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What happens when you've done everything you were supposed to do, built the career, achieved the milestones, created the life you once wanted, and still find yourself wondering, Is this really it? Sometimes the hardest thing to walk away from isn't a life that's falling apart. It's a life that looks successful from the outside but no longer feels aligned with who you're becoming. In this episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, we sit down with Ivo Knoll, founder of The Identity Architecture, to explore why high achievers can feel disconnected from their own lives, even when everything appears to be working. Ivo calls this experience identity friction, the tension that develops when the person you've learned to be no longer aligns with who you truly are. After building a successful career in engineering and international project management, Ivo reached his own turning point beneath an apple tree, when one question changed the direction of his life: What really matters to me? His answer led him to rethink success, leave behind a familiar career path, and prioritize being present for his children. Together, we explore what it means to outgrow an identity that once served you, why pushing harder isn't always the answer, and how to reconnect with a definition of success that actually belongs to you. In this conversation, we explore: - Why achieving everything you wanted can still leave you feeling unfulfilled. - What identity friction is and how to recognize it in your own life. - The difference between chasing success and feeling genuinely fulfilled. - Why high achievers often struggle to admit that something is missing. - How inherited expectations shape the lives we build. - Ivo's personal decision to prioritize presence over professional status. - Why small changes can sometimes create profound shifts. - How to listen to your body when making difficult decisions. - The connection between self-worth, identity, and unconditional self-acceptance. - Why mistakes can become feedback rather than evidence of failure. One of the most powerful reminders from this conversation is that you don't necessarily have to become someone new. Sometimes you have to release everything you learned to be for everyone else. A question to sit with: Where in my life am I maintaining an identity I already know I've outgrown? If you're successful on paper but quietly questioning whether the life you've built still belongs to you, this episode is an invitation to explore what fulfillment could look like on your own terms. Connect with Ivo Knoll: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ivo-knoll Website: knoll-coaching.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ivo_knoll Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ivo.knoll.2025 Connect with Anita: Website: https://www.arisewithanita.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Arise with Anita (Facebook Page): https://www.facebook.com/people/Arise-with-Anita/100085243162449/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/ Explore the H.E.R. Method™ for nervous system regulation, emotional pattern rewiring, and embodied self-trust. Ready to rewire the pattern? Join Anita's free Rewire Your Default masterclass: https://go.arisewithanita.com/rewireyourdefault If this conversation resonated, subscribe to The Arise with Anita Podcast and share this episode with someone who may be ready to redefine what success means to them. If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it. This is how we rise, one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time. If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small. Because we don’t just rise alone, we rise together. I’ll see you in the next episode.

What if the reason you're afraid to speak up isn't because you don't know what to say, but because you're afraid of what might happen after you say it? You know the conversation you need to have. You know the boundary you want to set. You know what you really feel. And yet, when the moment comes, you stay quiet. In this solo episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, we explore the uncomfortable truth about finding your voice: speaking your truth isn't always consequence-free. Sometimes setting a boundary changes a relationship. Sometimes saying no disappoints someone. Sometimes becoming more authentic means people no longer recognize the version of you they've grown comfortable with. But what happens when keeping the peace means abandoning yourself? Together, we'll look at the connection between people-pleasing, fear of rejection, nervous system safety, and the emotional cost of staying silent. You'll learn why using your voice isn't just about finding the courage to speak, but developing the capacity to navigate what happens afterward. In this episode: * Why speaking your truth can feel unsafe, even when you know what you want to say. * How people-pleasing and self-abandonment shape your relationships. * Why setting boundaries can change how others perceive you. * The difference between intentional silence and silencing yourself out of fear. * How to stop over-explaining to manage other people's reactions. * Why being misunderstood doesn't automatically mean you've done something wrong. * Four questions to ask yourself before having a difficult conversation. ^ Make sure these come through as bullets not stars. The goal isn't to make your truth consequence-free. It's to stop abandoning yourself because you're afraid of someone else's reaction. If you've spent years being the easygoing one, the strong one, the one who never needs anything, or the woman who keeps everyone else comfortable, this conversation is for you. Explore the H.E.R. Method™ for nervous system regulation, emotional pattern rewiring, and embodied self-trust. Join the free Rewire Your Default masterclass: https://go.arisewithanita.com/rewireyourdefault If this episode resonated with you, subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it with a woman who's learning to use her voice without losing herself. Connect with Anita / The Arise with Anita Podcast: Website: https://www.arisewithanita.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Arise with Anita (Facebook Page): https://www.facebook.com/people/Arise-with-Anita/100085243162449/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/ If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it. This is how we rise, one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time. If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small. Because we don’t just rise alone, we rise together. I’ll see you in the next episode.

What if God gave you the vision before He gave you the plan? Mignon Francois started The Cupcake Collection in Nashville without money, baking experience, or a clear blueprint for building a business. At the time, she was a mother of seven navigating serious financial hardship, sometimes living without electricity and wondering when life would finally change. What began as a desire to have enough money for her children's school field trips grew into an award-winning bakery, a business legacy, and an opportunity to create pathways for others. In this episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, I sit down with Mignon Francois, entrepreneur, founder of The Cupcake Collection, and author of Made From Scratch: Finding Success Without a Recipe. We have an honest conversation about faith, entrepreneurship, overcoming financial hardship, and learning to move forward before you know exactly how everything will work out. We go beyond the business success story to talk about the woman who existed before it all began. In this conversation, we explore: • How Mignon started a bakery when she didn't even know how to bake. • What financial hardship taught her about faith, resourcefulness, and possibility. • Why waiting for the perfect plan can keep you stuck. • How to recognize the skills and resources you already have. • The difference between fear asking "what if" and faith asking "even if". • Why setbacks don't necessarily mean you're on the wrong path. • How changing what you say to yourself can change the actions you take. • What motherhood taught Mignon about leadership and entrepreneurship. • How to stop measuring your life against someone else's timeline. • Why building a legacy is about more than financial success. One of the most powerful moments in our conversation comes when Mignon explains how she went from being someone who waited for opportunities to someone who actively created them. She didn't suddenly have all the answers. She started asking questions, learning from others, experimenting with recipes, and using what she already knew. Her story is a reminder that you don't have to know every step before you take the first one. We also talk about grief, family legacy, recognizing your own worth, and the lessons that can emerge from seasons you once considered failures. If you're a woman with a business idea, a dream you keep postponing, or a calling you feel unqualified to pursue, this episode will challenge you to look at what's already in your hands. A question to take with you: Where in my life am I waiting for the entire blueprint before I'm willing to take the first step? If this conversation speaks to you, share it with a woman who's waiting until she feels ready to begin. Because sometimes you don't get the whole recipe. You get the ingredients and an opportunity to start. Keep coming back to your breath, keep coming back to your truth, and most importantly, keep coming back to you. Connect with Mignon Francois: Website: https://mignonfrancois.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mignon.francois/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammignonfrancois YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mignon.francois Connect with Anita / The Arise with Anita Podcast: Website: https://www.arisewithanita.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Arise with Anita (Facebook Page): https://www.facebook.com/people/Arise-with-Anita/100085243162449/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/ If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it. This is how we rise, one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time. If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small. Because we don’t just rise alone, we rise together. I’ll see you in the next episode.

You finally get a day off. You sleep in, cancel plans, spend hours on the couch, and do absolutely nothing. So why are you still exhausted? Rest addresses demand. Regulation addresses your state. And they aren't always the same thing. You can close your laptop, clear your calendar, and spend a whole weekend doing nothing while your mind is still running Monday's to-do list, replaying conversations, worrying about everyone else, and anticipating what comes next. Your calendar says you're off. Your mind says you're still on call. In this solo episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, I'm unpacking the difference between rest and nervous system regulation, why slowing down doesn't always leave you restored, and how to recognize what your body actually needs. In this episode, we explore: • Why you can feel exhausted even after a full day of rest. • The difference between physical rest and nervous system regulation. • How to tell whether you're tired, activated, or both, and what each one needs. • Why scrolling, Netflix, and doing nothing can restore you one day and drain you the next. • "Did I stop working, or did I stop actually carrying?" • Why regulation isn't about being calm all the time, but about flexibility. • How productivity, self-worth, and the need to be useful can make rest uncomfortable. • Simple ways to shift your state and actually receive your rest This isn't about building another perfect wellness routine or turning rest into one more thing to get right. It's about learning to notice what you need in the moment, whether that's sleep, less demand, movement, connection, quiet, or support. And please remember: persistent exhaustion can have many causes, including medical ones. If yours is persistent or unusual for you, talk with an appropriate healthcare professional. The question I want you to leave with: What am I still carrying that I don't need to carry into my rest? If this episode makes you think of a woman who keeps saying she's exhausted but can never quite switch off, send it to her. Keep coming back to your breath, keep coming back to your truth, and most importantly, keep coming back to you. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AriseWithAnita Connect with Anita: Website: https://www.arisewithanita.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Arise with Anita: https://www.facebook.com/people/Arise-with-Anita/100085243162449/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/ If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it. This is how we rise, one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time. If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small. Because we don’t just rise alone, we rise together. I’ll see you in the next episode.

What happens when you’ve spent so much of your life taking care of everyone else that you lose touch with what YOU want? And what happens when that disconnection follows you into the bedroom? In this episode of Rise with Anita, Anita sits down with returning guest Dr. Julie Merriman. Licensed professional counselor, certified sex counselor, trauma specialist, educator, author, and host of Sex After Fifty for an honest conversation about women, burnout, desire, intimacy, and the nervous system. Because losing desire doesn’t necessarily mean something is wrong with you, your body, or your relationship. Sometimes you’ve simply spent so long being the mother, wife, caregiver, professional, problem-solver, and person everyone can depend on that there’s very little space left to hear your own wants and needs. Anita and Julie unpack why chronic stress and constantly “doing” can make intimacy feel like one more thing on your list, why receiving can feel surprisingly uncomfortable for women, and what it takes to reconnect with pleasure, desire, and yourself. They also explore what happens to intimacy in long-term relationships, why some couples begin to feel more like roommates than lovers, and how creating safety, connection, and touch without expectation can help rebuild closeness. In this conversation, you’ll discover: • Why burnout and chronic stress can affect desire and intimacy. • How constantly caring for everyone else can become self-abandonment. • Why receiving can feel so uncomfortable and how to practice it. • The connection Julie draws between nervous-system regulation, pleasure, and desire. • Why intimacy can start feeling like another demand. • How to reconnect with your body when you’ve felt disconnected for years. • Why safety matters so deeply in intimacy. • How long-term couples can rebuild connection without making sex the immediate goal. • What changes around desire, identity, and sexuality in midlife. • Why Julie believes desire begins within you rather than with your partner. • How to start asking yourself, “What do I actually want?”. Julie also shares insights from her book, Are We Gonna Have Sex or What?, and challenges the idea that a woman’s sexuality has an expiration date. This conversation isn’t only about having more sex. It’s about coming back into relationship with your body, your voice, your wants, your partner and the parts of yourself that may have disappeared underneath years of responsibility. So ask yourself: When was the last time you wanted something simply because YOU wanted it? Not because it was productive. Not because someone needed it from you. Not because it made someone else happy. You don’t need to have the answer today. But maybe it’s time to start listening for it. 🎧 Listen now and share this episode with a woman who needs the reminder that her needs and wants still matter. Topics: women’s desire, low libido, intimacy, sex after 50, nervous system regulation, burnout, self-sacrifice, relationships, marriage, menopause, perimenopause, pleasure, receiving, emotional intimacy, self-care, women’s sexuality, long-term relationships, and personal growth. If this conversation brought someone to mind, send it to her. Connect with Dr. Julie Merriman: Website: www.juliemerrimanphd.com. Grab her free Desire Reset Guide for a three-day kickstart. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@drjuliemerriman Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.juliemerriman Book: Are We Gonna Have Sex or What? Podcasts: Sexy After 50, Compassion Fatigue Cure Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/compassion-fatigue-cure-from-burnout-to-radiance-for/id1491548677 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/54zsxiEBdGDyPl4IUrV6Mu  If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it. This is how we rise, one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time. If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small. Because we don’t just rise alone, we rise together. I’ll see you in the next episode.

What if the closure you’re waiting for never comes? No apology. No explanation. No final conversation. No answer that finally makes everything make sense. In this episode of Rise with Anita, Anita explores what it really means to move on without closure and why waiting for someone else to give you the answer you need can keep you emotionally attached to something that has already ended. Whether you’re grieving a relationship, a friendship that changed, a missed opportunity, a business partnership, or simply the life you thought you’d have by now, this conversation will help you separate your need for information from your ability to move forward. You’ll learn how to recognize when seeking closure has become a search for certainty, why understanding what happened doesn’t always resolve the hurt, and how to stop rehearsing an old story while waiting for a different ending. Anita also walks you through four powerful questions to help you process what still feels unfinished: • What am I still waiting to receive? • What do I believe receiving it would give me? • Can I begin giving myself any part of that now? • What would moving forward look like if I never received another piece of information? Because sometimes closure isn’t the conversation you finally get. Sometimes it’s deciding that you can wish you had the answer without making your life wait for one. If you’ve been waiting for an apology, explanation, acknowledgement, or one last conversation before you give yourself permission to move forward, this episode is for you. 🎧 Listen now and come back to what you already know, your truth, your boundaries, and your next step. Topics: how to move on without closure, letting go, emotional healing, relationships, self-worth, boundaries, grief, unanswered questions, nervous system healing, personal growth, friendship breakups, rejection, acceptance, and moving forward. If this episode brought someone to mind, share it with the woman who might still be waiting for an answer she may never receive. Connect with Anita / The Arise with Anita Podcast: Website: https://www.arisewithanita.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Arise with Anita (Facebook Page): https://www.facebook.com/people/Arise-with-Anita/100085243162449/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/ If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it. This is how we rise, one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time. If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small. Because we don’t just rise alone, we rise together. I’ll see you in the next episode.

What if nothing is technically wrong with your life… But something inside you knows "fine" isn't enough anymore? Your career is fine. Your relationships are fine. Your health is fine. You're functioning, meeting your responsibilities, checking the boxes and doing everything you're supposed to do. But functioning and flourishing are not the same thing. In this episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, Anita sits down with internationally recognized fitness and well-being expert, author, and founder of And Life, Andrea Marcellus, for a conversation about identity, burnout, limiting beliefs, reinvention, self-worth, energy, and what it takes to stop settling for a life that merely looks good and start creating one that actually feels alive. Andrea has spent 35 years in fitness and well-being, but her own path was anything but linear. From studying acting at NYU and pursuing a career in Hollywood to building a business around transforming people's physical and mental well-being, Andrea shares how some of the opportunities, disappointments and unexpected detours in her life ultimately redirected her toward the work she was meant to do. And sometimes, the hardest thing to walk away from isn't something that's obviously broken. It's something that's fine. Andrea opens up about realizing that even while she was getting into the right rooms, selling scripts and achieving goals she'd worked toward for years, the success wasn't creating the fulfillment she expected. Instead of celebrating the wins, she was already moving the goalpost. That realization led her to a bigger question: What actually generates energy in your life, and what quietly drains it? Anita and Andrea explore why burnout isn't always about working too much, how achievement can become disconnected from fulfillment, why your identity has to evolve alongside your goals, and what happens when the people and environments that once fit you no longer match who you're becoming. They also unpack the difference between genuine contentment and settling, why wanting more doesn't mean you're ungrateful, and how learning to trust yourself, and something greater than yourself, can change the way you approach reinvention. Because you don't have to wait until your life falls apart to give yourself permission to change it. In this episode, you'll discover: Why "fine" is more dangerous than a crisis, because nothing forces your hand.The difference between functioning and truly flourishing. How to recognize when you've outgrown a career, relationship, environment or version of yourself. Why achievement doesn't automatically create fulfillment. How limiting beliefs shape what you believe you're capable of. Why identity work matters when you're changing your body or your life. Andrea's take on burnout as disconnection: losing touch with what brings you alive. How to tell genuine contentment from quietly lowering your standards (and the "deep sigh" that gives it away). Why small, sustainable habits that feel good and are easy to repeat create lasting change. Andrea's "vacation theory": how to make every day feel more like vacation. How joy, curiosity and energy can become signals for what belongs in your life. Why receiving your wins can be just as important as achieving them. What Andrea learned about faith, radical humility and letting go of control. Why women don't need to apologize for wanting more than fine.You are allowed to appreciate the life you've built and recognize that you've outgrown parts of it. You are allowed to want more. And sometimes, creating an extraordinary life begins with admitting that fine is no longer enough. Connect with Andrea Marcellus: Website: https://www.andreamarcellus.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrea_marcellus/ Linkdln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-marcellus-b1625791/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd2xMVbtM4Xq_Xk9NWQd2Eg?view_as=subscriber  Join Andrea's Free Community:  https://login.circle.so/sign_up?request_host=andlife.circle.so&user%5Binvitation_token%5D=2db7a964aaae902535d0123ef7abab58767ec91d-1af012d7-8540-4944-bf12-3626ef51bc56#email Connect with Anita: Website: https://www.arisewithanita.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Arise with Anita: https://www.facebook.com/people/Arise-with-Anita/100085243162449/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/ If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it. This is how we rise, one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time. If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small. Because we don’t just rise alone, we rise together. I’ll see you in the next episode.

You know that moment when you’re fine until suddenly you’re not. The interview. The pitch. The stage. The first date. The Zoom you’ve rehearsed in your head for three days. Heart racing. Palms sweaty. Mentally ten minutes into a room you haven’t even entered yet, trying to control an outcome that hasn’t happened. That’s usually when we leave ourselves. In this solo episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, Anita gives you a 90-second reset you can use before any room that matters: The A.R.I.S.E. Reset. Arrive · Regulate · Identify · Set · Enter You’ll learn why nervousness can simply mean something matters to you, why confidence isn’t the absence of nerves, and why regulation isn’t the absence of activation.    The goal isn’t a spa-level heart rate before every high-stakes moment. The goal is creating enough internal space and safety that you can stay with yourself while the nerves are still there. In this episode, Anita walks you through: • How to get out of the imaginary scenario playing in your head and back into your body before you walk in. • A simple breath cadence inhale 4 · hold 4 · release 6 you can use in the car, hallway, bathroom, or backstage. • The question that exposes what’s really at stake: “What am I afraid this room gets to decide about me?” • How to set an intention for who you want to be instead of attaching yourself to an outcome you can’t control. • Why embodiment eventually requires movement and why sometimes you need to enter before your brain starts negotiating again. This isn’t a magic trick that makes everyone say yes. It’s a practice for leaving the room able to say: I stayed with myself. I didn’t shrink. I didn’t perform a different version of myself just to be chosen. Whatever happens after that is information.  Save this episode and come back to the 90-second reset the next time you’re sitting in the car before a meeting, standing backstage, waiting to be let into Zoom, or in the bathroom at a networking event giving yourself one last pep talk. Because you don’t need 90 seconds to become someone else. You need 90 seconds to remember who you are before you walk in trying to prove it.   The work isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about coming home to who you were before survival taught you who you had to be. Keep coming back to your breath. Keep coming back to your truth. Keep coming back to you. If this episode supported you, follow the show, leave a rating, and send it to one woman walking into a room that matters this week. 📲 Subscribe for more soul + strategy episodes. 🎧 Full podcast: The Arise with Anita Podcast 📸 Instagram: @arisewithanita 🌐 arisewithanita.com Connect with Anita / The Arise with Anita Podcast: Website: https://www.arisewithanita.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Arise with Anita Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/people/Arise-with-Anita/100085243162449/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/ If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it. This is how we rise, one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time. If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small. Because we don’t just rise alone, we rise together. I’ll see you in the next episode.

What happens when the life you planned is no longer the life you're living? When a marriage ends, you're not only grieving the relationship. You may also be grieving the future you imagined, the family structure you knew, the routines you built, the roles you held, and the version of yourself you became within that life. And somewhere in the middle of all that change, a much deeper question can emerge: Who am I now? In this episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, Anita sits down with certified divorce and life coach Hope Lutz Firsel for a conversation about divorce, grief, identity, self-worth, co-parenting, receiving support, faith, and finding yourself again after a major life transition. Hope's own story has taken her through infertility, cancer, divorce, and more recently, the loss of her father. Each experience brought its own lessons around surrender, gratitude, self-love, resilience, and learning to trust herself again. After 20 years together, Hope's marriage was connected to nearly every part of her life, including her daily routines, friendships, religious practices, family structure, and her role as a wife and stay-at-home mother. When the marriage ended, she had to figure out who she was outside of the life she had known. Anita and Hope talk about what we're really grieving when a relationship ends, including the future we thought we were going to have. They explore how to separate who you were within a relationship from who you are now, and how to begin deciding what you actually want moving forward. They also get into the beliefs that can surface when everything familiar changes: I'm not enough. I need someone else. I can't do this alone. Hope shares how reconnecting with your values, allowing yourself to receive support, and getting clear on what matters to you can help you begin building your next chapter. In this episode, you'll discover:  How to find yourself again after divorce or a major life transition.  What you may actually be grieving when a marriage ends. How divorce can change your identity, routines, friendships, finances, and vision for the future.  Why grief needs space before you rush into what's next.  How to reconnect with your values and create a new North Star.  Why receiving help can feel uncomfortable when you've become hyper-independent.  How to take responsibility for your part in a relationship without turning it into self-blame.  The role gratitude, faith, and spirituality can play during difficult seasons.  How to separate who you were within a relationship from who you want to be now.  How to decide what parts of your old identity you want to carry forward. How to start imagining and living into your next chapter. Hope also shares what she would tell the version of herself who was still inside one of the hardest seasons of her life: Hold on. The sun will shine again. When the life you planned changes, you don't have to have the entire next chapter figured out. You can grieve what was. You can get honest about what you want now. You can reconnect with the parts of yourself that may have gotten lost along the way. And you can choose who you want to be from here. Connect with Hope Lutz Firsel: Website: https://hopefirsel.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hopefirsel Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hope.firsel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hope-firsel-72b10641/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HopeFirsel-LifeCoach Text 773-848-9349 and mention Anita for a complimentary coaching session. Connect with Anita / The Arise with Anita Podcast: Website: https://www.arisewithanita.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Arise with Anita Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/people/Arise-with-Anita/100085243162449/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/ If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it. This is how we rise, one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time. If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small. Because we don’t just rise alone, we rise together. I’ll see you in the next episode.

Rejection hurts even when you've done the healing work, built self-trust, and know intellectually that someone else's decision doesn't determine your worth. After putting herself out there for several opportunities recently and receiving one "no" that really stung Anita noticed how quickly her mind wanted to turn an external rejection into an internal question: Am I not good enough? Am I not ready yet? What am I still missing? In this solo episode, Anita gets honest about what actually happens after rejection: the initial sting, the stories our minds create, the urge to prove ourselves, and the temptation to stop putting ourselves out there altogether. Because the goal isn't to become so healed that rejection never affects you. It's learning how to experience a no without becoming the no. In this episode, you'll learn how to: Separate what actually happened from what you made it mean about you.Regulate before reacting or making decisions from disappointment.Recognize when rejection is triggering old patterns around worth, belonging, or abandonment.Receive useful feedback without turning it into an identity.Break the cycle of rejecting yourself before someone else gets the chance.Notice when ambition becomes an attempt to prove someone wrong.Rebuild self-trust and keep putting yourself in the room after hearing no.As Anita shares in the episode, there's a difference between "I experienced rejection" and "I am rejected." A no may last thirty seconds. The story you create from it can follow you for years. A no can close a door without becoming a definition of you. Resilience isn't learning how to never feel rejection. Maybe it's learning how to feel it, take what's yours to learn, come back to yourself and move again. If there's a woman in your life who recently put herself out there and didn't get the answer she wanted, send her this episode. Connect with Anita: Website: https://www.arisewithanita.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Arise with Anita: https://www.facebook.com/people/Arise-with-Anita/100085243162449/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/ If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it. This is how we rise, one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time. If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small. Because we don’t just rise alone, we rise together. I’ll see you in the next episode.

What if the difference between where you are and where you're capable of going is simply having the courage to give yourself five more yards? John Di Domenico is an Emmy-nominated, award-winning host, keynote speaker, and world-class impressionist who has hosted more than 1,500 Fortune 500 meetings and events across 12 countries. He's appeared dozens of times on shows including Conan, The Howard Stern Show, and Jimmy Kimmel Live, and has built a decades-long career mastering the voices of others. But John's story began with a childhood speech impediment — and today, through his keynote Unleashing Your Winning Voice, he helps leaders understand that their voice isn't just how they communicate, it's a strategic asset. On this week's episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast sits down with Emmy-nominated host, keynote speaker, impressionist, and voice expert Johnny Di Domenico for a powerful conversation about finding your voice, building self-confidence, overcoming fear and rejection, taking risks, reinventing yourself, and reaching your full potential. Johnny grew up with a severe speech impediment and discovered impressions as a way to communicate and connect: what once carried shame became part of the gift that took him onto stages, television, major media appearances, and a career built around communication and self-expression.Finding your voice isn't only about learning how to speak — it's about having the self-belief to use itAnita and Johnny explore what happens when you stop waiting for permission, take the risk before you know how it'll turn out, and keep moving even after rejection.They unpack the connection between identity and confidence, why fear can keep us from pursuing our potential, and how consistently putting yourself out there can create opportunities you never could have planned.Johnny shares the philosophy behind "five more yards" the willingness to make one more ask, take one more chance, keep going a little longer, and refuse to let one "no" determine what's possible for your life.In this episode, you'll discover how to: Find your voice and become more confident expressing yourself.Stop holding yourself back because of fear of judgment or rejection.Build self-belief through action instead of waiting to feel ready.Take calculated risks when the outcome isn't guaranteed.Separate rejection from your identity and self-worth.Reinvent yourself when your career or life takes an unexpected turn.Become more comfortable being seen and heard.Turn setbacks into opportunities for growth.Stop waiting for permission to pursue what you want.Keep going when you're tempted to give up.Reach more of your potential by giving yourself five more yards.This conversation is for anyone who knows there is more potential inside of them but has been afraid to fully use their voice, make the ask, take the chance, or put themselves out there. You don't need to see the entire path before you move sometimes the opportunity waiting for you only appears after you're willing to go five more yards. If something in this episode resonated and you feel called to do so: Follow the show and leave a review it genuinely helps more of these conversations reach the people who need them. Connect with Johnny Di Domenico: Website: https://www.thejohnnydshow.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejohnnydshow/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejohnnydshow Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/didonyc Linkdln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johndidomenico/ Connect with Anita: Website: https://www.arisewithanita.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Arise with Anita: https://www.facebook.com/people/Arise-with-Anita/100085243162449/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/ If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it. This is how we rise, one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time. If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small. Because we don’t just rise alone, we rise together. I’ll see you in the next episode.

Have you ever needed to make a decision, but before you even sat with yourself, you'd already asked five other people what they think? In this episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, Anita unpacks why outsourcing your decisions to everyone else pulls you further from your own clarity and walks you through a real-time breathwork practice to help you come back to center. In this episode: → Why asking for advice can quietly become a way to avoid responsibility for your own choice → The difference between wanting a perspective and wanting permission → A guided breathwork moment to help you drop back into your body before you decide anything → The three questions to ask yourself before you ask anyone else: What do I know? What do I want? What am I afraid of if I trust myself? → Why self-trust was never about being right every time it's about knowing you'll show up for yourself either way You don't actually not know. Somewhere underneath the noise, you already do. This episode is your reminder to stop outsourcing that knowing and come home to yourself first. Send this to the person in your life who's currently asking everyone but themselves. Connect with Anita: Website: https://www.arisewithanita.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Arise with Anita: https://www.facebook.com/people/Arise-with-Anita/100085243162449/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/ If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it. This is how we rise, one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time. If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small. Because we don’t just rise alone, we rise together. I’ll see you in the next episode.

What if the reason your manifestation isn't working has nothing to do with wanting it more, visualizing harder, or finding the perfect affirmation and everything to do with whether your nervous system feels safe enough to receive it? Your mind wants the next level. But if your body doesn't feel safe holding it, it will find a way to keep you from getting there. In this episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, Anita sits down with Transformational Coach, Mindset Mentor, Spiritual Teacher, and Awakening Academy founder Ariana Del Rosario (CosmicAri) for a deeper conversation about what manifestation actually requires beyond mindset. Through her coaching, guided meditations, and online content, Ariana has helped thousands of people break through limiting beliefs, reprogram subconscious patterns, and become more conscious creators of their lives. Ariana shares her own journey from having roughly $500 saved and sleeping on a yoga mat to building a thriving online community, coaching thousands of people, and stepping onto stages she once would have been afraid to occupy. But this conversation isn't simply about what she manifested. It's about who she had to become to hold it. Together, Anita and Ariana explore the connection between manifestation, nervous system regulation, identity, self-worth, subconscious patterns, shadow work, and fear and why creating a different life often requires becoming willing to meet the parts of yourself that are still attached to the old one. They unpack why familiar chaos can feel safer than unfamiliar success, how fear of visibility and judgment can keep you playing small, and why changing your external circumstances without addressing the emotional patterns underneath them can leave you recreating the same experiences in different forms. Ariana also shares the practice she uses when she's stepping into a new level: identifying what she's actually afraid of, working with the underlying emotional pattern, using breath to create safety in her body, and beginning to embody the identity of the woman who can hold what she desires. In this episode, you'll discover: Why manifestation is about more than positive thinking and affirmations.How your nervous system can resist something your conscious mind says it wants.Why unfamiliar expansion can trigger fear even when it's exactly what you've been asking for.The role identity plays in creating a new reality.How self-worth, visibility, and fear of judgment affect what you allow yourself to pursue.Why shadow work and emotional patterning matter in manifestation.How to recognize when you're choosing from an old wound instead of your heart.Why self-abandonment in one area of your life can affect everything else.How Ariana uses breath to teach her body that a new level is safe.Why every new level may reveal a new layer of fear.What it means to step through the "portal of fear" instead of waiting for fear to disappear.Why receiving your next level may require letting go of what no longer matches who you're becoming. Because manifestation isn't only about asking: "How do I get what I want?" The deeper questions are: Who do I need to become to hold it? What part of me still believes this level isn't safe? What becomes possible when I stop creating from fear and start choosing from the woman I'm becoming? If this conversation resonates, follow The Arise with Anita Podcast, share this episode with someone standing at the edge of her own expansion, and leave a review to help more women find the show. Connect with Ariana Del Rosario (CosmicAry): Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cosmicary_   Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cosmicary  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@cosmicary Join Ariana’s Awakening Academy:  https://stan.store/cosmicary/p/awakening-academy  Podcast It’s Magic with CosmicAry:Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-magic-with-cosmicary/id1890864328 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7Dauthslo0hLMNtoKuOJC0?si=905ab25812de4aac  Connect with Anita: Website: https://www.arisewithanita.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Arise with Anita: https://www.facebook.com/people/Arise-with-Anita/100085243162449/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/ If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it. This is how we rise, one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time. If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small. Because we don’t just rise alone, we rise together. I’ll see you in the next episode.

On today's solo episode of The Arise with Anita podcast, we're talking about the financial ceiling you may not even realize you have and why making more isn't the same as holding more. What we talked about: Your next level doesn't require you to become better at struggling: it requires you to become the woman who can hold stability, receive support, and be well compensated without immediately proving how hard she worked for it.The woman who can experience a good month without telling herself "don't get used to this" who no longer needs a crisis to activate her potential. This week's implementation:  Take an honest look at your financial life over the last year and ask yourself: Where do I repeatedly return financially? Is there a specific income number, bank account balance, debt level, or business revenue level that seems to keep becoming my baseline?What do I believe would change if I consistently had more than this?What am I afraid might happen if I actually reached and maintained the next level?Who am I without the struggle?What number makes me uncomfortable, and what do I make that number mean?Who do I believe I have to become to hold the amount of money I say I want? How does she make decisions, invest, and who does she hire or allow to support her?Who does she surround herself with and learn from? What percentage does she save? What does she give?Where does this next level still feel unfamiliar in my body, identity, or life? What would help it begin to feel normal instead of something I have to brace against? Approach these with curiosity, not shame. You don't need to fix your entire financial reality overnight  start by becoming aware of the patterns, beliefs, and identities that appear when you imagine having more.The question isn't only "how do I make more?" It's also "how much am I willing to learn how to hold?" What if the ceiling you've been trying to break isn't proof you can't have more but an invitation to expand your capacity to hold it? If this episode resonates, share it with a woman who's ready to change not only how much she makes, but what she believes she's capable of receiving, holding, and sustaining. Connect with Anita: Website: https://www.arisewithanita.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Arise with Anita: https://www.facebook.com/people/Arise-with-Anita/100085243162449/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/ If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it. This is how we rise, one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time. If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small. Because we don’t just rise alone, we rise together. I’ll see you in the next episode.

The Arise with Anita Podcast: This is one of the most personal episodes I've ever recorded. → In honor of my grandfather Azat's birthday, I'm sharing the story of his final days and the lesson they taught me about time, voice, and the danger of delaying what matters. → Thirty minutes before his cardiac arrest, my grandfather asked my mom to film him. The video never happened. He never spoke again. → In this episode, I share: The story of Azat: a man whose name means "freedom" and who became the father figure I needed. What his unconditional belief in me taught me about trusting myself? Why I now refuse to leave important things unsaid or unlived? Three questions to ask yourself about what you're delaying: What are you delaying?What truth still needs to be expressed?What is one thing you can begin today instead of assuming you'll have time tomorrow?→ This episode is for anyone sitting on a truth, a dream, or a "someday" they keep postponing. This one's for you, Grandpa. 🤍 → Join us for The Activate Summit in honor of my grandpa 4 Currents: Breath, Body, Self & Vision -  1 Goal You Reconnected: https://go.arisewithanita.com/theactivationsummit Connect with Anita: Website: https://www.arisewithanita.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Arise with Anita: https://www.facebook.com/people/Arise-with-Anita/100085243162449/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/ If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it. This is how we rise, one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time. If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small. Because we don’t just rise alone, we rise together. I’ll see you in the next episode.