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What if pressing pause on your career isn’t the end—but the beginning of becoming more fully you?

In this episode, I sit down with Neha Ruch—founder of Mother Untitled and author of The Power Pause—to explore what it means to hold ambition and motherhood in the same breath. Neha shares her deeply personal story of stepping off the traditional career ladder after Stanford Business School, embracing full-time motherhood, and birthing a movement to rebrand what it means to be a “stay-at-home mom.”

Together, we unpack the emotional nuances of downshifting, the power of redefining success, and why support isn’t optional—it’s essential. Whether you're deep in the trenches of early motherhood, navigating the messy middle of building a creative dream, or sprinting into a new season of career growth, this episode will leave you feeling seen, supported, and more free to design a life that actually fits.

Tune in to hear:

• Why Neha believes ambition doesn’t die in motherhood—it evolves

• How she navigated career pauses without losing herself or her vision

• What it really takes to keep a creative project alive in the early years

• The truth about modern stay-at-home motherhood (and how it’s misrepresented)

• How to communicate with your partner, kids, and yourself through career transitions

• Why having help is not a luxury—it's a form of dignity

• How to drop the guilt and trust the timing of your life

• What “the new ambition” looks like for women leading in life and at home

About Neha Ruch:
Neha is the founder of Mother Untitled, a digital platform redefining ambition for women in caregiving seasons. A Stanford MBA and former brand strategist, Neha now leads conversations on modern motherhood, identity, and work. Her debut book The Power Pause: How to Plan a Career Break After Kids and Come Back Stronger Than Ever is out now from Putnam.

🔗 Resources Mentioned:

• Mother Untitled

• The Power Pause Book

• Follow Neha on Instagram: @neha_ruch

Is it possible that the identity you’ve been clinging to is the very thing keeping you small?

In today’s episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on something deeper than strategy, content plans, or sales goals—your identity. Before we can build the business, make the money, or scale to our next level, we have to look at what’s happening underneath the surface. Because if your foundation is cracked, nothing built on top will feel sustainable.

Tune in to hear:

• Why your results are only as strong as your root identity
• How inherited beliefs about worthiness and success shape what you allow
• Why fitting in often keeps us from standing out
• What “belonging to yourself” means—and how it unlocks ease, money, and power
• The subconscious ways we self-sabotage our visibility and expression
• Why bigness doesn’t require more effort, but more truth
• How I shifted from a $38K/year identity to making $100K+ months
• Why it’s safe—and necessary—to be fully expressed

What if AI isn’t here to replace your role as a mom or a business owner—but to expand your capacity for both?

Lately, I’ve been sitting with some really big questions around AI—questions that go way beyond prompts and productivity hacks. In this episode, I’m inviting you into a raw, unfiltered conversation about what AI is really doing to us and for us. From the DMs I've been having with so many of you to the quiet ways I’ve watched this tech shift how I show up in motherhood, business, and relationships—I’m bringing it all to the table. This isn’t about fear-mongering or tech worship. It’s about discernment, depth, and deciding how we want to walk with this new power.

Tune in to hear:

• Why AI isn’t here to replace your humanity—but how it can enhance it

• The unexpected ways AI is supporting me as a mother, not just a business owner

• How to use AI without losing your voice, values, or connection

• Why busy moms might need AI more than they think—and how to ease into it

• How thinking like a “programmer” can actually make you a more present, conscious parent

• A behind-the-scenes look at Mama AI—and why this training is so different from anything you’ve seen

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We’re about to have a very big conversation in this episode of the Born to Rise podcast. Today, we’re talking about how our marketing is directly correlated with our relationships with the clients we work with.

In this episode, I’m talking you through why marketing can unlock true leadership, ease, alignment, and simplicity in our business without sacrificing resources and profit. I start by telling you how my client was able to celebrate a $100k cash month with so much ease in her process and business. Then, I share one thing that can create ease, alignment, and momentum in your business. Next, I share why it’s so important to speak to a frequency of the client that you’re calling and redefining your sense of value.

From the way energy and strategy can come together to unlock your next level in business, to how the words you speak can call in the clients you love to work with, this episode is a must for anyone who wants to grow and scale your business while doing so with ease.

In this episode, we cover:

• How my client was able to celebrate a $100k cash month with ease
• The one thing that creates ease, alignment, and momentum in your business
• Why you need to speak to a frequency of the client that you’re calling in
• Redefining your sense of value
• The marriage of energy and strategy
• Activating and unlocking your next levels of income, impact, and momentum

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I’m so excited to introduce you to our amazing guest today, Mel Wells. Mel is a best-selling Hay House author and a leading women’s coach and mentor. She’s trained in female sexuality, intimacy, relationships, self-love, and eating psychology.

In today’s episode, Mel is bestowing her feminine wisdom on us, starting with how she managed to move from chaos to success through trusting her own journey. She also shares the parallels her personal breakthrough has in the realm of business. Then, Mel shares how the feminine wisdom of cyclicality shaped her trajectory and why operating in a cyclical way as women can really help support you in whatever season of life or business you find yourself in. Mel explains what the divine feminine archetypes are, and how tapping into them can support you in your personal and professional journey.

If you’ve ever been curious about harnessing your power and divine femininity, this episode is for you. Tune in as Mel enlightens and encourages you to honor your divine femininity and the results that can come from the process.

In this episode, we cover:

• The process that Mel went through in her personal journey and the parallels in business
• What made Mel feel held and supported during her journey
• How the feminine wisdom of cyclicality shapes Mel’s trajectory
• How operating in a cyclical way can support your business
• What are the divine feminine archetypes and how can they support us in business and life
• Ways to move from discipline to devotion
• Mel’s advice for heart-centered leaders

Connect with Mel:

https://www.instagram.com/iammelwells/ 

Today’s topic is one of those things that is discussed behind closed and heavily guarded doors. However, it’s an important one that I believe affects anyone in the coaching and mentorship space. This is why I want to bring this topic out into the light and start opening a conversation up on how you can hold space for clients who are struggling.

As a coach or mentor, we can easily get sucked into this idea of us having to act as your client’s savior. That while they work with you in your container, they should be celebrating wins and accomplishing big things. In today’s episode, I’m sharing why hard seasons are normal for your clients and anyone else. I also discuss why this is part of the natural and messy journey of entrepreneurship, and why challenges are great opportunities for you and your client to dig deeper, grow, and move to a new level.

I also discuss your role as a mentor and why mentorship exists, and how mentorship isn’t about being someone’s savior but instead being someone’s mirror. If you’ve ever experienced a challenging season yourself, or maybe you’ve felt bad that your client was going through one, this episode is for you.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why hard seasons are normal
• Why we signed up for the messy journey of entrepreneurship
• Why every single challenge you encounter is an opportunity to meet yourself at a deeper level
• Why mentorship exists
• The value of having support in your corner
• Why it’s not your job to be your client’s savior

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It’s no secret that female entrepreneurs just do not have the same access to venture capital and funding as our male counterparts. But Arielle Loren is here to shake up the game by helping more women break glass ceilings and get in the room.

Arielle Loren is the founder of 100k Incubator, the first business funding mobile app for women in Apple and Google’s app stores. She helps early-stage female entrepreneurs get funding for their businesses while helping them scale to $100k+ in yearly sales. She joins the show today to share how she got into the space, specifically her journey through merging the process of scaling and venture capital for early-stage female entrepreneurs.

She also shares how female entrepreneurs can access funding and venture capital, and what her best advice is for investing the capital you earn. Arielle also shares her insight on how debt can be extremely beneficial for your growth, how women can start getting comfortable with their innate power, and her best tips for moving past obstacles - no matter how hard they may seem.

This episode is for all the female entrepreneurs out there. Tune in to hear Arielle’s expert advice on funding, venture capital, and entrepreneurship.

In this episode, we cover:

• Arielle’s journey merging the process of scaling and capital for early-stage entrepreneurs
• How female entrepreneurs can start tapping into capital
• How debt can be extremely beneficial for your growth
• Is there a smart way to invest your capital?
• How entrepreneurship blossomed in Arielle’s life
• How women can start getting comfortable with the power they carry
• Arielle’s vision for 100k Incubator
• Arielle’s advice on moving past obstacles

Connect with Arielle:

Website:  https://100kincubator.com

100K Incubator mobile app - https://100kincubator.com/pages/app 

I am so excited to be back recording the Born to Rise podcast. After giving birth and experiencing life postpartum with baby number two, I’m buzzing with a ton of energy because of the topic we’re about to discuss today.

In today’s episode, I’m talking about the energetics of investing. This is a huge episode as I’ve made many big investments over the last year, with the most recent one being at almost half a million dollars. However, I know that the thought of investing money can bring up a lot of triggers. Whether it’s conditions that need to be in place before you make an investment or the worry that your investment will not pay off - if you’ve ever felt resistance to investing, this episode is for you.

I discuss the mindset you need to have to make big investments that pay off, why technically, your money needs to be somewhere, and how that thought is a core piece behind the energetics of investing. If you’re ready to invest like a multimillionaire and leverage the capital that’s available to you, then tune in, take notes, and let’s shift your mindset around investing. 

In this episode, we cover:

• How money brings up and triggers a lot of thoughts
• Why you need to have a “this is going to pay off” mindset
• Why your money has to be somewhere (and why this is a core piece to the energetics of investing)
• Why not leverage the capital to work for you?
• Why you can’t think about investing through a traditional lens when you’re in a unicorn industry
• How wealthy people approach investing

Connect & learn about ways to work with me now: https://www.instagram.com/caitscudder/ 

The Rise mastermind waitlist is now open: https://therisemastermind.com/waitlist

I am so excited for today’s episode of the Born to Rise podcast because I’m speaking to none other than Kasia Urbaniak. Kasia is the founder and CEO of The Academy, a school that teaches women the foundations of power and influence. She’s also the author of “Unbound: A Woman’s Guide to Power.”

During our conversation, Kasia gives us an intimate look into her background and how she became an expert in writing, teaching, and leading women who are ready to reclaim and rediscover their power. Kasia also breaks down the important distinction between influence and control, and why you need to understand the difference as it relates to power and paying attention. We also dive into the deeper question of why so many people face a mindset block as they’re so afraid to take responsibility of their power.

This episode is for anyone ready to tap into their gifts and the power they already possess. Tune in and join us as Kasia shares her process, the work she walks her clients through in The Academy, the biggest lessons she’s learned thus far, and how you can come out of a self-conscious state to embody your most powerful self.

In this episode, we cover:

• How Kasia got into writing about teaching and leading women in rediscovering their power
• The distinction between influence and control as it relates to power and attention
• Why are people so afraid of taking responsibility of their power
• The work that Kasia walks her clients through in The Academy
• The power of “location”
• The two biggest lessons that Kasia has learned so far on her journey
• The tools that Kasia gives women to come out of a self-conscious state

Connect with Kasia:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/realkasiaurbaniak/

Website: https://www.kasiaurbaniak.com/links 

https://www.kasiaurbaniak.com/ 

In this episode of the Born to Rise Podcast, Kathrin Zenkina inspires us with her journey from working a regular 9-5 job to building her coaching empire. Kathrin shares her personal experiences and challenges on how she reached her success to show us that everything we desire can possibly be ours through the power of manifestation.

Kathrin, who once owned a simple online business, is now the founder of Manifestation Babe - a personal development, mindset coaching, and success strategy brand for women who are hungry for more in life. Her business has generated over $1.25M in the last 12 months, which she manifested for herself and her life. Her success includes creating the Rich Babe Academy, building an online community of over 100,000 followers, and authoring 2 books.

What we cover in this episode:

• The inspiring story of how Kathrin came into the mindset and manifestation work and building her empire.
• How sharing your story can set you apart.
• Kathrin gives a tip on a mindset shift that can help you improve your quality of life and succeed.
• Dealing with limiting beliefs and blocks.
• Kathrin shares challenges she has experienced, how she has applied her learnings and how she has continued to take action even when things have been really tough.
• Her personal experience on money and how she used manifestation to make positive changes to her life.
• More about Rich Babe Academy and about how she brings principles of manifestation and focusing on what we want and taking action to bring that into money to become rich babes.
• Her books: Unleash Your Inner Money Babe: Uplevel Your Money Mindset and Manifest $1,000 In 21 Days and She's Killin' It: The Ultimate 21-Day Journal For Manifesting A KickAss Life
• Kathrin’s definition of success.

Links:

Manifestation Babe Website

Manifestation Babe Instagram