In this moving episode, Rita Ernst sits down with integrated health and wellness coach Kathy Yavari to explore a journey that spans continents, revolutions, and radical self-discovery.

Grab the episode companion self-reflection guide

Kathy shares her harrowing "Big T" childhood traumas—from witnessing her mother’s stroke at Disney World to fleeing the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the sirens of the Iran-Iraq War.

After moving to the U.S. alone at 14 and building a "perfect" corporate life on autopilot, Kathy faced a midlife "trifecta" of loss that forced her to stop running and start rising.

Key Takeaways:

The F.E.A.R. Framework: Learn to choose between "Fear Everything And Run" or "Face Everything And Rise."

Healing Health Anxiety: Discover how childhood trauma "sticks" in the body and how to release it.

The Autopilot Trap: Why high achievers often ignore their own stories until a crisis hits.

Inner Child Connection: Practical ways to provide yourself with the love and protection you lacked as a child.

Stop living for the future's anxiety or the past's depression and learn how to stay in the powerful, authentic present.

Connect with Kathy Yavari

Instagram | LinkedIn

Connect with your host, Rita Ernst - speaker | author | consultant