This Is How We Rise with Nika Lawrie
This Is How We Rise is your go-to podcast for entrepreneurs who want to build purpose-driven businesses without sacrificing health, freedom, or joy. Hosted by Business Alignment Strategist Nika Lawrie, each episode is a blend of mindset shifts, wellness strategies, and smart business tactics designed to help you align who you are with what you’re building.
Through bite-sized solo episodes and powerful conversations with founders, thought leaders, health experts, and visionaries, you’ll learn how to:
- Rewire your mindset for unshakable confidence.
- Align your health and energy to fuel sustainable success.
- Build a business model that unlocks both financial freedom and fulfillment.
- Show up boldly, master visibility, and lead with purpose.
Whether you’re launching your first offer, scaling to your next milestone, or simply craving clarity, This Is How We Rise gives you the tools and inspiration to rise fully—one aligned step at a time.
It’s not just business advice. It’s your blueprint for living, creating, and thriving in total alignment.
Episodes
107 episodes
Manifesting Love and Healing In 2025 with Michelle Chung
This episode dives into the concept of manifesting, exploring how specificity, mindset, and emotional healing can shape outcomes. Michelle Chung shares practical tips for aligning desires with core values while addressing resistance and the imp...
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Season 2024
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Episode 106
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31:45
Toxic Beauty: Uncovering Hidden Chemicals and Their Impact on Women’s Health with Amanda Baca
What if your beauty products were secretly sabotaging your health? Join me, Nika Lawrie, and Amanda Baca as we uncover the hidden dangers of chemicals like phthalates, parabens, and formaldehyde lurking in personal care products. Learn how thes...
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Season 2024
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Episode 105
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50:10
Using Fashion as a Canvas for Personal Growth and Mental Wellness with Sam Stewart
Discover how fashion can be a powerful tool for self-expression and empowerment with Sam Stewart, a pharmacist turned fashion blogger. Sam shares her journey of transforming fashion from a perceived frivolity into a creative outlet that boosted...
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Season 2024
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Episode 104
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36:48
Healing Mold Toxicity: Dr. Terri Fox's Guide to Recovery and Wellness
Discover the transformative world of functional medicine with Dr. Terri Fox, a leading expert in mold toxicity from Boulder, Colorado. Learn how environmental toxins, particularly mycotoxins from water-damaged buildings, contribute to chronic i...
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Season 2024
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Episode 103
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37:18
Rethinking Mental Health: Dr. Tracy McCarthy on Root Causes and Functional Medicine
Dr. Tracy McCarthy challenges the traditional pill-for-symptom model of psychiatry by exploring how functional medicine transforms mental health care. Learn how chronic inflammation, nutrition, and overlooked factors like toxins, mold, and horm...
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Season 2024
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Episode 102
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52:11
Empowering Women Through Intermittent Fasting with Laurie Lewis
Transform your health and well-being with insights from Laurie Lewis, who shares her inspiring journey of losing 51 pounds and rejuvenating her energy through intermittent fasting at age 54. Learn how fasting can empower women, especially durin...
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Season 2024
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Episode 101
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49:40
Raising Awareness of Artificial Dyes and Additives in Children's Foods with Kelley DeLong
Join me, Nika Lawrie, and my dear friend Kelley DeLong as we uncover the hidden dangers of artificial dyes like Red 40 and Yellow 5 in kids’ foods and their potential link to behavioral issues like ADHD. Kelley shares her journey as a mother na...
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Season 2024
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Episode 100
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43:29
Breaking Free from Perfectionism: A Journey to Self-Worth with Tonya Kay Herb
What if you could finally free yourself from the chains of perfectionism and step into a life of authentic self-worth? Join Nika and Tonya Kay Herb as she shares her transformative journey to self-worth, sparked by a heartfelt family conversati...
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Season 2024
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Episode 99
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57:14
From Food to Skincare: Everyday Chemicals That Impact Hormones and Fertility with Ashley Martinez-Brown
Join Nika and Ashley Martinez-Brown as they dive into the hidden dangers of everyday toxins and their impact on fertility. We’ll uncover the chemicals lurking in food, personal care products, and household items that can disrupt hormones and ha...
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Season 2024
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Episode 98
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1:00:49
Empowering Motherhood Through Yoga and Meditation with Desi Bartlett
Discover the transformative power of yoga and meditation with Desi Bartlett, as she shares her journey from Chicago to becoming a leading expert in prenatal yoga. Desi has created a wealth of resources for moms at all stages. Learn how yoga and...
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Season 2024
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Episode 97
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41:57
Boost Productivity and Feel Better by Syncing with Your Cycle with Renae Fieck
Can understanding your menstrual cycle unlock new levels of personal and professional empowerment? In this episode, I chat with Renae Fieck, an occupational therapist turned cycle-syncing advocate, about how aligning activities with the phases ...
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Season 2024
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Episode 96
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46:10
The Impact of Meditation on Health and Happiness with Carol Marko
Leaving behind the intense world of Wall Street, Carole Marko turned to meditation and discovered a new way of living. In this episode, she’s sharing her journey of how meditation helped her reconnect with herself, reduce stress, and find balan...
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Season 2024
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Episode 95
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51:50
Q&A with Nika: Essential Tips for Nutrition and Hormonal Balance with Nikki Durkin
Ever wondered how to truly balance your hormones for optimal health? In this episode, Nikki Durkin flips the script and interviews Nika Lawrie to dive into the fascinating world of female hormone health. Together, they break down the ebb and fl...
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Season 2024
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Episode 94
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56:35
Navigating Menopause and Understanding Bioidentical Hormones with Dr. Prudence Hall
In this episode, we explore the transformative power of menopause management with the renowned Dr. Prudence Hall. Dr. Hall shares her journey from traditional gynecology to integrative and regenerative medicine, revealing how bioidentical hormo...
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Season 2024
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Episode 93
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1:01:35
Fascial Freedom: Healing Pain and Restoring Mobility with Julia Blackwell
Can chronic pain and limited mobility really be transformed through fascia release? Julia Blackwell’s miraculous journey suggests so. Born with significant nerve damage, Julia faced years of limited physical capability and chronic pain. Traditi...
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Season 2024
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Episode 92
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46:54
Overcoming Grief and Finding Strength Through Loss with Lisa Heacock
Lisa Heacock faced an unimaginable series of losses that transformed her life and inspired her to help others navigate their own grief. Grief is multifaceted, often stemming from events beyond the death of a loved one, such as divorce or c...
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Season 2024
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Episode 91
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42:07
Optimizing Pre-Pregnancy Health: Insights from Alexandria DeVito on Fertility and Wellness
Ever wondered what it takes to prepare your body for pregnancy? My special guest, Alexandria DeVito, a functional nutritionist specializing in fertility, joins us to share her journey from corporate life to becoming a champion for fertility hea...
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Season 2024
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Episode 90
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44:34
PART 2 - Unlocking Dreams: The Power of Belief, Self-Acceptance, and Commitment with Nikki Durkin
What if the key to unlocking your dreams lies in unwavering belief and relentless perseverance? In our exciting part two conversation with Nikki Durkin, we unpack the motivational journey of NBA superstar Steph Curry, who overcame the odds to b...
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Season 2024
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Episode 89
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36:30
PART 1 - Blending Science and Spirituality: Nikki Durkin on Gameism, Manifestation, and Personal Growth
What happens when you blend the rationality of science with the mysticism of spirituality? Nikki Durkin, the visionary founder of Gameism.ai, unravels the compelling world of gamified life. Nikki's journey began at just 14 with an eBay drop-shi...
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Season 2024
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Episode 88
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1:12:35
Unveiling Food Clues: Dr. Alexis Sams on Healing Allergies and Unlocking Better Health
Ever wondered why cilantro tastes like soap to some and delicious to others? Today Dr. Alexis Sams, a holistic physical therapist and allergy specialist, shares her incredible journey from working with injured dancers in traditional outpatient ...
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Season 2024
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Episode 87
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39:36
Transform Your Health: Crystal Felice on Functional Medicine and Gut Health
Discover the transformative power of functional medicine with my guest, Crystal Felice, as she takes us through her incredible journey from a licensed retail pharmacist to a certified functional medicine practitioner. Battling personal health c...
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Season 2024
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Episode 86
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33:45
Nika In The Hot Seat: On Perimenopause, Cycle Syncing, Hormones and More
Join us as Michelle Blais steps in to interview me about how understanding the distinct phases of your menstrual cycle—menstrual, follicular, ovulation, and luteal—can transform your daily routine. Learn how tracking your hormonal fluctuations ...
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Season 2024
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Episode 85
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39:21
Transform Your Events using Sustainable Practices with Romina Kwong
Ready to revolutionize your event planning with eco-friendly practices? Romina Kwong is a specialist in sustainable event management and founder of Eco-Friendly Events. Romina shares her inspiring journey from a childhood passion for sustainabi...
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Season 2024
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Episode 84
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34:07
Unlocking Metabolic Health: From Diabetes Awareness to Brain Health Solutions with John Clithorne, PhD
Discover the alarming reality of metabolic dysfunction in America and how it could be impacting your health more than you think. Join me for an eye-opening conversation with John Clithorne, a PhD in human nutrition, as we unpack the staggering ...
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Season 2024
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Episode 83
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31:18
Transformative Functional Nutrition: Empowering Women’s Hormonal Health and Wellness with Brooke Rozzie
Unlock the secrets to reclaiming your health and wellness with Brooke Rozzie's powerful insights into functional nutrition and its transformative impact on women's hormonal health. In this episode, Brooke opens up about her own journey, from st...
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Season 2024
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Episode 82
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37:47