Dancing in Her Own Full Moonlight: The Ebb and Flow of Being Fully Woman

By Janelle Fletcher

Dancing in Her Own Full Moonlight presents an invitation for youan overdoer and overgiver, and a woman who has gone through grief, change, and challenges to love yourself and your life in its amazingness and messiness.

Author Janelle Fletcher gives you thirty days of poetry which is the unsilencing of her voice that she kept quiet and hidden for too long. She shares the pining of her soul, the cries of desperation for something different, and a deep appreciation for what and who has been part of her life to date. Through this work, you can create stillness in your daily life, feel into the essence of the poetry, and use the reflection questions as a starting point for your journey ahead into a new vision of possibilities for yourself. Alone or shared with other kindredspirited women, this sacred ritual seeks to help you find a deep connection within, dance to your own rhythm again, ignite your passion and joie de vivre, and find yourself again amidst the hustle and bustle of a busy life.

This poetry collection offers healing words for your soul, inspiration for your spirit and an invitation to love you in all of your womanly glory!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press AU
• Release date: Dec 9, 2016
• ISBN: 9781504305402

Janelle Fletcher

Janelle Fletcher is a wise woman, speaker, writer, poet, and feminine spirit guide who invites women to find their home within themselves. She guides women to appreciate life with all its ups and downs and step into their magnificence as women, mothers, and lovers. Through soul mentoring and healing, women’s circles, writing, retreats and rituals, Janelle teaches you to truly love and honour yourself again. Janelle currently lives in New Zealand. Visit her online at www.janellefletcher.com.

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ISBN: 978-1-5043-0539-6 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5043-0540-2 (e)

Balboa Press rev. date: 12/08/2016

Contents

Praise

Preface The Beautiful Moon

Introduction Invitation to Love

Dark Moon—Earth—Winter

Day 1: Graceful Success

Day 2: Abundant Inadequacy

Day 3: Lady in Waiting

Day 4: Let It Go

Day 5: Homeless and the Homecoming

Waxing Moon—Air—Spring

Day 6: The Swing in My Step

Day 7: Out Cold on the Bathroom Floor

Day 8: Pipped at the Post

Day 9: Judgement Day

Day 10: My Truth Unsilenced

Day 11: Never Alone

Day 12: The Ink Floweth

Day 13: Conception Moon

Full Moon—Fire—Summer

Day 14: The Creation Moon at Her Fullest

Day 15: Burning Flame of Desire

Day 16: Tarred and Feathered

Day 17: Uncaged Life Story

Day 18: My Chosen Kindred Mamas

Day 19: Mothering the Child Within

Day 20: The Silent Space

Day 21: Voice of the Inner Critic

Waning Moon—Water—Autumn

Day 22: Not-Good-Enoughness Seeks Companion

Day 23: Comfy Shoes and High Heels

Day 24: The Bomb or the Bonfire

Day 25: The Return

Day 26: The Peacemaker and the Justice Fighter

Day 27: Shape Shifting into Self

Day 28: The Perfect Bloom

Dark Moon Return—Earth—Winter

Day 29: Step into My Pause

Day 30: Love Letter to Self – Je t’aime

Coming Home – Jahmaya

Conclusion Curvaceous Moon

Acknowledgements

Resources

About the Author

Thirty days of poetry over a lunar cycle

and daily reflections for you

to help you find peace

through the joys and challenges

of being a woman, mother, or lover

and

to find and fuel your feminine;

fiercely love yourself,

your body,

your ebb and flow,

and to be fully woman

as you navigate your transitions in life.

Dedicated to

my six beautiful children,

Amy, Gemma, Sophie,

Josh, Hannah, Levi,

and to the men and women in my life

who have heard me cry in my darkest hours,

urged me on when I have doubted,

celebrated my successes,

and seen the beauty, love, and courage

within my spirit.

I honour you all for

hearing me,

seeing me,

loving me.

Praise

Janelle writes from the depth of her soul’s pain, the rawness and honesty providing a cloak of comfort and community for those who feel they too are alone. Dancing in Her Own Full Moonlight is a beautiful, heartfelt gift for those upon the path of womanhood with its many transitions and challenges. It gives reassurance and a knowing that you are seen, you are heard, and you are not alone.

—Debbie Gillespie, wise woman, www.debbiegillespie.nz

Janelle Fletcher brilliantly creates a journey into herself without leaving home, writing at dawn for thirty days, allowing what comes to arise within her and find its way onto the page. She inspires us to find our own way to truly and deeply receive ourselves and this life we are given.

—Oriah Mountain Dreamer House, author of The Invitation, www.oriah.org

Janelle’s raw and honest poetry speaks to the silent struggles of a woman emerging into the light and offers comfort and solace to others in times of transition.

—Christine Sheehy, Write to the Heart of Your Business, www.christinesheehy.co

I’m loving these heartfelt poems written by Janelle. They speak to me deeply, amplifying the whispers of my own feminine soul and calling me to deeper rest, deeper self-love, and the recognition that from this place, goodness can radiate and flow out effortlessly to nourish, soothe, and even heal the aching heart of humanity. The questions at the end of each poem are simple invitations to go deeper and unveil what has been peeking out