The Humble Rising Podcast

In this episode, I share a letter I wrote to my first daughter when she was only months old three and half years ago.  I wrote it in my notes app on my phone at 2:30am after nursing her.  I had a lot on my mind and was worried about the world she had been born into.  I needed her to know all the things I wished for her, hoped for her, and the things I wanted her to remember.  Although I knew she c...

Ms. OluwaTosin Adegbola, PhD, aka Dr. Tosin Richard, as she is commonly referred, has dedicated her professional life to student advocacy. She serves as a Special Adviser, in Student Leadership and Scholar Development.  Through her expertise is in public relations and higher education, she realized that out of the over 300 students and non-students who came to her each year, those seeking a shift...

Massage? Pedicure? Manicure? Like you, I love the relaxation I feel when I'm able to indulge and make time for these things.  While those types of pleasurable activities can be part of self-care, it's nowhere near the whole story.  In this episode, I challenge you to rethink how you define self-care and share key strategies for practicing it, which focuses on what you need during everyday moments...

Diana Isern has been an NYC Educator for 16 years, and is currently a high school Assistant Principal in Brooklyn. She's a Puerto Rican mama of two, who is passionate about connecting with women about leadership, parenting, and financial goals, dilemmas and achievements.  In this episode, Diana and I delve deep into finding and living your purpose, self-awareness and self-assessment, leadership, t...

Let's have some real talk about working mothers trying to "do it all." In this episode, I share my secret and three tips for managing this time as a working mother of two (soon to be three at the time of this episode recording).  This won't give you all the answers, but it's meant to give you some ideas on what you could do to lessen the overwhelm, stress, and to take back some time for you.  We c...

Aundrea Cline-Thomas is an award-winning journalist.  She joined CBS NY as a general assignment reporter in 2018, and fills in on the anchor desk and contributes to the streaming platform CBSN New York.  She's passionate about telling creative, engaging, and memorable stories that center marginalized voices.  Simply put, in addition to the facts, her stories have heart.  In this episode, Aundrea a...

In this first episode, Arivee shares parts of her journey and why her coaching and conversations with women led her to start the Humble Rising Podcast. Welcome to the Humble Rising Podcast!  Each week, host Arivee Vargas has conversations with inspiring women of color sharing their own stories and actionable strategies on how to have fulfilling careers and lives. The journey to get there isn't lin...