Rooted To Rise: Real Talk for Women Ready to Grow

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...