SHE Asked Podcast

In this episode of SHE Asked: Tools for Practical Hope, Anna sits down with Deborah Koenigsberger, founder of Hearts of Gold, a nonprofit that has supported over 45,000 homeless mothers and their children.

Deborah shares how one moment—encountering a young mother and child sleeping in a cardboard box—led to a lifetime of service and impact. Together, they explore how to find purpose, start where you are, and make a difference without needing to have it all figured out. 

If you’ve ever felt called to help but didn’t know how, this conversation is your starting point.

🌿 Deborah is also hosting Fashion & Fill-Anthropy in NYC (April 21–22), a two-day event celebrating fashion, sustainability, and giving back—featuring a panel moderated by Soledad O’Brien, a fashion show, live performances, and more. 

🎟️ Learn more: www.heartsofgold.org

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Have you ever made a mistake… and realized it might have happened for a reason?

In this episode of SHE Asked: Tools for Practical Hope, I share a very real moment where I forgot to hit record during one of the most important conversations I’ve had on this podcast.

At first, I felt embarrassed, frustrated, and honestly… disappointed in myself.

But what unfolded next taught me something deeper about presence, emotional overwhelm, and the hidden ways our past can pull us out of the moment—even when we think we’re “fine.”

If you’ve ever felt like you dropped the ball, lost an opportunity, or weren’t fully present when it mattered most—this conversation is for you.

THIS EPISODE'S PRACTICAL TOOLS:
- Creating space around important moments
- Being honest about your emotional state
- Removing distractions before they cost you
- Asking for help instead of pushing through
- Practicing grace instead of self-judgment

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What if the ways you’ve been neglecting yourself… aren’t actually your fault?

In this solo episode, Anna opens up about a recent health scare that forced her to confront a lifelong pattern of self-neglect—and the surprising realization that it didn’t start with her.

Through storytelling, reflection, and powerful questions, Anna explores how self-neglect is often inherited, rather chosen. Learned through observation, passed down through generations, and reinforced by unconscious beliefs like:

• “My needs can wait.”
• “I’ll deal with it later.”
• “Everyone else matters more than me.”

This episode dives into:

•  How self-neglect shows up in your body, relationships, finances, and love life 
•  Why awareness—not discipline—is the first step to change 
•  The generational patterns you may be carrying without realizing it 
•  How to begin rewriting the narrative that’s quietly running your life 

If you’ve ever felt disconnected from yourself, stuck in avoidance, or unsure why you’re not showing up fully in your life—this conversation will meet you exactly where you are.

Because healing doesn’t start with perfection.
 It starts with awareness—and the willingness to choose differently.

✨ Reflection Question:
If you truly believed you were worthy of care… what would you do differently today?

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In this episode of SHE Asked: Tools for Practical Hope, Anna McBride sits down with sexual health educator, author, and entrepreneur Twanna A. Hines for a powerful conversation about voice, bodily autonomy, and the cultural narratives that shape how we understand sex, relationships, and reproductive rights.

Together, they explore why storytelling is such a powerful tool for social change and what is truly at stake when women lose the right to make decisions about their own bodies. Twanna also shares insights from her advocacy and research on the real-life consequences of the post-Dobbs era, and why midlife women have a critical role to play in shaping the future of these conversations.

This episode is a thoughtful exploration of courage, identity, and reclaiming your voice in a world that often asks women to stay silent.

Resources
Twanna Hines website: https://twannahines.com

Harvard-published white paper on post-Dobbs reproductive rights impacts: https://funkybrownchick.com/roe-dobbs-white-paper/

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In this episode of SHE Asked: Tools for Practical Hope, Anna McBride sits down with entrepreneur, coach, and retreat founder Terry Tateossian to talk about what really happens in midlife — and why it can be the most powerful chapter of a woman’s life.

In her mid-40s, while running multiple businesses and raising a family, Terry found herself exhausted, overwhelmed, and struggling with her health. After two emergency room visits and years of burnout, she realized something had to change. Over the next decade, she transformed her life — losing over 80 pounds and rebuilding her health, identity, and mindset from the inside out. 

SHE Asked │Terry Tateossian

But as Terry explains in this conversation, the weight loss was only the surface. The real transformation came from confronting self-sabotage, emotional patterns, and the lifestyle habits that keep many women stuck in midlife.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why midlife burnout is often a signal for deeper change
• The hidden role of perimenopause and hormones in women’s health
• How self-sabotage patterns develop and how to interrupt them
• Why strength training and muscle matter more after 40
• The real reason many women struggle with weight loss in midlife
• The importance of boundaries, sleep, and environment for long-term health
• How Terry built a new life through her wellness retreats and coaching program, The House of Rose

This conversation is for women who feel overwhelmed, burned out, or disconnected from their bodies — and want to reclaim strength, health, and confidence in the second half of life.

Because midlife isn’t a slow fade.
 It’s a decision point.

✨ Connect with Terry Tateossian
 Website: https://thehouseofrose.com

Podcast: How Good Can It Get?
Instagram: @howgoodcanitget

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In this episode of SHE Asked: Tools for Practical Hope, Anna McBride sits down with Ayurvedic practitioner Rima Shah to explore the deeper purpose of women’s retreats and why spring is a powerful portal for healing, renewal, and transformation.

Together, Anna and Rima weave ancient Ayurvedic wisdom with modern life, discussing the creation story of consciousness, the balance of masculine and feminine energy, and why women need intentional space to retreat, reconnect, and reset. They explore how seasonal shifts affect the body and mind, why spring is associated with Kapha energy in Ayurveda, and how warm, light, and dry practices can support physical and emotional balance.

Anna and Rima also share details about their upcoming Medicine of Spring Women’s Retreat in upstate New York, where breathwork, Ayurvedic meals, ceremony, journaling, and community will guide participants through a deeply intentional reset.

✨ Come disconnect to reconnect.

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In this powerful episode of SHE Asked: Tools for Practical Hope, Anna McBride sits down with her personal mentor Derick Grant.

Derick is a world-renowned performance coach, former Harlem Globetrotter, and advisor to elite athletes, founders, and leaders. He joins Anna for a raw conversation about what happens when “having it all” falls apart. 

Derick shares his journey from professional sports and entrepreneurial success to a profound personal collapse — including financial loss, identity breakdown, and a spiritual awakening that reshaped how he lives and leads. Together, Anna and Derick explore how inner work becomes the foundation for sustainable success, emotional maturity, and embodied leadership.  

Derick also shares what’s next in his work — including the evolution of his leadership community and his approach to building aligned, sustainable success. 

✨ If this conversation resonates, share it with someone who’s in a season of rebuilding or reimagining their life.

Connect with Derick Grant:
Website: DGmindset.com
Instagram: @dgmindset 

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High-achieving women are often praised for doing it all, but many are quietly exhausted, anxious, and disconnected from themselves. In this episode of SHE Asked: Tools for Practical Hope, Anna McBride sits down with Christina Dwyer, founder of Vitality Wellness and creator of the Fearless Feminine Method, to explore why capable, successful women burn out  and how to heal at the level of the nervous system, identity, and embodiment.

Christina shares her powerful personal journey through trauma, burnout, abusive relationships, entrepreneurship, and single motherhood — and how Eastern medicine, nervous system regulation, and self-leadership helped her move from survival mode into thriving. Together, Anna and Christina unpack the hidden patterns behind self-abandonment, people-pleasing, over-functioning, and chronic stress — and why so many women learn to override their own needs in the name of productivity, caregiving, and success.

This conversation dives into:

- Why successful women feel burned out, anxious, and emotionally disconnected
- How the nervous system holds trauma, stress, and survival patterns
- The difference between intellectual awareness vs. embodied healing
- How women abandon themselves through over-giving, people-pleasing, and perfectionism
- The role of boundaries, self-trust, and identity work in sustainable healing
- Why movement, mindfulness, and Eastern medicine support nervous system regulation
- How to move from hustle and survival mode into grounded feminine leadership
- What it really means to “come back to yourself” without guilt

This episode offers a grounded, compassionate framework for healing burnout, regulating your nervous system, and reconnecting with your authentic self.

🎧 Listen to the full episode of SHE Asked: Tools for Practical Hope to learn how to stop self-abandoning, reclaim your energy, and begin choosing yourself — without sacrificing your ambitions or relationships.

About Christina Dwyer:
Christina Dwyer is the founder of Vitality Wellness and the creator of the Fearless Feminine Method, a holistic coaching approach that blends Eastern medicine, nervous system awareness, embodiment practices, and self-leadership to help women reconnect with themselves and heal from burnout.

📍 Learn more about Christina & her work:
Vitality Wellness: https://www.vitality-wellness.net
Instagram: @xtinad_wellnessqueen
https://www.instagram/xtinad_wellnessqueen

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What happens when a woman’s medical emergency is dismissed — and she refuses to back down?

In this episode of SHE Asked: Tools for Practical Hope, Anna sits down with New York real estate leader and community builder Ann Cutbill Lenane (aka “Annie Gets It Done”) to share her life-saving story of surviving a heart attack while being repeatedly dismissed by medical professionals.

Ann opens up about the realities of women’s heart attack symptoms, medical gaslighting, and the critical importance of self-advocacy in healthcare. Together, Anna and Ann explore what it means to trust your body, speak up when something feels wrong, and navigate authority — especially as women who are often taught to minimize their own pain.

This conversation also dives into:

• How to advocate for yourself in emergency medical settings
• Nervous system regulation, meditation, and healing
• Heart health, diet, sleep, and sustainable lifestyle changes
• Community care, asking for help, and not going through hard things alone

If you’ve ever felt dismissed by a doctor, struggled to speak up for your needs, or want to better understand women’s heart health, this episode is for you.

🫀 February is Heart Health Month — this conversation could save a life.

Listen now and share this episode with a woman you love.

Connect with Ann Cutbill Lenane:
Learn more about Wise & Wonderful Women, women’s heart health advocacy, and Ann’s community work by searching: “Annie Gets It Done”
​ ⁨@anncutbilllenanenyc⁩  

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In this episode of SHE Asked, host Anna McBride sits down with mindset and performance coach Dani Dellarco for a conversation about identity, intuition, embodiment, and what it really means to put yourself back in the game.

Dani shares her journey from lifelong athlete to scientist-in-training to fitness instructor, coach, and mentor — including the pivotal transitions that required her to release external expectations and claim her own identity. Together, Anna and Dani explore how movement, running, and training can become powerful tools for healing, clarity, and self-trust, especially during seasons of major life change.

This episode dives into why identity shifts are essential for real transformation and how Dani is driven to make wellness and fitness more accessible, compassionate, and inclusive

Dani also shares why running has become a metaphor for her life, how community and movement support mental health, and why we often have nothing to lose by going after what we want.

If you’re navigating a transition, questioning your path, or feeling the call to live more fully in your body and your truth, this conversation offers both grounding and momentum.

✨ This is an episode about courage, clarity, and reclaiming your desires — at any stage of life.

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📲 Follow Dani Dellarco: @danidellarco | @builtbydani
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