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Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Are you feeling overwhelmed, disconnected from your body, or stuck in cycles of stress and trauma? Healing Her Story is here to guide you from feeling lost, isolated, and exhausted to feeling empowered, grounded, and deeply connected to yourself.
This transformative podcast dives into trauma recovery, somatic healing, creativity, and the profound wisdom of trauma-informed menstrual cycle awareness. Each episode offers practical tools, inspiring stories of resilience, and insightful…
Episodes
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
(REPLAY) Yoga Nidra & The Creative Brain: Why Deep Rest Unlocks Vision with Jill Weston, "The Stress Whisperer"
What if the doorway to your next creative vision isn’t effort… …but deep rest? In this replay conversation, I sit down with Jill — known as “The Stress…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync | Feeling Drained Lately? The Waning Moon, Eclipse Season & Your Body’s Need for Space
Have you been feeling more tired, emotional, or reflective lately? You’re not alone. This week we’re moving through the waning moon, the phase of the lunar…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync | Full Moon Eclipse | How to Regulate Yourself During Intense Seasons”
This week, we attune to a Full Moon eclipse — a time often associated with culmination, acceleration, and unexpected change. If life feels intense right now…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
(REPLAY) How to Use Writing as a Tool for Emotional Healing with Mari Candela
In this conversation, Riva and Mari explore how poetry and journaling can help you process emotions, integrate difficult experiences, and reconnect with parts…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync | Waxing Moon Expansion: Why Growth Feels Overwhelming (and What Actually Supports It)
This week, we attune to the Waxing Moon — a phase of expansion, momentum, and visible growth. If life has been speeding up… If more opportunities are arriving……
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
(RE-RECORDED) The Creative Cycle: A Feminine Framework for Sustainable Creativity
If you’ve ever started a creative project with excitement… only to abandon it weeks later… If you’ve felt inspired one month and completely dry the next… If…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync | A Quiet Beginning: Rest, Rhythm, and the New Moon Eclipse
This episode marks the beginning of Season Two of the Healing Her Story Podcast, intentionally aligned with the New Moon Eclipse and the threshold of Lunar New…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync | The Waning Moon & the Art of Letting Go (Without Forcing It)
This week, we’re attuning to the energy of the waning moon, and more specifically, the last quarter moon—a brief but potent moment in the lunar cycle that…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync | Big Feelings Under the Full Moon (and Why That’s Not a Problem)
In this week’s episode, we’re attuning to the energy of the full moon—a time of culmination, illumination, and emotional intensity. The full moon marks the…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power - Your Weekly Cycle Sync | Waxing Moon Explained: Energy, Themes, and How to Work With It
The waxing moon is a phase of growth, momentum, and becoming—but for many of us, building energy can feel overwhelming, especially if our nervous systems are…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power - Your Weekly Cycle Sync | Burnout, Winter, and the New Moon: Why Your Body Needs Rest Right Now
In this week’s Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync, we attune to the New Moon—the first New Moon of the calendar year. As January slowly comes…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Burned Out and Overwhelmed? How to Create a Structure That Might Actually Help
In the solo episode, we explore a topic that brings up a lot of resistance for creative, intuitive, and neurodivergent women: schedules and structure. Through…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync | Why You’re Tired Right Now (And Why That’s Okay)
This week, we’re attuning to the energy of the waning moon, a powerful yet often misunderstood phase of the lunar cycle. As the moon’s light begins to fade and…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Why Women Are Burnt Out: Gender Roles, Stillness & Nervous System Healing with Julianna Sloane
As we step into Capricorn season and open a new year, this episode invites a deeper look at the structures we live inside of—both externally and within…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync | Full Moon Check-In: Why You Don’t Need to Rush the New Year
This week, we’re attuning to the energy of the first Full Moon of the calendar year—a powerful moment of illumination, reflection, and honest self-check-in. If…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync | Navigating the Void: When You’re Between Who You Were and Who You’re Becoming
This week, we’re entering the space between endings and beginnings — the void. Not only through the lunar cycle, but through the new calendar year and the…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync — How to Transition Out of Go-Mode and Into Rest
This week, we’re attuning to the energy of the waning moon—the sacred descent into stillness, clarity, and recalibration after the powerful illumination of the…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power - Your Weekly Cycle Sync: Let This Full Moon Show You How Far You've Come
In this week’s episode, we’re attuning to the last Full Moon of the calendar year—a moment of illumination, culmination, and deep inner truth. While nature is…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
**BONUS EPISODE** How to Survive the Holidays When You’re Breaking Generational Cycles
The holidays are marketed as a season of joy, gratitude, and togetherness—but for cycle breakers, sensitive souls, and anyone healing their lineage, this time…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync - How to Pace Yourself with the Waxing Moon
In this week’s episode, we attune to the Waxing Moon — the phase associated with the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle, the season of spring, and the…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync – New Moon & Inner Winter: How to Support Your Body During Menstruation
In today’s episode, we close out our menstrual cycle mini-series with Inner Winter — the menstruation phase. 🩸🩸 Most people talk about menstruation as the…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
How Do I Heal at the Root, Not the Surface?
If you’ve ever thought: “Why am I still anxious / overwhelmed/exhausted even though I’m doing all the right things?” This episode is going to feel like…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power - Your Weekly Cycle Sync: What’s Really Going On Before Your Period | Hormones, Trauma, and the Waning Moon
This week we honour the depth of the 🌓 waning moon and its mirror in our bodies — the premenstrual phase, also known as “inner autumn”. As the light of the…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync – How can I tell if I’m ovulating — and what does it mean for my energy?
If you’ve ever felt confused by your energy, emotions, or productivity throughout the month, this episode is for you. This week, we’re syncing with the energy…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
**BONUS** What Does It Mean When the Veil Is Thin? The Deeper Meaning of Samhain and Ancestral Healing
This weekend, we’re attuning to the energy of Samhain, the sacred midpoint between fall and winter when the veil between worlds is thin. If you’ve been feeling…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync - Why Do I Feel So Inspired (and a little anxious) After My Period?
This week on Healing Her Story, we’re attuning to the waxing moon and the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle — the season of renewal, growth, and creative…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
How Can I Support My Menstrual Cycle Naturally to Boost Fertility? with Kirsten Karchmer, Founder of Conceivable
If you’ve ever wondered why your body feels off around your cycle, or why getting pregnant — or simply feeling balanced — can feel so complicated, this episode…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power - Your Weekly Cycle Sync: How to Be Still with the Dark Moon
This week, we’re attuning to the energy of the Dark Moon — that mysterious, tender space just before the New Moonbegins. It’s the moment of total stillness. No…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
**BONUS EPISODE** Birthday Reflections & the Rebirth of “Reclamation”
In this bonus birthday episode, I’m sharing some heartfelt reflections as I turn 36 — a milestone that feels like both a homecoming and a rebirth. I take you…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power - Your Weekly Cycle Sync: How to Let Go of Control with the Last Quarter Moon
As we move through the waning moon and into the last quarter, the invitation is simple but profound: let go. Not to give up—but to release pressure…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Is My Friend Actually Toxic — or Am I Overreacting? | Healing Female Friendship Ruptures, Boundaries, and Self-Trust with Amora Randall (Part II)
Female friendships can be some of the deepest and most nourishing relationships in our lives—and also some of the most painful when they rupture. In this…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync | Why You Feel "Crazy" Around the Full Moon
Do you ever feel extra emotional, restless, or sensitive around the Full Moon—and wonder if something’s wrong with you? In this week’s episode, we’re syncing…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Is My Friend Toxic or Am I Overreacting? | Friendship Fall Outs & Healing | A Heart to Heart With Amora Randall (Part I)
Female friendships can be some of the deepest and most life-giving relationships we have—and also some of the hardest to navigate when trust is broken. In this…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync | 🌗 First Quarter Moon: Clarity Comes From Action
The First Quarter Moon is here—a brief but powerful moment when the moon is perfectly split, half in shadow and half illuminated. This phase is an invitation…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Skin, Cycles & Beauty Standards: Reclaiming True Radiance with Jamie Dillavou
What if your skin could become a mirror for your inner rhythms? In this powerful conversation, Riva sits down with Jamie to explore how our skin changes…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync | Balancing the Scales: New Moon Eclipse & Equinox Energy
This week’s episode arrives at a powerful threshold: a New Moon Solar Eclipse aligned with the Fall Equinox, marking the end of Virgo season and our transition…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Reclaiming Menarche: Storytelling, Ritual, and the Power of Menstrual Cycle Awareness with Hannah Brown
What if your first period had been met with celebration, education, and emotional support instead of confusion or shame? In this powerful conversation, Riva…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync - You Can't Have the Full Moon Without the Waning Moon
This week we’re attuning to the waning moon. The waning phase invites us to slow down, catch our breath, and prepare for the cycle ahead. It’s a time for…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync – The Missing Piece in the Full Moon Phase
This week, we’re still swimming in the energy of a potent full moon eclipse. 🌑✨ While eclipses often bring sudden shifts and course corrections, this episode…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Trauma Informed Care, Transformation & the Sacred Path of Embodiment with Atira Tan
In this powerful conversation, Atira Tan shares her deeply personal and transformational journey—from early psychedelic experiences where she first connected…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync – Eclipse Energy, Course Corrections, & Trusting the Unfolding
This week on Healing Her Story, we’re attuning to the energy of the late waxing moon—a phase of slow, steady growth as the moon moves toward fullness. But this…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Traditional Chinese Medicine & Fertility: Healing Trauma and Restoring Vitality w/ Nicole Lange
If you’ve ever felt like your health journey was reduced to checklists, protocols, or lab results—this conversation will feel like a deep exhale. This week…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync – Small Steps, Big Shifts: What the Crescent Moon Can Teach Us About Healing & Growth
If you’ve been feeling tired, burned out, or overwhelmed by the constant pressure to do more and be more, this episode is for you. This week, we’re attuning to…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
**BONUS EPISODE** Turning Adversity into Art: Deborah Weed on Creativity, Healing, Self-Worth, and Paisley the Musical!
This week, we’re closing out our summer creativity series with a conversation that will leave you inspired to pick up the pen, paintbrush, or microphone—or…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync – The Waning Moon & the Rule of Re’s
Do you ever feel like your energy suddenly drops, like your fire is dimming, or like all you want to do is curl up and rest? Instead of pushing through, what…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Creating in Cycles: The Feminine Way to Make Art & Live Fully (Part 2)
If you’ve ever struggled to finish creative projects, doubted your art, or felt stuck in the middle of your process, this episode is for you. In Part 2 of…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync – Full Moon Energy & The Opportunity for Change
The full moon is a time of illumination—when the light shines on what’s in balance in our lives… and what isn’t. 🌕🌔 This week, as we begin to move from the…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Creating in Cycles: The Feminine Way to Make Art & Live Fully (Part 1)
Have you ever thought of creativity as a cycle? In this week’s solo episode, we’re exploring creativity as a living, breathing rhythm — one that mirrors the…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync – Fully Embodied: How to Trust the Wisdom of Your Body (Waxing Gibbous Reflections)
This week, we’re attuning to the Waxing Gibbous Moon, a powerful moment of growth, refinement, and embodied energy. In this episode, I share a deeply personal…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync -The Waxing Moon & The Art of Co-Creation – How to Take Aligned Action Without Burning Out
The week of July 28th brings a unique blend of Leo fire, summer busyness, and rising creative potential — but if you’ve been feeling like time is flying and…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Creativity as Medicine: What Happens When We Finally Share Our Truth with Leah Morris
Have you ever felt like your creativity was hiding in a closet, waiting for permission to be seen? In today’s powerful conversation, I’m joined by…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync – Slow Down to Heal
This week on Healing Her Story, we’re tuning into the energy of the waning moon — a sacred window in the lunar and menstrual cycle that most women overlook……
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
**BONUS EPISODE** Why Doing Less Will Help You Heal More
If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing everything to heal — therapy, retreats, somatic work, journaling, breathwork — and still feel stuck, this episode is for…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync –What Comes After the Full Moon Breakthrough? The Secret Phase of the Cycle
In this week’s episode of Healing Her Story, we’re tuning into the quiet power of the days following the full moon — a phase often overlooked, yet profoundly…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Mending the Mother Wound: Conscious Motherhood, Mothering Yourself First, & Self Belonging with Dr. Marua Moynihan
In this episode, I'm joined by the incredible Dr. Maura Moynihan — a mother of four, a seasoned practitioner, and a soul-centered healer who has spent over 17…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync – Full Moon Illumination, Sensations, & Lots of Good Information
Hey love, welcome back to Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync. This week, we're tuning into the powerful energy of the Capricorn Full Moon —…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Your Cycle, Your Nervous System & Your Healing: How Somatic Breathwork Supports Feminine Trauma Recovery
If you’ve been doing “all the healing things” — therapy, inner child work, mindset shifts — but still find yourself overwhelmed, burnt out, or spinning in the…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync – Waxing Moon, Spring Energy & the Wisdom of Trees
This week on Moon Phases & Feminine Power, we’re attuning to the energy of the waxing moon—a phase that mirrors the follicular phase of your menstrual cycle…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Unpaid, Invisible, Undervalued: The Cost of Caring in a Patriarchal World
We’re kicking off a new cycle on the Healing Her Story podcast with a deep and timely exploration of care—who gives it, who receives it, and what it costs us…
- Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul
Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync - Honoring the The Dark Moon & Nervous System
This week on Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync, we’re entering the dark moon—that liminal, tender space between what’s been and what’s yet…