I have been drinking Calm Magnesium. It is not touching the emotional pain. That is because this is not a mineral deficiency. This is not stress mismanagement. This is not something that can be overridden by breathing harder or trying to be more resilient. Magnesium can support a nervous system after safety returns. It cannot convince the body it is safe while harm is still present.

For women who served in the Navy and were raped by fellow service members, victim-blamed, emotionally abused, retaliated against, and discarded by the institution they served, these remarks are not abstract. They are not political. They are re-injuring.

I want to end this series by naming what the Sidereal Moon does not do. It does not lean in. It does not interpret your experience. It does not ask you to come closer. The Sidereal Moon keeps its distance—and that distance is part of its care. So much of what we are offered in healing spaces asks for intimacy, depth, or surrender. This listening steps away from those expectations entirely. It does not confuse closeness with safety. It does not assume that being moved i

I think of it as spaces you can step into—or walk past—without consequence. The recordings I release are not designed to guide, fix, or move you toward a particular outcome. They are not meant to tell your nervous system what to do. They are offered as companionship, nothing more. You can listen briefly. You can stop midway. You can decide it isn’t for you. All of that is allowed.