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
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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. 

What if the patterns you’re trying to heal didn’t start with you… But you’re the one meant to end them?

In this deeply soulful and full-circle conversation, Anita sits down with her best friend, early childhood educator and founder of The Magic Box for Children™, Ana Cristina Gordillo, to explore what it truly means to heal at the root.

While many of us are doing the work as adults: Healing our Inner Child, Regulating our Nervous System, and Breaking Cycles Ana is asking a powerful question:
What if we didn’t have to wait that long?

This episode bridges two worlds:
Healing the woman.
Supporting the child.
Because the truth is… the patterns we carry were often caught, not taught and they can end with us.

In this episode, we explore:

• How childhood emotional patterns shape your adult relationships and behaviors.
• Why people-pleasing, self-abandonment, and overgiving begin early.
• The role of nervous system safety in both children and adults.
• How to begin reparenting yourself through awareness and compassion.
• Why presence (not perfection) is the most powerful gift you can give.
• What emotional education for children could change about our future.

This episode is for you if:

• You’re actively healing your inner child.
• You’ve noticed repeating patterns in relationships or self-worth.
• You want to break generational cycles (for you or your future family).
• You’re craving deeper connection, presence, and emotional safety.

Key reminder from this episode:
The patterns didn’t start with you… But healing them can.
And like Ana says: “It all starts with love and it starts with you.”

If this episode touched you, share it with someone who is on their healing journey 
Tag us on Instagram @arisewithanita & @anacristina.gordillo so we can connect with you.

Connect with Ana Cristina Gordillo: https://www.instagram.com/anacristina.gordillo 

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/themagicboxforchildren/ 
Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/ItsTheMagicboxforChildren 
Website:⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.themagicboxforchildren.com/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMagicBoxforChildren 
Substack: https://substack.com/@anacristinagordillo 
X (Twitter): https://x.com/AnaCristinaGord 
LinkedIn:⁠⁠⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ana-cristina-gordillo-7a4bba349/ 

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 your next level isn’t waiting for you to do more… but to become someone different?

In this milestone Episode 70 of The Arise with Anita Podcast, Anita shares a raw and honest reflection on what has actually changed over the last 70 episodes—and the identity shifts required to hold a new level of life, business, and self.
This isn’t about more strategy, more discipline, or more doing.

This is about:
Nervous System Capacity, Releasing Old Identities and Becoming the woman who can actually hold what she’s calling in.
If you’ve been feeling like you’re doing all the “right” things…
But something still isn’t clicking…
This episode will land deeply.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why you can’t force your way into a life your body doesn’t feel safe holding.
• The difference between performing growth vs. embodying it.
• How nervous system regulation impacts your ability to receive your next level.
• The identity patterns that keep women stuck in proving, over-explaining, and seeking validation.
• What the “in-between” phase actually means (and why nothing is wrong).
• How to start shifting into embodied confidence and self-trust.

This episode is for you if:

• You feel like you’ve outgrown your old identity but haven’t fully stepped into your new one.
• You’re stuck in overthinking, proving, or seeking validation.
• You’re doing the work but not seeing the results you expected.
• You’re ready to stop performing and start embodying your power.

Key reminder from this episode:
You don’t rise because you learned more.
You rise because you became someone different.

If this episode resonated with you, share it with a woman who needs this reminder.
And don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a future activation.

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 meant for is on the other side of trusting yourself?
In this episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, I sit down with transformational mentor and entrepreneur Jessica Rae Stahlbaum for a raw, honest conversation about what it really takes to stop outsourcing your power and start building a life rooted in self-trust.

This is for the woman who knows she’s meant for more… But feels the pull between safety and her next level.

We talk about the identity shifts required to change your life, what it looks like to start over (even when it’s scary), and how to trust yourself when nothing feels certain yet.

Jessica shares her journey from following the “safe” path to choosing alignment, leaving behind what no longer fit, and stepping into a life and business built from truth, conviction, and inner authority.
This isn’t surface-level motivation.
This is the real work of becoming.

In this episode, we dive into:

• How to trust yourself when fear is loud.
• The difference between changing habits vs. shifting identity.
• Why women stay stuck in the “safe” version of their life.
• Letting go of the need for external validation.
• Navigating starting over as a mother and entrepreneur.
• The power of decision-making from your future self.
• How to stop outsourcing your worth and reclaim your voice.

This episode is for you if:

• You feel stuck between who you were and who you’re becoming.
• You’re craving deeper self-trust and alignment.
• You’re ready to stop playing small and start choosing yourself.
• You’re in a season of reinvention, uncertainty, or expansion.

Connect with Jessica Rae Stahlbaum:

Website: https://stan.store/jrbreakthroughs
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truly.jessicarae/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/therealjessicarae

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 “power” you’ve been stepping into is actually performance?

In this episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, we’re unpacking a subtle but powerful shift the difference between performing your power and embodying it.

Because here’s the truth most personal development spaces won’t tell you:
You can look confident, successful, and “in your power” and still be operating from a dysregulated nervous system, seeking validation, and trying to prove your worth.

This episode is for the woman who:

• Has done the work but still feels like she’s “trying” to be her next level.
• Notices herself over-explaining, over-posting, or over-performing confidence.
• Is ready to feel grounded, steady, and fully embodied in who she is.

Inside this episode, we explore:

• The difference between performative power vs embodied power.
• Why “proving yourself” is often a trauma response.
• How nervous system dysregulation keeps you in cycles of effort and validation-seeking.
• The subtle signs you’re performing instead of embodying.
• What true, regulated confidence actually feels like in your body.
• Simple somatic shifts to help you move from effort → ease → embodiment.

This isn’t about being louder.
It’s about becoming steadier.
Because real power doesn’t rush.
It doesn’t prove.
It doesn’t perform.

If this episode resonated, share it with a woman who needs this reminder.

Subscribe for weekly episodes on nervous system healing, identity, embodiment, and leadership.

Tag or message me @arisewithanita I’d love to hear what landed for you.

Your next level isn’t something you prove.
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. 

In this episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, Anita sits down with trauma specialist, author, and somatic healing expert Dr. Julie Merriman for a powerful conversation on burnout, self-sacrifice, nervous system regulation, and what it really takes for women to come home to themselves again.

For over 25 years, Dr. Julie has worked at the intersection of neuroscience and somatic wisdom, helping high-achieving women break free from what she calls the virtuous trap of self-sacrifice. Together, Anita and Julie explore why so many women live in survival mode without realizing it, how poor boundaries and people-pleasing dysregulate the nervous system, and why exhaustion, numbness, and loss of desire are often deeper signals from the body.

In this conversation, they cover:

• How women quietly abandon themselves in the name of being strong.
• The connection between burnout, nervous system dysregulation, and over-functioning.
• Why so many women default to fawn, freeze, and self-sacrifice.
• How boundaries can feel unsafe to the body, even when they’re healthy.
• Subtle signs your nervous system may be dysregulated.
• Why pleasure, joy, and desire disappear when survival mode takes over.
• How embodied healing helps women reclaim their radiance, visibility, and energy.

This episode is a permission slip for the woman who has been living on fumes, pouring from an empty cup, and wondering why the usual advice isn’t working.

You do not have to earn your rest.
You do not have to earn your joy.
And you do not have to keep abandoning yourself to be worthy.

If this episode resonates, share it with a woman who needs this conversation, and leave a review to help more women find this work.

Connect with Dr. Julie Merriman:

Website: https://www.juliemerrimanphd.com/

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

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.juliemerriman/

Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/697084 

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.

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 point in your growth journey where things that once felt normal… no longer feel aligned.

Conversations feel draining.
Dynamics feel off.
You stop wanting to explain yourself.

And you start realizing:
You’ve outgrown parts of your life.
In this episode of The Arise with Anita Podcast, Anita breaks down what’s really happening when your standards begin to rise and why this shift isn’t ego, pressure, or “doing too much”… It’s nervous system regulation and identity evolution.

This is the moment where your body starts asking for more alignment not more hustle.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• The difference between standards vs pressure.
• Why a regulated nervous system naturally raises your standards.
• How what you tolerate becomes what you reinforce.
• Why raising your standards can feel like loss (and why that’s normal).
• How to shift patterns without going into fight, flight, or burnout.
• Simple ways to start embodying higher standards without overwhelming yourself.

This isn’t about becoming more rigid.
It’s about becoming more self-led.

Because the truth is:
The woman you’re becoming doesn’t need to chase, over-explain, or negotiate her values.
She moves with clarity.
She moves with self-respect.
She moves from regulation.

If this episode resonates, share it with a woman who’s starting to feel the shift but doesn’t have the language for it yet.

And if you feel called, leaving a review helps this message reach more women who are ready to rise without abandoning themselves.

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.