130. Does Your Work Provide All Your "Self Worth"?
Release Date: 03/01/2025
148. The Courage to Create Your Own Path with Trinette Faint
The Humble Rising Podcast
Trinnette Faint is a writer, award-winning actress, model, author, and creative entrepreneur whose work spans storytelling, filmmaking, and community building. She is the founder of Floor 51 Productions and Chez Faint, and the author of two novels, Collette’s Caleb and MidCoast Star. A lifelong creative with a dynamic, multidisciplinary career, Trinnette is committed to telling bold, emotionally resonant stories that center women living fully, freely, and on their own terms. Her career reflects a blend of artistry, reinvention, and deep self-trust. Most recently, Trinnette wrote, produced,...
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147. How to Escape the Burnout Trap - Michelle Niemeyer
The Humble Rising Podcast
In this episode, I talk with Michelle Niemeyer—speaker, coach, and former attorney—about how high achievers can work with their energy instead of against it. After more than 30 years in law, running her own firm, and serving in public office, Michelle faced a rare autoimmune diagnosis that forced her to slow down and rethink everything about success, productivity, and well-being. That turning point led her to create The Art of Bending Time, a framework that helps professionals stay sharp and successful without sacrificing their health or joy. Michelle now helps leaders and teams prevent...
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146. Your Money Isn’t the Problem—It’s Your Relationship With It: Alejandra Rojas
The Humble Rising Podcast
In this episode I brought in Alejandra Rojas—a finance expert and founder, certified TRAUMA OF MONEY™ practitioner, and founder of Brown Way To Money, who is on a mission to advocate for women's voices in reclaiming their financial narratives so they can achieve financial independence. In this episode, Alejandra goes straight to the heart of why so many professional women (especially women of color) feel stuck with money despite “doing everything right.” Alejandra shares her path from corporate and burnout to reclaiming her health, clearing debt, and helping others transform...
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145. Honoring Your Season: Friendship, Growth, and Letting Go of the Chase
The Humble Rising Podcast
In this conversation, I sit down with two of my besties and fellow Boston College alumni, Carla Breton and Diana Isern. They joined the podcast (episodes 65 and 66: Women Sharing Life Lessons) a few years ago, and they’re back! We’ve been with each other for years through careers, motherhood, creative work, and everything in between—and this conversation felt like being back at one of our retiros/retreats. There’s plenty of laughter and fun, and there’s real talk about what life has been like for us. We talk about what it really looks like to chase your dreams and honor your...
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144. Redefining Success with Yesenia Bello
The Humble Rising Podcast
Born in the Dominican Republic and raised in NYC, Yesenia Bello helps professionals redefine success. Her 22-year career in media at companies like NBCUniversal, Hulu, Google, and iHeartMedia taught her the corporate world from the inside out. But it was a personal battle with burnout in 2018 that reshaped her definition of success. She now believes that well-being is paramount to a fulfilling career. Her mission is to empower individuals and teams to reconnect with their purpose and bring love and compassion back to the workplace. This is where The ‘Mujeres Create’...
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143. Breaking Free from the Golden Handcuffs
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Have you ever found yourself asking, “Is this really it?” You’ve built the career, earned the salary, gained the title—and yet, something feels missing. Or maybe you’re exhausted, running on empty, and realizing you can’t keep going like this. If you’ve ever felt stuck in a role that no longer excites or fulfills you, this episode is for you. I’m breaking down four of the most common limiting beliefs that keep high-achieving women in jobs that drain them: The Golden Handcuffs (“I can’t afford to walk away from this salary and lifestyle.”) The Sunk Cost Fallacy...
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142. Finding Your Path with Yeve Chitiga
The Humble Rising Podcast
In this episode of the podcast, Arivee sits down with Yeve Chitiga, a lawyer and executive coach to women lawyers. Over the last 18 years, through her internal audit and legal experience, Yeve has honed a unique ability to discover what is hidden beneath the surface and hear the unspoken. She began her professional career in banking working for international institutions in the U.S. and in the United Kingdom. As an attorney, Yeve rose through the ranks to Counsel at the law firm of WilmerHale before pivoting to a late stage financial technology startup. Yeve is also a workshop facilitator,...
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141. How Workplace Culture Is Really Built—And Where We Go Wrong with Adriana Vaccaro
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Adriana Vaccaro is the founder and CEO of Culture Redesigned, a data-driven culture and change management consulting company. With a deep expertise in people analytics, organizational behavior, and leadership development, Adriana helps businesses build high-performance cultures that drive engagement, innovation, and sustainable growth. She was born in Colombia and currently lives in Massachusetts with her husband and three sons. In this episode, Adriana Vaccaro shares her journey from Colombia where she was born and raised and had her career, to coming to the U.S. and working as a...
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140. Intentional Leadership in Uncertain Times with Ilhiana Rojas
The Humble Rising Podcast
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
The Humble Rising Podcast
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...
info_outlineThis week, we examine why many high-achieving women tie their self-worth to their professional achievements. Work offers a sense of control, validation, and instant gratification that can feel more manageable than the uncertainty of relationships, personal growth, or other areas of life. Over time, this reliance on work for self-esteem can turn into a coping mechanism, leaving women caught in a cycle of overworking to feel competent and valued.
This pattern creates a range of challenges, from struggling to be present with loved ones to constantly chasing the next accomplishment without ever feeling truly fulfilled. It can also amplify harsh self-criticism, making even minor setbacks at work feel like personal failures. As work takes up more mental and emotional space, many women find themselves disconnected from who they are outside of their careers, unsure of what brings them joy or purpose beyond their professional identity.
Breaking this cycle isn’t about giving up ambition—it’s about expanding the definition of success to include health, relationships, and personal fulfillment. By setting healthy boundaries, redefining self-worth, and embracing the discomfort of growth outside of work, women can begin to reclaim their sense of self. With support, self-reflection, and intentional action, it’s possible to build a life where worth isn’t tied to productivity, but to the whole, multifaceted person you are.
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