The Rise2Shine Podcast with Noelle Kustas

Ep. 116 | Tiny Returns: How to Keep Showing Up When Everything Falls Apart

Some weeks don't go according to plan. This one didn't. And instead of waiting until the hard part was over to show up, I decided to come on here raw, unresolved, and right in the middle of it, because I think that's exactly where a lot of you are too. Real resilience isn't the Instagram version. It's not bouncing back fast or pushing through with a smile. It's learning how to make tiny returns to yourself, one walk, one journal entry, one email sent, without waiting for the hard thing to be over first. In this episode, I share what this week revealed about how I'm wired, what I lean on when life gets heavy, and why the rhythms and habits we build aren't for the good seasons. They're for weeks exactly like this one. What you'll take away from this episode: * Why your instinct to get small when life gets hard might not mean what you think it does * The real difference between retreating to restore and completely disappearing * What it looks like when grief and gratitude exist in the same moment, and why that's one of the most human things there is If you're in the middle of something right now, this one is for you. Let’s Stay Connected 🩷 Join the Free Skool Community, the Shine House A home for intentional, evolving women ready to restore their rhythm and glow from the inside out. https://www.skool.com/theshinehouse 🎧 Subscribe + Review Love the show? Your review helps more midlife women find this message and means so much to me. 💐 Hang with me on Instagram Daily glow-up fuel, behind-the-scenes, and real talk @joyful_noelle 💫 Explore more on my website Courses, coaching, and your next-level path https://rise2shine.co 📚 Shop My Amazon Favorites Curated glow-up must-haves https://www.amazon.com/shop/joyful_noelle

Ep. 115 | How to Stop Losing Yourself in Marriage and Rebuild After Divorce with Kara Francis

There is a version of you that got so busy being everything to everyone that she forgot to check in with herself. If you have ever felt like you were living your life on autopilot, going through the motions of a life that looks right but feels hollow, this episode is going to land. I am joined by Kara Francis, a modern relationship expert and divorce strategist who spent years as a divorce attorney before pivoting to something more aligned with her own truth. Kara has personally navigated marriage, divorce, and remarriage, and she now guides women through some of life's most defining transitions with clarity and self-trust. This conversation is honest, personal, and exactly what so many women need to hear. In this episode, we talk about: * The quiet internal signs that something is off in your relationship, and why so many women push them down until they can't anymore * Why the "should I stay or go" question is actually the wrong place to start, and what Kara asks her clients instead * What it really takes to rebuild your identity after divorce, and how fear and limiting beliefs keep women stuck long after they know the truth If you have ever used gratitude to talk yourself out of your own feelings, this one is for you. Meet Kara Francis Kara Francis is a former divorce attorney turned Marriage & Divorce Coach. She has also personally been through marriage, divorce, and remarriage. Whether contemplating divorce, navigating divorce, or rebuilding afterward, Kara helps her clients (1) reconnect to their true desires and goals, (2) identify and move past fears, limiting beliefs, and anything else that's getting in the way, and (3) confidently make decisions and take action to create an authentic, aligned life. https://www.karafranciscoaching.com [https://www.karafranciscoaching.com] https://www.instagram.com/karafranciscoach/ [https://www.instagram.com/karafranciscoach/] https://www.tiktok.com/@karafranciscoach [https://www.tiktok.com/@karafranciscoach] Let’s Stay Connected 🩷 Join the Free Skool Community, the Shine House A home for intentional, evolving women ready to restore their rhythm and glow from the inside out. https://www.skool.com/theshinehouse 🎧 Subscribe + Review Love the show? Your review helps more midlife women find this message and means so much to me. 💐 Hang with me on Instagram Daily glow-up fuel, behind-the-scenes, and real talk @joyful_noelle 💫 Explore more on my website Courses, coaching, and your next-level path https://rise2shine.co 📚 Shop My Amazon Favorites Curated glow-up must-haves https://www.amazon.com/shop/joyful_noelle

Ep. 114 | Stop Letting Summer Slip By: 6 Rituals for a Season That Sticks

There's a version of September where you look back and barely remember what happened. You know summer came and went, but the details are fuzzy and the feeling is already fading. This episode is for the woman who doesn't want that to be her story this year. This isn't a productivity episode and it's not a summer bucket list. It's about something more essential: how to be awake and alive to the season you're already in, so that when fall arrives, you have something to hold onto. I share six rituals that don't require more time or a perfect schedule. They just require a little more intention. The summers we remember aren't the ones where we did the most. They're the ones where we actually showed up for what was already there. In this episode: * Why some summers stay with you for years while others completely disappear, and what actually makes the difference * The one mindset shift that turns ordinary moments into the kind of memories you carry for the rest of your life * What "mini experiences" are and why they might be the most powerful practice I've ever taught my clients This is your permission slip to stop waiting for the right conditions and start savoring the season you're in. Let’s Stay Connected 🩷 Join the Free Skool Community, the Shine House A home for intentional, evolving women ready to restore their rhythm and glow from the inside out. https://www.skool.com/theshinehouse 🎧 Subscribe + Review Love the show? Your review helps more midlife women find this message and means so much to me. 💐 Hang with me on Instagram Daily glow-up fuel, behind-the-scenes, and real talk @joyful_noelle 💫 Explore more on my website Courses, coaching, and your next-level path https://rise2shine.co 📚 Shop My Amazon Favorites Curated glow-up must-haves https://www.amazon.com/shop/joyful_noelle

Ep. 113 | What Real Community Looks Like in a Scroll-Everything World

We have more access than any generation before us, and somehow women have never been lonelier. I've been sitting with that tension for a while now, and this episode is me saying it out loud. There's a difference between scrolling someone's life and actually being known by them. We've been quietly fooling ourselves into thinking passive connection counts, and it doesn't. Not fully. Not in the way your nervous system and your soul are actually craving. Real community isn't a highlight reel or a follower count. It's a room, physical or virtual, where you are fully seen, where there's a seat at the table for you exactly as you are, where people hold you accountable because they genuinely believe in what you're capable of. I've watched it change lives. I've had women tell me it saved theirs. In this episode, I share: * The quiet way we've been confusing parasocial connection for real relationship, and why it matters more than you think * What actually makes a community worth staying in, and the one ingredient most women are missing * The story behind everything I've been building, and the moment I knew exactly what I was here to do If something in you has been craving more depth, more realness, more people who would notice if you were gone, this one's for you. Let’s Stay Connected 🩷 Join the Free Skool Community, the Shine House A home for intentional, evolving women ready to restore their rhythm and glow from the inside out. https://www.skool.com/theshinehouse 🎧 Subscribe + Review Love the show? Your review helps more midlife women find this message and means so much to me. 💐 Hang with me on Instagram Daily glow-up fuel, behind-the-scenes, and real talk @joyful_noelle 💫 Explore more on my website Courses, coaching, and your next-level path https://rise2shine.co 📚 Shop My Amazon Favorites Curated glow-up must-haves https://www.amazon.com/shop/joyful_noelle

Ep. 112 | Surviving Grief and Finding Your Way Back to Yourself with Jan Reed

Some conversations stay with you long after the episode ends. This is one of them. Jan Reed is a transformational life coach, E4 spiritual psychology coach, and a coach within the Spiral Up program. She's also a retired teacher of over 30 years who has walked through some of the deepest loss imaginable and chosen, with full intention, to rise. In this episode, Jan shares her story with remarkable openness, and what she offers is not a tidy recovery arc but a real, honest look at what it means to grieve well. We talk about her husband Mickey, the night everything changed, and the unexpected ways he has continued to show up for her since. We also talk about grief as something that lives in the body, the difference between surviving loss and truly moving through it, and why the words "choose" and "decide" are some of the most powerful tools we have. What you'll hear in this episode: * What Jan discovered about grief, her body, and the unexpected place where healing actually begins * The identity shift that changed how Jan approached her loss, and why victim vs. victor is more than just a mindset reframe * Why Jan believes joy and grief can exist at the same time, and what that duality actually looks like in real life This one is tender, real, and full of wisdom you'll want to return to. Meet Jan Reed Jan Reed is a Transformational Life Coach, E4™ Spiritual Psychology Coach, Coach for Spiral Up™, and a retired teacher of more than 30 years. After the devastating loss of her husband to suicide, Jan stepped into a profound healing journey that awakened her deeper purpose. Connect w/Jan on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/jan.reed.940 [https://www.facebook.com/jan.reed.940] Let’s Stay Connected 🩷 Join the Free Skool Community, the Shine House A home for intentional, evolving women ready to restore their rhythm and glow from the inside out. https://www.skool.com/theshinehouse 🎧 Subscribe + Review Love the show? Your review helps more midlife women find this message and means so much to me. 💐 Hang with me on Instagram Daily glow-up fuel, behind-the-scenes, and real talk @joyful_noelle 💫 Explore more on my website Courses, coaching, and your next-level path https://rise2shine.co 📚 Shop My Amazon Favorites Curated glow-up must-haves https://www.amazon.com/shop/joyful_noelle