Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul

Riva Jean-Paul
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Are you feeling overwhelmed, disconnected from your body, or stuck in cycles of stress and trauma? Healing Her Story is here to guide you from feeling lost, isolated, and exhausted to feeling empowered, grounded, and deeply connected to yourself. This transformative podcast dives into trauma recovery, somatic healing, creativity, and the profound wisdom of trauma-informed menstrual cycle awareness. Each episode offers practical tools, inspiring stories of resilience, and insightful conversations to help you reconnect with your body, break free from societal expectations, and align with your natural rhythms. If you're ready to shift from surviving to thriving, join us as we illuminate the path toward healing, empowerment, and wholeness. It’s time to rewrite your story and embrace the life you deserve. Start your healing journey today with Healing Her Story—a podcast created for women, by women, who are reclaiming their power.

  1. 1H AGO

    Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync | Feeling Drained Lately? The Waning Moon, Eclipse Season & Your Body’s Need for Space

    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 relationship dynamics into the light. On top of that, we’re also navigating Mercury retrograde, a time traditionally associated with delays, miscommunications, and an overall slowing down of life’s pace. From a cyclical perspective, the waning moon mirrors autumn in the seasonal cycle and the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. Research shows that during the luteal phase, rising progesterone can increase emotional sensitivity and introspection — supporting a natural process of reflection and evaluation before the next cycle begins. In other words, if you’re feeling the pull to slow down, create space, or let things go, your body may simply be following its natural rhythm. In this episode, we explore how the waning moon invites us to refine what truly matters, release what no longer resonates, and consciously create space before the next cycle begins. Because as we move toward the Spring Equinox and the next New Moon, energy will begin rising again — and life will naturally start filling up. The question is: What do you actually want to make space for? And what might be ready to be released? Trauma-Informed Donation-Based Meditation to Support You This Week 🤲🏼🌹 Somatic Breathing to Hear Your Body's Wisdom Send a text 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

    29 min

  2. MAR 2

    Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync | Full Moon Eclipse | How to Regulate Yourself During Intense Seasons”

    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 through the lens of the Mother archetype and the reparenting journey — especially for those who didn’t receive consistent emotional support growing up. You’ll learn: How self-compassion impacts cortisol and nervous system regulationThe magic of offfering ourselves warmth and creating internal safetyThe difference between self-mothering and martyrdomHow to meet grief, anger, and overwhelm with presenceResearch shows that self-compassion practices increase emotional resilience and heart rate variability while reducing stress reactivity. If eclipse season has stirred grief, exhaustion, or pressure, this episode offers a grounded reminder: You don’t need to harden to survive intensity. You can learn to hold yourself through it. Donation-Based Trauma-Informed Somatic Meditation to Support You This Week 🤲🏼🌹 Somatic Meditation & Welcome Practice Send a text 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

    21 min

  3. FEB 27

    (REPLAY) How to Use Writing as a Tool for Emotional Healing with Mari Candela

    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 writing can feel safer than verbal processingHow poetry bypasses overthinking and connects you to the bodyHow putting language to emotion helps the brain organize overwhelming experiencesSimple ways to begin using writing as a healing practiceStudies on expressive writing show improvements in emotional regulation, immune function, and stress resilience. When we give our experiences language, we create containment — and containment creates safety. If you’ve ever struggled to name what you’re feeling, this episode offers a practical and gentle starting point. Connect with Mari  Send a text 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

    1h 12m

  4. FEB 23

    Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync | Waxing Moon Expansion: Why Growth Feels Overwhelming (and What Actually Supports It)

    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. Drawing from polyvagal theory, attachment research, neuroscience, and nature, she explains: Why overwhelm often isn’t a sign of incapability — but insufficient infrastructureHow hyper-independence forms as a trauma responseWhat the brain teaches us about sustainable growthWhy co-regulation and perceived support directly impact cortisol and stress resilienceThis episode is especially for the high-functioning woman who can handle everything… but doesn’t want to keep carrying it alone. Donation-Based Trauma-Informed Somatic Meditation to Support You This Week 🤲🏼🌹 Sensing The Support - 5-Minute Daily Somatic Practice Sensing The Support - 15 Minute Daily Somatic Practice Send a text 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

    31 min

  5. FEB 20

    (RE-RECORDED) The Creative Cycle: A Feminine Framework for Sustainable Creativity

    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 supportsWhen to rest, initiate, share, or completeHow to reduce burnout and increase sustainable flowHow to sync creativity, healing work, and self-care with your bodyYou can access the Cycle Support Map here Send a text 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

    37 min

  6. FEB 16

    Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync | A Quiet Beginning: Rest, Rhythm, and the New Moon Eclipse

    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 chartThe 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 Send a text 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

    22 min

  7. FEB 9

    Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync | The Waning Moon & the Art of Letting Go (Without Forcing It)

    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 forcedLetting go happens in its own time and waySelf-judgment often creates more stress than the original problemGentleness and self-compassion actually support emotional processingIf 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 goHow the nervous system releases through safety, not urgencyThe role of self-compassion in emotional processingHow pressure and self-criticism add unnecessary frictionWhy tenderness is often a sign of transition, not failureTo 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 Send a text 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

    23 min

  8. FEB 2

    Moon Phases & Feminine Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync | Big Feelings Under the Full Moon (and Why That’s Not a Problem)

    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 explore how emotions like anger, frustration, rage, grief, fear, and sadness are not something to get rid of or bypass—but something to listen to, honor, and move through the body. Drawing from trauma-informed somatic work, nervous system science, and cyclical wisdom, this conversation invites you to consider emotion as energy in motion—energy that was never meant to stay stuck inside. You’ll hear reflections on: 🌕 Why the full moon can amplify emotional experiences 🌕 How collective stress impacts the nervous system and emotional regulation 🌕 The cost of suppressing anger, frustration, and grief 🌕 Why expression is essential for healing and nervous system completion 🌕 How unexpressed emotions often come out sideways 🌕 Healthy, embodied outlets for emotional release that don’t harm you or others Donation-Based Trauma-Informed Somatic Meditations to Support You This Week  🤲🏼🌹 Somatic Meditation To Find Your Center Sit and Be With It - 15-minute daily somatic practice Somatic Meditation for Feeling More Confident  Real Food for Fertility  Send a text 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

    30 min
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Are you feeling overwhelmed, disconnected from your body, or stuck in cycles of stress and trauma? Healing Her Story is here to guide you from feeling lost, isolated, and exhausted to feeling empowered, grounded, and deeply connected to yourself. This transformative podcast dives into trauma recovery, somatic healing, creativity, and the profound wisdom of trauma-informed menstrual cycle awareness. Each episode offers practical tools, inspiring stories of resilience, and insightful conversations to help you reconnect with your body, break free from societal expectations, and align with your natural rhythms. If you're ready to shift from surviving to thriving, join us as we illuminate the path toward healing, empowerment, and wholeness. It’s time to rewrite your story and embrace the life you deserve. Start your healing journey today with Healing Her Story—a podcast created for women, by women, who are reclaiming their power.

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