In this episode of Unshakeable Belief, Monica Connolly sits down with leadership coach and consultant Angelina Rivera for a powerful conversation about overwhelm, time management, self-worth, and intentional leadership.

If you are a professional woman who looks successful on the outside but feels stretched thin on the inside, this episode is for you.

Together, they unpack how overwhelm shows up before we even recognize it, why high-capable women normalize exhaustion, and how quiet beliefs formed in childhood can shape how we manage our time, voice, and value. Angelina shares practical tools including time audits, energy mapping, prioritization frameworks, and simple systems that help women reclaim their calendars without sacrificing their purpose.

Inside this conversation, you will learn:

• Why overwhelm is often a clarity problem, not a capability problem

If this episode resonates, you can now access the Rise and Thrive Virtual Summit replay. This half-day experience was designed to help women move from survival mode into clarity, confidence, and consistent leadership, and the conversations are just as powerful on replay.

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What does financial clarity actually look like for women who are capable, responsible, and carrying more than their share?

In this powerful Rise & Thrive Live keynote conversation, Monica Connolly sits down with financial coach and nonprofit founder Corree Roofener to talk about the foundations most women skip when building businesses, growing income, or stepping into leadership.

This is not a conversation about budgeting tips.

It is about capacity.

Corree shares why so many women grow before they are structurally ready, how over-responsibility impacts financial decision making, and what it really means to create sustainable growth without burnout. Together, Monica and Corree explore money stories, cultural pressure, college expectations, business systems, and the hidden cost of living someone else’s version of success.

If you are building a business, scaling your leadership, or simply trying to grow without self-abandonment, this episode will help you pause and realign your foundation.

Corree Roofener is the founder of CR Financial Foundations and the nonprofit Fostering the Summit. She is also a keynote speaker at Rise & Thrive Live, Monica’s free virtual event designed for women who are ready to grow without burning themselves down in the process.

Rise & Thrive Live is happening February 21. It is virtual and free to attend.

Register here: https://riseandthrivewithmonica.myflodesk.com/ab5z15ak9q

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What if the reason vision feels heavy right now has nothing to do with motivation and everything to do with exhaustion?

In this episode of Unshakeable Belief, Monica Connolly explores why clarity and vision often disappear after long seasons of pushing, caretaking, and over-responsibility. This conversation is for women who still want growth, purpose, and alignment but are no longer willing to pay for it with their body, their peace, or their nervous system.

You will learn why vision collapses when the nervous system is overloaded, how urgency disguises itself as intuition, and why trying to force clarity often recreates burnout. Monica introduces a different way of approaching vision, one rooted in energy, capacity, and steadiness instead of pressure and performance.

This episode will help you understand:

Why vision feels draining when your nervous system is exhausted

The difference between urgency and alignment

Why clarity cannot exist without safety

How to build vision around capacity instead of self-betrayal

What gentle vision looks like in real life, not just on paper

If planning feels overwhelming, if the future feels foggy, or if you feel disconnected from what you want, nothing is wrong with you. This episode offers language, perspective, and grounding for this exact season.

Rise & Thrive Live – February 21

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You slowed down for a reason.

This episode of Unshakeable Belief is for the moment when you are ready to move forward, but clarity has not fully returned and forcing answers feels wrong.

In the last two episodes, we talked about interruption, capacity, and learning how to pause without losing yourself. Today, we focus on what comes next. Not rushing decisions. Not demanding certainty. But learning how to move again from steadiness instead of panic.

If you have been thinking:

I cannot go back to pushing the way I used to

I want momentum, but I do not trust my clarity yet

I feel pressure to decide even though my system is not settled

This conversation is for you.

In this episode, we explore:

Why clarity disappears during overwhelming seasons and why that does not mean something is wrong with you

How an overloaded nervous system prioritizes safety over vision

Why urgency is not intuition and pressure-based clarity rarely lasts

The danger of making big decisions from a dysregulated place

How to choose supportive steps instead of perfect ones

Why orientation must come before acceleration

How steadiness creates direction, not the other way around

You do not need to figure out your whole future right now.

Book Launch – February 10

Rise & Thrive Live – February 21

RESET Coaching Program

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There comes a moment after the pause when the pressure to move forward kicks in.

You understand why you had to slow down. You know you cannot go back to pushing the way you used to. But staying still feels uncomfortable too. And somewhere in that tension, anxiety starts whispering questions like, What if I choose wrong? What if I waste time? What if I miss my window?

In this episode of Unshakeable Belief, we talk about how to move forward without recreating burnout, pressure, or panic. This is not a conversation about forcing clarity or rushing decisions. It is about learning how to rebuild steadiness first so clarity can actually emerge.

You will hear why clarity often disappears during seasons of overwhelm, not because something is wrong with you, but because your nervous system is prioritizing safety over vision. We unpack why urgency is not intuition, why panic is not guidance, and why trying to make big decisions from a dysregulated place often leads to regret.

This episode will help you understand:

If you are in a season where you want movement but do not trust your clarity yet, this conversation is for you. You do not need a perfect plan. You do not need certainty. You need safety, steadiness, and permission to move at an honest pace.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Rise & Thrive Live – A free virtual event on February 21 featuring powerful speakers on healing, resilience, leadership, identity, and sustainable growth.

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What happens after you slow down?

In this episode of Unshakeable Belief, Monica speaks directly to the woman who knows pushing harder isn’t working anymore but feels afraid of losing momentum, identity, or trust in herself.

This conversation explores why consistency often collapses after burnout, how pressure-based discipline erodes self-trust, and what it actually looks like to rebuild steadiness from a place of honesty instead of hustle.

If you’ve been caught between needing rest and wanting to move forward, this episode will help you reconnect with yourself and create consistency that doesn’t cost you your health or peace.

In this episode, we cover:

The fear underneath the pause and why slowing down can feel unsafe

Why consistency collapses after burnout (and why it’s not a failure)

The difference between pressure-based discipline and safety-based consistency

How self-trust is rebuilt after interruption or exhaustion

Why honesty with your capacity leads to more sustainable momentum than hustle

Rise & Thrive Live — February 21

Rise & Thrive Live is a FREE virtual event featuring Monica and six additional speakers, created for women who feel off physically, emotionally, or internally and want to move forward without forcing themselves back into burnout.

This event focuses on clarity, nervous system regulation, identity, resilience, and sustainable growth.

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https://riseandthrivewithmonica.myflodesk.com/ab5z15ak9q

RESET Coaching Program

Monica’s RESET coaching program is designed for women who are ready to rebuild consistency, regulate their nervous system, restore energy, and reconnect with themselves without extremes or pressure.

If you’ve been feeling scattered, inflamed, exhausted, or disconnected, RESET provides structured, supportive guidance to help you heal and move forward steadily.

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What happens when the plan you were confident in suddenly doesn’t work anymore?

In this episode of Unshakeable Belief, Monica opens a new series by addressing the moment many women quietly struggle with but rarely talk about — when momentum slows, capacity shifts, and pushing harder no longer works.

This conversation is not about quitting, giving up, or losing your edge. It’s about understanding why pauses happen, how your body and nervous system communicate through interruption, and why slowing down is often an invitation to build something more sustainable.

If you’ve been feeling behind, scattered, or disappointed in yourself for needing a pause, this episode will help you reframe what’s happening and reconnect with steadiness instead of shame.

Why interruptions are not failures, but capacity signals

The difference between pausing and quitting

How strong, capable women often override their bodies until something forces a stop

Why clarity disappears during burnout and why that’s normal

How to stay grounded when life doesn’t go according to plan

This episode is the foundation for a 3-part series designed to help you move from interruption to clarity and forward motion without recreating burnout.

🎟 Join my FREE virtual event: Rise & Thrive Live (February 21)

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In this episode of Unshakeable Belief, Monica Connolly discusses the importance of embracing change as we approach 2026. She emphasizes the need to remove the masks we wear and to live authentically. The conversation centers around the three Cs of transformation: clarity, confidence, and consistency, and how they can help individuals reclaim their power and energy. Monica also provides actionable steps for listeners to take towards achieving their goals and living a fulfilled life.takeaways

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The holidays can amplify everything. Joy, grief, memories, pressure, and exhaustion often collide all at once. If you find yourself feeling bloated, emotional, reactive, inflamed, or disconnected this time of year, this episode is for you.

In this solo conversation, Monica shares a compassionate, nervous-system-aware approach to moving through the holidays without pushing, restricting, or starting over. This episode is not about discipline or perfection. It is about understanding how stress impacts your gut and nervous system and learning how to support your body instead of fighting it.

You will learn why your body responds the way it does during the holidays and how to anchor yourself with simple, realistic practices that promote stability, regulation, and self-trust.

• Why the holidays feel so hard on your body and nervous system

Your body does not experience the holidays as joy. It experiences change and stress.

Gut symptoms, cravings, mood swings, and fatigue are not failures. They are biological responses to overload.

Restriction is not regulation. Your body heals when it feels safe, supported, and steady.

Stability starts with how you wake up, how you fuel your body, and how often you pause.

Healing is measured by how quickly you come back to yourself, not by avoiding hard moments.

• Creating a steady morning start with breath and intention

January is not about starting over. It is about resetting at the nervous system level.

Monica is opening enrollment for her RESET program, a six-week foundation designed to help you regulate your nervous system, restore energy, reduce inflammation, and reconnect with your body in a sustainable way.

She is also hosting a free January Masterclass where she will teach why willpower has not worked, why your body feels stuck, and what actually creates lasting change.

All details are available through the links above.

• Explore coaching programs and resources

You are not behind.

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In this episode of Unshakeable Belief, Monica Connolly sits down with speaker and mentor Rudi Riekstins for a grounded conversation about priming, nervous system regulation, and reconnecting to intuition. Rudi shares why most people live from past programming, how stress shuts down clarity and creativity, and how simple daily practices can help you move out of survival mode and lead from a calm, embodied place.

To learn more about Rudi and his work around priming and embodied leadership, visit his website.

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