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Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync – The Missing Piece in the Full Moon Phase · Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul

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  SPEAKER_00: Hello and welcome to today's episode of the Healing Her Story podcast.
• 1:44
  SPEAKER_00: And welcome to this week's moon phases and feminine power weekly cycle sync.
• 1:53
  SPEAKER_00: If this is your first time here, welcome.
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  SPEAKER_00: I am so honored and delighted to share this feminine wisdom with you, which by the way, I believe already lives inside of you.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's regardless if you identify as a woman or perhaps maybe a non-binary human, or even if you identify as a man and you're tuning into these episodes, there is something I believe that we can all really gain from living in this cyclical way.
• 2:29
  SPEAKER_00: Because there is a rhythm that is happening inside of us all day, every day.
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  SPEAKER_00: The days move in cycles, the months move in cycles, the year, the seasons, also our circadian rhythm that wakes us up and sets us off to bed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Our breath moves in cycles.
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  SPEAKER_00: So there really is a rhythm to life.
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  SPEAKER_00: And there is such magic and beauty and power that can happen when we begin to tune in.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's exactly what we're doing here.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you are returning, welcome back.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just as honored and delighted to have you here today as well, continuing to remember this wisdom, this rhythm that already lives inside of you.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I believe when we do this work, it's it's so much more than just cycle sinking.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's so much more than just doing a new moon ritual and a full moon ritual.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is about living in a way that is really honoring life and honoring the pace of life, the unfolding of life that happens in a cyclic.
• 3:54
  SPEAKER_00: Oh my goodness.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sicular?
• 3:57
  SPEAKER_00: Sicular.
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  SPEAKER_00: There we go.
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  SPEAKER_00: Process.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the world that we live in right now is it's a really interesting place.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's an interesting time to be alive.
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  SPEAKER_00: And while I try to really focus on my micro level and the impact that I can make in my day-to-day interactions in the lives of my clients, of my students, of the humans that I just interact with at the grocery store, is worth mentioning that on a global scale, there is a lot of violence, oppression, fear, pain, sorrow, depression, anxiety, uncertainty.
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  SPEAKER_00: All of that is pulsing through the collective energy, and it can be a lot.
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  SPEAKER_00: It really can.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this is the work that I'm here to do.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is the work that I believe in, is supporting the rising energy of the feminine frequency.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this isn't just a woo-woo thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is a values thing, compassion, gentleness, softness, patience, understanding, intuition, care.
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  SPEAKER_00: All of these qualities that are associated with the feminine, we generally undervalue or don't value in our society.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you ask me, I believe that this is why we're here.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is why the world is the way it is.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because something went wrong somewhere, and we lost sight of how much these values matter, how necessary these values are in order to balance out the action, the force, the push, the effort, the doing, the structure, the more masculine ways, which we need.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's too much of it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's why we're here tuning in and doing this work.
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  SPEAKER_00: I know that was kind of a big start.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think it's worth doing as we are in big times right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this is a big week.
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  SPEAKER_00: Astrologically, we are just coming out of a full moon eclipse at the time that this episode is being aired, which we will begin to tune into here in just a moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: Before we do, let's take a minute of silence to maybe let all of that which I just shared land.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as you notice how it may or may not land, tuning into the body, tuning into how you're feeling, what you're experiencing in this moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: I invite you to come into a place of more presence with yourself, whatever that looks like.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you're driving or doing chores or taking care of some things.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's okay.
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  SPEAKER_00: Seeing if you can slow down even just a little bit.
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  SPEAKER_00: And notice what's here.
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  SPEAKER_00: Notice what's here inside of you.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as you do, you can also maybe begin to sense and tune into your unique rhythm.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because yes, there is a rhythm to life, and you have your own unique rhythm.
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  SPEAKER_00: So noticing if you have a menstrual cycle that you might be aware of where you might be in that.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you don't have one, that's okay too.
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  SPEAKER_00: Again, we still have these cycles and rhythms happening inside of us.
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  SPEAKER_00: So noticing if you're in more of a high or a low or an ebb or a flow, or maybe a season.
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  SPEAKER_00: Our one minute of silence will begin now.
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  SPEAKER_00: Whatever that looks like for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'll share a little bit about what that was like for me.
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  SPEAKER_00: I am cycle day 19 today in my menstrual cycle.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm just kind of coming down from my inner summer and beginning my transition into my inner autumn.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I quite like this time.
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  SPEAKER_00: I usually feel really grateful around this time because I have begun to see some of the fruits of my labor, if you will.
• 11:56
  SPEAKER_00: So I've had several beautiful moments like that over the past week.
• 12:02
  SPEAKER_00: I've had a really big interview with a very special guest whose episode will be airing on Friday.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, uh, or excuse me, it aired last Friday, the time that this is airing that I'm recording.
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  SPEAKER_00: It will be releasing on Friday.
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  SPEAKER_00: So by the time you're listening to this episode, it will have just come out.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I hope that you'll tune in.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I also had a really big moment for a creative project.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've begun to slowly work on.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'll keep it pretty quiet for now.
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  SPEAKER_00: And when the time is right, I'll share a little bit more.
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  SPEAKER_00: But it's very exciting and it's something that I've always really wanted to do.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I'm feeling really quite excited about that.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I've also started working uh for a local school district here where I live in Sacramento, part-time as a teaching artist.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm working directly for the school district, which is a bit different than the work that I've been doing previously, still connected with the same nonprofit here in Sacramento that I that I work for.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm at one of my favorite schools, and I'm teaching dance and weaving and rhythm and social emotional learning and mindfulness.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's just a really wonderful place to be, such a lovely community at that school.
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  SPEAKER_00: My nervous system can soften and relax a bit there.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's very different than some of the other environments that I've been in that can be a bit more uh tense, that can be a bit more dysregulated, that can be a bit more, yeah, just require a bit more of me.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I'm having to get used to this.
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  SPEAKER_00: It feels uh feels really nice.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that's where I'm at today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, as far as what I'm noticing in my body, I am feeling a bit of the tenderness and heaviness that I can sometimes often feel in my left shoulder.
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  SPEAKER_00: That just, you know, helps to keep me in balance, lets me know when I might be doing a bit too much.
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  SPEAKER_00: So it's okay right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I can I can feel uh that it's there to remind me when it's time to to rest and to pull back, which is what I'm I'm working towards as I'm now coming towards the end of my cycle.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I'm starting to prepare and get some things in order so that I can get as much rest as my schedule will allow for my inner winter coming up here shortly.
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  SPEAKER_00: This week is the week of September 8th.
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  SPEAKER_00: Wow.
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  SPEAKER_00: September.
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  SPEAKER_00: How did we get here?
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  SPEAKER_00: Here we are.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this week we are tuning to the energy of the full moon.
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  SPEAKER_00: And may I remind you, it's not just any full moon, it's a full moon eclipse.
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  SPEAKER_00: The peak was on Sunday, depending on where you are in the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: But we're still very much in this energy for the next few days before transitioning into the waning phases.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I want to ask you: what has been coming up for you?
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  SPEAKER_00: Have there been moments or themes that have stood out?
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  SPEAKER_00: If you missed last week's episode, I recommend listening because I talked about the general energy of eclipses.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today, I want to focus on a very specific theme around the full moon that I don't think is talked about enough in the healing process.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's not the only thing, and it's something that can make a real difference.
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  SPEAKER_00: In my experience, it's something that builds confidence and trust in yourself, and that sense of trust is what strengthens your sense of belonging in the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: We all want to be seen, heard, and understood.
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  SPEAKER_00: Most of us, I would say, look for that outside of ourselves, whether it's through friends, through social media, that's uh that's an interesting one, which is probably why my shoulder is talking to me.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can talk more about that another day.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this isn't wrong, and it can often be linked to our early attachment experiences, and I do believe that it's an important part of the therapeutic process.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I also believe that learning to see, hear, and understand ourselves is an essential skill for healing.
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  SPEAKER_00: And each month, the full moon and in the female body during the ovulation phase or the inner summer phase, we are offered a chance to cultivate this, a chance to pause and really celebrate yourself, see yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: So often the full moon is framed as a time of release and let go.
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  SPEAKER_00: And yes, there is a place for that.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you're always focused on what's wrong, you can unintentionally create more dysregulation, especially in a system that is already anxious and dysregulated.
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  SPEAKER_00: When you constantly relate to your habits, your wounds, your thoughts as something that is wrong, it's often a sign that you're not rooted in your capital S self, as Richard Swartz from IFS teaches.
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  SPEAKER_00: It can also mean we're in a fight state because we're essentially battling ourselves, and that makes healing nearly impossible.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that is not just woo-woo, that is on a biological level.
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  SPEAKER_00: The truth is we heal and repair most naturally when we feel safe, open, and curious.
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  SPEAKER_00: When our nervous system is in our rest, digest, and repair state.
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  SPEAKER_00: And one of the ways that we can invite this state in is through this idea of seeing ourselves, of celebrating ourselves.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that means noticing and expanding the parts of yourself that show growth, progress, and healing, no matter how small.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you didn't meditate every day this week, and maybe you did it twice, which is more than you did last week.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yay! Did my little jazz hands there.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you held a boundary.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you spoke your truth.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you got yourself through a difficult moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you showed up for yourself in a new way.
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  SPEAKER_00: What would it be like to celebrate it?
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  SPEAKER_00: And this isn't about bypassing or ignoring what's hard or what feels off or where you might still feel stuck.
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  SPEAKER_00: We want to welcome and acknowledge the struggles too.
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  SPEAKER_00: And when we can begin to expand our perspective to see the whole picture, the places of growth right alongside the places of challenge.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's what can move us out of this trauma, drama vortex, and into a healing vortex where change is possible, where healing is possible.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I invite you this week to celebrate yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: Notice what's working, where you're growing, and the ways in which you are already showing up.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you need support with that, I have a few trauma-informed somatic meditations that can guide you in this practice in the show notes.
• 21:44
  SPEAKER_00: This Friday we will be taking off.
• 21:48
  SPEAKER_00: So it's a wonderful week to catch up on some of our latest episodes that have released.
• 21:56
  SPEAKER_00: We just had the Atira Tan episode release.
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  SPEAKER_00: We also had Nicole Lange's episode release.
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  SPEAKER_00: And by the way, let me tell you who these people are.
• 22:10
  SPEAKER_00: They are amazing, incredible, wise women doing amazing, incredible things out in the work, revolutionary things.
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  SPEAKER_00: Atira Tan, one of my biggest, greatest teachers.
• 22:22
  SPEAKER_00: I have learned so much.
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  SPEAKER_00: My life has changed through this woman's work.
• 22:27
  SPEAKER_00: And the work that I do and that I share is very much rooted in her teachings.
• 22:33
  SPEAKER_00: And yeah.
• 22:36
  SPEAKER_00: Wow.
• 22:37
  SPEAKER_00: Words cannot accurately describe the effect of this work and this woman.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I highly recommend checking out that episode.
• 22:46
  SPEAKER_00: She shares her story, her very rich, rich, rich, rich uh story and history that really highlights the different ways in which trauma can show up.
• 22:59
  SPEAKER_00: She also has experienced, um, she's a survivor of religion, religious trauma.
• 23:06
  SPEAKER_00: And I've connected with a few other people recently that have also uh shared this story.
• 23:12
  SPEAKER_00: So if that happens to be you, it's an interesting one to tune into.
• 23:18
  SPEAKER_00: We also talk about trauma-informed care, psychedelics, plant medicine, uh, connection to the earth.
• 23:24
  SPEAKER_00: It's a really beautiful episode.
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  SPEAKER_00: So please check that out.
• 23:28
  SPEAKER_00: And then the episode with Nicole Ling.
• 23:31
  SPEAKER_00: Nicole Ling is an acupuncturist and she specializes in women's fertility and IVF.
• 23:38
  SPEAKER_00: And we have another very rich conversation about traditional Chinese medicine.
• 23:45
  SPEAKER_00: I am an avid practice, practitioner, there we go, of Chinese medicine.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, it it really supports me in so many ways.
• 23:56
  SPEAKER_00: And I've been really wanting someone to come on and share more about the philosophy, and that's exactly what Nicole did.
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  SPEAKER_00: She also talks about infertility and its links to trauma, which I found to be just so fascinating.
• 24:11
  SPEAKER_00: So uh I really felt like I could have talked to her all day.
• 24:15
  SPEAKER_00: So please check that out.
• 24:16
  SPEAKER_00: And then, of course, Deborah Weed's episode that came out the week before, our last episode around creativity, which was uh really fun and energizing and inspiring conversation.
• 24:28
  SPEAKER_00: So much to listen to this week.
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  SPEAKER_00: I will be back on our uh following week.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm looking at my calendar here, Monday, September 15th for our next cycle sync episode.
• 24:43
  SPEAKER_00: And right around then we'll be slowly transitioning into Libra season, which is my season.
• 24:51
  SPEAKER_00: One of my seasons.
• 24:52
  SPEAKER_00: Um, my sun sign is a Libra.
• 24:55
  SPEAKER_00: Uh rising sky and rising sign, Scorpio.
• 24:58
  SPEAKER_00: So um, I do love both seasons, and uh Libra season is um it's gonna be a juicy one.
• 25:06
  SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna be bringing one of my dear sisters and former guests on the episode, and we are going to get into a very deep uh real conversation around female friendships, rupture, um, competitiveness, weird dynamics in groups.
• 25:28
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we're we're gonna air it all out.
• 25:30
  SPEAKER_00: So stay tuned.
• 25:32
  SPEAKER_00: Lots of uh yeah, great episodes coming up for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: And yeah.
• 25:39
  SPEAKER_00: All right.
• 25:40
  SPEAKER_00: Well, thanks so much for being here.
• 25:42
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks for tuning in.
• 25:43
  SPEAKER_00: Again, if you need support with this week's themes and opportunities, you can find those links in the show notes.