The Arise with Anita Podcast

Have you ever looked at your life and thought, "I have everything I thought I wanted... So why do I feel disconnected from myself?" Somewhere between building careers, raising families, achieving goals, and taking care of everyone else, many women slowly lose their voice not overnight, but one small compromise at a time. In this powerful conversation, Anita sits down with entrepreneur, s...

Do you struggle to relax, even when nothing is wrong? Do you find yourself always preparing for the worst, saying "I've got it" when someone offers help, or feeling guilty when you finally slow down? You may not be broken. Your nervous system may simply still be living in survival mode. In this episode, Anita explores the subtle signs that your body is still protecting you from a ve...

Before she was talking to spirits, Julie Ryan was talking to hospital boardrooms. She built nine companies across five industries as a hospital-supply entrepreneur and surgical device inventor the last person you'd expect to end up arguing with the ghost of a 14th-century Pope. In this episode, Julie and I dig into what actually convinced a highly analytical businesswoman that intuition is re...

On this week's solo episode of The Arise with Anita podcast - if someone offers to help and your first instinct is "I've got it," this episode is for you. Many high-achieving women believe they're struggling with boundaries when the deeper truth is that they're struggling with receiving. And often, the biggest block to receiving isn't a lack of worthiness it&apos...

How do you start a business with no money, no connections, and no experience? Gogo Betke did exactly that: she left Romania at 21 with $200 in her pocket and built a multi-million dollar real estate and coaching business from nothing. In this episode, Gogo breaks down the real, tactical process behind going from broke and unknown to multiple seven figures a year; not through luck, but through a sp...

You've mastered the art of giving: showing up, supporting and carrying it all. But what happens when someone tries to give you something? If you instantly deflect, explain, or shrink... This episode is for you. In this solo episode, Anita unpacks a pattern she sees in nearly every high-achieving woman she works with: the inability to receive. Not because you're broken, lazy, or ungratefu...

You've built the business. Hit the goals. Checked the boxes everyone said would make you happy. So why doesn't it feel like enough? In this episode, Anita sits down with Sophie Kish: certified master coach, breathwork guide, former Tony Robbins Results Specialist, and creator of The Coherence Method to explore what happens when the strategies that built your success are the same ones kee...

You keep telling yourself you'll start when the time is right. When you have more confidence. More clarity. More experience. More proof that you won't fail. But what if the reason you don't feel ready has nothing to do with readiness at all? In this solo episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, Anita explores why so many high-achieving women stay stuck in the waiting place not becau...

What if manifestation is about more than mindset, visualization, and action? In this powerful conversation, Anita sits down with Marie Diamond; global transformational leader, world-renowned Feng Shui Master, and featured expert from The Secret to explore the often-overlooked factor that may be influencing your ability to create the life you desire: your environment. Marie shares the extraordinary...

You've read the books. You've done the therapy. You've listened to the podcasts. You know your patterns. So why does it still feel hard sometimes? Why do you still overthink? Why do you still people-please? Why do old triggers still show up when you've done so much healing work? In this solo episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, Anita explores one of the most misunderstood p...

In this powerful episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, Anita sits down with executive coach, consultant, and recently retired Fire Captain Hooman Ghazanfari for a deeply honest conversation about healing, emotional resilience, self-awareness, and the hidden ways our past continues to shape our present. After spending 25 years responding to people on some of the hardest days of their lives, Hoom...

Have you ever found yourself thinking: "I thought I healed this." Maybe it's a person, a comment you've heard about yourself,  a relationship or a memory. Something happens and suddenly you feel activated again. And the first thought is often: "Why does this still bother me?" In this solo episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, Anita explores one of the biggest misco...

What happens when a woman stops building from pressure and starts building from truth? In this deeply honest conversation, Anita sits down with entrepreneur and Revenue Agency founder Brittany Hall to talk about the hidden cost of hustle culture, the pressure women carry behind success, and what it really looks like to build a business without abandoning yourself in the process. Together, they exp...

So many women believe they have a problem with overthinking. They replay conversations, second guess themselves, ask everyone else what they should do and stay stuck in cycles of indecision. But what if overthinking isn’t actually the problem? In this solo episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, Anita breaks down the deeper nervous system patterns behind overthinking, self-doubt, and emotional lo...

In this deeply powerful conversation, Anita sits down with women’s empowerment and leadership coach Renee Reisch to explore what truly happens when women spend years abandoning themselves, suppressing their emotions, and staying silent to feel safe, accepted, or loved. After literally losing her voice due to a severe illness that attacked her vocal cords, Renee was forced into a life-changing awak...

In this deeply healing solo episode of the Arise with Anita Podcast, Anita explores why so many high-achieving women feel emotionally exhausted, disconnected from themselves, and overwhelmed from constantly holding everything together. This episode dives into the hidden connection between self-abandonment, burnout, nervous system dysregulation, emotional exhaustion, and self-trust — and how women...

This episode is part of The Arise with Anita podcast Impact Series: a collection of conversations highlighting purpose-driven leaders, organizations, and missions creating real change in the world. In this conversation, Anita sits down with Janet Driver, Director of Partnerships for The Unstoppable Foundation, to explore what it truly means to create lasting change, not just individually, but coll...

There’s a reason the life you want can feel uncomfortable to step into and it’s not because you’re incapable of creating it. It’s because your nervous system is wired for familiarity, not expansion. In this deeply grounding solo episode, Anita explores why so many women feel resistance, anxiety, overwhelm, or self-sabotaging patterns during seasons of growth, transition, and becoming. If you’ve ev...

What happens when the version of you that once survived… No longer feels aligned with the woman you’re becoming? In this deeply honest and empowering conversation, Anita sits down with attorney, keynote speaker, and identity strategist Christine Gale to explore what it truly means to rebuild yourself after heartbreak, burnout, betrayal, divorce, and major life transitions. After decades spent guid...

If you’re in a season where everything feels uncertain… This episode is for you. This is for the woman in the in-between phase: The one who knows she’s meant for more… But can’t fully see how it’s all going to unfold yet. Because here’s the truth most people won’t tell you:  The unknown doesn’t feel unsafe because it is unsafe… It feels unsafe because your nervous system has no reference point for...

In this heartfelt episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, Anita sits down with children’s book author, disability advocate, and speaker Kat Magnoli for a powerful conversation on identity, belonging, confidence, and what it means to turn your lived experience into purpose. Born with Spina Bifida, Kat shares how her journey shaped her relationship with confidence, faith, advocacy, and self-accepta...

There comes a moment… When you stop shrinking. When your voice is activated. And when it does your entire life starts to shift. In this solo episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, Anita dives deep into the real impact of finding your authentic voice and why no one prepares you for what comes next. Because it’s not just about speaking up… It’s about becoming the version of you who can no longer t...

Behind every high-achieving woman… There’s often a version of her who learned to overgive, overhold, and overfunction. And eventually… it stops working. In this powerful episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, Anita sits down with leadership coach and CEO Dawn Andrews to unpack the hidden patterns behind emotional burnout and what it actually takes to break free. This conversation goes far beyond...

You’ve always been “the strong one.” The one who holds it together. The one everyone relies on. The one who keeps going… even when you’re exhausted. But what if that strength… is also what’s keeping you stuck? In this deeply honest solo episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, we unpack the nervous system pattern behind being “the strong one”—and why what once protected you may now be blocking you...

What if the life you’re trying to build… Isn’t actually aligned with who you are? In this powerful and deeply grounding episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, Anita sits down with Cat Caldwell Myers author, TEDx speaker, and founder of The Adventure Paradox to explore what it really means to come back to yourself. Blending somatic awareness, nature, and the intuitive wisdom of horses, Cat shares...