What does confident leadership actually require of women today?

In this episode of The Arise with Anita podcast, Anita sits down with Joyce Toti founder of Collective Women’s Leadership, corporate mentor, and author of Wardrobe Wisdom for a grounded, honest conversation about voice, presence, and authority in leadership.

This episode is for the woman who is:

• Leading teams or building a business.
• Navigating high-stakes conversations.
• Ready to stop over-explaining and softening her message.
• Done shrinking in rooms she’s earned the right to be in.

Together, they explore:

• Why preparedness is the foundation of confidence.
• How women unintentionally undermine their authority.
• What it really means to “have a backbone” in leadership.
• The connection between values, voice, and personal brand.
• Why leadership presence begins before you speak.
• How mentorship and community elevate your capacity.

Joyce shares practical insight from decades in corporate leadership, mentoring over 1,000 women into elevated roles — and challenges the idea that leadership requires a title.

Because leadership isn’t about becoming louder.
It’s about trusting yourself enough to take up space — in your decisions, your voice, and how you show up.

If this conversation resonated, share it with a woman who’s ready to stop shrinking and start leading with intention.

Until next time lead with presence.

Connect with Joyce:

Website: https://collectivewomensleadership.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrsjoytuckertoti/

https://www.instagram.com/collectivewomensleadership/

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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joyce-toti-mba-85746216/

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Wardrobe-Wisdom-Transformative-Merchandising-Closet-ebook/dp/B0D8GGWFT7/ref=sr_1_1?crid=HLLDFKBMOMJ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.WUyruQ5jFL5ZN7szoAiB7-4u3EutcHkyC_2cpIAcguWjiiYJyVWxFKkneyvYBTf5.I_pXuvWZW4IQtH4UcdRFV-WKFBhhQmbTijerg0v8igA&dib_tag=se&keywords=joyce+toti&qid=1770187045&sprefix=joyce+toti%2Caps%2C200&sr=8-1

If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it.

This is how we rise — one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time.

If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com

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Because we don’t just rise alone — we rise together.

I’ll see you in the next episode.

There is nothing wrong with the patterns you developed to survive.

Staying quiet.
Over-functioning.
Being the strong one.
People-pleasing.
Never needing too much.

They were intelligent. Adaptive. Necessary.

But what happens when the strategies that once kept you safe start keeping you small?

In this episode of The Arise with Anita podcast we explore the quiet shift so many women are experiencing the moment when survival patterns start creating exhaustion instead of safety, distance instead of connection, resentment instead of peace.

You’ll learn:

• Why your nervous system resists change (even when you’re ready).
• How to recognize when a pattern has become your ceiling.
• The difference between choosing from survival vs. choosing from self-trust.
• How awareness alone begins to break the cycle.

This episode is a space to release shame, honor your past self, and gently begin choosing differently without forcing, fixing, or confronting everything at once.

Take a breath with me.
You’re allowed to outgrow what once protected you.

If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it.

This is how we rise — one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time.

If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com

Email: Anita@arisewithanita.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7

Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f

And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small.

Because we don’t just rise alone — we rise together.

I’ll see you in the next episode.

This conversation is not about doing more.
It’s about leading without losing yourself.

In this deeply honest episode of The Arise with Anita, Anita sits down with Brandi Munguia a world-class speaker, business strategist, founder of The HER Collective™, and former Executive Director at Mastermind, where she helped build and lead programs alongside Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi.

But this isn’t a résumé conversation.

It’s a real, grounded dialogue about what happens after success, when the hustle no longer fits and the cost of self-abandonment becomes impossible to ignore.

Together, Anita and Brandi explore:

• What it truly means to move from hustle to harmony.
• Why the coaching and personal development industry is experiencing a trust recession.
• How leaders lose (and rebuild) integrity in public spaces.
• The emotional and identity shifts that come with motherhood, leadership, and visibility.
• Brandi’s powerful 130-pound weight loss journey rooted in nervous system regulation, self-trust, and alignment rather than force.
• Why people-pleasing is one of the biggest hidden bottlenecks in leadership and business.
• How to lead with heart without sacrificing standards, boundaries, or authority.

This episode is for the leader who feels tired, disillusioned, or quietly questioning the way they’ve been taught to succeed but still knows they’re here to make an impact.

It’s a reminder that:

• Rest is not a failure.
• Discernment is not distance.
• And rising doesn’t have to cost you your nervous system, your family, or your integrity.

If you’ve ever wondered whether there’s another way to lead one that honors both ambition and humanity this conversation will meet you right where you are.

Soul meets strategy. Heart meets leadership. Truth meets trust.

Connect with Brandi:
Website: brandimunguia.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Brandi.Munguia.H3
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brandi.munguia/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandi-munguia/

Download the Arise Activation Workbook:
A short, embodied reset for the woman ready to reconnect with her truth, vision, and inner guidance.

If you felt something shift inside you today… hold that. Honor it.

This is how we rise — one choice, one voice, one brave breath at a time.

If you’re ready to go deeper, download your free ARISE Activation Workbook at www.arisewithanita.com

Email: Anita@arisewithanita.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arisewithanita/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anita.karadalian.7

Linkldn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-karadalian-girgis-23362b335/f

And if this message landed in your soul, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who’s done playing small.

Because we don’t just rise alone — we rise together.

I’ll see you in the next episode.