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 with The Unstoppable Foundation, Janet helps support communities in rural Kenya through education, clean water, food, healthcare, income training, and leadership development.

Together, they explore:

• Why education is one of the most powerful tools for ending poverty.
• How giving transforms both the receiver and the giver.
• The ripple effect of empowering one child, one family, and one community.
•  Why leadership development matters in underserved communities.
•  How gratitude, service, and faith shape lasting impact.
•  The power of moving from survival to possibility.
• How women and girls in Kenya are reclaiming opportunity through education.

This conversation is a beautiful reminder that impact doesn’t always begin with doing something massive.

Sometimes it begins with one act of generosity.
One child supported.
One community empowered.
One person choosing to care.

If this episode stirs something in you, let it be an invitation to ask:
How am I being called to give, serve, or create a ripple beyond myself?

Learn more about The Unstoppable Foundation:
unstoppablefoundation.org

Unstoppable Foundation: GIVING LINK:
https://donate.unstoppablefoundation.org/give/608535 

If you would like to see how you can get involved with The Unstoppable Foundation to make an impact you can reach out to Janet via email or text:

[email protected] - 818-617-9593

Work with Anita:
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If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it.

This is how we rise — one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time.

If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com

Email: [email protected] 

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 

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And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small.

Because we don’t just rise alone — we rise together.

I’ll see you in the next episode. 

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.

Inside this conversation, Anita breaks down:

• Why the unknown feels unsafe
• The nervous system’s attachment to familiar pain
• Self-sabotage patterns during growth
• Why overthinking is often a trauma response
• How to create internal safety during uncertainty
• The connection between embodiment and manifestation
• Why slowing down is part of the becoming
• The importance of nervous system regulation during expansion
• How to stop forcing clarity and start trusting yourself

This episode is a reminder that your next level doesn’t require perfection or certainty.
It requires safety within yourself.

And the more you learn to regulate, reconnect, and trust your body…
The easier it becomes to hold the life you’re trying to create.

If this episode resonates with you, share it with someone navigating a season of becoming.

Work with Anita:
Website: https://www.arisewithanita.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7
https://www.facebook.com/people/Arise-with-Anita/100085243162449/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/

If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it.

This is how we rise — one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time.

If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com

Email: [email protected] 

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 

Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f

And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small.

Because we don’t just rise alone — we rise together.

I’ll see you in the next episode. 

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…
and What it actually takes to come home to yourself again.

Together, they dive into:

• Reinvention after painful life transitions.
• Rebuilding self-worth and identity.
• Why women stay stuck in survival mode.
• Values-driven leadership and authentic living.
• The emotional cost of abandoning yourself.
• Female friendship, healing, and community.
• Learning to trust yourself again.
• Breaking generational patterns.
• What becoming “whole” really means.

This episode is soulful, grounding, deeply reflective, and filled with the kind of wisdom that reminds you:
Your hardest seasons are not the end of your story.

Connect with Christine Gale:
Website: https://www.thechristinegale.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thechristinegale 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christine.salsberrgale 
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thechristinegale
Linkedln - https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-d-gale-esq-0b899b204/ 

Girl Out of Order Podcast: 
Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/girl-out-of-order-podcast/id1561269491

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7Abqso5MS6U6CP1Pebkeek

Work with Anita:
Website: https://www.arisewithanita.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7
https://www.facebook.com/people/Arise-with-Anita/100085243162449/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/

If this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who needs the reminder:
You are not broken. You are becoming.

If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it.

This is how we rise — one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time.

If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com

Email: [email protected] 

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 

Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f

And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small.

Because we don’t just rise alone — we rise together.

I’ll see you in the next episode. 

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:

•  The unknown doesn’t feel unsafe because it is unsafe…
• It feels unsafe because your nervous system has no reference point for it.

In this episode, we’re diving into:

• Why your body chooses familiar pain over unfamiliar growth.
• How your nervous system is wired to keep you stuck (even when you want more).
• The real reason you feel anxious when you’re expanding.
• How to create internal safety without needing external certainty.
• A simple somatic practice to ground yourself when you feel overwhelmed.

This is not about forcing confidence.
This is about learning how to feel safe while becoming someone new.
Because your next level doesn’t require you to have everything figured out…
it requires you to trust yourself in the unknown.

If you’re navigating change, growth, or transition this will resonate.

Inside This Episode:

• The psychology of uncertainty & why it feels so uncomfortable.
• How to regulate your body in moments of doubt.
• The difference between control vs self-trust.
• A guided breathwork practice to bring you back into your body.

💭 Journal Prompt from This Episode:
“What is my body trying to tell me… before I override it?”

If This Resonated:
Share this episode with a woman who’s currently in her next level…
even if it doesn’t fully make sense yet.

Work with Anita:
Website: https://www.arisewithanita.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7
https://www.facebook.com/people/Arise-with-Anita/100085243162449/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/

If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it.

This is how we rise — one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time.

If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com

Email: [email protected] 

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 

Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f

And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small.

Because we don’t just rise alone — we rise together.

I’ll see you in the next episode. 

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:

• Growing up with a disability and learning to belong.
• How Kat turned pain into purpose through storytelling.
• The “Kat Girl Effect” and how children’s perceptions shift in real time.
• Disability representation, inclusion, and adaptive spaces.
• Releasing internalized ableism and owning your identity.
• Why your differences can become your greatest source of power.

This conversation is a reminder that you don’t have to change who you are to be powerful. You just have to learn how to own it.

Connect with Kat: 

Website: https://katgirlandfriends.com/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGn-eZcdcvPYHpVceQcfOMS4S2duJ0p5ulcZ2w1Hcru97syQCfrSb4a3MudqHU_aem_MtweugJ4bes5I5BnSTHohA 

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katherine.magnoli.9

Work with Anita:
Website: https://www.arisewithanita.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7
https://www.facebook.com/people/Arise-with-Anita/100085243162449/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/

If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it.

This is how we rise — one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time.

If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com

Email: [email protected] 

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 

Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f

And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small.

Because we don’t just rise alone — we rise together.

I’ll see you in the next episode. 

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:

• Why finding your voice forces your life to change.
• The hidden patterns of over-accommodating, over-explaining, and people-pleasing.
• Why your boundaries become clearer (and faster).
• The uncomfortable truth about relationships during your evolution.
• What it actually means to outgrow old versions of yourself.
• How to stop shrinking your truth to be accepted.

This episode is for the woman who:

• Knows she’s been holding back.
• Feels the shift happening but doesn’t fully understand it.
• Is learning to say no… without guilt.
• Is ready to align her life with who she’s becoming.

Because your voice isn’t here to keep the peace… It’s here to bring you back into alignment.

If this episode resonated with you:
Share it with a woman who needs this reminder and tag @AriseWithAnita

Work with Anita:
Website: https://www.arisewithanita.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7
https://www.facebook.com/people/Arise-with-Anita/100085243162449/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/

If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it.

This is how we rise — one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time.

If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com

Email: [email protected] 

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 

Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f

And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small.

Because we don’t just rise alone — we rise together.

I’ll see you in the next episode. 

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:

• Why burnout isn’t about doing too much but carrying too much.
• The childhood patterns that create “the strong one” identity.
• Why asking for help feels so hard (and how to shift it).
• The truth about boundaries—and why most women struggle to hold them.
• How to move from performative leadership to embodied leadership.
• The emotional labor women carry (without even realizing it).

Dawn shares her personal breaking point running her business from the floor due to extreme burnout and the moment that changed everything.

This episode is for the woman who:

• Feels exhausted but keeps pushing.
• Struggles to receive support.
• Is always “the strong one” for everyone else.
• Knows something has to change… but doesn’t know how.

Because your next level doesn’t come from doing more… It comes from leading differently.

If this episode spoke to you:
Leave a review, share it with a woman in your life, and tag us @AriseWithAnita

Connect deeper with Dawn: 

Website: https://dawnandrews.com

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dawn.andrews/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@dawnandrewsstrategist 

She’s That Founder Podcast: https://dawnandrews.com/shes-that-founder/

Work with Anita:
Website: https://www.arisewithanita.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7
https://www.facebook.com/people/Arise-with-Anita/100085243162449/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/

If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it.

This is how we rise — one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time.

If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com

Email: [email protected] 

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 

Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f

And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small.

Because we don’t just rise alone — we rise together.

I’ll see you in the next episode. 

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 supported too.

In This Episode, We Explore:

• Why being “the strong one” is a learned survival response.
• The hidden emotional cost of always holding it together.
• How this pattern creates burnout, isolation, and disconnection.
• Why receiving support can feel uncomfortable (or unsafe).
• The nervous system shift required to let yourself be held.
• How to start breaking the cycle in real time.

A Practice To Try This Week:

Let someone support you. Even in doing something small.

And instead of brushing past it…
Pause and Notice:

• What comes up in your body?
• Where do you feel resistance?
• What story are you telling yourself about receiving?

That awareness is where the shift begins.

This episode is your reminder:

You don’t have to carry everything alone.
You don’t have to earn rest.
You don’t have to prove your strength to be worthy.

You are allowed to be held too.

If this resonated, share it with someone who needs it. 
And don’t forget to follow the show for more on nervous system healing, identity shifts, and embodied leadership.

Work with Anita:
Website: https://www.arisewithanita.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7
https://www.facebook.com/people/Arise-with-Anita/100085243162449/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/

If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it.

This is how we rise — one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time.

If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com

Email: [email protected] 

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 

Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f

And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small.

Because we don’t just rise alone — we rise together.

I’ll see you in the next episode. 

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 meets strategy and where healing becomes something you experience, not just understand.

In This Episode, We Dive Into:

• Why high-achieving women feel disconnected from themselves.
• The Adventure Paradox and how it’s shaping your life right now.
• How horses mirror your emotional state (and what they reveal instantly).
• The nervous system shift from performance → presence.
• Reconnecting with your body after years of disconnection.
• The truth about body image, identity, and self-trust.
• How to know if something is truly aligned for you.
• Simple ways to return to your intuition, voice, and inner knowing.

This Episode Is For You If:

• You feel disconnected from your body or your truth.
• You’re “doing all the right things”… but still feel off.
• You’re navigating identity shifts, growth, or emotional healing.
• You’re ready to stop performing your life and start living it.

Connect with Cat:

Explore retreats, certifications, and her work on her website: https://theadventureparadox.com

Social Media Links:

Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/catcaldwellmyers/ 

The Adventure Paradox Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theadventureparadox/

Podcast: https://www.theadventureparadox.com/podcast 

Book: https://www.theadventureparadox.com/book-ea230595-dfa9-4d53-bab1-5d5b7036706d 

Work with Anita:
Website: https://www.arisewithanita.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7
https://www.facebook.com/people/Arise-with-Anita/100085243162449/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/

If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it.

This is how we rise — one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time.

If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com

Email: [email protected] 

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 

Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f

And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small.

Because we don’t just rise alone — we rise together.

I’ll see you in the next episode. 

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:

•  Why self-abandonment is not a mindset issue but a nervous system pattern.
•  The subtle body signals you’ve been trained to ignore.
•  How your need for connection may be causing self-betrayal.
•  The power of the pause (and how it rewires your patterns in real time).
• A simple practice to start trusting your body again.

This is not about doing more.

It’s about becoming aware…
so you can finally choose differently.

Because the woman you’re becoming doesn’t abandon herself to be accepted—
she honors her truth and leads from alignment.

Try This Practice This Week:

When something feels off… pause.

Ask yourself:
“What is my body trying to tell me before I override it?”

And just listen.

If this episode resonated, share it with a woman who needs this reminder.
Tag @AriseWithAnita and let me know what landed for you 💫

And remember:

Your next level isn’t something you chase.
It’s something you become.

If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it.

This is how we rise — one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time.

If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com

Email: [email protected] 

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7 

Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f

And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small.

Because we don’t just rise alone — we rise together.

I’ll see you in the next episode.