The woman staring back in the mirror keeps changing, and Kimberly Rash isn't always sure who she's looking at anymore.

In this heartfelt and unfiltered episode, Kimberly opens up about the strange, funny, and sometimes frustrating experience of watching her body and face shift with age. She talks honestly about catching unexpected glimpses of herself, grieving her younger body and its 19 and a half inch waist, and navigating the chaos of hormones, weight redistribution, and skin changes, all while insisting that missing her younger self doesn't mean she wants her back. Kimberly reflects on the wisdom, boundaries, and confidence she has gained that her 25 year old self never had, and reframes beauty as something rooted in presence and self ownership rather than approval from others.

By the end, Kimberly lands on a simple truth: she doesn't need to look younger, she just wants to keep looking more like herself. She closes by encouraging listeners to release the negative self talk about aging and rise into the confident, wise person they're becoming.

Growth is quiet, it rarely announces itself, but it is happening whether you notice it or not.

In this reflective episode, Kimberly pauses the usual format to celebrate how far her listeners have come over the podcast's first nineteen episodes. She reminds listeners that most of us stand too close to our own lives to see the changes taking shape, focusing instead on what still needs work rather than what has already transformed. Kimberly shares a personal story about a friend and former coworker whose visible transformation in confidence and happiness became a powerful example of what growth looks like from the outside, and she opens up about her own evolution over the past year, from healed relationships to stronger boundaries to a deeper sense of purpose for her family's future. She closes with an invitation to journal about personal growth over the last six months and to share it publicly as a way of honoring the journey.

This episode is a gentle reminder that worth isn't tied to accomplishment, it's present right now, in the middle of the process. Progress deserves to be celebrated, even when nobody else is watching.

You don't need a leap to change your life, you just need one small, brave step.

In this heart-to-heart episode, Kimberly unpacks why transformation rarely comes from the big dramatic moments we imagine, like the new job or the big move, but instead from the small, quiet acts of courage that build momentum over time. She shares her own journey, from the nerve it took to start this podcast, to keeping her real estate license active, to putting her gratitude journal on Amazon, showing how one brave choice consistently opened the door to the next. Kimberly gets real about the fear of judgment that comes with sharing her voice publicly, and reminds listeners that other people's opinions are none of their business. She closes with a simple root, release, rise journaling exercise designed to help listeners identify where they feel stuck and commit to one small action within the next 24 hours.

This episode is a gentle nudge to stop waiting for the perfect plan and start moving instead. Because clarity comes in the movement, and small courage, repeated, becomes a life.

What happens when the faith you were handed no longer feels like the faith you're living?

Kimberly opens up about the tender, often lonely process of questioning beliefs that were inherited rather than chosen. She shares how growing up steeped in a fear-based church culture shaped her early understanding of God, and how years of honest searching, reading beyond the Bible, and sitting with hard questions led her toward a faith rooted in love instead of fear. She talks candidly about spiritual gifts, mysticism, and the discomfort of outgrowing certainty, all while insisting that questioning isn't the opposite of faith but often a sign of growing closer to it.

Kimberly reminds listeners that their spiritual path belongs to them alone and doesn't require anyone else's approval. She closes with an invitation to release the guilt tied to searching and to trust that becoming is the whole point.

What if the boundary you keep struggling to hold has less to do with the other person and more to do with whether you can trust your own yes and no?

Kimm unpacks making boundaries, people pleasing, guilt, and resentment, showing that a boundary is not a punishment or a way to control someone else, it is simply the honest communication of what you are willing to participate in. She walks through why saying no feels so much harder than it should, how repeated negotiating quietly teaches people that your first no is not final, and why resentment is often a sign that a boundary was never actually spoken out loud. Kimm also shares a personal story about setting a hard boundary with a family member, and offers a simple phrase anyone can borrow to buy themselves time before answering a request.

This episode is an invitation to notice your automatic yeses, listen to what your body already knows, and practice becoming someone you can trust. Healthy boundaries were never about shutting people out, they are about staying connected without abandoning yourself.

What would you say to the younger version of yourself who didn't yet know she was going to make it?

Kimberly Rash leads listeners through an intimate exercise in self-compassion, inviting them to reconnect with the version of themselves who once carried fear, self-doubt, and heartbreak alone. She shares personal stories of friendship, loss, and resilience, reflecting on hard-won lessons about boundaries, rest, and letting go of relationships that were never meant to last. Kimberly speaks candidly about her own journey through young motherhood and domestic violence, and how those experiences shaped her calling to become an advocate for others.

This episode is an invitation to release regret and extend grace to every season you've walked through. It closes with a simple but powerful exercise, writing a letter to your younger self, as a way to celebrate how far you've already come

Most women believe they are afraid of failure, but Kimberly Rash suggests the deeper block is often fear of success. On this episode of Rooted to Rise, Kimberly breaks down how fear of success hides behind common excuses like needing more time, more certifications, or better timing, and how it quietly turns into self-sabotage through overthinking, comparison, and staying endlessly busy.

Kimberly shares candid, personal stories, from raising eleven children and working multiple jobs to stepping into Reiki and podcasting despite fear of judgment, to illustrate that confidence is built through action, not before it. She speaks openly about the difference between humility and shrinking yourself, and between serving others and abandoning your own needs.

The episode also touches on Kimberly's long-term vision to support women leaving domestic violence and individuals experiencing homelessness, along with a reminder that dreams do not have to be built in one giant leap. Listeners walk away with four reflection questions and a challenge to take one small, courageous step this week.

• Grief isn't limited to losing a person; we also grieve dreams, timelines, and versions of ourselves that never came to be.
• Gratitude and grief can coexist. You can love your life and still mourn what never happened.
• Comparing our real life to an imagined timeline steals joy and keeps us stuck.
• You can release the timeline without releasing the dream. What you wanted at 25 may not be what you want at 45.
• Life's hardest detours often become the source of our deepest empathy, strength, and purpose.
• Honesty about disappointment, paired with a willingness to let it go, opens the door to real peace and joy.

Kimberly Rash sits down with her longtime friend Tara McCarthy, founder of Prakriti Healing, for a raw and soul baring conversation about faith, fear, and the sacred work of rebuilding your life from the inside out.

Tara opens up about leaving a fifteen year career at a homeless shelter to trust an unexplainable pull toward opening her own healing space, and how that leap of faith turned into four years of steady growth. The two friends trace the winding paths that led them both from traditional religion into a deeper, more personal spirituality, sharing how learning to listen to their bodies, release the fear of what others think, and trust in divine timing has reshaped how they live, work, and show up for the women around them. Along the way they talk candidly about breathwork, energy work, Reiki, and the importance of building a team of trusted practitioners rather than trying to do it all alone.

Kimberly and Tara remind listeners that healing rarely follows a straight line, and that every modality, every mentor, and every season of change has its place. Their conversation is a gentle nudge to trust the nudges of your own body and spirit, even when the path looks nothing like you expected.

• Faith and healing
• Christian mystic journey
• Energy healing
• Breathwork training
• Reiki certification
• Body awareness and boundaries
• Collaboration over competition among healers
• Releasing fear and trusting divine timing
• Holistic wellness business
• Spiritual awakening
• Women's healing space
• Letting go of fear
• Listening to your body
• Holistic healing modalities
• Trauma and therapy resources
• Wellness entrepreneur journey
• Spiritual growth and identity
• Healing collaboration over competition
• Divine Feminine
• Mind body spirit connection
• Massage therapy and body work
• Law of attraction and faith
• Full circle friendship

• Exploring what it means to identify as a Christian mystic
• How personal spiritual awakenings can reshape a faith practice
• Balancing traditional religion with a deeper, personal relationship with God

• The difference between breathwork and pranayama
• How Reiki and energy work support the body's healing process
• Understanding when to combine massage, breathwork, and energy work

• Letting go of an identity that no longer serves you
• Learning to trust your body's yes and no
• Releasing the fear of what others think when making a change

• Building a referral network of trusted holistic practitioners
• Choosing collaboration over competition in wellness work
• How full circle friendships support long term healing

• Recognizing when a service or practice is draining rather than fulfilling
• The connection between nervous system regulation and honest living
• How unresolved trauma can show up in daily life and relationships

• Creating safe, supportive spaces for women rebuilding their lives
• Providing childcare and housing support so mothers can heal and work
• Passing down healthy models of faith and community to the next generation

• Trusting an unexplainable pull can lead you to the right opportunity at the right time, as it did when Tara found the building for Prakriti Healing.
• Spiritual growth often means releasing inherited fear based beliefs and building a more personal relationship with faith.
• The body gives clear yes and no signals, and learning to trust those signals protects your peace and your purpose.
• No single healer or modality works for everyone, so building a referral network of trusted practitioners serves clients better than trying to do it all.
• Letting go of an identity that no longer fits, even one built over many years, opens space for the next season of growth.
• Healing is a collaborative, full circle process, and the right people often show up exactly when they are needed.

"Ladies, listen to your bodies."

"We're allowed to change, and changing is so hard."

"If you can't be happy, if you can't feel relaxed, joy, and have peace, how can you pour that into anybody else?"

"There are no mistakes, right?"

"Everyone's journey is just different."

• Faith evolution and personal spirituality
• Entrepreneurship in the wellness space

Host Kimberly Rash dives into the often invisible weight carried by the caretakers, fixers, and oldest siblings who became responsible long before they should have had to. She shares how being praised as “strong” can quietly turn into a cage that keeps women from admitting they are tired, and why so many learn early that resting and receiving help feel like forms of weakness. Pulling from her own experience raising a large family without a built-in support system, Kimberly walks through the difference between true strength and the exhausting performance of doing it all alone. She talks through love languages, boundaries, and the practice of letting other people bless you without guilt. This episode closes with a gentle challenge to find one thing you can put down this week, one thing you can delegate, and one thing you can finally stop carrying by yourself.

• Learning to receive blessings without guilt or resistance
• What scripture says about rest and Sabbath for the overextended woman

• Using love languages as a healing and communication tool in relationships
• Therapy, somatic release, and other tools for letting go of chronic overgiving

• Unlearning the belief that worth is earned through how much you carry
• Breaking free from the superwoman identity without losing your strength

• Building a safe support circle so no one has to carry everything alone
• Setting boundaries with extended family without guilt

• invisible load mental load
• boundaries without guilt
• oldest daughter syndrome
• superwoman complex
• faith based self care
• receiving help gracefully
• rest is not selfish
• love languages in relationships
• women's mental health podcast
• healing from overgiving
• setting boundaries with family
• self-worth beyond productivity
• Christian women's podcast
• refilling your own cup
• support system for moms

• Many women did not choose the caregiver role, they grew into it or were placed into it as children, becoming the oldest sibling or the one who anticipated everyone's needs.
• Being called “strong” can quietly become a cage. When everyone sees you as strong, no one asks if you are tired or notices when you are struggling.
• Needing support is not a weakness. Learning to receive help, gifts, and kindness without guilt is part of breaking the cycle of overgiving.
• Knowing your own love language, and the love language of those around you, helps you recognize and appreciate the ways people actually try to care for you.
• Strength is not carrying everything alone. Strength is asking for help, setting boundaries, admitting you are tired, and recognizing that your needs matter too.
• The healthiest caregivers are the ones who learn to refill their own cup so they can show up from wholeness instead of depletion.

• “You were never meant to carry it all. Strength isn’t carrying everything alone. Strength is knowing when to ask for help.”
• “Somewhere along the way, many women learn that resting was selfish.”
• “Stop blocking people’s blessing.”
• “We’re not machines. You’re a human being, you’re a human doing, and you need care.”

• How caregiving identity forms early in life and follows women into adulthood
• The difference between true strength and the exhausting performance of being unbreakable
• Recognizing the physical toll of chronic caregiving and burnout
• Simple weekly rituals for refilling your own cup

• Raising kids who do not see overworking as a flex
• How the oldest daughter role shapes mothering decades later