She's on Fire

Unveiling a Powerful Energetic Strategy to Create Momentum

• Jen Gaines • Season 3 • Episode 35

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Let's talk about a strategy that I have used to gain clarity, creativity and momentum in my business and life. But not just mine, countless others have used this with amazing success.

Let's go on a  personal journey of discovering the scientific basis behind moon energy and its profound impact on our emotions, energy, and physical wellbeing. Forget the mysticism—this episode is all about practical applications of lunar cycles, especially the new moon, for setting intentions, launching projects, and staying on track with your goals. Explore how the moon’s 29.5-day cycle can become your secret weapon for business success and maintaining balance in your personal and professional life.

With the my Rich Witch Challenge on the horizon, let's dive in so you can understand that while I love woo woo stuff, I also feel strongly that any mindset strategy needs to be backed in science!  

Discover actionable strategies to embrace the energy and create an empowering environment for yourself. As we build this supportive community, I invite you to share your experiences and achievements with me via email. Let's keep the conversation going, stay empowered, and surround ourselves with positive influences. If you want to bring out your power and creativity make sure you check out the challenge that will begin on October 15th! I get some of the most amazing and best feedback from this particular challenge because it changes peoples lives! 

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All right, hello, hello, my beautiful souls, welcome back to the she's on Fire podcast. I'm your host, jen Gaines, and I am just out of my mind excited to be here with you today. The last few months have been challenging, to say the least, with my daughter's health, but she's doing so much better and I will dig into that another time. But today I'm unpacking something that often gets labeled as woo-woo, but I want you to hold up, because there's science behind what I'm going to talk about. All right, so let me tell you I'm all about the woo I really am. I'm all about the woo, I really am, but I also really like to look at the science behind things as well, because I think that that's really important, and right now, I'm talking about moon energy and how you can use it to build momentum in your business and your whole mindset. Now, before you start thinking, this is some kind of like mystical woo stuff, like I said, I'm I love the science of things and it's really important. I'm going to stop you, okay. This isn't about magic spells or anything that goes against your beliefs. Not in any way. I say that because I'm being in Florida. I'm often met with skepticism by some religious people that just assume things, and I'm not down on anybody, but this does happen, and I want you to know that I hold your values sacred, no matter what your religion is. I respect them. All right, as long as they're not pushed on me. So, regardless of what your religion is, you can use this information that I'm about to give you, no matter what your spiritual background may be, and it really fits perfectly with whatever faith or belief system you follow. It's science, it really is All right, and so, while I'm totally cool, I'm just going to say this I'm totally cool with witchcraft, and if that's your vibe too, we're focusing on the science and energy of the moon, all right. So why would I want to talk about it? Literally, because I've seen firsthand what using this energy can do, and it hasn't just been for me. I have seen it with countless others too. This really can be such a catalyst for you. All right, it really can. I want you to understand that. So let's get into it.

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Let's let's talk about the science for a few minutes, because this part is important. The moon is not just another beautiful light in the sky, all right. It's not just something that we romanticize about, though. It is beautiful, but it actually influences our world in ways that we romanticize about, though. It is beautiful, but it actually influences our world in ways that we can measure and understand scientifically. I'm going to get to in a few minutes what you can do, how you can use it, but I really want you to understand how important this energy actually is. So I want you to think about the moon's gravitational pull is what controls the ocean's tides, right? I'm sure you must know that the moon's gravitational pull literally controls the ocean's tides. That is huge and it's no. I want you to think about this. Our bodies are 60% water. It only makes sense that the moon does have some influence on us, right? That's why, when you know it's a full moon and people are acting kind of crazy, it's, it's actually actually science behind it.

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Okay, so for centuries, people have noted that lunar phases can affect emotions, energy levels and even our physical bodies. Farmers have timed planting and harvesting with the moon cycles for ages, because it works. It's about syncing with natural rhythms that are around us. I know people who love fishing, who literally look up the moon phases to find out when fishing is going to be good. All right, none of this is about superstition or magic or anything demonic, like I've actually been told before. It's about energy, it's about cycles and it's about being in tune with the natural world, and that can absolutely help you in your business. So let's. It operates in a 29 and a half day cycle, right, moving from new moon, which, if you're listening to this today, october 2nd of 2024, we have a new moon today. Why I decided to do this podcast? Because it just really is important for me to get this information to people, because I know how much it's helped me. But anyways, back to the moon cycle. So a 29 and a half day cycle moving from new moon and then it cycles to full moon and then back again. These phases can be seen kind of like as natural checkpoints, offering us times to plant seeds, take action and reflect.

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So let's talk about the new moon. It's a time for new beginnings. Every month, it's like you can jump off like it's the new year. Don't wait until I don't know January 1st or December 31st to decide that you're going to go all in or do big things. You can do that every month. You can do that every single month with the new moon. So Set your intentions every month, instead of waiting until the end of the year or the beginning of the new year. I don't like New Year's resolutions because the majority of people never accomplish them.

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The new moon and this energy is a catalyst for accomplishing goals. I've seen it so many times. So the new moon is when the sky is dark, representing a blank slate. It's a great time for new beginnings, setting intentions and planning ahead. If you're thinking about launching a new product, a new offer, you know, maybe you've been slacking in some way. This is the perfect time to set those intentions. And this energy lasts for about 48 hours after the new moon, so you could do this tomorrow. You could do it the next day as well. All right, during the new moon your energy may feel lower, but that's because it's a time of introspection, kind of like slowing down. It's a time to reflect and refine. This is when you plant the seeds for what you want to grow over the next cycle. So here's how you can harness the power of the new moon in your business right now. Like, not wait, like let's do this right now.

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So the first thing you want to set clear intentions. You want to set clear intentions. Take a moment to reflect and write down what you want to achieve. It could be one thing or several things. I mean, don't make a list of 20 things, because, let's be very clear, we need to use the science of things right and neuroscience will tell you that having this long to-do list is just going to make it harder for you to achieve. But we'll go into that another time. So let's pick a few things, get super clear and write them down with intention.

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Close your eyes, breathe in and breathe out and feel the energy flowing through your body and write your intentions down. It can be anything from growing your client base, getting out regularly on social media, growing your email list. Oh, exercising, because that's important for your energy to flow in your business. Maybe you're going to launch a new service, but be specific in what you plan to do. Then I want you to visualize your success. Use this quiet energy to create a mental image of what success looks like. Visualization is a powerful tool to guide your actions and some people think it's hokey or woo-woo, but in fact there is also science behind that as well, and I will get into that at a later point because I don't want to make this podcast too long. But do visualize. Act as if it's happening. Take small, intentional steps.

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The new moon is a time to lay the groundwork. You don't need to make these huge strides just yet. Focus on starting the process. Okay, don't make intentions that you know you will never follow through on. So, for example, let's go back to the. Exercising is crucial for your business and maybe setting an intention around it. Exercise gives you endorphins, which opens your mind and your body to energy. It gives you more clarity. It helps you be more creative. It's important. But if you're not currently exercising or it's very minimal, don't set the intention that you're going to start tomorrow by exercising an hour every single day. We both know you're setting yourself up to fail. That's like if you haven't been posting in your business regularly. Don't go and set the intention that you're going to post three to five times a day. Let's make quality over quantity, quality over quantity with these intentions.

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Okay, so I want to talk about the full moon just for for a few minutes. The full moon is mid-October and I'm running a challenge during that time. That is just so. It's so much fun to do. It's a fun, immersive experience that I do, and it's all about stepping into your magic and power to explode your business and to really find that confidence in you to cat you know, catapult yourself out there, and I run this every year and we have a blast doing it. So it's called the rich witch challenge, and no, I'm not teaching spells or witchcraft. I just feel that people learn better when they're having fun, and this is one of my most favorite things to do. So, anyway, that's around the time of the full moon and it's going to be a blast.

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So two weeks after the new moon, we get the full moon right. So today's the second, the 17th we're going to have the full moon, which is when the moon is fully illuminated you know this and it's at its brightest. This is a time of peak energy. I'm just going to go through this real quick, okay, because I want you to concentrate on the new moon energy. This is a time of peak energy. The full moon is a great period for reflection and celebrating your wins, the wins that you've created since the new moon, and it's also the perfect moment to let go of what's no longer serving you. I'm not going to go too much in a full moon, because I do have the challenge during that time that you know we're really going to. I'm going to help you really understand how you can use it to your peak advantage. How you can use it to your peak advantage. But real quick, I'll give you a few tips. Okay, for the full moon.

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So in business, it's a powerful time to assess progress. Look at the goals you set. Look at those intentions that you set during the new moon. Are you on track? What's working? What isn't? Release what's holding you back. This is very important. Whether it's a shitty mindset, whether it's a strategy that's not producing results. I'm not saying just quit on the strategy. I just want to say that, okay, sometimes you have to refine things in marketing, not just quit them. It could be a client that's draining your energies. You might be scaling back from a friend that's an energy vampire, but the full moon is a time to let go of things and celebrate your wins. Don't forget to give yourself credit for how far you've come, no matter how small those wins are. They are wins, they are steps in the right direction, and the full moon is a time to acknowledge your progress and express that gratitude. So, by using the energy of the moon, you're syncing your personal and business growth with natural rhythms that have been influencing life on earth for thousands of years.

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It's not about worshiping the moon or practicing any kind of witchcraft. That's not what this is, though, if that is your thing, then by all means freaking, do it that works for you. I want you to find what works for you, but this is simply a way to tap into the natural cycles of energy that are happening, whether we acknowledge them or not, no matter your religion or spiritual path. Using the moon's phases to set intentions and reflect on your business can be a tool that enhances your journey. It's about working with nature's flow, not against it. So here's something that I do that you can try for yourself Every new moon, I sit down at night when everybody's gone to bed and it's quiet, and I can think and I can process, and I write down three specific goals.

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They could include growth. They could include anything, anything that you want, anything about your business that you want. I take my time. Maybe I want to say this, maybe it's showing up just more consistently. So not hey, I'm going to post three to five times a day, maybe it's. I'm going to show up every single day. I'm going to serve every single day, right. I take my time, I set intentions and then, at the full moon, I revisit them. I reflect on what's worked, celebrate the wins and release anything that hasn't served me or is not serving me. This process keeps me grounded and focused on the bigger picture.

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I hope that this episode has kind of opened your eyes to this. So if you've ever thought that moon energy was just some kind of mystical nonsense, I invite you to really reconsider and try this. It can be such a powerful tool for you. There's a real scientific basis to how the moon affects us, and aligning with its phases can help you grow your business with intention and clarity. Creativity gain momentum. It doesn't matter what you believe. I want you to remember that I value whatever your religion is. I respect that. It doesn't matter what you believe.

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This information is here to serve you, no matter what your faith or background is. And if you want more info on the fun challenge coming up during that full moon, on the fun challenge coming up during that full moon, make sure to check the show notes. I hope this helped. I hope that you really take this seriously. I hope that you breathe into this energy and you use it as a catalyst to pull you forward. I'm so excited to hear what you accomplish. You can send me an email, jen, at jengainscom. I would love to hear your thoughts. Thank you for tuning in today and I cannot wait to hear how you use the moon cycles to build momentum in your business. Don't forget to subscribe if you haven't, and leave a review if you found this helpful. I would be so appreciative of that. Until next time, be strong, stay empowered, surround yourself with people who lift you up and keep shining like the star that you are.