This is a marker-moment episode for anyone entering a new chapter. I recently stepped into a new decade, and with Lunar New Year approaching and the start of the Year of the Fire Horse, I’m using this season as a mirror, not a prediction, to reset my standards in dating, work, purpose, and time.

Key takeaways:

• If it costs your peace, it’s too expensive.
• Transformation isn’t pressure; it’s standards.
• The most powerful promise you can make is the one you keep with yourself: I don’t abandon me.

Journal prompt: Where have I been abandoning myself… and what would change if I stopped?

24-hour challenge: Pick one area (dating, work, purpose, or time). Write what you’re shedding, what you’re choosing, and take one step in the next 24 hours.

Want to go deeper in your self-care journey?

• ✍🏽 Love Yourself Journal — a 365-day self-care, self-love & reflection journey
• 📘 Mastering Self-Care — steps to a resilient and peaceful life
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• Download my 15-Minute Self-Care Ritual — quick practices to reset your energy and reconnect with yourself every day.

 Hold My Purse is a bi-weekly podcast that centers on healing, wholeness, and the sacred act of putting yourself first. Don’t forget to follow, share, and leave a review if this episode made you feel a little more seen today.

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Remember:  Until next time, my fabulous friends and self-care warriors… keep loving you, protect your peace, and hold your own damn purse.

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Want to lead your life like a CEO instead of reacting to everyone else’s priorities? In this episode, Rho breaks down a simple operating system you can use weekly to turn your goals into real follow-through, without burnout.

What you’ll learn / key takeaways:

• How to connect Vision (direction) + Boundaries (protection) + Systems (execution)
• The Weekly CEO Meeting (review, decide, protect) to run your week with clarity
• A 5-number Life Dashboard to track what matters without shame
• A 90-day focus plan that keeps you consistent instead of scattered
• A Stop List that makes your boundaries real in daily life
• Simple if-then plans for follow-through when life gets loud

Want the full series foundation? Start here:
Catch up on the series foundation:

• CEO of Your Life Overview: 
• Vision Episode: 
• HR + Boundaries Episode:

Want to go deeper in your self-care journey?

• ✍🏽 Love Yourself Journal — a 365-day self-care, self-love & reflection journey
• 📘 Mastering Self-Care — steps to a resilient and peaceful life
• 💌 Sign up for the newsletter — get grounded reflections, podcast updates, and community love, straight to your inbox
• Download my 15-Minute Self-Care Ritual — quick practices to reset your energy and reconnect with yourself every day.

🎙 Hold My Purse is a bi-weekly podcast that centers healing, wholeness, and the sacred act of putting yourself first. Don’t forget to follow, share, and leave a review if this episode made you feel a little more seen today.

✨ Sponsor Shout-out:
This episode is brought to you by Self Care Shawty 🌿, your go-to for homemade skin products that keep you moisturized, healed, and at ease. Explore their amazing offerings at selfcareshawty.etsy.com.

💼 Remember:  Until next time, my fabulous friends and self-care warriors… keep loving you, protect your peace, and hold your own damn purse.

And I’ll meet you right back here in two weeks — same space, same heart, new ways to choose you. 💖

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Website: https://www.hold-my-purse.com/

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In this empowering episode of Hold My Purse, we’re stepping into a part of your life you may have never considered: the HR department of you. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, drained, overworked in relationships, or unsure how to protect your peace, this episode will change how you lead your life.

You’re the CEO of your life — and today you’ll learn how to oversee the internal systems that manage your boundaries, your energy, your relationships, and your emotional well-being.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How to think like a CEO when managing your personal boundaries
• What your “inner HR department” actually is and why it protects your peace
• How to make decisions that align with your values, not guilt or obligation
• How to recognize “role creep” when you’re doing too much
• How to run performance reviews for your habits, relationships, and commitments
• Why listening to your intuition is an HR investigation you can trust
• How to reclaim your power, time, and emotional bandwidth with clarity and love

Whether you’re rebuilding your life, stepping into a new season, or learning to love yourself again, this episode gives you the tools to structure your peace like it matters — because it does.

And, Aria steps in with her Gen Alpha energy; she has a new makeup kit. 

✨ Go deeper:
• Check out the Love Yourself Journal 365, just in time for 2026

 • Free 15-Minute Self-Care Ritual, daily rituals for yourself

• Monthly Newsletter full of resources and support

Until next time my fabulous friends and self-care warriors… keep loving you, protect your peace, and hold your own damn purse.

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Website: https://www.hold-my-purse.com/

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In this deeply heartfelt episode of Hold My Purse, Rho sits down with author, coach, and “lighthouse creator” Laylani Colibri Jack to talk about healing, purpose, and how loss can become the light that leads you home to yourself.

 Laylani  opens up about the sudden passing of her mother and how that tragedy became the beginning of her own hero’s journey — a journey that inspired her to help others love life after loss. Together, Rho and Leilani unpack what it means to do the inner work, lead with compassion, and shine without apology.

They also explore her powerful Lighthouse Method — a framework that teaches you to clean your own windows before you try to guide anyone else. The conversation moves from personal healing to emotional intelligence, grief, and leadership — reminding us that we can hold our pain and our power at the same time.

And just when you think it couldn’t get any more real, Aria pops in with her Gen Alpha wisdom to talk about confidence, intuition, and why her generation refuses to carry emotional baggage that isn’t theirs.

This episode is a full-circle moment — soulful, healing, and packed with light.

Key Takeaways

• Healing is a journey, not a destination. You don’t have to be “healed” — you just have to keep healing.
•  Grief is another form of growth. It’s what happens when your soul outgrows an old chapter.
•  Be the lighthouse. Your job isn’t to chase or fix — it’s to stand tall, shine bright, and trust your light.
•  Inner work changes everything. When you shift, the energy around you shifts too.
•  Self-care is sacred. Small, intentional moments are the foundation of real healing.

About Laylani:

Laylani Colibri Jack is a transformational coach, speaker, and best-selling author of The Compassion Code: How to Say the Right Thing When the Wrong Thing Happens. 

Connect with Laylani

www.laylanicolibri.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laylanicolibrijack/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lovenotesfromyourmom

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laylanicolobri

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LaylaniColibriJack

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@laylani_light

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• Download my 15-Minute Self-Care Ritual — quick practices to reset your energy and reconnect with yourself every day.

Sponsor Shout-out:
This episode is brought to you by Self Care Shawty 🌿, your go-to for homemade skin products that keep you moisturized, healed, and at ease. Explore their amazing offerings at selfcareshawty.etsy.com.

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In this episode of Hold My Purse: A Self-Care Journey Through Life, Rho explores what it really means to have a vision for your life — to see the future you’re meant to live and start walking toward it with faith, clarity, and peace.

After her boyfriend said, “Babe, you’re on to something — what if you went deeper?” she launched this new CEO of Your Life series to help you lead your life with intention, not autopilot.

This week, Rho introduces The Dual Vision Exercise — a simple yet powerful way to clarify what you’re chasing and what you’re ready to leave behind. You’ll learn how to turn dreams into direction, create alignment between your habits and your higher self, and trust your path even when the fog rolls in.

💛 Journal Prompt:
If nothing and no one could stop me, what would I want my life to look like five years from now?

🎙️ Affirmation:
My vision leads me. My actions align with who I’m becoming. I trust what I can’t yet see.

And, Aria shares her recent experience with a friend and how she deals with her emotions. 

 🌿 Want to go deeper in your self-care journey?

• ✍🏽 Love Yourself Journal — a 365-day self-care, self-love & reflection journey
• 📘 Mastering Self-Care — steps to a resilient and peaceful life
• 💌 Sign up for the newsletter — get grounded reflections, podcast updates, and community love, straight to your inbox
• Download my free 15-Minute Self-Care Ritual — quick practices to reset your energy and reconnect with yourself every day.

🎙 Hold My Purse is a bi-weekly podcast that centers healing, wholeness, and the sacred act of putting yourself first. Don’t forget to follow, share, and leave a review if this episode made you feel a little more seen today.

✨ Sponsor Shout-out:
This episode is brought to you by Self Care Shawty 🌿, your go-to for homemade skin products that keep you moisturized, healed, and at ease. Explore their amazing offerings at selfcareshawty.etsy.com.

💼 Remember:  Hold your own purse, and hold your peace.
And I’ll meet you right back here in two weeks — same space, same heart, new ways to choose you. 💖

Email address: [email protected]

Website: https://www.hold-my-purse.com/

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In this powerful episode of Hold My Purse: A Self-Care Journey Through Life, host Rho sits down with Kristine Ovsepian, MA., CHt—a certified hypnotherapist and intuitive healer whose journey from burnout to spiritual awakening shows us what it truly means to surrender and heal from within.

After years in a stressful career and a body that began to shut down, Kristine took a leap of faith, leaving accounting to follow her calling in hypnotherapy, energy healing, and inner child work. Rho and Kristine dive deep into the connection between mind, body, and soul—exploring how unhealed emotions manifest physically, why empaths absorb so much energy, and how true transformation begins when we finally let go of control.

This conversation is equal parts healing and awakening—a reminder that peace isn’t something you chase; it’s something you choose, one surrendered moment at a time.

You’ll Discover:

• How emotional pain becomes physical when the soul is out of alignment
• Why hypnotherapy works by healing the subconscious mind
• Daily grounding tools for empaths and highly sensitive people
• The power of surrender as the ultimate act of self-care
• How to reprogram limiting beliefs and reconnect with your joy

Connect with Kristine on Instagram and Facebook. 

✨ Journal Prompt: “Where am I trying to control it all—and what would surrender look like today?”
💬 Affirmation: “I release control. I receive guidance. I am safe, supported, and filled with light.”

🎧 Listen now and start your own journey of healing, alignment, and self-love.

💫 Continue Your Self-Care Journey

Go deeper with Rho’s Mastering Self-Care eBook, explore your daily growth with the 360-Day Self-Love & Self-Care Journal, and sign up for her weekly newsletter for affirmations, journal prompts, and healing tools. Also, download my free 15-Minute Self-Care Ritual — quick practices to reset your energy and reconnect with yourself every day.

👉 Visit www.hold-my-purse.com for more information.
 to get started.

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What if you led your life the way a CEO leads a business — with clarity, confidence, and compassion?

In this episode of Hold My Purse: A Self-Care Journey Through Life, Rho shows you how to step into the CEO seat of your own life — not through hustle or perfection, but through awareness, self-love, and structure that supports your peace.

You’ll learn how to audit your energy, define your personal vision and core values, set boundaries that protect your joy, and create daily systems that help life flow with purpose instead of pressure.

This conversation blends soulful reflection with real strategy — because being the CEO of your life isn’t about doing more; it’s about aligning with what truly matters.

Plus, a heartfelt moment from Aria brings everything full circle — reminding us that laughter, connection, and presence are just as essential as productivity.

✨ Tune in to learn how to:

• Reclaim your time, energy, and attention — your true currency.
• Define your vision and values to guide every decision.
• Build self-care systems that keep you grounded.
• Use boundaries as tools for freedom, not isolation.
• Create habits that support peace, purpose, and flow.

Because the moment you stop reacting and start leading — your life begins to expand.

💡 Key Takeaways

• Awareness is your dashboard — it shows you where your energy goes.
• Vision and values act as your decision filter.
• Boundaries protect your energy and peace.
• Systems and routines create flow and consistency.
• Joy and rest are not luxuries — they’re leadership tools.

And, Aria shares her adventure to Santa Barbara.

 🌿 Want to go deeper in your self-care journey?

• ✍🏽 Love Yourself Journal — a 365-day self-care, self-love & reflection journey
• 📘 Mastering Self-Care — steps to a resilient and peaceful life
• 💌 Sign up for the newsletter — get grounded reflections, podcast updates, and community love, straight to your inbox
• Download my. FREE 15-Minute Self-Care Ritual — quick practices to reset your energy and reconnect with yourself every day.

🎙 Hold My Purse is a bi-weekly podcast that centers healing, wholeness, and the sacred act of putting yourself first. Don’t forget to follow, share, and leave a review if this episode made you feel a little more seen today.

✨ Sponsor Shout-out:
This episode is brought to you by Self Care Shawty 🌿, your go-to for homemade skin products that keep you moisturized, healed, and at ease. Explore their amazing offerings at selfcareshawty.etsy.com.

Email address: [email protected]

Website: https://www.hold-my-purse.com/

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What does it really take to rise from rock bottom and create a life you don’t want to escape? In this episode of Hold My Purse: A Self-Care Journey Through Life, Rho sits down with entrepreneur and leader Matthew Stern to talk resilience, purpose, and alignment.

From losing everything at 17 to building purpose-driven businesses in health and wellness, Matthew’s story is a masterclass in grit, perseverance, and redefining success. He opens up about surviving financial collapse, navigating depression, and discovering that true success comes not from money alone, but from freedom, harmony, and showing up fully for yourself and the people you love.

Here are a few takeaways you’ll walk away with:

• Resilience is built by proving to yourself daily that you are capable of more than you ever imagined.
• Purpose fuels perseverance. When your why is strong enough, you won’t quit.
• Harmony, not balance, is the key to showing up for yourself, your family, and your work.
• Protecting your energy starts with creating space just for you, every single day.

🌐 Connect with Matthew and learn more about his work:

• Instagram
• LinkedIn
• MyStart Health

💡 Want to go deeper? Explore these tools to support your journey:

• Love Yourself Journal: One Day at a Time — a 365-day guide to choosing you every single day.
• Mastering Self-Care: Steps to a Resilient & Peaceful Life— an ebook packed with rituals and strategies to protect your peace.
• 15-Minute Self-Care Ritual Guide — a free resource to help you reset and reconnect.
• Sign-up for our monthly newsletter

✨ Hold your own purse, and hold your peace.
 And I’ll meet you right back here in two weeks — same space, same heart, new ways to choose you.

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Website: https://www.hold-my-purse.com/

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In this episode of Hold My Purse: A Self-Care Journey Through Life, Rho breaks down what karmic loops are, why they repeat, and how to finally close the cycle so you can step into your highest self. Plus, Aria pops in to share her adorable day at the beach — because joy is also part of healing. 🏖️

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
✨ What karmic loops and subconscious contracts really are — and how they shape your life
✨ How to recognize repeating patterns in relationships, work, money, and family
✨ Simple, practical steps to break the cycle and choose differently
✨ How to use journaling, shadow work, and forgiveness to uncover the root cause
✨ Why choosing yourself isn’t selfish — it’s sacred

Your Free Gift:
🎁 Download my 15-Minute Self-Care Ritual (linked in the show notes) — quick practices to reset your energy and reconnect with yourself every day.

Go Deeper:
📓 Get my Love Yourself Journal: One Day at a Time — a 365-day guide to help you choose yourself daily and break free from old patterns.
📚 Grab my eBook Mastering Self-Care — packed with strategies to protect your peace and nurture your soul.

Whether you’re tired of attracting the same people and problems or just ready for a fresh chapter, this episode will give you the clarity, courage, and tools you need to rewrite your story.

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When you’ve spent years hearing “try harder” or “you’re just not focused enough,” discovering ADHD later in life can feel both heartbreaking and liberating. In this episode of Hold My Purse: A Self-Care Journey Through Life, I sit down with Topeka McClain, the voice behind The Quiet Struggle, to talk about her late diagnosis of ADHD and how it reshaped her identity as a mother, creative, and professional.

Topeka shares the years of self-doubt, the relief of finally having a name for her experiences, and the systems she’s built to stay grounded—like lists, brain dumps, and visual planning. We talk about masking in corporate spaces, emotional regulation, and what it means to pursue ambition while raising a family. At the heart of her story is a reminder many of us need: You are enough.

And for a grounding close, my granddaughter Aria joins in with her own simple self-care practice: a one-minute meditation ritual that anyone—child or adult—can use to reset. Her sweet wisdom reminds us that it’s never too early—or too late—to make space for peace.

Key Takeaways

• Late diagnosis can be both grief and relief — it offers language for what you’ve always known deep down.
• Masking is real — many women with ADHD hide their struggles to appear “professional.”
• Systems bring peace — lists, timers, and brain dumps aren’t just tools, they’re lifelines.
• Your diagnosis is not your identity — ADHD shapes experiences, but it doesn’t define the whole of who you are.
• Vulnerability creates community — sharing openly can empower others to do the same.
• Self-care law to live by: Trust your knowing.
• Meditation can be simple — Aria’s 1-minute ritual shows how slowing down helps reset both kids and adults.

Topeka’s story is a powerful reminder that healing isn’t about perfection, but about honesty, compassion, and creating room for the real you to show up.

👉 Explore more of her writing at The Quiet Struggle and connect on Instagram and Pinterest

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