Choosing Alignment Over Approval | First Quarter Moon

Strengthening Your Confidence Muscle | Waxing Gibbous Moon

Confidence isn’t something we suddenly wake up with. More often, confidence is built slowly through repeated moments where we do something uncomfortable and discover that we’re more capable than we thought. In this Waxing Gibbous Moon episode, we continue our Solar Plexus Chakra cycle by exploring how confidence grows through practice, repetition, and the willingness to begin before feeling completely ready. Join me as we reflect on discomfort, growth, and how the small moments where we continue showing up for ourselves eventually shape how we see ourselves. As always, this episode includes a grounding meditation, journal prompt, and moon-aligned self-care practices to help you work with the energy of the Waxing Gibbous Moon. Edited by Andy Estrada. Sign up for our newsletter [⁠https://mailchi.mp/c9b996674f63/sacred-self-care-aligning-with-the-moon⁠] to receive journal prompts in your inbox every New and Full Moon. Follow us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/sacredpodcast?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=OHUwM2FsdjNodnRl⁠]

Choosing Alignment Over Approval | First Quarter Moon

Trusting yourself is one thing. Choosing yourself when other people expect something different can feel much harder. In this First Quarter Moon episode, we continue our Solar Plexus Chakra cycle by exploring what it means to make aligned decisions, honor your own values, and navigate the discomfort that sometimes comes with disappointing expectations. Join me as we reflect on the pressure to seek approval, the courage it takes to trust your own path, and how confidence begins to grow when we stop trying to be everything for everyone. As always, this episode includes a grounding meditation, journal prompt, and moon-aligned self-care practices to help you work with the energy of the First Quarter Moon. Edited by Andy Estrada. Sign up for our newsletter [https://mailchi.mp/c9b996674f63/sacred-self-care-aligning-with-the-moon⁠] to receive journal prompts in your inbox every New and Full Moon. Follow us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/sacredpodcast?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=OHUwM2FsdjNodnRl⁠]

Learning to Trust Yourself | Waxing Crescent Moon

Confidence doesn’t begin when we suddenly feel fearless. More often, confidence grows quietly through small moments where we learn to trust ourselves a little more each day. In this Waxing Crescent episode, we continue our Solar Plexus Chakra cycle by exploring self-trust, the small decisions that build confidence, and what it looks like to take action before having all the answers. Join me as we reflect on the leaps we take, the evidence we gather when we trust ourselves, and how confidence is often built long before we recognize it. As always, this episode includes a grounding meditation, journal prompt, and moon-aligned self-care practices to help you work with the energy of this Waxing Crescent Moon. Edited by Andy Estrada. Sign up for our newsletter [⁠https://mailchi.mp/c9b996674f63/sacred-self-care-aligning-with-the-moon⁠] to receive journal prompts in your inbox every New Moon. Follow us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/sacredpodcast?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=OHUwM2FsdjNodnRl⁠]

Listening to Your Inner Voice | New Moon

We’re beginning a brand new cycle centered around the Solar Plexus Chakra; the energy center connected to confidence, identity, personal power, and learning to trust ourselves more deeply. But before confidence comes action, before action comes trust, we first have to learn how to hear ourselves clearly. In this New Moon episode, we explore what it means to reconnect with your inner voice, notice where you may be ignoring your own intuition, and begin creating space to listen more closely to yourself. As always, today’s episode includes a grounding meditation, journal prompt, and self-care practice to help you align with this lunar phase and begin this new cycle with intention.

Resting in Presence | Waning Crescent Moon Self-Care

At the end of every cycle comes an invitation to pause. In this Waning Crescent Moon episode of Sacred Self-Care, we slow down, reflect on the journey we've taken through Presence, Pleasure & Simple Joy, and create space for everything we've learned to settle. Together, we'll explore what rest really looks like, why integration is an important part of growth, and how presence can continue supporting us long after the cycle ends. This episode is a gentle reminder that you don't always need to do more. Sometimes the most supportive thing you can do is pause, breathe, and allow yourself to rest. In this episode: * Reflecting on the shifts that happened throughout the cycle * Exploring rest as more than just sleep * Creating space for integration and renewal * A Waning Crescent ritual for rest and restoration Edited by Andy Estrada. Sign up for our newsletter [⁠https://mailchi.mp/c9b996674f63/sacred-self-care-aligning-with-the-moon⁠]to receive journal prompts in your inbox every New and Full Moon. Follow us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/sacredpodcast?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=OHUwM2FsdjNodnRl⁠]