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MOON LETTER #8 : THE PAUSE BEFORE THE PROMISE
New Moon in Libra | October 2026 I question everything. I have strong opinions. I do not follow rules simply because they exist. Yet, I recently admitted something that irritated me. Despite my reputation for being fearless, I spend an absurd amount of energy ensuring I do not make other people uncomfortable. I know what I want to say. But before I say it, I edit. I change words. I explain myself. I anticipate reactions. I try to package my truth so it doesn’t disturb anyone’

Francheska Travieso
6 days ago4 min read


MOON LETTER #7 : WHAT YOU GREW WITH YOUR OWN HANDS
Full Moon in Aries | September 2026 I have been thinking about how quickly I can move past something I worked hard to build. I finish it, take one look, and my mind goes straight to what still needs doing. The next batch. The next decision. The part that did not turn out the way I hoped. Meanwhile, there is actual work in front of me that did not exist until I made it. I wonder how many of us do this with our lives, too. We can name what is unfinished without taking a breath.

Francheska Travieso
Sep 273 min read


MOON LETTER #6 : CHOOSING WHAT TO CARRY FORWARD
New Moon in Virgo | September 11, 2026 There has been one question sitting on my altar lately: What is the lesson I will take from this season? I have been carrying it while I work, create, make decisions, and notice what has changed within me. I do not have a clean answer yet. I can see pieces of it. I can feel that something is shifting. I also know that I cannot enter another season carrying everything exactly as it is. This New Moon brings another question: What deserves

Francheska Travieso
Sep 112 min read


MOON LETTER #5: THE MOON IS FEMINIST ART
Full Sturgeon Moon in Pisces • Partial Lunar EclipseAugust 27–28, 2026 “The moon is feminist art.” This sentence appeared on my screen while I was watching a show, and it stayed with me. The moon changes without apologizing for changing. She disappears from view, but she is still there. She does not remain fully illuminated so everyone else can feel comfortable knowing exactly where she is. She moves through cycles. She reveals, she conceals, and she returns. She is never les

Francheska Travieso
Aug 275 min read


Moon Letter #4 — The People Who Help Us Stay Human
Full Moon in Aquarius • July 29, 2026 There is something about this Full Moon that feels electric in a quiet way. Not chaotic. Not dramatic. More like the moment you suddenly realize you cannot keep shrinking yourself just to remain understandable to people who were never really listening in the first place. This moon feels connected to truth, community, individuality, and the quiet courage it takes to live honestly in a world that constantly rewards performance. It shines a

Francheska Travieso
Jul 292 min read


The Soap You Use Every Day Matters More Than You Think
Most of us don’t spend much time thinking about the soap we use. It’s simply part of the day. We wash our hands after gardening, shower before work, rinse away paint after a creative afternoon, or scrub off the dirt after playing outside with our kids. It’s such an ordinary part of life that we rarely stop to wonder what’s in it or how it makes us feel. When I started making soap, I wasn’t trying to build a business. I was trying to find myself again. Like many people, life h

Francheska Travieso
Jul 234 min read


Moon Letter #3 — The Quiet Need to Be Held
New Moon in Cancer • July 14, 2026 This New Moon feels tender. Not dramatic or loud or life-changing in the way the internet likes to package transformation. More like standing in your kitchen after a long day, leaning against the counter in silence, finally realizing how tired you actually are once everything gets quiet. Cancer is the sign of home, emotion, memory, softness, nourishment, and protection. Under this moon, the focus feels less about becoming someone new and mor

Francheska Travieso
Jul 142 min read


Moon Letter #2 — The Weight We Were Never Meant to Carry
Full Moon in Capricorn • June 29, 2026 There’s something about this Full Moon that feels like standing in the middle of your own life asking: What am I carrying because it truly matters… and what am I carrying because I’m afraid to stop? This moon feels connected to responsibility, pressure, survival mode, and the quiet exhaustion so many people carry behind the scenes. The kind that does not always look dramatic from the outside. The kind that becomes so normal we stop quest

Francheska Travieso
Jul 22 min read


I’m Not Healing “Correctly”; I’m Healing Honestly (But Not in the Way You Think)
There is a kind of loneliness that does not come from being alone. It comes from being with yourself, but no longer recognizing the voice inside. Not suddenly. Not dramatically. Just quietly. A little piece of you goes silent every time you ignore that gut feeling because someone else on the internet sounded more certain. Another disappears when you say “later” to your own needs again because there is always one more thing to do, one more child to comfort, one more responsibi

Francheska Travieso
Jun 184 min read


Moon Letter #1: The Quiet Return
June 15, 2026 — The New Moon Was Yesterday The new moon was yesterday. Not with a bang. Not with a grand realization. Not with a perfectly planned ritual under candlelight. Just a quiet shift, like turning your face away from the noise and finally taking a full breath. Maybe you noticed. Maybe you didn’t. It doesn’t matter. Some returns happen softly. Not everything meaningful arrives loudly. Sometimes healing looks less like transformation and more like finally sitting down

Francheska Travieso
Jun 153 min read


Not Everything You Feel Is About Them
There is a moment that happens so quickly, we almost miss it. It is the space between feeling something and deciding what it means. Most of us do not stay there. We feel something, and almost immediately, we reach for an explanation. We look for a person, a situation, something outside of us that helps us make sense of what we are experiencing. Not because we are doing anything wrong, but because the mind is designed to create meaning. It wants clarity. It wants direction. It

Francheska Travieso
Mar 273 min read


The Quiet Work of Rebuilding Trust With Yourself
This reflection and the accompanying episode of The Weird Is Sacred Podcast were created to be experienced together. You can listen or watch the conversation below. While the episode explores the idea of self-trust through the lens of early spring, this reflection looks at another side of the same question: why do we lose trust with ourselves in the first place? Most people assume self-trust disappears because of one big moment. A failure, a decision we regret, or a promise

Francheska Travieso
Mar 122 min read


Joy Without Guilt
Have you ever felt genuinely happy for a moment and then immediately questioned it? You laugh. You rest. You enjoy something small and simple. And almost instantly, guilt steps in. The house is not clean. The work is not finished. The world feels heavy. Other people are struggling. Should I really be feeling this good? If that experience feels familiar, you are not selfish. You are not insensitive. You are not disconnected from reality. You are conditioned. Many women were ra

Francheska Travieso
Mar 52 min read


Self-Care Is Not Enough
We’ve been taught that if we just slow down, take the bath, light the candle, or journal consistently, we’ll finally feel like ourselves again. I believe in self-care. I build products around intentional self-care. Slowing down matters. But self-care is not enough. It can calm your nervous system. It can help you breathe. It can create space. But calming yourself is not the same as rebuilding your relationship with yourself. You can be relaxed and still feel small.You can

Francheska Travieso
Feb 261 min read
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