In Alignment

Sarah Gaines spent her entire teens and twenties trying to control her body, from her first diet at eight years old to bodybuilding at nineteen. She finally got the “body of her dreams” but lost herself in the process. What changed everything wasn’t another protocol. It was learning how to come home to her body instead of trying to fix it. Today Sarah is the founder of Joy Flow, a mindful movement...

A founder-to-founder conversation on movement, motivation, and why the shift from forcing your body to move to listening to your body changes everything. It’s summer. The business is launching. The travel is real. And we’re both navigating a season where movement matters more than ever, but the old fitness rules don’t apply. In this short founder-led episode, Annie and Marissa get real about their...

In this episode of In Alignment , Chelsea Leyland joins Annie and Marissa for a raw conversation on women’s health, chronic illness, and the power of community. A former DJ turned women’s health entrepreneur, Chelsea is the co-founder of Looni, and she shares how her own hardships with epilepsy, endometriosis, and pregnancy loss reshaped the trajectory of her life and led her to build a company de...

Margaret Trainor, founder of Atmo Home, spent years burning “nice” candles in her Berlin apartment. When she moved out, every wall and appliance was coated in a layer of soot she had never noticed. That moment became Atmo, a modern home care brand built on the radical idea that the air inside your home matters as much as the food on your plate. We spend over 90% of our lives indoors, and almost no...

This week on In Alignment , Annie and Marissa go solo for an honest conversation about female friendship: why it’s one of the most nurturing forces in our lives, how to find and keep great friends, and when it’s time to walk away from the ones that aren’t serving you. They open up about the qualities that define their closest friendships: authenticity, grace, active listening, and the gift of frie...

Amber Berger is a wellness entrepreneur and founder of The Well Drop. At 11 years old she was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. By her sophomore year of high school she had Crohn’s disease and surgery. The conventional protocol was steroids for life. She said no — and healed herself, putting her autoimmune disease into remission. In this episode Annie and Marissa sit down with Amber to...

This week Annie and Marissa are back together for a solo episode — and it’s one of their most personal yet. They kick things off with the story of how Shift came together on New Year’s Eve, the angel numbers that have followed them since, and what it actually looks and feels like when you start trusting signs from the universe. From there the conversation goes deep. They get into what it means to...

This week on In Alignment, we’re joined by holistic nutritionist and somatic practitioner Madison Miller for a conversation that challenges so much of what women have been taught about healing. What if the symptoms you’ve been trying to fix — anxiety, gut issues, chronic inflammation, skin flare-ups, jaw tension, even exhaustion — are not random, but signals? Madison shares why so many women are s...

Amanda Wahlstedt is a registered dietitian, functional health practitioner, and founder of Roots to Leaves — a private practice working exclusively with women on hormonal health, fertility, and whole-body wellness. Her own experience coming off the pill after a decade and being met with no real answers is what sent her on the path to building the practice she wished had existed. In this episode, A...

This week on In Alignment , we’re joined by Ben Perens, founder of Nestwell, who is building in one of the most overlooked categories in wellness. His core belief is simple but hard to ignore: the air you breathe, the water you drink, and the environment you live in every day are doing far more to your health than most of the things you’re spending money on. We get into what’s actually inside our...

This week on In Alignment , Annie and Marissa sit down for a raw, honest solo conversation unpacking one of the most misunderstood concepts in personal growth: confidence. What it actually is, where it comes from, and how to build deep inner self confidence. At the core of this conversation is something deeper: the fear of being seen . We get real about the truth behind “putting yourself out there...

Today we sit down with Dr. Rachel Eva Dew, a double board-certified Doctor of Natural and Integrative Medicine with over 20 years of clinical experience, training in more than 20 healing modalities, and a patient list that spans the world. She is the founder of ModiHealth and the Integrative Wellness Academy, and the creator of the Emotional Clearing Method — a powerful approach to releasing store...

In this episode, Annie and Marissa sit down with Marika Frumes , founder of Mysha , a women’s community that matches you with a curated pod of like-valued moms based on your due date, city, and preferences. Mysha makes postpartum support proactive and structured, so it’s easy to build your village. Designed for pregnancy and early motherhood, Mysha creates intentional small-group connection during...

Most people who leave high-finance careers to start a food company have a moment — one experience, one realization, one thing they couldn’t unsee — that made going back feel impossible. For Kiki Couchman, that moment was gut health. Not as a trend. As a personal obsession that turned into a product gap she couldn’t stop thinking about. In this episode of In Alignment, Kiki shares the full story of...

What if the most important health tool for women as they age isn’t cardio, supplements, or dieting but strength training? In this episode of In Alignment , Annie and Marissa sit down with Cortney Bigelow and Esther Sedgwick , founders of The Carry , a company rethinking how women train, move, and age. After experiencing their own shifts in energy, health, and hormones, Cortney and Esther realized...

Morning routines are often portrayed as the ultimate productivity hack. Wake up at 5am, meditate, journal, work out, cold plunge. But what if the most powerful morning routine isn’t a rigid formula at all? In this solo episode of In Alignment , Annie and Marissa break down how to design a morning routine that actually feels good for you. Instead of forcing a routine that just looks good on paper,...

In this episode of In Alignment , we’re breaking down attachment styles and how they quietly shape your relationships, your reactions, and your sense of safety in love. If you’ve ever: * Spiraled over a shift in tone * Felt “too much” for wanting reassurance * Pulled away when things got close * Confused intensity with connection * Felt calm and wondered why it suddenly feels boring This episode i...

In this episode of In Alignment , Annie Ripp sits down with Lindsay Wynn , founder of Momotaro Apotheca , to rethink everything we’ve been taught about vaginal health. After struggling with chronic yeast infections, BV, and UTIs, Lindsay realized conventional feminine care products were masking symptoms instead of solving the problem. This conversation explores the root causes behind recurring inf...

In this episode of In Alignment , founders Annie Ripp and Marissa Vivori share the real story behind their career pivots, entrepreneurial leap, and the healing that had to happen before Shift could be built. This conversation is for the woman who has the job that looks good on paper but feels misaligned inside. The woman who feels the quiet nudge toward something more but keeps overriding it with...

Alignment is not something you arrive at. It is something you learn how to listen for. In this episode, Brittany Felton joins us for a refreshingly honest conversation about intuition, energy, and what it actually looks like to trust yourself through change. Rather than chasing certainty or control, Brittany reframes alignment as an ongoing relationship with yourself, one that deepens as you learn...

In this episode of In Alignment , we sit down with Izzy Fisher , founder of Daily Basis , to unpack what it actually means to support women’s health in a culture obsessed with optimization. Izzy shares her personal journey into the women’s health space, which began with her own struggles around hormones, burnout, and feeling disconnected from her body. That path ultimately led her to build Daily B...

Welcome to the very first episode of In Alignment . In this conversation, founders Annie Ripp and Marissa Vivori introduce the intention behind the podcast and share why In Alignment needed to exist. After years immersed in the wellness world, both of us reached a turning point where the constant pursuit of “feeling good” through diet, supplements, rigid protocols, and the overwhelm of wellness cu...

In this episode we sit down with Hilary Metcalfe, Co-Founder of Sabi, for an honest and deeply grounded conversation on hormonal health, fertility, and what it truly means to care for your body as a woman. Hilary shares her personal journey navigating hormonal imbalances and why pain during menstruation is not normal, but rather a signal the body is asking to be heard. Together, we explore how lif...

In this episode of Let’s Feel Good Podcast, I sit down with Maya , founder of Alya Health , to explore how one ingredient quietly transformed her health and sparked an entirely new business. After years in tech and a growing battle with gut issues, inflammation, and chronic stress, Maya was forced to slow down and listen to her body. What started as a personal healing journey led her to uncover th...

In this episode, I sit down with Sachi Singh, founder of Rootless, to talk about the mineral most women are missing and why it impacts everything from hormones and thyroid health to skin clarity and energy. Sachi shares her personal journey with PCOS and hormonal acne, how seaweed became the key to her healing, and why iodine is essential for women’s health today. We go deep on emotional wellness,...