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 you’ve wondered whether you’re inconsistent, unfocused, or just “not disciplined enough”…

This episode will reframe everything.

In today’s conversation, Riva shares a feminine, cyclical approach to creativity — one rooted in nervous system wisdom, menstrual cycle awareness, and the natural rhythms of nature.

Because creativity was never meant to be linear.

And when we try to force ourselves to create the same way every day, burnout isn’t a character flaw — it’s a rhythm problem.

In this episode, you’ll learn the 4 Phases of the Creative Cycle and how to work with them instead of against them:

Riva also shares her personal journey of rediscovering her artistic voice and learning how slowing down actually helped her create more.

Whether you consider yourself an artist, hobbyist, entrepreneur, or simply someone longing to reconnect with your creative energy, this framework offers a grounded, practical roadmap.

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The Cycle Support Map

If this episode resonated and you want deeper support aligning your creativity, healing, and nervous system with your menstrual cycle…

The Cycle Support Map is a practical guide to understanding your inner seasons and working with them intentionally.

Inside you’ll learn:

• What each phase of your cycle supports
• When to rest, initiate, share, or complete
• How to reduce burnout and increase sustainable flow
• How to sync creativity, healing work, and self-care with your body

You can access the Cycle Support Map here

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Our intro and outro song, Reclamation (Reborn), is an anthem of remembering.

This song was created as a companion for the healing journey, especially for women reclaiming their voices, their rhythms, and their belonging in a world shaped by patriarchy.

You’re invited to listen, feel, and let the music meet you wherever you are.

Looking for more support or resources?

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• Free Trauma Recovery Mini-Course: Begin your healing journey today.

• Website: Learn more about our services and mission.

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healingherstorypodcast/

• Book a Free Consultation: Connect with me for personalized support.

• Insight Timer: Join me for free meditations to help you find inner calm.

• Full Video Version: Watch the music video for "Reclamation" featured in the intro and outro podcast.

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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 Year.

Rather than rushing into change, this episode invites a different approach to beginning—one rooted in listening, rest, and honoring the body’s natural timing.

If you’ve already been pushing hard this year…
If your nervous system feels tired before the year has truly begun…
If you’re sensing that something needs to shift, but you’re not sure how—

This conversation is for you.

In this episode, we explore:

😴 Why January and February aren’t meant to feel like full “go time”

😴 How eclipse seasons act as course correctors rather than accelerators

😴 The wisdom of winter, rest, and quiet beginnings

😴 Why working with cycles creates more ease than pushing against them

This episode also introduces the seasonal rhythm of Season Two, where each moon cycle aligns with the natural energies of the seasons and the zodiac—beginning with Pisces season, a time of water, emotion, imagination, and mysticism.

Resources Mentioned

• The Chani App – for understanding how lunar cycles and eclipses land in your personal chart
• The Cycle Support Map – a simple, one-page guide to working with the four phases of the moon, the seasons, and the menstrual cycle, including weekly somatic meditation reminders
  
  

As always, you’re invited to move at your own pace.

May you settle into your unique rhythm and expression

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Our intro and outro song, Reclamation (Reborn), is an anthem of remembering.

This song was created as a companion for the healing journey, especially for women reclaiming their voices, their rhythms, and their belonging in a world shaped by patriarchy.

You’re invited to listen, feel, and let the music meet you wherever you are.

Looking for more support or resources?

Check out these links:

• Free Trauma Recovery Mini-Course: Begin your healing journey today.

• Website: Learn more about our services and mission.

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healingherstorypodcast/

• Book a Free Consultation: Connect with me for personalized support.

• Insight Timer: Join me for free meditations to help you find inner calm.

• Full Video Version: Watch the music video for "Reclamation" featured in the intro and outro podcast.

Subscribe and Stay Connected:
Make sure to subscribe to Healing Her Story so you never miss an episode! Let’s heal, grow, and rise together.


You're also welcome to reach out via email at riva@windsofchangesac.com or send us a DM on Instagram at @healingherstorypodcast

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 invites an exhale.

While the full moon often gets named as a time for release, this episode explores why true letting go tends to happen more naturally during the waning phase, when the nervous system has space to soften and settle.

Using seasonal imagery, nervous system research, and lived experience, we explore why:

• Release can’t be forced
• Letting go happens in its own time and way
• Self-judgment often creates more stress than the original problem
• Gentleness and self-compassion actually support emotional processing

If last week illuminated something for you—an emotion, a pattern, a habit, or a relationship—this episode offers a grounded, compassionate way to meet that awareness without rushing, fixing, or pushing yourself to change.

This phase of the cycle is about making room, not demanding resolution.

In this episode, we explore:

• Why the waning moon is aligned with letting go
• How the nervous system releases through safety, not urgency
• The role of self-compassion in emotional processing
• How pressure and self-criticism add unnecessary friction
• Why tenderness is often a sign of transition, not failure

To support you during this phase, I’ve also shared a few gentle, donation-based, trauma-informed somatic meditations on Insight Timer, designed to help you slow down, soften pressure, and support your nervous system during the waning moon.

DONATION BASED TRAUMA INFORMED SOMATIC MEDITATIONS TO SUPPORT YOU THIS WEEK 🤲🏼🌹

Sit and Be With It - 15-Minute Daily Somatic Practice

Creating Your Felt Sense of Safety

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Our intro and outro song, Reclamation (Reborn), is an anthem of remembering.

This song was created as a companion for the healing journey, especially for women reclaiming their voices, their rhythms, and their belonging in a world shaped by patriarchy.

You’re invited to listen, feel, and let the music meet you wherever you are.

Looking for more support or resources?

Check out these links:

• Free Trauma Recovery Mini-Course: Begin your healing journey today.

• Website: Learn more about our services and mission.

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healingherstorypodcast/

• Book a Free Consultation: Connect with me for personalized support.

• Insight Timer: Join me for free meditations to help you find inner calm.

• Full Video Version: Watch the music video for "Reclamation" featured in the intro and outro podcast.

Subscribe and Stay Connected:
Make sure to subscribe to Healing Her Story so you never miss an episode! Let’s heal, grow, and rise together.


You're also welcome to reach out via email at riva@windsofchangesac.com or send us a DM on Instagram at @healingherstorypodcast

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 peak of the lunar cycle. What has been building over the past few weeks—or even months—often rises to the surface here. With that can come heightened emotions, especially in times of collective stress and uncertainty.

In this episode, we explore how emotions like anger, frustration, rage, grief, fear, and sadness are not something to get rid of or bypass—but something to listen to, honor, and move through the body.

Drawing from trauma-informed somatic work, nervous system science, and cyclical wisdom, this conversation invites you to consider emotion as energy in motion—energy that was never meant to stay stuck inside.

You’ll hear reflections on:

🌕 Why the full moon can amplify emotional experiences

🌕 How collective stress impacts the nervous system and emotional regulation

🌕 The cost of suppressing anger, frustration, and grief

🌕 Why expression is essential for healing and nervous system completion

🌕 How unexpressed emotions often come out sideways

🌕 Healthy, embodied outlets for emotional release that don’t harm you or others

Donation-Based Trauma-Informed Somatic Meditations to Support You This Week

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Somatic Meditation To Find Your Center

Sit and Be With It - 15-minute daily somatic practice

Somatic Meditation for Feeling More Confident

Real Food for Fertility

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Our intro and outro song, Reclamation (Reborn), is an anthem of remembering.

This song was created as a companion for the healing journey, especially for women reclaiming their voices, their rhythms, and their belonging in a world shaped by patriarchy.

You’re invited to listen, feel, and let the music meet you wherever you are.

Looking for more support or resources?

Check out these links:

• Free Trauma Recovery Mini-Course: Begin your healing journey today.

• Website: Learn more about our services and mission.

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healingherstorypodcast/

• Book a Free Consultation: Connect with me for personalized support.

• Insight Timer: Join me for free meditations to help you find inner calm.

• Full Video Version: Watch the music video for "Reclamation" featured in the intro and outro podcast.

Subscribe and Stay Connected:
Make sure to subscribe to Healing Her Story so you never miss an episode! Let’s heal, grow, and rise together.


You're also welcome to reach out via email at riva@windsofchangesac.com or send us a DM on Instagram at @healingherstorypodcast

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 already stretched thin.

In this episode, we explore what the waxing moon actually represents and how to work with this rising energy in a way that is gentle, embodied, and sustainable. Rather than pushing or forcing forward movement, this conversation invites you to attune to nature’s pace and your own inner rhythms.

Using the symbolism of trees and the element of wood, we reflect on how growth happens slowly and steadily—rooting down even as we reach upward. We also explore themes of protection, boundaries, and how ideas, desires, and intentions begin to take physical form during this phase of the lunar cycle.

Whether you’re feeling momentum building or noticing subtle shifts beneath the surface, this episode offers grounded reflections and practical guidance to help you move forward without overriding your body.

In this episode, we explore:

🌳 The symbolism of trees, the element of wood, and slow, resilient progress

🌳 How protection and boundaries can support expansion rather than block it

🌳 A reflective tool for understanding where the moon is landing in your own chart

Donation-Based Trauma-Informed Meditations to Support You This Week

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Softening Meditation For Tension Relief & Grounding

Somatic Meditation For Patience & Anxiety Relief

Trauma-Informed Body Scan - 15-minute daily somatic practice

Chani App

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Our intro and outro song, Reclamation (Reborn), is an anthem of remembering.

This song was created as a companion for the healing journey, especially for women reclaiming their voices, their rhythms, and their belonging in a world shaped by patriarchy.

You’re invited to listen, feel, and let the music meet you wherever you are.

Looking for more support or resources?

Check out these links:

• Free Trauma Recovery Mini-Course: Begin your healing journey today.

• Website: Learn more about our services and mission.

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healingherstorypodcast/

• Book a Free Consultation: Connect with me for personalized support.

• Insight Timer: Join me for free meditations to help you find inner calm.

• Full Video Version: Watch the music video for "Reclamation" featured in the intro and outro podcast.

Subscribe and Stay Connected:
Make sure to subscribe to Healing Her Story so you never miss an episode! Let’s heal, grow, and rise together.


You're also welcome to reach out via email at riva@windsofchangesac.com or send us a DM on Instagram at @healingherstorypodcast

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 to a close, this moment invites us to listen rather than rush, to rest rather than push. Here in the Northern Hemisphere, we are still in winter—a season that mirrors the New Moon’s quiet, inward, yin energy.

This episode is a reminder that this is not the time for big decisions or bold action. Instead, it’s a powerful opportunity to slow down, unplug from external noise, and reconnect with what you truly desire—beneath the “shoulds,” expectations, and pressure to perform.

We explore:

🌑 Why winter and the New Moon are deeply connected energetically

🌑 How darkness supports clarity, creativity, and nervous system regulation

🌑 Why rest is essential for insight, healing, and sustainable growth

🌑 How to honor your body, energy, and emotions during this phase

You’ll also learn why you may notice more stars during the New Moon, how reduced stimulation supports deeper listening, and why the “seeds” of your hopes and intentions are often planted in moments of stillness rather than action.

Donation-Based Trauma-Informed Somatic Meditations on Insight Timer to Support You This Week

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Trauma-Informed Somatic Meditation For Rest & Restoration

New Moon Somatic Breathwork Meditation

Somatic Breathing to Hear Your Body's Wisdom

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Our intro and outro song, Reclamation (Reborn), is an anthem of remembering.

This song was created as a companion for the healing journey, especially for women reclaiming their voices, their rhythms, and their belonging in a world shaped by patriarchy.

You’re invited to listen, feel, and let the music meet you wherever you are.

Looking for more support or resources?

Check out these links:

• Free Trauma Recovery Mini-Course: Begin your healing journey today.

• Website: Learn more about our services and mission.

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healingherstorypodcast/

• Book a Free Consultation: Connect with me for personalized support.

• Insight Timer: Join me for free meditations to help you find inner calm.

• Full Video Version: Watch the music video for "Reclamation" featured in the intro and outro podcast.

Subscribe and Stay Connected:
Make sure to subscribe to Healing Her Story so you never miss an episode! Let’s heal, grow, and rise together.


You're also welcome to reach out via email at riva@windsofchangesac.com or send us a DM on Instagram at @healingherstorypodcast

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 a real-life reflection from a long-term 1:1 client session, this episode gently reframes the idea of “schedules” and invites us to consider something softer and more supportive—rhythms, systems, and predictable anchors that help the nervous system feel safe.

If you’ve ever felt like structure isn’t for you, or that routines feel constricting, controlling, or overwhelming, this conversation is for you.

We explore how resistance to schedules is often rooted not in laziness or lack of discipline, but in nervous system conditioning, childhood unpredictability, and burnout—and why what feels familiar isn’t always what’s most supportive for who you are now.

In This Episode, We Explore:

📆 How chaotic or unpredictable childhoods shape our relationship with structure

📆 The difference between rigid schedules and supportive rhythms

📆 Why predictability helps regulate the nervous system and reduce overwhelm

📆 How routines support hormonal balance and circadian rhythm regulation

📆 Why cyclical living is a built-in, body-based system of support

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Our intro and outro song, Reclamation (Reborn), is an anthem of remembering.

This song was created as a companion for the healing journey, especially for women reclaiming their voices, their rhythms, and their belonging in a world shaped by patriarchy.

You’re invited to listen, feel, and let the music meet you wherever you are.

Looking for more support or resources?

Check out these links:

• Free Trauma Recovery Mini-Course: Begin your healing journey today.

• Website: Learn more about our services and mission.

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healingherstorypodcast/

• Book a Free Consultation: Connect with me for personalized support.

• Insight Timer: Join me for free meditations to help you find inner calm.

• Full Video Version: Watch the music video for "Reclamation" featured in the intro and outro podcast.

Subscribe and Stay Connected:
Make sure to subscribe to Healing Her Story so you never miss an episode! Let’s heal, grow, and rise together.


You're also welcome to reach out via email at riva@windsofchangesac.com or send us a DM on Instagram at @healingherstorypodcast

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 we approach the dark moon, many of us feel more tired, introspective, or low-energy—and that’s not a problem to fix. It’s wisdom to listen to.

In this episode, we explore how the waning moon invites us to slow down, release what’s no longer working, and integrate the lessons illuminated by the recent full moon. We’ll talk about why this phase is not meant for new beginnings, how lunar cycles influence our energy and emotions, and why honoring rest is essential for nervous system health—especially during winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

You’ll also hear reflections on:

🌘 How the moon affects the tides—and why that matters for our bodies

🌘 Why rest and recovery are necessary for emotional processing and healing

🌘 What it means to “let go” in both practical and internal ways

🌘 The wisdom of the Metal element in Traditional Chinese Medicine and its connection to refinement, boundaries, grief, and release

🌘 How to work with cyclical energy instead of pushing against it

This is an episode for anyone who feels pressured to keep going when their body is asking for a pause. If you’re feeling called to reflect, release, and make space before setting intentions for the year ahead, this one is for you.

FREE Trauma Informed Somatic Meditations on Insight Timer

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Trauma-Informed Somatic Meditation For Rest & Restoration

Softening Meditation For Tension Relief & Grounding

Somatic Meditation on Trust

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Our intro and outro song, Reclamation (Reborn), is an anthem of remembering.

This song was created as a companion for the healing journey, especially for women reclaiming their voices, their rhythms, and their belonging in a world shaped by patriarchy.

You’re invited to listen, feel, and let the music meet you wherever you are.

Looking for more support or resources?

Check out these links:

• Free Trauma Recovery Mini-Course: Begin your healing journey today.

• Website: Learn more about our services and mission.

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healingherstorypodcast/

• Book a Free Consultation: Connect with me for personalized support.

• Insight Timer: Join me for free meditations to help you find inner calm.

• Full Video Version: Watch the music video for "Reclamation" featured in the intro and outro podcast.

Subscribe and Stay Connected:
Make sure to subscribe to Healing Her Story so you never miss an episode! Let’s heal, grow, and rise together.


You're also welcome to reach out via email at riva@windsofchangesac.com or send us a DM on Instagram at @healingherstorypodcast