Rooted To Rise: Real Talk for Women Ready to Grow

Kimberly Rash unpacks how adulthood slowly trains us to turn every hobby into a hustle, every walk into a step count, and every joy into a job. She shares her own habit of taking things she loves, like gardening and crafting, and pushing them into production mode until the fun disappears, along with stories about her daughter, stepdaughter, and sister choosing play and connection in their own ways...

The woman staring back in the mirror keeps changing, and Kimberly Rash isn't always sure who she's looking at anymore. In this heartfelt and unfiltered episode, Kimberly opens up about the strange, funny, and sometimes frustrating experience of watching her body and face shift with age. She talks honestly about catching unexpected glimpses of herself, grieving her younger body and its 19 and a hal...

Growth is quiet, it rarely announces itself, but it is happening whether you notice it or not. In this reflective episode, Kimberly pauses the usual format to celebrate how far her listeners have come over the podcast's first nineteen episodes. She reminds listeners that most of us stand too close to our own lives to see the changes taking shape, focusing instead on what still needs work rather th...

You don't need a leap to change your life, you just need one small, brave step. In this heart-to-heart episode, Kimberly unpacks why transformation rarely comes from the big dramatic moments we imagine, like the new job or the big move, but instead from the small, quiet acts of courage that build momentum over time. She shares her own journey, from the nerve it took to start this podcast, to keepi...

What happens when the faith you were handed no longer feels like the faith you're living? Kimberly opens up about the tender, often lonely process of questioning beliefs that were inherited rather than chosen. She shares how growing up steeped in a fear-based church culture shaped her early understanding of God, and how years of honest searching, reading beyond the Bible, and sitting with hard que...

What if the boundary you keep struggling to hold has less to do with the other person and more to do with whether you can trust your own yes and no? Kimm unpacks making boundaries, people pleasing, guilt, and resentment, showing that a boundary is not a punishment or a way to control someone else, it is simply the honest communication of what you are willing to participate in. She walks through wh...

What would you say to the younger version of yourself who didn't yet know she was going to make it? Kimberly Rash leads listeners through an intimate exercise in self-compassion, inviting them to reconnect with the version of themselves who once carried fear, self-doubt, and heartbreak alone. She shares personal stories of friendship, loss, and resilience, reflecting on hard-won lessons about boun...

Most women believe they are afraid of failure, but Kimberly Rash suggests the deeper block is often fear of success. On this episode of Rooted to Rise, Kimberly breaks down how fear of success hides behind common excuses like needing more time, more certifications, or better timing, and how it quietly turns into self-sabotage through overthinking, comparison, and staying endlessly busy. Kimberly s...

Grief isn't limited to losing a person; we also grieve dreams, timelines, and versions of ourselves that never came to be. Gratitude and grief can coexist. You can love your life and still mourn what never happened. Comparing our real life to an imagined timeline steals joy and keeps us stuck. You can release the timeline without releasing the dream. What you wanted at 25 may not be what you want...

Kimberly Rash sits down with her longtime friend Tara McCarthy, founder of Prakriti Healing, for a raw and soul baring conversation about faith, fear, and the sacred work of rebuilding your life from the inside out. Tara opens up about leaving a fifteen year career at a homeless shelter to trust an unexplainable pull toward opening her own healing space, and how that leap of faith turned into four...

Host Kimberly Rash dives into the often invisible weight carried by the caretakers, fixers, and oldest siblings who became responsible long before they should have had to. She shares how being praised as “strong” can quietly turn into a cage that keeps women from admitting they are tired, and why so many learn early that resting and receiving help feel like forms of weakness. Pulling from her own...

Growth often feels confusing before it feels empowering, and restlessness can be a sign of expansion rather than something being wrong. Outgrowing people is not about superiority. It happens because comfort with an old version of you can create distance when you change. Releasing identities like the people pleaser, the overachiever, or the go to person is one of the hardest parts of growth. Major...

In this raw and honest conversation, Kimberly Rash opens up about surviving a domestic violence marriage, a shocking second marriage, and a childhood shaped by a strict, fear-based religious upbringing. She shares how survival mode convinced her for years that a better life was not possible, and how playing small kept her stuck in unhealthy patterns and relationships. Kimberly walks through the mo...

Show Summary Healing was never meant to be a checklist, and Kimberly Rash is here to prove it. Kimberly walks through a wide range of healing tools beyond the basics, including nervous system regulation, somatic healing, EMDR, inner child work, forgiveness, energy healing, sound healing, and visualization. She shares an emotionally raw personal story about finally forgiving her ex-husband after ye...

Key Takeaways Healing is not about becoming a different person, it is about reconnecting with who you were before life convinced you that you weren’t enough. Journaling helps release the thoughts you carry alone and reveals patterns over time. Breathwork signals safety to a nervous system stuck in fight or flight. Meditation is about awareness, not a perfectly empty mind. Therapy and life coaching...

Key Takeaways You don't heal first and then live. You heal while you're living. Bad days are not failures. They are proof of humanity. Unprocessed trauma and chronic stress can manifest as physical illness, including autoimmune conditions. Healing is layered, non-linear, and changes your relationship with your past rather than erasing it. Connection is essential. Isolation feels safe but keeps you...

Not everything that got you here is meant to go where you're going. Kimberly Rash opens up about one of the most painful parts of personal growth: letting go of people you love when those relationships no longer pour life into you. Drawing from her own experience of grieving a long-term friendship, she walks through the guilt, the grief, and the slow but powerful process of releasing what no longe...

Rooted to Rise Show Notes Learning to Trust Your Calling and Finding Your Purpose One Step at a Time Host: Kimberly Rash Podcast: Rooted to Rise Episode Summary Your purpose was never something you lost; it has been inside you all along, waiting for you to come back to it. Kimberly Rash digs into the pressure so many of us feel to figure out our calling and why the frantic search may be the very t...

You don't need to wait until you feel ready, because confidence was never meant to arrive before you do. So many women are standing at the edge of the life they want, holding back until they feel bold enough, certain enough, or ready enough to step into it. Kimberly Rash breaks down the confidence myth, revealing that confidence is not a personality trait you either have or you don't. It is someth...

Your words are not just words; they are the blueprint from which your life is being built. Kimberly Rash opens up about the painful mantras she carried from childhood, including the belief that she had to leave before she was left, and how years of negative self-talk kept her stuck and unable to love herself. Drawing on personal stories, the science of vibration, and Dr. Masaru Emoto's famous rice...

You are the only thing standing between where you are now and the life you actually want. Kimberly Rash gets refreshingly real in this debut episode, sharing how overthinking, self-doubt, fear of judgment, and the endless wait to "feel ready" are the invisible walls we build around our own potential. She weaves in her own vulnerable story of re-recording this very episode over ten times, proving t...

You already know something needs to change. You're just not sure where to begin. Kimberly Rash gets real about her own in-between season, sharing how a looming shift in her 21-year career pushed her to finally start asking harder questions about her future. She walks listeners through her signature Root, Release, and Rise framework — a simple, three-part approach to getting unstuck without having...

What if gratitude wasn't about pretending everything is fine — but about finally seeing clearly even when life is hard? Kimberly Rash gets refreshingly honest about what gratitude actually is and what it isn't. She unpacks the difference between genuine thankfulness and toxic positivity, shares the science behind how a consistent gratitude practice can reduce stress, lower anxiety, improve sleep,...

Something inside you already knows it's time to grow — and this is the space where that journey begins. Rooted to Rise with Kimberly Rash is a podcast for women who are ready to move beyond where they are and start creating real, meaningful change — not all at once, but one step, one thought, one decision at a time. Kimberly draws from her own evolving seasons of life to explore what it looks like...