The Arise with Anita Podcast

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 version of life that no longer exists. Because healing isn't just changing your thoughts it's teaching your body that it's finally safe.

You'll learn:

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 real: University-based research on deathbed visions, the "satellite dish" model of how spirit communication works, and a string of synchronicities too specific to write off as coincidence. We talk about how she studied Kabbalah and...

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's the fear of disappointing someone else.

In this episode, we're exploring why saying "yes" to everyone else often means saying "no" to yourself, how over-functioning becomes part of your identity, and why your nervous...

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 specific method of elimination she used to find a business strategy she could actually stick with. We get into the three types of income most entrepreneurs never structure correctly (active...

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 ungrateful but because your nervous system has learned that receiving isn't safe. Earning feels familiar. Receiving feels exposed.

This conversation goes beyond mindset and into the body: why healthy love...

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 keeping you from actually feeling it.

Sophie opens up about her own journey: years of high-functioning anxiety hidden behind a polished exterior, a 2022 breakdown that cost her 60% of her hair, and the...

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 because they're incapable, but because their nervous system is searching for certainty.

Because your nervous system isn't asking: "Can she do this?" It's asking: "Is this...

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 near-death experience that transformed the course of her life, the mission it inspired, and the lessons she's learned from helping millions of people create greater alignment, abundance, and purpose.

In this episode, we discuss:

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 parts of personal growth: the gap between awareness and embodiment.

Because awareness isn't the finish line. It's the beginning.

True healing...

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, Hooman shares what he's learned about human behavior, emotional suppression, leadership, and the journey from survival to healing.

Together, they explore the impact of childhood experiences, why so many men struggle to express their emotions...

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 misconceptions in the healing space: the belief that healing means you'll never be triggered again.

What if healing isn't about eliminating every trigger? What if it's about removing t...

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 explore:

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 looping and why many women aren’t confused… They simply don’t feel safe choosing.

This conversation explores

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 awakening that revealed the emotional, physical, and energetic cost of people pleasing, over-functioning, burnout, and self-abandonment.

Together, Anita and Renee explore:

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 unknowingly disconnect from their own needs while prioritizing everyone else.

If you’ve been feeling:

…this conversation is for you.

Anita shares practical insights on nervous system healing, emotio...

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 collectively.

Janet shares how her path from the entertainment industry into humanitarian work became a deeply personal calling, especially after walking through the loss of her parents and discovering the healing power of service. Through her work...

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 ever felt caught between who you were and who you’re becoming…
if uncertainty has been triggering fear, overthinking, or the need to control outcomes…
This episode is for you.

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 guiding women through some of the hardest seasons of their lives, Christine shares the patterns she’s witnessed over and over again: 

How women lose themselves…
Why so many disconnect from their own worth...

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:

In this episode, we’re diving into:

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-acceptance. Through her children’s book series The Adventures of Kat Girl, she is helping children see disability not as limitation, but as strength.

In this episode, we explore:

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 tolerate misalignment.

Inside this episode, we explore:

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 surface-level advice.

We explore:

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 from receiving support, softness, and true connection.
This isn’t about becoming less strong.
It’s about becoming safe enough to be suppor...

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 how true transformation doesn’t come from doing more… but from remembering who you were before the world told you who to be.
This conversation is where soul...

If you’ve ever said yes when you meant no…
Over-explained yourself…
Or felt something was “off” but ignored it…

This episode is for you.

Because self-abandonment doesn’t happen in one big moment.

It happens in micro-moments when your body sends a signal and your conditioning overrides it.

In this episode, Anita breaks down:

What if the patterns you’re trying to heal didn’t start with you… But you’re the one meant to end them?

In this deeply soulful and full-circle conversation, Anita sits down with her best friend, early childhood educator and founder of The Magic Box for Children™, Ana Cristina Gordillo, to explore what it truly means to heal at the root.

While many of us are doing the work as adults: Healing our Inner Child, Regulating our Nervous System, and Breaking Cycles Ana is asking a powerful question:
What if we didn’t hav...

What if your next level isn’t waiting for you to do more… but to become someone different?

In this milestone Episode 70 of The Arise with Anita Podcast, Anita shares a raw and honest reflection on what has actually changed over the last 70 episodes—and the identity shifts required to hold a new level of life, business, and self.
This isn’t about more strategy, more discipline, or more doing.

This is about:
Nervous System Capacity, Releasing Old Identities and Becoming the woman who can actually hold what she’s calling in.
If...

What if the life you’re meant for is on the other side of trusting yourself?
In this episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, I sit down with transformational mentor and entrepreneur Jessica Rae Stahlbaum for a raw, honest conversation about what it really takes to stop outsourcing your power and start building a life rooted in self-trust.

This is for the woman who knows she’s meant for more… But feels the pull between safety and her next level.

We talk about the identity shifts required to change your life, what i...

What if the “power” you’ve been stepping into is actually performance?

In this episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, we’re unpacking a subtle but powerful shift the difference between performing your power and embodying it.

Because here’s the truth most personal development spaces won’t tell you:
You can look confident, successful, and “in your power” and still be operating from a dysregulated nervous system, seeking validation, and trying to prove your worth.

This episode is for the woman who:

In this episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, Anita sits down with trauma specialist, author, and somatic healing expert Dr. Julie Merriman for a powerful conversation on burnout, self-sacrifice, nervous system regulation, and what it really takes for women to come home to themselves again.

For over 25 years, Dr. Julie has worked at the intersection of neuroscience and somatic wisdom, helping high-achieving women break free from what she calls the virtuous trap of self-sacrifice. Together, Anita and Julie explore why so many women live in survival mode without realizing it, how poor boundaries and people-pleasing dysregulate...

There comes a point in your growth journey where things that once felt normal… no longer feel aligned.

Conversations feel draining.
Dynamics feel off.
You stop wanting to explain yourself.

And you start realizing:
You’ve outgrown parts of your life.
In this episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, Anita breaks down what’s really happening when your standards begin to rise and why this shift isn’t ego, pressure, or “doing too much”… It’s nervous system regulation and identity evolution.

This is the moment where you...

What if your greatest pain wasn’t the end of your story… But the beginning of who you’re meant to become?

In this episode of The Arise with Anita podcast, Anita sits down with business mentor, digital marketing coach, and TEDx speaker  Jen Morilla for a deeply honest conversation about grief, identity, and the courage to reinvent your life.

After losing her brother at a young age, Jen’s entire perspective on life shifted.
What once felt certain… No longer made sense.

And what followed wasn’t just healing it was a complet...

What if the reason you don’t feel confident… has nothing to do with mindset?

In this episode of Arise with Anita, we explore the truth most women have never been taught:
Confidence isn’t something you force. It’s something your body allows when it feels safe.

So many women believe they need more discipline, more courage, or a stronger mindset to finally show up, speak up, and go after what they want.

But when your nervous system is in protection mode, your body will always choose safety over vis...

How do you build wealth without losing your soul?

In this episode, I sit down with David Meltzer, Chairman of the Napoleon Hill Institute, top business coach, investor, and former sports executive, to unpack the practical side of faith, gratitude, frequency, and financial success.

After losing over $100 million in 2008, David rebuilt his life through discipline, devotion, and five simple daily practices that raise awareness and eliminate resistance.

Inside this episode:

Are you actually burned out… Or is your nervous system stuck in survival mode?

In this episode of The Arise with Anita podcast, we explore a powerful reframe that might shift everything:

You may not be done.
You may be dysregulated.

For high-achieving women especially, what feels like burnout often isn’t a loss of passion it’s a nervous system that has been bracing for too long.

When achievement becomes tied to safety…
When you’re the strong one…
When you struggle to rest…
When you feel wired but...

In this episode of Arise with Anita, I’m joined by Elizabeth Munoz, founder of Soul Haven and creator of the Radiance Reclamation Operating System, to talk about what it really takes for high-capacity women to lead, build, and create without self-abandonment.

We explore:

If you’re...

What if your next level isn’t about becoming someone new… But finally feeling safe enough to be who you already are?

So many women approach identity as a mindset shift.
Think bigger. Act confident. Make decisions like your future self.

But here’s the truth:
Identity doesn’t change when your mind decides it does.
It changes when your nervous system feels safe enough to embody it.

In this episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, we explore the quiet shift that happens when growth stops being performance and starts b...

If you’ve ever known what you do… but couldn’t get the words to land, this episode is your shortcut.

In this conversation, I’m joined by Rachael Weaver a Human Design + messaging expert who blends energetics, visual branding, and copywriting to help you communicate in a way that feels natural and gets results. We talk about why traditional marketing can feel draining, what happens when you ignore your design, and how your Human Design chart can reveal the exact places your message gets fuzzy (hint: your undefined centers).

Rachel also breaks down how differen...

There’s a reason slowing down feels uncomfortable.

For many high-achieving women, speed became safety.
Moving fast meant staying ahead of disappointment.
Staying useful. Staying needed. Staying in control.

What if slowing down didn’t mean losing momentum… but actually deepening it?

So many high-achieving women feel the pull to rest and the fear that if they do, everything will fall apart. That slowing down means falling behind. That easing up means becoming irrelevant. That stillness equals failure.

In this episode, Anita unpacks why speed often feels like safety, how hu...

What does confident leadership actually require of women today?

In this episode of The Arise with Anita podcast, Anita sits down with Joyce Toti founder of Collective Women’s Leadership, corporate mentor, and author of Wardrobe Wisdom for a grounded, honest conversation about voice, presence, and authority in leadership.

This episode is for the woman who is:

Together, they explore:

• Why preparedness is the...