The waning moon is here, and your body already knows it. In this final episode of our Cancer season self-care mini series, Riva explores the premenstrual phase through the lens of nervous system science, cyclical wisdom, and honest, practical self-care. If you've ever felt irritable, overstimulated, or just done during this time of the month, this episode will give you the language and the permission to understand why.

In this episode, you'll explore:

• Why the female nervous system has less capacity for stress and stimulation during the premenstrual and waning moon phase
• What the window of presence is and how it shifts throughout your cycle
• How resisting your body's natural downshift creates friction, dis-ease, and burnout — and what to do instead
• The rule of re — a simple Mercury retrograde framework that applies beautifully to the waning moon
• Practical self-care rituals for this phase: scheduling less, nourishing meals, bodywork, breathwork, and nesting
• Why your menstruation time is a built-in monthly health report and how the waning moon is your opportunity to prepare
• How to think of this phase as your inner autumn and what that reframe can unlock

Ready to go deeper?

If this episode resonated and you're ready to truly understand and work with your menstrual cycle, Synchronize is Riva's four-month menstrual cycle coaching program designed to help you reclaim every phase of your cycle, including this one. Click here to learn more

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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 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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This week's Healing Her Story episode welcomes a guest whose work lives at the intersection of attachment, parenting, and generational healing.

Amanda Hill is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and founder of Connections of Hope. With nearly twenty years of experience as a psychotherapist, she has spent her career helping individuals and families create meaningful, lasting change.

But this carries profound wisdom about where so many of our adult relationship patterns actually begin.

Amanda opens up about her own experience growing up the fifth of six children in a loving but overwhelmed family, and how that shaped her own attachment style. In this episode, Riva and Amanda explore how the family dynamics we grew up in continue to show up in our relationships, our boundaries, and our sense of safety, decades later.

They cover:

How different attachment styles develop and why they follow us into adulthood

Authoritative parenting versus permissive and authoritarian styles and why firm boundaries paired with genuine listening matter so much

Why permissive parenting can leave children feeling unsafe even when it comes from a place of love

The real responsibility of parenting and why so many people underestimate its lifelong impact

Practical strategies for breaking unhelpful family cycles including journaling, therapy, and processing unresolved feelings with parents

Screen time, presence, and connection including simple practices for staying truly present with the people you love

If you have ever wondered why certain patterns keep repeating in your relationships, this conversation will help you understand where they began, and how to begin shifting them.

Connect with Amanda Hill:

Website

Podcast

Book: Making Sense of Dysfunction: How to Heal, Take Control and Move Forward

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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 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

Follow on Instagram: @healingherstorypodcast

Subscribe so you never miss an episode. Email riva@windsofchangesac.com or DM @healingherstorypodcast on Instagram.

This week's Healing Her Story episode tunes into the energy of the full moon, landing on the rare day when the episode airs right alongside the actual peak.

As Cancer season continues, the focus for these Monday episodes remains on care. And today's invitations apply just as much to this full moon as they do to your inner summer, your ovulation time.

But this carries profound wisdom about how to work with peak energy rather than against it.

The full moon is a time of fullness. The light is at its peak. And in the menstrual cycle, estrogen is at its peak too. In this episode, Riva shares three invitations for moving through this intensified energy with more support and intention.

She covers:

Creative expression — why getting what is inside of you outside of you, through art, cooking, movement, or making, is one of the most healing things you can do during this phase

Connection — discerning what nourishes you right now, whether that is a solo date, deep rest, or a long dinner with a friend who actually fills you up

Taking action — why the full moon has a way of making things undeniable, and why now might be the time to finally move on what you have been overthinking

Riva closes with an invitation to celebrate yourself this week, drawing on the trauma-informed concept of resourcing, acknowledging what is already going well as a way to build confidence and create space for more positive change.

Donation-Based Trauma-Informed Somatic Meditation to Support You, This Week 🤲🏼🌹

Somatic Body Scan for Self-Love and Body Appreciation

This simple practice invites you to pause, breathe, and reconnect with your body in a gentle and trauma-informed way.

Listen 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 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

Follow on Instagram: @healingherstorypodcast

Subscribe so you never miss an episode. Email riva@windsofchangesac.com or DM @healingherstorypodcast on Instagram.