What if the reason you feel stuck isn’t lack of motivation — but lack of intention?

In this episode, Janel breaks down the second RISE principle and explains how living intentionally helps you stop wandering through life and start aligning your choices with what truly fulfills you.

Discover how setting intentions each morning and clarifying your core values can shift your energy, decision-making, and long-term direction.

Inside this episode:
• How intention transforms daily decisions
• Why clarity creates momentum
• The power of choosing what you want to call into your day
• How reflection leads naturally into intentional living
• Practical steps to define your top values for 2026

When you become clear on what matters most, everything else begins to fall into alignment.

🔗 The Rising Quote Journal:
https://www.amazon.com/Rising-Quote-Journal-Quotes-version/dp/B0G8T1BPKF

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In this episode of The Rising Refresher Series, Janel introduces the first RISE principle—Reflection—and explains how it helps you reconnect with yourself in a world full of noise, pressure, and distraction.

Reflection can look like journaling, walking in nature, meditating for a few minutes, sitting quietly with a cup of tea, or stepping away from screens to breathe and reset.

Janel shares how grief, research, and personal transformation shaped these tools—and why they’re accessible to everyone.

You’ll learn:
• What reflection really means
• Why it builds emotional awareness
• How to create sacred space in your day
• The role of journaling in clarity
• Why mornings matter
• How nature supports mental health
• Simple ways to pause and reconnect

This week’s challenge: give yourself permission to pause.


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What if the next chapter of your life started by returning to yourself?
In this episode, Janel introduces her new Back to Basics series and shares how years of grief, study, healing, and deep inner work led to the creation of her four guiding pillars: Reflection, Intention, Simplicity, and Enjoyment—the RISE Principles.

These tools aren’t about perfection. They’re about alignment, self-trust, and learning to rise into the person you’re becoming—one day at a time.

In this episode, you’ll explore:• The emotional origin story of The Rising• Why Janel immersed herself in psychology and spirituality• How personal loss sparked transformation• What the RISE Principles really mean• How to tune out outside noise and hear your inner guide• Why enjoyment is a spiritual practice too• How journaling supports growth in 2026 and beyond

Links & Resources
📖 The Rising Quote Journal — 150 Quotes to Help You Reflect, Reset & Rise
https://www.amazon.com/Rising-Quote-Journal-Quotes-version/dp/B0G8T1BPKF


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