Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync | How to Work With Waxing Moon Energy for Your Creative Practice & Menstrual Cycle

This week's Healing Her Story episode continues the Leo season mini series on creativity -- exploring how the lunar and menstrual cycle can inform the way we create, what we focus on, and the energy we bring to it.

This phase is associated with the season of spring. Rebirth. Fresh starts. New beginnings. And there is so much creative potential available right now.

But this carries profound wisdom about what this tender, emerging energy actually needs from us.

In this episode Riva introduces the three P's for your creative practice during the waxing moon and follicular phase.

Planning -- blocking time, gathering supplies, mapping out the month, and getting clear on what you actually want to create

Protecting -- why sharing your creative work too soon can invite the inner critic in before the idea has had a chance to take root, and how to be intentional about who you share with and when

Pacing -- why doing too much too soon during this rising energy phase leads to burnout before you even reach ovulation, and how to nourish yourself back to center before pushing forward

Riva also shares her own personal creative recommitment this cycle, including her dance practice, a painting waiting on big canvases, a song in progress, and the childlike pull toward possibility that spring always brings.

If you tend to surge forward and crash before the full moon, this episode is for you.

Resources to Support You This Week 🤲🏼🌹

🧘 Somatic Meditation for Patience & Anxiety Relief — this week's trauma-informed somatic meditation on Insight Timer to support you in pacing yourself through the waxing moon

✍️ Dr. Tavina Lynn's Writing Circle — a free community writing circle meeting every second Sunday, a beautiful way to create accountability in your creative practice

🌀 Synchronize — Menstrual Cycle Coaching — Riva's four-month menstrual cycle coaching program for women ready to go deeper with their cycle awareness and reclaim every phase

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 support? Here's how to go deeper:

• Book a Somatic Assessment: Your 75-min 1:1 virtual session to explore what your body is holding and shape a personalized care plan. Book Here
• Free Trauma Recovery Mini-Course: A self-guided intro to trauma recovery and nervous system care. Download Here
• 1:1 and Group Support: Virtual and in-person offerings. Learn More
• Meditations on Insight Timer: Guided practices for nervous system regulation. Listen Here
• Watch Reclamation: A music video and expressive arts project. Watch Here

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