Rise Together

This week, Valentina and Inma close the month’s conversation on resilience, self-soothing, and self-compassion with a deeply personal reflection on “shadow” and “light” parts — the emotions and traits we tend to hide versus the ones we celebrate. Through stories of fear, anger, overthinking, achievement, and emotional protection, they explore how our most difficult emotions are often not flaws, bu...

In this episode of Rise Together , Dr. Inma explores the science behind self-compassion, emotional regulation, and resilience following Valentina’s conversation with Sofia. Drawing on neuroscience, psychology, and Internal Family Systems (IFS), she explains why emotions are not the problem — our fear of feeling them often is. The episode unpacks experiential avoidance, overthinking, body awareness...

In this episode, Valentina sits down with clinical psychologist Sofía Rumié to explore what resilience actually means beyond the pressure to “stay strong.” Together, they unpack self-compassion, trauma, emotional awareness, the inner critic, and the relationship between our light and shadow parts. Through conversations on Internal Family Systems, emotion-focused therapy, attachment theory, and the...

Positivity isn’t the answer to everything—and in this episode, we unpack why. We explore the difference between “just being positive” and truly finding meaning in adversity. From understanding your inner voice to building self-trust and community, this is a grounded conversation on doing the real work of resilience.

What if resilience isn’t something you build alone—but something that emerges through how you relate to life? In this episode, we reflect on the conversation with Marisa Valle and explore the science behind gratitude, awe, connection, and adversity. Through five key relationships—life, challenge, others, the inner voice, and the body—we uncover how resilience is shaped not just by mindset, but by...

In this deeply moving episode of Rise , Valentina sits down with educator and social-emotional learning expert Isabel Perez to explore a more honest, human definition of resilience. Through Isabel’s powerful personal story—navigating a life-altering diagnosis, multiple surgeries, and visible change—this conversation reframes resilience not as pushing through or “being strong,” but as the ability t...

In this reflective closing episode, Valentina & Inma invite listeners into a quiet, intentional pause to honor the natural cycles that shape our lives—beginnings, middles, and endings. Through a simple five-minute guided ceremony, she encourages us to step out of constant motion and gently locate ourselves within a current personal cycle, whether in work, relationships, or inner growth. By tun...

In this deeply personal and reflective episode, we explore the reality of living through cycles—both internal and external—and what it truly means to stay resilient when you're in the middle of uncertainty. Valentina shares her journey of navigating months of job searching, the emotional toll of silence and rejection, and the strange adjustment that comes with finally reaching the end of a lon...

This month on Rise , we’ve been exploring cycles — in nature, in our work, in our bodies, and in our lives. In this episode, Dr. Inma takes us deeper into the science behind those rhythms . Drawing from ecology, psychology, and neuroscience, she explores why cycles are not just metaphors but fundamental biological patterns that shape how humans function. Ecosystems move through phases of growth, c...

In this deeply reflective conversation, Valentina sits down with Carla—now Shakti—plant medicine practitioner and healer, to explore the powerful relationship between nature, feminine cycles, and personal transformation. After experiencing profound loss and rebirth, Shakti shares how observing the rhythms of nature helped her understand the human experience: beginnings and endings, growth and deca...

In this deeply reflective conversation, Valentina sits down with Carla—now Shakti—plant medicine practitioner and healer, to explore the powerful relationship between nature, feminine cycles, and personal transformation. After experiencing profound loss and rebirth, Shakti shares how observing the rhythms of nature helped her understand the human experience: beginnings and endings, growth and deca...

In this opening episode of the second month of Rise , Valentina invites us to rethink what resilience really means. Instead of pushing through at all costs, she explores the power of living in alignment with life’s natural cycles — of effort and rest, expansion and contraction. Through a series of reflective questions, Valentina guides listeners to consider the “season” they’re currently in across...

Before we move forward, we pause. In this special closing ceremony of the month, Valentina and Inma guide you through a gentle ritual on support — how we receive it, how we resist it, and how we resource ourselves through it. This episode is not a discussion. It is a practice. Together, you’ll move through four intentional stages: presence, letting go, and letting in. You’ll be invited to ground i...

Why is it so hard to ask for help — and why does it change everything when we do? In this reflective closing episode of the month, Valentina and Inma explore what support really means — not just intellectually, but emotionally, relationally, and physically. From launching the podcast and navigating uncertainty, to sitting in a living room asking parents for help, this conversation unpacks the vuln...

The Science of Support: Why We’re Not Meant to Be Resilient Alone In this episode of Rise , we explore the science behind support — and why it’s one of the most powerful vehicles for resilience. Building on our previous conversations about what support feels like and how to ask for it, we now step into the research. From the stress-buffering hypothesis to polyvagal theory, we unpack what actually...

What does real support actually look like—and why does it matter so much for resilience? In this episode of Rise , Inma is joined by Emma Keith, Group Captain in the Royal Air Force and Commandant of the RAF Leadership Academy, for a deeply human conversation about support, leadership, and resilience. Drawing on her experience leading in high-responsibility environments—and navigating profound per...

Support is often something we expect from others — but what if it’s also something we can offer ourselves? In this opening episode of Rise , Inma introduces the theme of the month: support . Through gentle reflection and inquiry, she explores how we give, receive, resist, and long for support across different areas of our lives — at work, at home, in relationships, and within ourselves. Rather tha...

In the first episode of Rise, Valentina and Inma unpack the quiet, often messy reality of feeling “not ready” — and why waiting for confidence or clarity can keep us stuck. Together, they challenge the performative idea of resilience and reframe it as a lived, relational practice: showing up imperfectly, listening to our bodies, and responding with honesty rather than force. Blending life experien...