Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul

Welcome to the cycle's peak, love — the Full Moon phase. This episode is here to guide you through the energetic intensity of this time with grounded, nurturing insight that helps you stay aligned with your body, your truth, and your feminine power. The Full Moon is a moment of culmination, illumination, and completion. Whether you’re feeling lit up and energized or overwhelmed and emotionall...

Have you ever felt like your emotional or physical symptoms around your period were trying to tell you something deeper? In this potent episode, I share the powerful connection between trauma and the menstrual cycle — a topic that transformed my own healing journey and has profoundly shifted the way I support my clients. Whether you’ve experienced anxiety, PMS, PMDD, painful periods, or just feel...

This week, we're diving into the energy of the first quarter moon , a time of forward momentum and aligned action. If you’ve been resting, dreaming, and tuning into your body’s rhythms, beautiful. AND healing also requires movement. In this episode, I share how to balance your inner feminine and masculine energies , using the Maiden archetype as our guide. The Maiden is curious, brave, and fu...

If you’ve ever wondered about the deeper connection between your menstrual cycle and the moon phases, you’re going to love this episode. 🌑🌕 In today's conversation with Jamie, we explore the ancient wisdom of the Red Tent, what it means to bleed with different phases of the moon, and how to live more cyclically even in today’s fast-paced, modern world. Working with the moon and your menstru...

Are you craving more balance, peace, and feminine flow in your fast-paced life? In today’s episode, we dive into the sacred energy of the New Moon — a powerful time for rest, reflection, and planting seeds for your month ahead. Just like the season of winter and the menstrual phase of your cycle, the New Moon invites you to slow down, reconnect to your body, and create space for deep, soul-led int...

Have you heard of somatic breathwork but aren't quite sure what it is or how it works? Or maybe you've tried everything—talk therapy, coaching, journaling—but you still feel stuck in trauma patterns, emotional overwhelm, or disconnected from your feminine energy. If so, this episode is for you, love. In this potent solo session, I’m sharing everything you need to know about somatic breat...

In this week’s Weekly Cycle Sync episode, we tune into the energy of the waning moon and the last quarter moon —a powerful time for reflection, letting go, and completing what’s ready to be wrapped up. 🌗 If you often feel overwhelmed, scattered, or unsure when to slow down or push forward, this episode offers you a gentle roadmap. I share how you can work with the forward momentum of spring and t...

In this week’s episode of Healing Her Story , we explore the energetics of the Waning Gibbous Moon and the "late summer" phase of your menstrual cycle—also known as post-ovulation. This powerful window can offer deep insight into how well your cycle is supporting you—or where you may need to recalibrate. As caregivers, lovers, creators, and leaders, we often give so much to others—but ar...

Love, this week on Healing Her Story , I’m joined by the incredible Mikaela De La Myco of MushWOMB to explore the deep connections between reproductive health, plant medicine, and rematriation —the process of reclaiming feminine wisdom, ancestral practices, and our relationship with the earth. Mikaela shares her personal journey into herbal medicine and trauma-informed care , offering profound ins...

This week’s cycle check-in is all about the Waxing Gibbous Moon and the Follicular Phase —a time of momentum, growth, and energy-building. But with all this forward motion, you might also feel a sense of urgency, pressure to "hurry up and bloom," or like you need to do all the things right now. In this episode, I invite you to take a deep breath and slow down. Even in nature, growth take...

In this empowering episode, we dive deep into menstrual cycle awareness as a powerful tool for healing, self-discovery, and personal revolution . I share what menstrual cycle awareness is, why it matters, and how it can completely transform your relationship with your body and your life. I walk you through the four phases of your menstrual cycle—menstruating, follicular, ovulatory, and luteal —exp...

Hey love, welcome to this week’s Cycle Check-In on the Healing Her Story podcast! 🌙✨ We’re in the New Moon phase—a potent time of deep rest, reflection, and renewal. If you’ve been feeling a pull inward, noticing a dip in energy or motivation, or sensing the need for a fresh start, you’re right on time. In this episode, I share: 🌑  Why your energy might feel lower right now—and why that’s actua...

Have you ever felt drained, overwhelmed, or just off after spending time on social media? You're not alone. In this episode of Healing Her Story , I dive deep into my personal journey of reassessing my relationship with social media and the incredible impact it's had on my creativity, mental health, and overall well-being. We explore the research on how social media affects women's...

As we move into the waning moon phase, we are invited to slow down, release, and do less —but for many of us, that’s easier said than done. In a world that glorifies productivity, rest can feel uncomfortable, unsafe, or even impossible. In this week’s cycle check-in, I explore why slowing down is so hard and share practical, gentle ways to begin cultivating rest in ways that feel safe and doable....

The full moon eclipse may have stirred up a lot last week—big emotions, sudden realizations, or unexpected shifts. Now, as we enter the waning gibbous moon phase , it’s time to integrate, process, and soften into what’s come up. In this episode, I introduce The 3 G’s —a simple yet powerful approach to help you move through this phase with more ease, clarity, and self-compassion . If you’ve been fe...

 Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussions of adverse childhood experiences. Please listen with care and take breaks if needed. What happens when you grow up without the love, safety, and guidance you needed? How do you break generational cycles and show up as the parent you wish you had? In this powerful episode, I sit down with my dear friend Amora —a sound healer, space holder, and sin...

As we approach the Full Moon Eclipse , life may feel extra full—new beginnings, shifting schedules, unexpected changes, and maybe even sudden endings. Eclipse energy is powerful, and with Venus in retrograde and Mercury retrograde approaching , you might be feeling overwhelmed, uncertain, or emotionally heightened. You're not alone, and there is nothing wrong with you. In this episode, I guid...

If you’ve ever felt like your own worst critic, you’re not alone. Many of us grew up with critical parents or caregivers , and as a result, we’ve internalized that voice—leading to self-judgment, perfectionism, and never feeling "good enough." But the good news? You can change this. In this episode of Healing Her Story , I share a personal story that helped me realize just how hard I was...

Love, have you been feeling the shift in energy this week? As the moon moves from new to full, the waxing moon invites us to step into action—but in a way that is intentional, balanced, and sustainable. In this Weekly Cycle Check-In, I’m sharing The 3 Ps - a simple yet powerful framework to help you work with this week’s lunar energy instead of pushing against it. If you find yourself feeling scat...

In this week's Cycle Check-In on Healing Her Story , we’re stepping into one of the most overlooked yet deeply restorative phases of the lunar cycle—the Dark Moon . This is the moment in the cycle when the sky goes completely dark, offering us a powerful reminder to slow down, rest, and embrace the in-between. But in a world that glorifies productivity and constant growth, it can feel uncomfo...

Welcome to this week’s check-in on Healing Her Story ! As we move into the waning moon phase, we’re invited into a quieter, more introspective space that deeply supports letting go . But here’s the thing: letting go isn’t something we force with the mind. It’s something the body already knows how to do in its own time and way. In this episode, we’ll explore: 🌘 Why now is the time to let go—not at...

Is your mind always racing, trying to “figure out” why you feel anxious or overwhelmed? Do you find yourself constantly searching for the next mindset shift or affirmation, hoping it will help you feel safe? If so, this episode is for you. In today’s episode, we’re busting the myth that you can think your way into safety. True safety isn’t just an idea—it’s a felt experience in your body. If you’v...

Welcome back to Healing Her Story ! This week’s cycle check-in is all about busting a huge myth about the full moon phase—one that might be keeping you stuck in cycles of always needing to fix or change something about yourself. If you’ve been feeling like you constantly have to do more, be more, or heal more, this episode is for you. If you're ovulating right now, this will be an extra juicy...

Welcome to this week’s episode of the Healing Her Story Podcast. Today, I’m joined by Kim Stevens , a holistic licensed psychotherapist specializing in somatic therapy, mindfulness-based modalities, dance and movement therapy, and trauma healing . We’ve all heard the phrase, “You have to feel it to heal it.” But what does that actually mean? And how can you begin to reconnect with your body, espec...

In this episode, we’ll explore the transition from winter to spring  and how it mirrors the shift from the new moon to the waxing moon, as well as the pre-ovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle. Through the lens of traditional Chinese medicine, we’ll explore how this time of year is connected to the element of wood, symbolizing growth, potential, and renewal. But here’s the catch—growth doesn’t ha...