February 2, 2026 • Early Waning Gibbous • The Full Moon’s light is still present, now illuminating how we relate, attach, and love.
Dear Beautiful,
In the hours after the Full Moon, awareness often turns toward relationship. The bonds that shaped us. The ones that still stir emotion. The ones that hold tenderness, grief, longing, or hope.
For me, this phase opened reflection around mother–daughter relationships, romantic relationships, the anniversary of my brother's passing 36 years ago, and the quiet power these hold in shaping how we see ourselves, how safe we feel expressing emotion, and how we allow closeness.
These are not just interpersonal dynamics. They live in the body, the nervous system, the fascia. In the inner dialogue that formed in response to love received, love withheld, and love longed for.
The Full Moon doesn’t create these feelings. It reveals what is already present. And the early waning gibbous phase invites us to integrate what we’ve seen without needing to resolve it all at once.
This is a time to notice how certain relationships still influence our sense of worth, safety, and belonging, and to meet that awareness with compassion rather than self-judgment.
This reflection connects closely with something I recently shared in my writing.
An excerpt from my newest blog: "There comes a point where many sensitive women start to question why life feels more challenging for them. Where they wonder what makes them a bit different. Where the idea of staying strong just doesn’t last long because they are here to feel, yet have tried to push through to keep up with the fast pace of society."
Continue reading: A Moment to Pause | A Space to Inquire
From Last Week's Conversation
Rise & Realign: Conversations for the Sensitive Soul, Episode 13: Unraveling Old Beliefs Beneath the Surface
In this episode, I explore how old beliefs live beneath the surface of our awareness and quietly shape how we experience ourselves, our bodies, and our lives. As highly sensitive women, many of us learned to adapt early on without ever being given the language to understand how deeply our nervous systems were involved. These beliefs don’t dissolve all at once. They soften over time through awareness, safety, and gentle presence.
New episodes of Rise & Realign: Conversations for the Sensitive Soul are released each Wednesday at 4:44 PM Pacific. An invitation to take a break and breathe love.
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Listen here: Rise & Realign: Conversations for the Sensitive Soul
A Moment to Pause | A Space to Inquire
As the full moon energy settles, questions often surface. About sensitivity. About patterns that keep returning. About what it might look like to live with more alignment and less self-override.
On February 5th, February 19th & March 5th, I’m hosting three live, free gatherings. A spacious, heart-centered Q&A where sensitive women are welcome to pause, ask questions, and explore what support might feel right for them in this season.
There is no pressure to join anything. Attend one or all. This is simply a place to be heard, to learn, and to sense whether The Re-Aligned Journey, beginning at the spring equinox, feels like a true next step.
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Closing Blessing
May the light that has revealed itself soften into understanding. May the relationships that stir emotion be met with compassion rather than urgency. May you honor what shaped you without letting it define you.
May your heart feel steadier, your nervous system feel safer, and your relationships be guided by truth rather than old survival patterns.
You are allowed to want connection. You are allowed to grieve what wasn’t received. And you are allowed to imagine love that feels supportive, mutual, and kind.
May this integration bring you closer to yourself, and through that, closer to the relationships that truly nourish you.
I’d love to know what this moment is clarifying for you. You’re always welcome to reply and share what you’re noticing.✨
If this reflection felt supportive, feel free to pass it along to another sensitive woman who may need the same reminder today.
We rise together when we pause, breathe, and realign with love.
With moon and heart,
Melissa
Melissa Jean Paulson, MSW
Integrative Mental Health | Quantum Biology Health
Mind–Body–Soul Wisdom Spiral Guide
Creator of Heart Wisdom Re-Alignment™
& The Re-Aligned Journey™
✨Rise. Reclaim. Remember. ✨
Where the heart leads, the body remembers, and the soul awakens.
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>My Offerings: Rise & Realign: An Integrative Intensive for Sensitive Women (~ 4 hrs)
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>Stress Resilience: Preventing Burnout with Holistic Self-Care Mini-Course
>My Writing Highly Sensitive Series & Blog Archives
>My Podcast Rise & Realign: Conversations for the Sensitive Soul
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