If you’ve been doing “all the healing things” — therapy, inner child work, mindset shifts — but still find yourself overwhelmed, burnt out, or spinning in the same emotional loops month after month... this episode is for you.

This week, we’re diving into a truth that’s often overlooked in the wellness world:
Your nervous system is cyclical — just like you.
And healing isn’t just about what you do. It’s about when and how you do it.

Inspired by a powerful masterclass with Veronika of Waking Womb, I’m exploring the biological differences in the female nervous system and how our capacity for stress, emotions, and healing shifts across the menstrual cycle. We’ll talk about the science, the spiritual implications, and why breathwork is one of the most effective tools for trauma recovery when used in alignment with your body’s natural rhythm.

You’ll learn:

🤲🏼 Why the same breathwork or therapy practice can feel amazing one week and overwhelming the next

🤲🏼 What the “window of presence” is — and how it shrinks and expands across your cycle

🤲🏼 How estrogen acts as a buffer for trauma healing (and when to use this to your advantage)

🤲🏼 Why female bodies are more sensitive to abandonment wounds and relational trauma

🤲🏼 How to time your somatic healing practices in a way that supports nervous system safety

🤲🏼 What oxytocin (not dopamine!) has to do with women’s regulation and recovery

🤲🏼And how to stop forcing healing... and start flowing with it instead

This episode will help you understand why your healing hasn’t worked the way you hoped — and give you permission to approach it in a way that feels gentler, wiser, and more effective.

🌹 Want to go deeper?
Join me August 22–24 for Mending the Motherwound, a free weekend immersion to help you regulate your nervous system, reconnect with your inner mother, and tend to the wounds that still live in your body.

Click here to register

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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.

• 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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You're also welcome to reach out via email at riva@windsofchangesac.com

We’re kicking off a new cycle on the Healing Her Story podcast with a deep and timely exploration of care—who gives it, who receives it, and what it costs us all.

Inspired by Cancer season and its nurturing, mothering energy, this episode invites you to reflect on how care lives in your own body and your daily life. Using recent research from the National Partnership for Women & Families, we unpack just how much unpaid care women provide each year—over $1 trillion in value, yet often invisible and unacknowledged.

If you’re a woman who:

• Has felt the pressure to keep giving, even when your cup is empty
• Struggles to rest or put yourself first
• Feels unseen for the emotional labor and caretaking you do at home or work
• Is reckoning with emotional neglect, generational wounds, or your own desire to become a mother…

Then this episode is for you.

We talk about the roots of this imbalance, including how patriarchal systems and gendered stereotypes continue to undervalue care—and the way this shows up in your body, your nervous system, your calendar, and your inner dialogue. This isn’t just about social justice; it’s about your personal healing.

You’ll also hear:

• A story about Riva’s experience working in the care economy
• A powerful reflection on self-integrity and giving yourself the care you offer others
• Thought-provoking journal questions to explore your own relationship to care

🤲🏼 Reflection questions include:

• Do you see the caretaking you do as work? As valuable?
• Do you feel obligated to care for others at the expense of yourself?
• Is it easier to care for others than it is to care for yourself?

This episode is an invitation to pause, reflect, and begin reclaiming care as sacred, vital, and worthy.

🎧 Tune in now and join the movement of women rising to reclaim the value of care—in our homes, in our communities, and in ourselves.

And if you’re ready to go deeper, don’t miss our upcoming free online weekend immersion: Mending the Mother Wound. It’s a powerful space to break generational cycles, heal emotional neglect, and reconnect with your feminine power.

🔗 Sign up for the free immersion here

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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.

• 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