The Abundance Effect

Have you ever known exactly what you should do… and still watched yourself do something completely different? You planned to speak up, but stayed quiet. You promised yourself you’d stop checking email at night, but reached for your phone without thinking. You knew the difficult conversation needed to happen, but suddenly reorganizing your desk felt urgent. In this episode of The Abundance Effect ,...

Have you ever eaten what should have been a perfectly healthy meal… and felt terrible afterwards? We spend so much time talking about what we eat. But we spend far less time talking about how we eat — and whether our bodies are actually in a state to receive what we are giving them. In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa Makuch is joined by Carley Simandl, a Registered Holistic Nutritioni...

🎙️ EPISODE 41: MORNING ROUTINE NOT WORKING? HOW TO RESET WITHOUT STARTING OVER Have you ever created a morning routine that worked beautifully… until it didn’t? Maybe you were journaling, exercising, reading, drinking your water, getting up earlier, and feeling organized. Then life changed. You travelled. The kids went back to school. Work got busy. You had a terrible night’s sleep. Your season sh...

What if one of the most powerful things you could do for your momentum only took five minutes? In this replay episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa Makuch revisits one of her favourite tools for staying aligned, grounded, and in motion when life starts to feel overwhelming: 5-Minute Miracles. These are not hour-long routines. They are not complicated resets. They are small, intentional pauses th...

Do you ever feel like you know what to do… but you’re still not doing it? You know you should follow through. You know you should focus on what matters. You know you should take better care of your body, your goals, your energy, your mindset, your relationships, your life. But then life happens. You start. You stop. You start again. You stop again. And every time you come back to it, it feels like...

In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa Makuch is joined by Abbie Kaufmann, an embodiment and nervous system coach who helps high-performing women shift out of burnout, over-efforting, and mental overload into a more sustainable way of operating. Abbie’s work blends science, somatics, nervous system regulation, and cyclical awareness to help women stop overriding their bodies and start wor...

In a world where we are constantly reachable, constantly online, and constantly surrounded by noise, many people are still craving something deeper: To be seen. To be acknowledged. To be understood. To be received. To be known. This episode explores the difference between proximity and real connection, why so many high-achieving women may feel lonely without realizing it, and how to begin creating...

In this episode of The Abundance Effect , Larisa Makuch challenges one of the most overused phrases in personal growth: limiting beliefs . Larisa breaks down where limiting beliefs actually come from, why you weren’t born with them, and how old experiences, meanings, and decisions can become the invisible walls that shape your confidence, money, leadership, business, relationships, and self-image....

In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa Makuch shares why she still puts pen to paper every morning — especially in the age of AI. This is not an anti-technology conversation. AI can be a powerful tool. But the danger is becoming passive, outsourcing your thinking, and forgetting how to hear your own voice before the world starts giving you answers. Inside this episode, Larisa explores: ✔...

In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa is joined by Rosalie Salamone, founder of Dedita Recruitment Consultant, for a powerful conversation about rebuilding trust, parenting with intention, creating open communication and building relationships that are rooted in honesty and follow-through. Rosalie has spent over two decades helping people navigate their careers and make meaningful connec...

If screen time turns into meltdowns, bargaining, “one more video,” or a full emotional crash when it’s time to turn the device off… this episode is for you. And this isn’t just for kids. Adults get pulled into phones, email, social media, streaming, shopping, and “just checking one thing” too. In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa breaks down what screens do to attention, dopamine, motiv...

When life gets busy, is the first person you stop taking care of… you? In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa Makuch explores why self-care is not selfish — it’s responsible, practical, and essential for high-achieving women who are constantly giving, leading, serving, and holding everything together. Inspired by a simple practice from The Empowered Wife by Laura Doyle, Larisa shares what...

If you’re a high-achieving woman who has read the books, gone to therapy, journaled, meditated, hired coaches, set goals… and still finds herself repeating the same patterns, this episode is for you. In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa breaks down 5 common myths about change, willpower, discipline, awareness, and lasting transformation — and why these beliefs may be keeping you stuck....

🎙️ Realistic Resilience: How to Stay Calm During Uncertainty with Erin Mark How do you stay calm, focused, and resilient when life feels uncertain? In this episode of The Abundance Effect , Larisa Makuch sits down with Erin Mark — national keynote speaker, TEDx speaker, and resilience expert — for a powerful conversation about uncertainty, adaptability, calm, purpose, and what it really means to m...

In this episode of The Abundance Effect , Larisa Makuch explores the root cause behind recurring problems like procrastination, overwhelm, inconsistency, perfectionism, people-pleasing, avoidance, and self-sabotage. Because often, the problem you think is the problem… isn’t the real problem. It’s the surface symptom. The real issue may be an unconscious pattern, old belief, emotional charge, ident...

In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa shares a simple but powerful framework for creating a meaningful summer without abandoning yourself, your goals, or your momentum. You'll learn: ☀️ Why summer doesn't need to become a rescue mission in September ☀️ The difference between living intentionally and drifting through the season ☀️ How to identify your "big rocks" and foc...

Have you ever felt inspired, motivated, and ready to make a change... only to find yourself in the exact same place a few days later? You're not alone. In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa explores the critical difference between inspiration and getting it done—and why so many smart, capable, high-achieving people get stuck between the two. Inspired by an unexpected lesson from her...

🎙️ EPISODE 26: THE COURAGE TO REINVENT YOURSELF What happens when you stop asking, "What should I do?" and start asking, "Who am I becoming?" In this special episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa sits down with her brother, Andriy Prokopchik, for a conversation about purpose, identity, meaningful work, discipline, leadership, and having the courage to pursue a new chapter—eve...

Feeling flat, uninspired, creatively blocked… or stuck in the same emotional patterns? This episode is for you. In Episode 25 of The Abundance Effect , Larisa explores the powerful connection between your environment, sensory input, emotional state, creativity, motivation, and energy — and why doing the same things differently can completely change how you feel and function. After a spontaneous sh...

Are you actually busy… or have you just normalized overwhelm? In this episode of The Abundance Effect , Larisa Makuch breaks down one of the most common phrases high-achieving women use every day: 👉 “I’m just so busy.” But what if that phrase is doing more damage than you realize? This episode explores how the language you use shapes your identity, your decisions, your confidence, and ultimately...

In this episode, Larisa breaks down a powerful psychological pattern known as the ostrich effect — where we avoid situations, decisions, or visibility when they become uncomfortable… even when they matter the most. This is something many high-achieving women experience, especially when stepping into growth, leadership, or the next level of their life or business. In this episode, we cover: Why you...

In this conversation, Larisa sits down with Tara Kanerva, a coach specializing in ADHD in women, to unpack what’s  really  going on — beyond the labels, the stigma, and the surface-level advice.  Because this isn’t about laziness.  And it’s not a discipline problem.  It’s about how your brain is wired — and how to start working  with it  instead of against it.  In this episode, we cover:  Why ADHD...

In this episode of The Abundance Effect , Larisa Makuch breaks down what’s really missing when life feels disjointed—and why the answer isn’t doing more. It’s rhythm . Because when your life isn’t supported by a rhythm, everything requires more effort than it should. You’re constantly switching gears, making decisions, and trying to catch up. And over time… that creates friction. In This Episode •...

In this episode of The Abundance Effect , Larisa Makuch breaks down why doing too much is killing your momentum —and how split focus quietly keeps high-achieving women stuck. Because the problem isn’t your ambition. It’s your attention . When your focus is scattered, nothing moves cleanly. This episode introduces a simple but powerful framework to help you cut through the noise and actually follow...

Why do you keep starting strong… and then falling off? Not completely. Just enough to know you didn’t follow through. In this episode of The Abundance Effect , Larisa Makuch breaks down why inconsistency is draining your confidence —and what’s actually happening beneath the surface. Because confidence isn’t something you think your way into. It’s something you build through evidence . Through foll...