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.

🤲🏼🌹 Resources

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?

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.

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

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