This week, we’re tuning into the waning phase of the cycle—one of the most overlooked, yet most powerful phases for healing, reflection, and release.

If you’ve ever struggled to slow down, let go, or sit in the unknown… this episode will help you understand why.

Through the lens of the nervous system, feminine cycles, and the natural rhythm of life and death, we explore why endings feel so uncomfortable.

This isn’t just about the moon or the menstrual cycle.
This is about your relationship to rest, aging, loss, and change.

And what becomes possible when you stop resisting them?

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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.

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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 shares 5 phrases that have no place in trauma-informed healing, drawing from her own lived experience, her work supporting women, and the research that backs it all up.

She covers:

"You're just sensitive" and why dismissal activates the nervous system's threat response

"You should..." and why prescribing someone's healing path undermines lasting change

"Just let it go" and why the body cannot be forced to release before it feels safe

Interpreting your spiritual or psychedelic experience and why meaning must come from within

Toxic positivity and why rushing past pain is its own form of invalidation

If something has ever felt off in a therapeutic space but you couldn't name why, this episode will give you the language.

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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 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.

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Make sure to subscribe to Healing Her Story so you never miss an episode! Let’s heal, grow, and rise together.


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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 makes complete sense.

But this carries profound wisdom about what the full moon is actually for.

So much of the conversation around the full moon focuses on release and letting go. And while that has its place, Riva believes there is a huge missed opportunity in that framing.

The full moon is first and foremost about illumination. About what comes into the light. And one of the most overlooked invitations of this phase is not release at all, it's celebration.

In this episode, Riva explores why constantly focusing on what needs to be fixed, released, or improved can actually keep us stuck. She draws on trauma-informed practices like pendulation and titration to explain why the nervous system needs both, touching into the pain, and returning to what is already working.

Because healing is not just about what's broken. It's also about honoring what is growing.

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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 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