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Welcome to the Humble Rising Podcast!  Each week, host Arivee Vargas has conversations with inspirational women of color sharing their own stories and actionable strategies on how to have fulfilling careers and lives. The journey to get there isn’t linear or easy.  As an executive and high performance coach, Arivee also shares strategies and stories on how to take care of ourselves, how to pursue meaning, fulfillment, and alignment in our lives. Get clear on the life and career you really want and deserve now, and take the action you need to overcome the challenges and roadblocks that are getting in your way. Arivee also shares her own coaching strategies and tips. From fear, disappointment, and self-doubt, to purpose, resilience, career clarity and transitions, we tackle it all.  Be inspired, get motivated, gain clarity on your the next right thing, take action, and get ready to rise.

For learn more about Arivee and her coaching, check out www.ariveevargas.com

 

Jul 13, 2026

 

What if the patterns keeping you stuck in love, relationships, and self-worth aren’t flaws to fix, but unconscious stories your mind and body have been replaying for years?

In this conversation, I sit down with Riana Malia, identity architect and board-certified integrative neurosomatic practitioner, to explore how unresolved emotional experiences shape the way we love, trust, communicate, and move through life. 

Riana shares her personal journey—from childhood abandonment and betrayal to surviving an abusive relationship and rebuilding her life.

Together, Riana and I unpack why so many high-capacity women feel trapped in cycles they can logically recognize but emotionally can’t seem to break. We explore the difference between awareness and transformation, how the unconscious mind drives our behaviors, and why healing isn’t about endlessly retelling the story—it’s about clearing the emotional charge beneath it.

This episode goes far beyond mindset work. It’s a conversation about identity, nervous system healing, emotional freedom, forgiveness, and learning how to finally create a life that feels safe, aligned, peaceful, and deeply your own.

You’ll learn:

  • Why high-achieving women often repeat the same relationship and emotional patterns

  • How childhood experiences quietly shape adult relationships, confidence, and self-worth

  • The difference between the conscious mind and the unconscious mind—and why it matters

  • Why traditional self-help and talk therapy can sometimes keep people stuck in the story

  • How unresolved emotions become patterns of anxiety, overwhelm, resentment, and self-sabotage

  • What it means to “clear before you create” in healing and personal growth

  • How frequency, thoughts, and emotional conditioning influence what we attract into our lives

  • Why forgiveness is more about freedom than reconciliation

  • A practical 72-hour exercise to interrupt negative thought loops and begin rewiring your mind

This episode is especially for women who feel emotionally exhausted from repeating the same cycles in relationships, career, or life—and are ready for a different way forward. If you’ve ever wondered, “Why does this keep happening to me?” or felt stuck between who you’ve been and who you want to become, this conversation will leave you feeling seen, empowered, and hopeful.

Because healing isn’t about becoming someone else.
It’s about clearing what no longer serves you so you can finally become fully yourself.

 

 

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