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Welcome back to She Rises! Today Giovanna welcomes Kitty Waters, a Success and Business Coach who helps others create their dream lives via her Dharma Life Programme.
Together, Giovanna and Kitty explore:
the concept of Dharma, being the right path of action
how following your passions in combination with your unique gifts and talents is living your purpose
how your purpose will continue to evolve as you do
how to get quiet and ask the right questions of your soul
how we need to know what we want and not worry about how it's going to happen
You can find out more about Kitty Waters and the Dharma Life Programme at the following links:https://kittywaters.com/homehttps://www.doyourdharma.co.uk/
As a special gift to listeners, Kitty is offering a 20% discount on the next Dharma Life Programme, starting in April 2020. To take up this exclusive offer, PM her on Instagram @kitty_talks.

Welcome back to She Rises! Today Giovanna welcomes Marlo Ellis, founder of The Uncommon Woman and Success Coach, who is driven to share her message of healing and empowerment with women across the globe.
Marlo shares her story, and her perspective and wisdom on:
- the way we unlock healing through owning, releasing, and sharing our stories- the power of sharing your truth and pain as a tool for healing and helping others- the divine feminine as a way to reconnect with our innate nature and step into empowered leadership- the importance of honoring the divine feminine in working with other women
Find out more about Marlo Ellis and The Uncommon Woman athttps://www.theuncommonwoman.com

Welcome back to She Rises! Today on a special Valentine's episode, Giovanna shares the interesting history and purpose of Valentine's Day, including:
- the origins of Valentine's Day as a day celebrating love- the romantic intention of Valentine's Day- the value of celebrating love regardless of your relationship status- the powerful practice of writing a love letter to yourself

Welcome back to She Rises! Today Giovanna welcomes you as we start the new year and decade, and talks about:
the pressure of being a new you at the start of a new year
the value of honoring exactly where you are today
the importance of focusing on intentions as you move forward
treating yourself with kindness and love
Giovanna also shares that SheRises will be available on YouTube as video interviews this year as well.
Link to YouTube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/user/giovannacapozza

Welcome back to another episode of She Rises! Today, Giovanna is talking about the idea of losing yourself when you are in a relationship. Has this ever happened to you, or you felt like it did?

There are three types of attachment styles and we all fall into one of them, secure, anxious and avoidant. These styles are largely formed in our early years, yet have ever lasting effects on us. Join me, in this quick but powerful podcast.

Giovanna talks about attachment styles
Giovanna discusses what it really means to lose yourself
Giovanna emphasizes the depth of who you really are

Resources:

Lovesick to Love Healed
Attached

Welcome back to another episode of She Rises! Today, Giovanna is talking about the notion of being "As Good As a Man". As women we constantly tell ourselves a story that we need to be As Good As a Man, when really we need to be as good as OURSELVES. This isn't a man hating episode, this is an empowering and quick little chat, where we dive into the power that is YOU! You don't want to miss out on this episode!

Giovanna talks about the power of who we are as women
Giovanna discusses how we sell ourselves short when we try to be "as good as"
Giovanna emphasizes how this mindset effects our relationships

Resources:

Lovesick to Love Healed

Welcome back to another episode of She Rises! Today, Giovanna is talking about why the notion of Loving Yourself First is B.S. As someone who has been tricked into this new age manta of reaching some level of "complete", Giovanna will talk about how she changed that and why you can't get it "right". Giovanna used to think that she must be attracting certain qualities and men because she didn't love herself enough in certain areas. This is a falsehood that we tell ourselves. You don't want to miss out on this episode!

Giovanna dives into the spiral of self love to get what we want
Giovanna talks about being in a healthy relationship and what that took
Giovanna discusses finding what your personal values are and how that will create the shift
Giovanna emphasizes your value proposition

Homework:

What is your value proposition?
Write down everything that is valuable to you. Everything you bring to a friendship. To the world. To life.
If you struggle to do this, call a friend, call family, call someone who knows you well and ask them.

Find an avatar for yourself. Someone you admire, their life, their relationship..and ask them...do you love yourself 100%.
If they are honest, they will probably say no...that they (like all of us) are a work in progress


Resources:

Lovesick to Love Healed

Welcome back to another episode of She Rises! Today, Giovanna is talking to Phoebe Mroczek about unbecoming as a daily practice and what unbecoming is for her! Phoebe is a podcaster and marketing strategist who helps online entrepreneurs create a profitable business that is a reflection of who they are and what they want most. She is the host of the Unbecoming Podcast, a show that helps entrepreneurs release judgment, expectations and past conditioning to redefine their metrics of success and live a fun, free and fulfilling life.
Phoebe explains the practice of releasing who you aren't and stepping into a life of who you are
Phoebe talks about the box of expectations that society has placed you in
Phoebe discusses focusing on the habit and not the outcome
Giovanna emphasizes using your feelings as your compass rather than your destination
Memorable Quotes:
You are not just a mom. You are not just an entrepreneur. You are not just _________. You are so many things and you are capable of so much more.
Don't rush the process. Be here in this moment. Get what you need to get now, or you won't be able to get to where you are going.
Own who you are and communicate it in a transparent way.

Welcome back to another episode of She Rises! Today, Giovanna is talking to Dr. Heather Bartos. oin Heather Bartos, M.D. is a leading voice in the field of women’s health and wellness, combining care for the mind, body, emotions, and spirit to help women live healthier, more fulfilling lives. Fascinated by how what we think about affects how we feel, Dr. Bartos teaches women—and women’s families—how to thrive, no matter what stage of life they’re in.
Heather explains the five why's and how she uses them
Heather talks about mind-shift medicine and how our emotions effect our physical body and health.
Heather discusses the shame and blame of sex we learn as children
Giovanna emphasizes the powerful force behind a woman's sexual drive
Memorable Quotes:
We are responsible for our own pleasure.
Get out of your head! Orgasms are healthy! They release all that is good in the world.

Welcome back to another episode of She Rises! Today, Giovanna is talking relationships and not just romantic ones. If you think of relationships from a macro perspective, everything is relationship. From where you sit in a room, to familial, work, self, source and romantic. We are in relationship to the spaces we fill, the people we communicate with and ourselves. Join Giovanna as she talks about the two primary foundational relationships in each persons life. Source and self.
Giovanna explains the foundational relationships
Giovanna talks about the relationship to others
Giovanna discusses getting it right, when there is no right
Giovanna emphasizes kindness in relationship to self
Memorable Quotes:
Am I cultivating capacity, resiliency and trust? Or am I looking to get filled from the outside in?
Are you not getting this thing called life right? When every area feels meh...

Welcome back to another episode of She Rises! Today, Giovanna is diving into something personal for her but knows there are so many that relate. Guilty Pleasures. Guilt when you take time off. Guilt that others are working and you are enjoying life. Listen in as Giovanna talks about her own experiences with the guilt monster and some tips on how to over come it.
Giovanna explains the culture of being busy
Giovanna talks about the should's and could's
Giovanna discusses unconscious guilt
Giovanna emphasizes how to make a change
Memorable Quotes:
Take a breath. Notice what is happening. Learn to be present.
Unconscious guilt will wreak havoc on your personal life and your health.
Don't glorify a busy life. We make peopl

Welcome back to another episode of She Rises! Today, Giovanna talks with Nutrition expert Carly Pollack. Carly Pollack is the author of Feed Your Soul and is the founder of Nutritional Wisdom, a thriving private practice based in Austin, Texas. A Certified Clinical Nutritionist with a master’s degree in holistic nutrition, Carly has been awarded Best Nutritionist in Austin five years running and has helped over 10,000 people achieve their health and happiness goals. In Feed Your Soul: Nutritional Wisdom to Lose Weight Permanently and Live Fulfilled (New World Library, February 5, 2019), she presents her unique understanding of body science, brain wiring, and spiritual principles to facilitate real, long-term change.
Carly explains we teach what we most need to hear
Carly talks about how we need to nourish our whole self
Carly discusses deprivation and how it works against us
Giovanna emphasizes that it is not just about behavior modification
Carly explains the two current schools of thought
Giovanna talks about how boundaries are a positive thing
Memorable Quotes:
You can't hate yourself skinny.
Love creates change, not fear.
Thoughts drive Emotions. Emotions dictate change.
Body shaming is a waste of time.
If people don't have the tools, they will never make a permanent change.
Resources:
Feed Your Soul
Conscious Eating Blueprint

Welcome back to another episode of She Rises! Today, Giovanna talks to Ellen Grace Obrian. Ellen is the author of The Jewel of Abundance and director of the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment in San Jose, CA. Ellen is a yogacharya (an esteemed yoga teacher), a radio host, and an award-winning poet who weaves poetry into her teachings on spiritual matters, pointing to the mystical experience beyond words and thought. Join Giovanna and Ellen as they talk about the mind, body soul connection and the split that has occurred.
Ellen explains that the greatest wealth is soul wealth
Ellen talks about the four universal goals
Ellen discusses how we live our full life and not divide it up
Ellen emphasizes purpose is the blossoming of your divine self
Ellen explains that if we can't find joy, we are missing the purpose
Memorable Quotes:
Teach us how to know the truth of what we are. we are not confined to the body or the mind.
The great mistake...is trying to be spiritual (the mindset) the farther we get from our essential being. Because we are already spiritual beings.
We want our work to be a harmonious vehicle for those qualities. Our vocation can be an avenue to express our higher purpose.

Welcome back to another episode of She Rises! Today, Giovanna talks the spectrum of Love Sick. Love sickness is simply a lack of love somewhere in our lives, this could be romantic love, but doesn't need to be. Often if we are trying to fill a void on the inside, we are more comfortable looking for that love on the outside, this is love sick.
Giovanna explains Love Sick
Giovanna talks about how we are all some where on the spectrum
Giovanna discusses how we experience attachment energy
Giovanna emphasizes that we are not at fault for our love addiction
Giovanna explains the paths to recovery
Memorable Quotes:
We compensate with fantasy to escape the pain of the real world relationships we are in.
When we go into manorexia, we shut ourselves off from romantic love, to control the situation. This doesn't fulfill us, we still come up dry.
What are you risking for love?

Welcome back to another episode of She Rises! Today, Giovanna talks with Dr. Heather McKee. Heather is the UK’s leading behaviour change specialist, lecturer, speaker, and consultant. Having studied behaviour change psychology for 10 years her mission is to offer an evidence based sustainable alternative to an industry saturated with quick fixes and health fads. Heather works as a habit change coach to help support her clients in building healthy habits they enjoy and importantly that last a lifetime.She is well-versed in what it means to be brave and loves helping women get their brave on!
Heather explains our barriers to change
Heather talks about how change is both messy and hard
Heather discusses deprivation and how it works against us
Heather emphasizes that willpower is a muscle
Heather explains implementation planning to be successful
Giovanna talks about planned imperfection
Heather talks about making small changes and repetition
Memorable Quotes:
We had all these amazing resources, yet people couldn't get their goals to stick.
The more you resist, the more you persist.
We make goals a huge mountain to climb because we are suffocating from our perfectionism.
Skill power not will power.
Planned imperfection! We will imperfectly achieve our goals.

Welcome back to another episode of She Rises! Today, Giovanna spends time focusing on spiritual surrender and what it actually is. She discusses the flow of life, relationships and business all come from the power decision of surrender. Listen in as Giovanna talks about setting her EGO aside and letting surrender occur.
Giovanna explains surrender and submissions
Giovanna breaks down why we confuse the two
Giovanna discusses the energy in which we do things
Giovanna talks about EGO, otherwise know as Edging God Out
Giovanna explains how to cultivate the skill of surrender
Giovanna emphasizes that if you keep hitting roadblocks, there is a reason
Memorable Quotes:
Surrender is an innate way of being. It is the undoing of you being in control.
We confuse 'Thy Will be Done' with submission, when it is really surrender.
The first step in surrender is cultivating the relationship with Spirit. Asking, Who Am I?
It is important to understand the energy in which we do things. The energy behind our words.

For this episode of She Rises, Giovanna welcomes Baljit Rayat. Baljit is a spiritual teacher who works in energetic and etheric levels to help others who want to become unstuck in their current realities. She explores an even deeper level by reading Akashic records to let people know what areas of life to focus on and improve. Keep your mind and heart open as Giovanna and Baljit dive into this unique topic and learn more about Akashic records, becoming a conscious co-creator, and being open to a universe full of possibilities.
Baljit shares her past healing crisis and experience with a homeopathic doctor.
Baljit discusses how she met her mentor and learned about Akashic records.
Giovanna defines energy medicine.
Baljit explains Akashic records readings and how it taps into your soul’s purpose.
Baljit talks about the difference between psychic readings and Akashic readings.
Baljit shares how realizing our universal truth in Akashic readings allows healing to occur.
Baljit explains what a spiritual bypass is and how it can mask the truth.
Giovanna talks about how emotions get trapped in your body and can cause illness.
Baljit discusses being a conscious co-creator instead of a subconscious co-creator.
Baljit shares how Akashic readings help people from all walks of life.
Baljit advises to honor your boundaries by listening to your gut intuition and to be okay with saying no.
Memorable Quotes:
When you’re working with Akashic records, there’s no such thing as time and space. You can heal simultaneously because our past life runs parallel to the present.
If you have a block—physically, mentally, emotionally—you’re not going to be able to manifest what it is you want to create.
When we choose to deflect our awareness, resistance happens. That resistance is suffering and where we experience pain, and we hold onto it like a security blanket.
You will not heal if you avoid your emotions. Connect to your body and emotions on a deeper level and allow yourself to heal.
Practice listening to your intuition. Create space for alignment to your actual purpose.
Resources Mentioned:
Baljit Rayat
Giovanna’s Blog

Welcome to another episode of She Rises! A lot of people often confuse taking responsibility with taking blame, and today Giovanna explains the difference and what radical responsibility for your life really means. She shares different ways to take radical responsibility, what possibilities it will create, and the radical change you will experience!
Giovanna explains the difference between responsibility and blame.
Giovanna discusses the nature of creating your own reality.
Giovanna defines radical responsibility and the choice you have for how you experience your life and events in your life.
Giovanna talks about 3 benefits of taking 100% radical responsibility in your life.
Benefit 1: Removes you from being the victim.
Benefit 2: Empowers you to make the next right move.
Benefit 3: Increases your ability to trust yourself and your decision making in all areas of your life.

Giovanna gives suggestions for how to take radical responsibility for yourself.
Giovanna warns about “over-responsibility” and the toxic side of taking responsibility.
Memorable Quotes:
We create our reality from our perception. When we have a filter over it, we experience our reality from that filter.
Taking 100% responsibility for your experience is the only way you can sit in the seat of your own power.
Step back and ask yourself: “How am I behaving now as a result of _____? Am I feeling life a victim or am I stepping into healing?”
If you’re not waiting for external circumstances to change, then you’re in the driver’s seat of your life!
Watch yourself when you’re taking responsibility and make sure the word “should” is not in there along with shame or guilt.
Resources Mentioned:
Giovanna’s Instagram
Giovanna’s Facebook

Welcome back to another episode of She Rises! Today, Giovanna spends time focusing on a particular psychological aspect of relationships called the Drama Triangle. Different from an infamous love triangle, the Drama Triangle is subconscious in nature and something you need to be aware of and address in order to keep your relationships as drama-free as possible!
Giovanna explains “breadcrumb relationships”.
Giovanna breaks down the 3 parts of the Drama Triangle: Victim, Rescuer, Perpetrator.
Giovanna discusses how to move patterns of relating from unconscious to conscious.
Giovanna talks about moving among the 3 roles but recognizing your dominant role.
Giovanna explains how to stop the cycle of assuming the role of victim, rescuer, or perpetrator.
Giovanna emphasizes the need to recognize where your needs are not being met and to express those needs more positively.
Giovanna discusses the importance of non-judgment and curiosity when trying to address and change your relationship situation.
Memorable Quotes:
Once you recognize how you relate unconsciously, you can reprogram and reshape the way your nervous system responds to relationships.
Reflect on your relationships. If there’s conflict or clash, can you find which part of the Drama Triangle you’re acting out?
Notice when you are in it. Name the role you are playing without judgment.
Take radical responsibility. 100% own your part in creating this situation and your reactions.
Start cultivating the practice of surrendering and letting go by asking: What can I let go of? What can I release? What can I be?
Resources Mentioned:
Giovanna’s Site
Giovanna’s Blog

On this episode of She Rises, Giovanna talks with Ilana Ben-Ari. Ilana is a female entrepreneur who is creating innovation that changes the way we learn soft skills like empathy, how to fail, and how to be a better human. She shares how her empathy toys are impacting schools and offices across the world and how she is able to make miracles through the simple act of play.
Ilana shares her background and educational history of design.
Ilana explains how her toys mimic real-life scenarios that address patience, frustration, and creative communication.
Ilana discusses why she insisted on using the label “toy” instead of “facilitation tool”.
Ilana mentions how toys can lead to programs like “21 Leaders” that have seen an 85% reduction in students being sent to the office for conflict and bullying.
Giovanna discusses the importance of teaching empathy and failure to children AND adults.
Ilana shares how “breaking the rules” can lead to creative confidence.
Ilana emphasizes how so many big businesses like Google and Microsoft are acknowledging the value of creativity and emotional intelligence.
Ilana explains how the creation story of kindergarten inspired her to use specific materials to draw attention to the value of soft skills.
Giovanna discusses how innovation pulls from previous building blocks and helps us re-prioritize lessons we’ve already learned about how to treat others and work together.
Memorable Quotes:
Being good at school has nothing to do with being good at life.
Empathy toys are valuable because they brings up conversations that make invisible
skills visible.
Toys are not necessarily frivolous. They can teach important skills and lead to valuable insights.
The goal of a really well-designed product is to leave room for someone else to come in and own it, change the rules, and use it to learn and teach others.
The skills we valued and learned in kindergarten are now the key skills we need to excel in our work.
We’re getting back something we lost by returning to the basics and simplicity of play.
Resources Mentioned:
Ilana Ben-Ari
Twenty One Toys: Toys that teach Empathy
World Economic Forum Future Jobs Report
Satya Nadella—Microsoft’s CEO’s Book
Froebel Education
Maria Montessori
Caroline Pratt

Happy New Year! For this episode of She Rises, Giovanna reflects on December 2018. Although 2019 is underway, it’s always important to assess our past so we can let go of what no longer serves us.
Giovanna explains why she chose to focus on vulnerability for December.
Giovanna shares her experience with acute pancreatitis.
Giovanna discusses what it means to be the observer of your life.
Giovanna talks about the stories and junk that surface in moments of vulnerability.
Giovanna discusses what it means to be a stubborn learner.
Giovanna shares how we hang on to the uncomfortable and create a new normal.
Giovanna explains what it feels like to let go and have less background anxiety.
Memorable Quotes:
You can develop the skill of becoming the observer of your life. Observe what happens to you and around you.
The universe will give you a whisper. If you miss it, you’ll get a little nudge. If you miss the nudge, you’ll get a brick in the head!
We often hang onto the comfortable uncomfortable. Instead of doing something about it, we get used to it. We sit with our discomfort.
What old beliefs are you stubbornly holding onto that you can let go? Let go of what needs to be let go!
Don’t wait for the brick! Start fresh. Start this amazing, brand new year FREE of all the things that have been binding you.
Resources Mentioned:
Giovanna’s Blog

On this episode of She Rises, host Giovanna Capozza talks with Linda Graham, author of Resilience: Powerful Practices for Bouncing Back from Disappointment, Difficulty, and Even Disaster. Giovanna and Linda discuss the power of resilience and the fact it is trainable and recoverable. The world constantly throws obstacles at us that make us feel like we will break, and today, we find power in knowing we can survive by practicing simple exercises to retrain our level of resiliency.
Linda shares her definition of resiliency and different levels of disturbance.
Linda discusses how people respond differently to different events at different times in their lives.
Linda explains where resiliency lives in our brain and exercises to strengthen the capacity of our brain to increase our range of resilience.
Remembering one moment where you felt safe can activate the release of oxytocin and decrease blood pressure, which allows your body to find a sense of ease and calm.
Linda talks about the power of giving yourself permission to breathe in fully and exhale fully in order to reset the nervous system.
When we understand something, we’re more likely to do it. When we experience the benefit, we’re more likely to repeat it and make it a new, active habit.
Linda discusses fight/flight/freeze responses and exercises we can do to physically change our reaction to each.
Linda explains how to notice the shift in your nervous system and build your response flexibility.
Linda discusses the addictive quality of positive stress.
Linda shares the power of mindfulness and mindful movement.
Memorable Quotes:
We learn resilience from experience. We have the power to choose experiences now to strengthen the brain to make ourselves more resilient.
Little and often; small practices repeated many times is how the brain learns and rewires itself for resiliency.
We’re learning how to pay attention to the experience in our bodies and deciding how we want to respond and how we want to channel energy.
If we can relax our attention and let the brain come up with its own answers, that’s where our insights and intuitions happen.
Shit happens, but shift happens, too.
Resources Mentioned:
Linda Graham’s Book
Flow

Welcome back to another episode of She Rises! Today, Giovanna Capozza talks with Alexia Vernon. Alexia is a speaking and leadership coach and author of the book Step into Your Moxie: Amplify Your Voice, Visibility, and Influence in the World. Alexia has committed her life to show women how to “step into their moxie®” and has delivered transformational keynotes and corporate training for Fortune 500 companies, college campuses, professional associations, the United Nations, and delivered a TEDx talk on the future of feminism.
Alexia understands what it’s like to be terrified to speak and shares practical ways to shift this fear. She discusses her own experiences of using her voice and what it means to connect with others in a way that inspires change. Alexia presents a soul-stirring call to action for women to speak up for themselves, their ideas, and the issues that matter most to them.
Alexia gives a glimpse into her struggle with finding her own voice.
Alexia shares how she learned to shift fear and step into greatness.
Alexia explains the benefits of role-playing and preparing for public speaking.
Giovanna talks about the differences between being prepared and winging it.
Alexia discusses why visibility is a responsibility and not just an opportunity.
Alexia explains how visibility helps us connect with others more, even if you don’t have a huge platform.
Alexia shares how she cultivates her own voice and message.
Alexia discusses the difference in focusing on the source of an issue instead of the symptoms.
Alexia talks about point of view and how to hone in on what message you want to share.
If you’re not a little disruptive, you’re not helping others have a profound shift in their life.
Alexia explains compassionate confidence and unapologetically speaking your truth.
Giovanna and Alexia emphasize the need for responsible communication.
If what you choose to speak about aligns with your values, and you’d be out of integrity by playing it safe and small, be ready to rise through discomfort and rise into leadership.
Memorable Quotes:
Learn to be with discomfort. Use meditation and powerful visualizations to enjoy and be grateful for experiences that make you nervous.
When a lot of people saying something similar, it’s a sign that the world needs that message.
Would you rather be liked or would you prefer to have impact?
When we are in our truth, those who really need us will raise their hands and those in our communities will show up more powerfully.
We are fortunate that we can have a voice and that we can step out and speak up.
Resources Mentioned:
Alexia Vernon’s Website
Alexia’s Book: Step into Your Moxie

In this special episode, Giovanna dives into a topic near and dear to her heart: The Hero’s--or Heroine’s--Journey. Sometimes we get to a place in our lives where we feel stuck. Maybe we feel like we are in a cave; we have no energy or inspiration. Or maybe we’re actually in an upswing and there’s lots of inspiration. The challenge is that sometimes we can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel or we even believe there is no end to the tunnel. Understanding the heroine’s journey as a model of looking at the cycles of your life and where you are in your world, and what the next phase for you is, can be very calming and helpful.
Giovanna explains what the Hero’s (Heroine’s) Journey entails.
Giovanna discusses her “Ordinary World” and her “Call to Adventure”.
Giovanna challenges listeners to determine what stage of the Hero’s Journey they are in.
EVERYONE gets a call and many people “Refuse the Call” or ignore it.
Giovanna talks about her experience of “Meeting the Mentor”.
“Crossing the Threshold” is scary because it means you’re leaving the Ordinary World and entering the Special World.
Giovanna shares what challenges arise after Crossing the Threshold.
“Entering the Cave” is where you go within and into the deepest darkest parts of yourself.
Giovanna talks about “The Ordeal” and the “Dark Night of the Soul”and feeling completely alone.
Giovanna shares her own experiences of “Reward” and “Resurrection”.
Giovanna explains “The Greater Becoming” and why “Returning with Elixir” is required to help others.
Giovanna relates the cycle to fear and failure and what keeps us from our “Greater Becoming”.
Tweetable Quotes:
Recognize that your situation is temporary and that there’s a way to ALLOW yourself to be here.
Leaving the old behind and understanding you’re stepping into the unknown can be scary but is necessary in your journey of becoming.
Pause and reflect: Where are you in the cycle? Just knowing where you are in the cycle can be reassuring.
When there’s understanding, we can dissipate fear.
We often get stuck in parts of this journey because we judge our failures and our fears. What if we understood that it’s just a cycle?
It’s not going to serve you to do what everyone else is doing.
What if you’re meant to pave your own path? To go your own way? To answer your calling?

Resources Mentioned:
Joseph Campbell: The Hero’s Journey

On this episode of She Rises, host Giovanna Capozza talks with Ruby Fremon. Ruby is a coach for the new generation of thought leaders and her no-bullshit approach ignites true transformation, while flipping fear into actualized ambition, and doubt into absolute confidence.
Ruby works with leaders, from artists to entrepreneurs, who are ready to rise above their limitations and amplify their message. Coaching hundreds of clients, she is a catalyst for change and is hugely successful at helping her clients embody radical resiliency and an unstoppable mentality. Her bold, no-nonsense approach to help leaders rise up, fulfill their missions and make their voices heard.
A warning that we will swear on this show and some f-bombs will be used! So, settle in and get ready for this really frank, open, honest, and down to earth conversation with someone who admire for her ability to not give a F***!!
Ruby shares her past struggles with depression and addiction and how she got to her “F*** it” place.
Giovanna discusses the power of self-expression and vulnerability.
Ruby explains why her nickname is the “Voice Catalyst”.
Ruby shares what it means to express yourself and learn how to open your throat chakra.
How to navigate fear and judgement and understand that failure is going to happen.
Ruby encourages others to face their fears and know you have the choice to keep going.
Giovanna discusses the power of being in touch with yourself.
Ruby talks about the value of creating your own container and category for yourself.
Ruby shares what step will help overcome fear and allow for more self expression.
Ruby explains conquering bullshit with CPR: courage, persistence, resilience
Tweetable Quotes:
There is such a potency to truth because it bridges a connection to others.
It’s not about what’s outside of us; it’s about tapping into what’s within us and finding freedom to express ourselves.
Purpose outweighs bullshit. If you’re in touch with your purpose for the expression, that in and of itself will take you through the fear.
We are anxious because we are denying pieces of our f****ing truth.
Whatever the one tiny piece of action you can take today that will put you on the other side of fear, DO IT. Do it today. The only way through is through action.
Take ownership of your actions and know that you are the only thing holding you back.
Everyone is dealt the same amount of courage.

Resources Mentioned:
Ruby Fremon
Conquer Your Bullshit with C.P.R.

On this episode of She Rises, host Giovanna Capozza talks with coach, writer, and speaker, Dr. Mandy Leto. She is a champion of people seeking more, which typically includes more light, more peace, more purpose, and more authenticity. She works with high achievers who are ready to redefine success without taking the off-ramp into self-help oblivion. Mandy herself is a high achieving woman, a type A personality, and she has found a way to live a life that is more balanced and more supportive of her personal health. Mandy and I both discuss our real-world, real-life, rock-bottom moments. We dive into what it looks like to ignore burnout, what the early signs of burnout are, and what it feels like to hit the burnout wall. We go into Mandy’s personal story and the lessons she received along the way, and the ones she imparts to clients in and out of the corporate world who are ready to live a life that has more balance, purpose, and peace.
Mandy shares her journey and how she normalized symptoms of burnout.
Mandy explains how she looked for quick fixes to keep holding herself up.
Mandy discusses what it means to over-identify with achieving and lose your identity.
Giovanna shares her own struggle with chronic fatigue and burnout.
Giovanna discusses the difficulties of being instead of doing.
Mandy shares her gratitude practices and ways to feel more embodied.
There is this wisdom, there is this being in our bodies, there is this being able to embrace a whole new era with excitement and anticipation.
Practices to slow down and to practice gratitude.
Mandy discusses what it means to over-yes and over-give and the need for boundaries.
Remember to put yourself into your life.
Mandy encourages people to not listen to the negative “2AM voices” and recognize them as a symptom of burnout.

Memorable Quotes:
“Life tells you nothing. It shows you everything.”
Who am I when I don’t have to be “somebody”?
I can be who I want. I don’t need to hustle for worthiness or be somebody for somebody else.
Be grateful to be in this vessel, be in a constant state of marveling about what the body is able to do and what we put it through. It’s a tremendous piece of machinery that we own.
Resources Mentioned:
Tribe of Mentors by Tim Ferriss