129. Vanessa Schwippert: The Power of Self-Care & Pivoting with Purpose
Release Date: 02/21/2025
140. Intentional Leadership in Uncertain Times with Ilhiana Rojas
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Ilhiana Rojas is a bestselling author, an executive coach and strategist with over 20 years of executive experience leading in Fortune 500 companies like P&G, Hasbro, and Hanesbrands and coaching professionals and businesses to success. As the founder of BeLIVE Coaching & Consulting and Co-President of UNITED LATINAS, Ilhiana is a certified expert in leadership and DEI best practices that help build resilient, collaborative, and high-performing leaders and cultures. She brings a grounded, real-world perspective to leadership, self-advocacy, and navigating change—and in this...
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139. Beyond Awareness: How to Truly Change with Bizzie Gold
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Bizzie Gold is a pioneering force in the mental health world. She’s the founder of Break Method—a data-driven system for emotional rewiring—and the author of the upcoming book Your Brain is a Filthy Liar, which explores how subconscious programming hijacks behavior and keeps us stuck in painful cycles. In this episode, Bizzie shares her own powerful story—from growing up with a parent diagnosed with borderline personality disorder to a “Fight Club moment” that changed everything. We talk about anxiety, ADHD, burnout, parenting, identity, and why traditional therapy often misses...
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138. How to actually RUN FOR OFFICE
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Diana Maldonado is back on the podcast. Diana was a guest on episode 132 of the podcast so go back and listen to that episode to learn more about Diana’s background as a best-selling author, business strategist, founder of the Candidate School, and her journey to becoming the first Latina elected to represent Williamson County in the Texas state legislature. If you listen to that episode, you will also understand why she is so focused on helping women get elected to public office and how she’s doing it through her course the Candidate School. In the Candidate School, she shares everything...
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137. How to tackle your financial fears and change your money story
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Diana Isern is a passionate assistant principal, financial educator, and presenter whose financial course seeks to transform how students think about wealth. Through nationwide presentations for educators, she equips teachers with inclusive, practical strategies to make financial literacy accessible and empowering. Drawing inspiration from her family stories, Diana believes generational wealth extends beyond money to include cultural values and resilience. With nearly two decades in the New York City Public School system, Diana started as an ESL teacher supporting immigrant communities and has...
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136. You Got What You Wanted — Why Are You Still Restless?
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In this episode of The Humble Rising Podcast, host Arivee Vargas delves into the concept of hedonic adaptation—the brain's tendency to normalize even the most positive changes in our lives, leading to a sense of restlessness or dissatisfaction despite external success. She explores why achieving milestones like promotions or new homes may not bring lasting fulfillment and offers three strategies to counteract this phenomenon: Reignite inspiration: Identify activities or interests that energize you beyond productivity. Redefine "enough": Establish personal benchmarks for success that...
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135. You Don’t Need Better Time Management—You Need Better Alignment
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In this episode of The Humble Rising Podcast, we’re shifting the conversation from traditional time management to something more powerful: alignment. If you're constantly feeling overwhelmed by everything on your plate—plus what’s about to be added—this episode is for you. Arivee explains why managing your time more efficiently won’t solve the root problem, and what will. We dive into how clarity, boundaries, and priorities help you create more time freedom and reduce stress—without needing to overhaul your life. You’ll walk away with a fresh, practical way of thinking about...
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134. Burnout Isn’t Always Loud: 5 Subtle Signs You’re Running on Empty
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Most high-achieving women don’t realize they’re burning out until it’s too late—because burnout isn’t always loud. Sometimes, it’s quiet. It creeps in while you're still performing, still holding it all together, still showing up for everyone else… except yourself. In this episode, I share 5 subtle signs of burnout that many women—especially women of color—overlook or dismiss. These are the signs I missed in myself years ago. These are the same patterns I now see in the powerhouse lawyers and corporate leaders I coach. We’ll talk about: Why numbness, not exhaustion,...
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133. Pause, Reflect and Reset for the Rest of the Year
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If you’ve been moving fast—checking the boxes, handling the demands, but feeling like something’s off—this episode is your invitation to pause. We’re one quarter into the year, and maybe those fresh-start intentions have faded. But the pressure? Still very real. In this short solo episode, I’m guiding you through a powerful mid-year reset with 3 reflection questions and one simple grounding practice to help you reconnect with yourself, your values, and your vision for the rest of the year. We’ll explore: What’s working—and what’s not What you need to release to create...
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132. Empowering Women in Politics With Trailblazer Diana Maldonado
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Diana Maldonado is a best-selling author, speaker, business strategist and former Texas state representative. As CEO of Maldonado Strategies, Diana’s sharp insight for pinpointing incongruencies, combined with her method for listening and collaborating, helps organizations design and implement innovative solutions to accelerate their big vision goals and become the leading edge. As the first Latina elected to represent Williamson County in the House of Representatives, she advocated for education, business, and safe communities. In this role, she authored/co-authored 88 bills and...
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131 Leading with Courage and Inclusivity with Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham
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In this episode, I sit down with Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham, JD (she/ella) who is a loving, inclusive leadership strategist, awakening courage and amplifying culture every day. Valerie is the founder/CEO of Promoting Good. Prior to founding her seven year old firm, she practiced preventative law at a non profit where she founded and managed a medical-legal partnership addressing health-harming legal needs. Today, she leads a team that is using proven and evidence-based frameworks to build workplaces where everyone can thrive. Outside of work, Valerie is an active volunteer, in addition to...
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In this episode, I sit down with Vanessa Schwippert to explore breaking free from the stuck mindset, what it means to really take care of yourself, and finding your own true path.
Vanessa is a first-generation Colombian-American woman dedicated to empowering others through education, storytelling, and community building. After years of teaching in intentionally underserved communities, she shifted her focus to creating safe spaces for women, particularly Latinas. Vanessa is the creator and host of Chick Lit, a podcast where she does book reviews, encouraging women to decenter men and prioritize their own fulfillment.
In addition to her podcast, Vanessa founded the Latina Writing Comunidad, a vibrant space for Latinas who are breaking barriers, embracing passions, and sharing their stories. With a deep commitment to fostering supportive environments where creativity, culture, and empowerment intersect, Vanessa continues to inspire and uplift those around her, challenging traditional norms and redefining the role of women in our personal lives and beyond.
In our conversation, Vanessa opens up about her journey from being a special education teacher and the challenges she experienced to becoming the force behind the Chick Lit podcast and Latina Writing Comunidad.
She shares how taking a seven-month sabbatical (with therapy and very intentional self-care) changed everything for her. Whether you're stuck in a job that doesn't light you up or is burning you out, feeling pressure to live up to others' expectations, or simply craving more authenticity in your life, this conversation is your permission slip to pause and redirect.
Through honest stories and practical wisdom, Vanessa shows us how listening to our gut, embracing change, and building meaningful communities can transform not just our own lives, but the lives of others too. This episode is perfect for anyone ready to stop putting everyone else first and start creating a life that actually feels like you.
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