The Rise2Shine Podcast with Noelle Kustas

There is a version of strength that looks like never letting anyone see you struggle, and there is a version that actually heals you, and they are not the same thing. My guest today learned that the hard way, through a divorce, a pandemic, and a stage III cancer diagnosis she chose to face in front of her entire audience instead of behind closed doors. Sarah Beaver is the founder of Creating Sunsh...

Some weeks don't go according to plan. This one didn't. And instead of waiting until the hard part was over to show up, I decided to come on here raw, unresolved, and right in the middle of it, because I think that's exactly where a lot of you are too. Real resilience isn't the Instagram version. It's not bouncing back fast or pushing through with a smile. It's learning how...

There is a version of you that got so busy being everything to everyone that she forgot to check in with herself. If you have ever felt like you were living your life on autopilot, going through the motions of a life that looks right but feels hollow, this episode is going to land. I am joined by Kara Francis, a modern relationship expert and divorce strategist who spent years as a divorce attorne...

There's a version of September where you look back and barely remember what happened. You know summer came and went, but the details are fuzzy and the feeling is already fading. This episode is for the woman who doesn't want that to be her story this year. This isn't a productivity episode and it's not a summer bucket list. It's about something more essential: how to be awake a...

We have more access than any generation before us, and somehow women have never been lonelier . I've been sitting with that tension for a while now, and this episode is me saying it out loud. There's a difference between scrolling someone's life and actually being known by them . We've been quietly fooling ourselves into thinking passive connection counts, and it doesn't. Not f...

Some conversations stay with you long after the episode ends. This is one of them. Jan Reed is a transformational life coach, E4 spiritual psychology coach, and a coach within the Spiral Up program. She's also a retired teacher of over 30 years who has walked through some of the deepest loss imaginable and chosen, with full intention, to rise. In this episode, Jan shares her story with remarka...

You've been doing the work. Showing up for everyone, playing the roles, keeping it together. And somewhere in the middle of all of it, something started to feel off. Not broken, just... not quite you. This episode is about that feeling, and more importantly, what's actually underneath it. The truth is, you didn't lose yourself. The signal just got buried. Most of us absorbed an identit...

Part 2 is here, and we went even deeper. After last month's episode lit up my DMs with questions, stories, and so much curiosity, I knew we had to bring Iva Heckmann back. This conversation picks up right where we left off and gets into the specifics that women are actually asking about, including retatrutide dosing, the Glow Stack blend, which hormones your panel should include but probably d...

Four years ago, I was living without a single hour to call my own. Not one. And I tried everything to fix it: the 4 AM alarm, the journal, the checklist. I tried until I felt resentful, then guilty, then exhausted by the loop. What I was missing wasn't discipline. It was permission to build something that was actually mine. That's where the Golden Hour method was born. It's not a routi...

There's a woman listening right now who knows she's meant for more. She can feel it. But every time she gets close to acting on it, something pulls her back. Fear of judgment. Guilt. The degree she worked so hard for. The path she was "supposed" to stay on. This episode is for her. Maggie Amos is a former teacher turned entrepreneur who retired early, helped build a million-dolla...

There are moments that catch you completely off guard and feel like they were meant to land exactly when they did . I live about a mile and a half from the Coachella grounds, and this year the energy throughout the entire valley was unlike anything I've felt before. Everywhere you went, people were saying the same thing: I cannot wait to see Justin. When he stepped on that massive stage with n...

There are moments that change everything. Not gradually, not with warning, just a shift so complete that you look in the mirror and don't quite recognize the woman staring back. That's exactly what happened to me, and in this episode, I'm sitting down with the woman who helped make it possible. Dr. LaChelle Wieme is a former anesthesia professor, researcher, faith-driven coach, and my...

There is more available to you than you've been shown. More peace. More clarity. More connection. And in this episode, I'm sharing what's been sitting on my heart for weeks because I know there are women listening right now who needed to hear exactly this. We carry a lot. All of us. But what I've been sitting with lately is this: it's not just about how much we can carry. It&#3...

There is a conversation happening at kitchen tables, in coffee shops, and in women's DMs all over the world right now. Women are asking questions their doctors can't answer, comparing notes, and quietly exploring options that are finally giving them their energy, their motivation, and their bodies back. This episode is that conversation, out loud. I sat down with Iva Heckmann, a sports med...

Something shifted on that cruise. Not in a "nice little breakthrough" kind of way. In a can't-go-back, chains-released, I-am-not-the-same-woman kind of way. And I want to tell you about it while it's still alive in my body. In this episode, I share what happened during a seven-day cruise with my mentor and friend LaChelle that I can only describe as a complete internal upleveling...

You're doing the inner work. You're reading the books, showing up to the coaching calls, saying yes to growth. So why does it still feel so heavy? That question comes up in my community more than almost any other, and it's exactly what Debbie Heiser and I get into in this episode. Debbie is the founder of The Lit Up Life and brings over 25 years of experience in corporate leadership, e...

Sometimes the hardest part of growth is realizing the rooms you once belonged in no longer feel the same. As we move through different seasons of life, friendships shift and community evolves. In this episode, I’m sharing an honest conversation about why it can feel so difficult to step into new spaces as adults and the fear that quietly shows up when we wonder if we truly belong. ✔️ You begin to...

You look around your life and realize something feels different about your friendships… but you can’t quite explain why. As we grow, evolve, and step into new seasons of life, community naturally shifts. The spaces that once felt effortless can begin to feel different. Not because anyone did anything wrong, but because you are growing, your values are refining, and the conversations you crave are...

You want to understand yourself more, but you do not want to feel weird about it. In this episode, I sit down with Katherine Wehler to explore astrology in a grounded, beginner-friendly way, and to clear up what it is (and what it is not). If you have ever been curious but hesitant, this conversation gives you language, clarity, and permission to explore with openness. ✔️ You will walk away with a...

You’re carrying pressure that isn’t yours, and it’s quietly stealing your peace. In this episode, I’m inviting you into a moment of reflection, not prediction. If you’ve been feeling stretched, heavy, or like you have to be everything to everyone, I want you to know there is another way to move forward, one that honors your faith, your nervous system, and your next chapter. You’ll feel clearer abo...

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You love deeply, but lately you’ve noticed how tired that love feels. When love turns into silence, self-sacrifice, or constantly adjusting yourself to keep the peace, something starts to erode inside. In this episode, I’m talking about how easy it is for women to confuse love with endurance, and how self-abandonment often happens quietly, one small moment at a time. ✔️ Recognize where you’ve been...

You’ve been giving love, showing up, holding space, and doing all the “right things” but still feeling rushed, guarded, or emotionally tired inside. In this episode, I invite you into a deeper redefinition of love, one that moves beyond romance or fleeting emotion and into something you live, carry, and embody every day. Love is not something you wait for or earn, it is a frequency you choose to o...

What happens when your body feels unsafe even when your mind says you’re fine? In this deeply personal episode of the Rise2Shine Podcast, I’m having one of the most honest conversations I’ve ever shared about women’s health anxiety, fear stored in the body, and what happens when your nervous system takes over before logic can catch up. This episode isn’t medical advice. It’s not a how-to. It’s me...

What happens when the life you planned disappears overnight and you’re left holding everything together? In this deeply honest episode, I sit down with author and first-time podcast guest Denise Hoover to talk about the side of caregiving most women never say out loud. Denise shares her journey of retiring early, dreaming of freedom, and then becoming an unexpected caregiver when her husband suffe...