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Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync –What Comes After the Full Moon Breakthrough? The Secret Phase of the Cycle · Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul

• 1:38
  SPEAKER_00: Hello, my love.
• 1:39
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to today's episode of the Healing Her Story Podcast.
• 1:45
  SPEAKER_00: Whether this is your first time tuning in or maybe you've been listening week after week, I want to take a moment here to just say thank you.
• 1:56
  SPEAKER_00: And as I say thank you, I also want to take a moment to just witness you, really seeing you.
• 2:03
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, showing up for yourself and doing this work that isn't always easy and sometimes it doesn't feel good.
• 2:13
  SPEAKER_00: And yet I believe there is a part of you inside that understands and knows the power and the potential and the healing and the transformation that can happen when we show up and do this exact work.
• 2:32
  SPEAKER_00: I really appreciate you showing up to do this work, especially in the times that we currently find ourselves in.
• 2:41
  SPEAKER_00: It's a wild time to be a human.
• 2:44
  SPEAKER_00: There is so much pain and suffering and violence and injustice happening in the world.
• 2:53
  SPEAKER_00: And while this work may seem small in the grand scheme of things, I think that it's so big.
• 3:02
  SPEAKER_00: I think that when you begin to live in this way, that you are rippling out a certain frequency, a certain energy.
• 3:14
  SPEAKER_00: And to me, it's a very feminine energy, a feminine frequency.
• 3:20
  SPEAKER_00: And in a society that has devalued the feminine, in a society that has devalued the qualities associated with the feminine, compassion, gentleness, softness, intuition, empathy.
• 3:43
  SPEAKER_00: I believe we need a hell of a lot more of these things in the world.
• 3:49
  SPEAKER_00: And so what you are doing here is it's incredible, I believe.
• 3:57
  SPEAKER_00: And I trust in that ripple effect, and I know that I may not live to see the full impact of the work that I do.
• 4:09
  SPEAKER_00: And yet I trust in the cycles that I know I am breaking, and I trust in the cycles that I know that you are breaking, or are at least actively working to break.
• 4:25
  SPEAKER_00: So thank you again for doing that.
• 4:30
  SPEAKER_00: This week we are attuning to the energy of the post-full moon, a very special pocket of time that we have access to in every cycle.
• 4:44
  SPEAKER_00: And yet, it's a piece that so many women are missing when it comes to healing and creating the life they deeply desire.
• 4:56
  SPEAKER_00: But first, as always, let's take a minute of silence together.
• 5:02
  SPEAKER_00: And in this minute, you are invited to come into more presence with yourself, whatever that may look like today, whether you are driving or doing some chores around the home or getting ready for your day, just taking some time here to notice how you feel, notice how the body feels, noticing any of the thoughts that are maybe racing around in your mind, and just taking a moment to really be with what is here.
• 5:42
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe by taking a few breaths or stopping what you're doing, if you're able to, for just a minute, and taking a few breaths and just noticing what is here.
• 5:57
  SPEAKER_00: And as you notice what is here, maybe you can begin to sense into where you feel like you are in your unique rhythm.
• 6:08
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you're more of a spring, maybe more of a summer, maybe more of a fall or a winter.
• 6:19
  SPEAKER_00: I will leave you to explore that now for the next minute.
• 7:57
  SPEAKER_00: I hope that was fruitful and insightful.
• 8:02
  SPEAKER_00: Or maybe it was more like what I experienced, where it just felt really good to just take a moment to pause and check in and notice.
• 8:17
  SPEAKER_00: I myself am cycle day 15.
• 8:24
  SPEAKER_00: And this is about my inner summer, and I am feeling a little flat this inner summer, I will have to admit.
• 8:35
  SPEAKER_00: And I know that this is because I didn't get quite enough rest on my last bleed.
• 8:44
  SPEAKER_00: And that's okay.
• 8:46
  SPEAKER_00: I kind of knew that I would be here.
• 8:49
  SPEAKER_00: And so I'm just giving myself grace and I'm creating as much space as I possibly can to rest over the rest of this week.
• 9:02
  SPEAKER_00: Right now, I'm pre-recording some episodes because I'm getting ready to start my next round of summer camp with six to 10-year-olds for three weeks, 40 of them back to back for three weeks.
• 9:19
  SPEAKER_00: So yeah, I know it's gonna be kind of a lot.
• 9:22
  SPEAKER_00: And so with that, I'm just really trying to what I like to call set myself up for success and taking a care of as many things as I can now, with of course not overdoing it, so that when that time comes, I'm feeling prepared and like I can just focus on one thing without trying to do everything at the same time.
• 9:47
  SPEAKER_00: And although I am feeling a little flat energetically, I am feeling like I have more focus and more ability to take on these things now.
• 9:59
  SPEAKER_00: And so I'm optimizing this period.
• 10:04
  SPEAKER_00: And yeah, that's me.
• 10:06
  SPEAKER_00: I hope that's helpful for you.
• 10:08
  SPEAKER_00: Again, I mostly share where I'm at in my cycle so that you can maybe begin to learn um how to do this for yourself as well.
• 10:23
  SPEAKER_00: So I hope that's helpful.
• 10:26
  SPEAKER_00: If you're listening on Spotify and it is helpful, you're welcome to leave me a comment.
• 10:34
  SPEAKER_00: And hopefully let me know if if that's helpful for you.
• 10:41
  SPEAKER_00: This week we are in the week of July 14th, just a few days after the Capricorn full moon.
• 10:50
  SPEAKER_00: Technically, the moon is waning, it's moving into its descent.
• 10:57
  SPEAKER_00: And if you were to step outside tonight, at least the day that this is being aired, you'd probably still see her glowing, big and bright.
• 11:09
  SPEAKER_00: That's because the full moon energy isn't an on-off switch.
• 11:14
  SPEAKER_00: It's more like a dimmer, slowly building than slowly releasing.
• 11:20
  SPEAKER_00: This in-between phase, still full but beginning to fade, is what ancient practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine saw as the fifth element, and it's associated with the element of earth.
• 11:37
  SPEAKER_00: The earth phase comes between fire, which is the summer, full moon, and ovulation time, and metal, which is the fall, waning moon, and luteal time.
• 11:50
  SPEAKER_00: This is a time to ground, digest, and harvest the fruits of all that's been revealed.
• 11:59
  SPEAKER_00: If you tuned in last week, you'll remember we talked about becoming a neutral and curious observer to what the full moon was illuminating.
• 12:10
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you've had some big conversations, emotional waves, unexpected opportunities or realizations around long-standing patterns?
• 12:22
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you saw something clearly for the first time in years.
• 12:27
  SPEAKER_00: The question now is, what will you do with that?
• 12:32
  SPEAKER_00: Will you absorb what's been revealed and allow it to change you?
• 12:37
  SPEAKER_00: Or will you forget and go back to doing the same old shit?
• 12:43
  SPEAKER_00: Here's the thing about healing.
• 12:46
  SPEAKER_00: It's not just about having peak experiences.
• 12:50
  SPEAKER_00: It's about what you do after them.
• 12:54
  SPEAKER_00: We live in a culture that is obsessed with consumption, consumption of food, information, events, and even healing.
• 13:06
  SPEAKER_00: We chase ceremonies, retreats, masterclasses, and breakthroughs.
• 13:11
  SPEAKER_00: And there's nothing wrong with that.
• 13:14
  SPEAKER_00: And the transformation doesn't just happen in that moment alone.
• 13:20
  SPEAKER_00: It happens in the integration.
• 13:23
  SPEAKER_00: Let me give you an example.
• 13:26
  SPEAKER_00: Let's say you've started ketamine-assisted therapy, and during your session you hear the clear, loving message slow down.
• 13:36
  SPEAKER_00: But instead of honoring that insight, you rush to your next appointment, you eat dinner in front of your laptop, you pack your calendar to the brim, and crash into bed with your to-do list still spinning in your head.
• 13:52
  SPEAKER_00: You go through the entire week on overdrive.
• 13:56
  SPEAKER_00: And by the time your next session arrives, guess what the medicine says again?
• 14:01
  SPEAKER_00: Slow down.
• 14:04
  SPEAKER_00: You wonder why you don't feel better, why you're not healing faster, but the answer is right there.
• 14:12
  SPEAKER_00: You haven't integrated the messages that you've received.
• 14:17
  SPEAKER_00: You had you integrated the messages you had received, or more specifically, this message to slow down, you maybe would have cut down on some of your appointments and social plans.
• 14:31
  SPEAKER_00: Instead of rushing through dinner, you would have put the screen down and maybe have dinner with your partner that night, sharing about your days.
• 14:41
  SPEAKER_00: You would maybe let go of those things that you feel you need to do and give yourself some time to just chill.
• 14:51
  SPEAKER_00: You would maybe start saying no and begin setting healthy boundaries around your time and your energy.
• 15:01
  SPEAKER_00: This is what it looks like to integrate what you've learned.
• 15:06
  SPEAKER_00: This is what it looks like to create and actually change.
• 15:12
  SPEAKER_00: But here's the thing: behavior change doesn't just happen through will and force.
• 15:19
  SPEAKER_00: It happens through your biology and your nervous system.
• 15:23
  SPEAKER_00: So in order for things to land in a deep enough way in which things start happening organically instead of you trying to force them, you must get into the body so that all of this information can land in the body and in your nervous system.
• 15:44
  SPEAKER_00: So how do we let the messages we receive land deeply in our bodies?
• 15:51
  SPEAKER_00: We slow down, we listen, we use tools like somatic inquiry and maybe breath work to help us embody the insight.
• 16:04
  SPEAKER_00: We choose to live differently in small yet meaningful ways.
• 16:10
  SPEAKER_00: These tiny shifts are how we stop looping the same lessons and actually start to live them.
• 16:20
  SPEAKER_00: So maybe you don't need another big breakthrough this week.
• 16:25
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you just need to digest what you've already received.
• 16:30
  SPEAKER_00: If you need support with that this week, you can find a few somatic meditations in the chat.