeling like a lot, know that you're tuned into a rhythm that is more true than the cultural pressure to produce and perform.
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  SPEAKER_00: And with the full moon this week, you might notice that friction a little bit more.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because the full moon illuminates, it spotlights, it shows us clearly what's been building, and maybe what's been working and maybe what hasn't been working.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, a beautiful question you might want to ask yourself right now is what do I want to spotlight in my life?
• 14:31
  SPEAKER_00: This is the week where everything you've been working towards begins to culminate.
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  SPEAKER_00: And not just over this last lunar cycle, but over these last 11 months.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you've been pacing yourself, taking small steps, making the next right move slowly but surely, this full moon is an invitation to look back and actually see what has manifested.
• 14:58
  SPEAKER_00: If you're like me and you like to write down intentions or maybe keep a vision board, this is such a powerful full moon to revisit those things and see what you can cross off.
• 15:11
  SPEAKER_00: I had a moment recently where I realized I could cross off so many things I had hoped for this year.
• 15:17
  SPEAKER_00: Learning to play an instrument, studying internal family systems more deeply, paying off debt, painting a mural, really focusing on my fertility, my health.
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  SPEAKER_00: And while it's not about the accomplishment itself, it's really about who you become along the way.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think it's important to honor these moments because too often we rush past them.
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  SPEAKER_00: We skip right to the next thing without letting our heart and our body and our nervous system catch up.
• 15:57
  SPEAKER_00: As a somatic practitioner, I'm always orienting towards embodiment.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you can let these seemingly small yet deeply significant moments land in your body and in your nervous system, they begin to recalibrate your nervous system and they can help you grow in your confidence and your trust in yourself, which really are the same thing because the word confid, the root word of confidance is confidante, I believe.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that translates to trust.
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  SPEAKER_00: And maybe didn't do the best job at that, but they they are essentially the same thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: When I started honoring these moments monthly, maybe not monthly, but bi-monthly or even just a few times a year, just regularly, something really shifted.
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  SPEAKER_00: How do you move and think differently in the world?
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  SPEAKER_00: How are you putting yourself out there now in ways that you haven't before?
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  SPEAKER_00: What things that were really bothering you are no longer bothering you anymore?
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  SPEAKER_00: How have you stood up for yourself, advocated for yourself?
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  SPEAKER_00: How have you created new healthy boundaries and new ways of being in relationships and also being in relationship with yourself?
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  SPEAKER_00: What new habits have you begun to really see take shape here?
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  SPEAKER_00: My guess is that if you're listening to this, you've been doing the work.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this full moon is your moment to take a breath, to take a step back, and to actually witness how far you've come.
• 18:26
  SPEAKER_00: If you need support tuning into that, I've linked a few free somatic meditations on Insight Timer in the show notes.