Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul

This week's Healing Her Story episode is a fiery one, intentionally timed with Aries season . Over the years, Riva has heard things said in therapeutic spaces that stopped her in her tracks. Things said in places that are supposed to be safe. Places where people go to heal. But this carries profound wisdom about what truly trauma-informed care looks and feels like. In this episode, Riva share...

This week's Healing Her Story episode tunes into the energy of the Full Moon in Aries season, and gently challenges one of the most common misconceptions in cyclical living. The full moon is not a light switch. It doesn't just turn on and off. It builds. It peaks. It releases gradually. And if you've been feeling the intensity this week, in yourself or in the people around you, that...

This week's episode steps into one of the most under-discussed chapters of a woman's life: perimenopause, the hormonal shift that arrives long before menopause, and that medicine has largely ignored. The first signs rarely come with a warning.  Anxiety out of nowhere. Sleep that won't come. Brain fog. Weight changes.   And a healthcare system that responds with dismissal. But this p...

This week’s Cycle Sync episode explores the energy of the Waxing Moon , a phase of the lunar cycle associated with momentum, growth, and new beginnings . This particular waxing moon arrives alongside several powerful shifts: Spring in the Northern Hemisphere Mercury moving direct The beginning of Aries season Together, these influences bring a noticeable surge of fresh energy and forward momentum...

Many spiritual traditions teach us to transcend the body. To rise above sensation. To witness instead of feel. To go “up and out.” But what if that very move is why so many women feel spiritually informed… yet internally disconnected? In this Aries season conversation, I sit down with Cynthia Abulafia, author of Embodying the Goddess , to explore the cost of spirituality that excludes the body — a...

This week’s Cycle Sync episode explores one of the most overlooked yet powerful phases of the lunar cycle: the Dark Moon . Just before the New Moon arrives, the moon disappears from the night sky for several nights. No light is reflected back to us. From the outside, it looks like there is no moon at all. But this quiet phase carries profound wisdom. The Dark Moon invites us to pause , reflect, an...

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 Whisperer” — to explore the subtle, powerful practice of Yoga Nidra and the brain states that allow insight, healing, and creativity to emerge naturally. Most of us spend our days in beta brainwave activity — focused, thinking, planning. Useful? Ab...

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 cycle associated with release, reflection, and refinement . But this isn’t just any waning moon. We’ve just moved through the second eclipse of this eclipse season , and eclipses often accelerate change — bringing hidden patterns or relationsh...

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, you’re not imagining it. Eclipses can bring endings, shifts, and emotional material to the surface. And during heightened seasons like this, the nervous system needs something specific: Care. In this episode, Riva explores the Full Moon throu...

In this conversation, Riva and Mari explore how poetry and journaling can help you process emotions, integrate difficult experiences, and reconnect with parts of yourself that may have gone quiet. Mari shares her healing journey, and how writing became a structured way to access feelings she couldn’t speak out loud - and what happened when she lost that ability. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why...

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… If things you’ve been calling in are finally showing up… And you feel both excited and overwhelmed… You’re not doing it wrong. In this episode, Riva explores the hidden truth about growth: expansion without support can create overwhelm. Dra...

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 wis...

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 fee...

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 sea...

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 explo...

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 con...

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 reminde...

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 nervou...

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 longe...

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 ourselves. In this conversation, I’m joined by Julianna for a grounded, compassionate exploration of gender roles, burnout, and the quiet suffering many women carry without realizing it isn’t theirs . Together, we unpack how socially conditioned ro...

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 you’re feeling pressure to have everything figured out already… If the “new year, new me” energy feels overwhelming or out of alignment… If you’re exhausted from trying to force change that never seems to stick… This episode is for you. Ra...

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 approach of the winter solstice, a time when nature itself slows, quiets, and turns inward. In this episode, we explore: 🌑 Why the void feels so uncomfortable from a trauma-informed + neuroscience perspective 🌑 How predictability calms the ner...

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 full moon. In this episode, we explore: 🌖 Why women often struggle to “downshift” into rest (yes, there’s research!) 🌖 The cultural friction between winter’s yin energy and holiday busyness 🌖 Rituals and practices to support transitions...

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 slowing down, shedding, and turning inward, our Western culture is ramping up with holidays, pressure, and end-of-year expectations. If you’ve been feeling that tension in your body, your energy, or your emotions… you’re not alone. And you’...

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 of year can feel deeply activating. In this episode, Riva offers trauma-informed wisdom for navigating the holidays with clarity, nervous system safety, and emotional sovereignty. If you’re the one in your family doing things differently, he...