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You’ve built a life that looks right on paper, but something in you keeps whispering that it doesn’t quite fit anymore. You’re holding everyone together and wondering who’s holding you. In this conversation, Ameera sits down with Stefanie Holmden, mental health clinician, founder of Holmm, and published poet, to explore what happens when a woman starts to outgrow the identity she’s been living in. They talk about why change feels like loss even when we chose it, what your nervous system is actually doing when it’s “on fire,” and how to tell the difference between tired and in survival mode.Stefanie shares her framework of pause, ponder, proceed for navigating transition without burning everything down. They explore the power of diversifying your identity, creating an alignment avatar for boundary-setting and why your life was never meant to be a single star but a whole constellation.HIGHLIGHTSBefore the Clinician: Who Were You? Stephanie’s origin story - journalism, a career pivot at 30 with a newborn, and the mother who saw what she couldn’t.Why Does Change Feel Like Loss? Identity conditioning, the desire for certainty, and why we stop diversifying who we are in adulthood. Coming Home to Yourself. Calming the nervous system as a prerequisite for alignment, and the pause, ponder, proceed framework. When Your Nervous System Is on Fire. The F modes (fight, flight, freeze, fawn), recognising dysregulation in high-functioning women, and the first step toward awareness.Boundaries and the Alignment Avatar. A creative approach to setting boundaries: define your values, build an avatar, and let her lead.When the People Around You Don’t Recognise You Anymore. Navigating identity change in relationships, the caring community, and why belonging has to grow with you. Where Did I Go? A Message to Mothers. Guilt, the emotional calendar, and asking your children the question that changes everything.Holmm and the Belief in Inherent Wisdom. Why Stephanie starts from “you already know” and what happens when people tap into their intuitive self.Connect With Stefanie HolmdenWebsiteInstagramLinkedInEmail: [email protected] With AmeeraWealth By Design MasterclassReceive Your Copy of The Designed Life Weekly Edit WebsiteInstagramLinkedInIf this episode resonated with you, please hit subscribe and leave a review. New Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

A note before you listen: this episode contains references to violence, grief, loss, and financial hardship. It is also one of the most honest conversations I've ever had on this show. If you're in a place where those topics feel heavy right now, come back to it when you're ready. It will be here.Episode Summary:Have you been treating your story like it is something to overcome? Like once you are far enough away from it, once you have enough credentials, enough money, enough distance, then you’ll finally be ready to build the life you actually want.This episode is Ameera’s most personal to date. For the first time, she shares the full story behind The Designed Life  losing her father at two, growing up as the daughter of immigrants, being bullied for every visible difference, learning business from a brother who went bankrupt and built again, navigating a terrifying episode, grief, a career pivot at 38, motherhood, burnout, and starting a new business at 50.She makes the case that your hardest chapters are not liabilities. They're your lived experience, your real resume, and the evidence that you can do the hard thing in front of you because look at everything behind you. If you have been waiting until you feel ready, this episode will change how you define “ready.” Listen now. And then write your hindsight list.Highlights:[00:00] | This Episode Is DifferentWhy Ameera is telling her story now, and the friend who held the mirror.[04:26] | The Three Women Listening Right Now The misaligned performer, the woman with the shelved plan, and the woman who was pushed.[08:16] | The Inflection Point Is Structural AI, job displacement, and why the women who design now will lead what comes next.[15:53] | What Business and Grief Taught Me Family business -success to bankruptcy, cold calling from a phone book, and a sister lost to cancer.[17:02] | The Day I’ve Never Spoken About An Emergency call, and the moment that proved she wasn't helpless.[24:12] | Your Story Is Not in the Way, It Is the Way The central reframe: your lived experience is your greatest qualification.[27:37] | What Leading Your Next Chapter Actually Means Not burning it down, making the next right decision from strength instead of fear.[33:22] | A Message to the Woman Who KnowsThe closing: you're more qualified than you think, and you don’t have to do it alone.A NEW EXPERIENCE FOR WOMEN WHO DESIRE A LIFE OF WEALTH FREEDOMWEALTH BY DESIGN Connect With Ameera ViraniWebsite Instagram LinkedInIf this episode inspired you, please hit subscribe and leave a review. The Designed Life PublicationStep into The Designed Life Publication, your weekly space for elevated strategy, soulful inspiration, and tools to lead with clarity and live on purpose.New Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

What if the reason money isn’t flowing has nothing to do with your strategy and everything to do with a story you’ve been carrying since you were ten?In this episode, Ameera sits down with Binu Dhindsa, spiritual mentor, certified hypnotist, podcast host, and founder of the LIMITLESS mentorship program – for a deeply honest conversation about money as energy, the subconscious beliefs keeping women stuck, and what it actually takes to rewrite your financial blueprint.Binu shares how losing her mother at 20 opened a spiritual portal, why she felt energetically successful but financially stuck for years, and the moment she finally said it out loud. They explore money conversations in marriage (she’s married to an accountant), the stories we unconsciously pass to our kids, how to reprogram your subconscious using self-talk, and why good women with more money change the world.If you’ve ever felt guilty for wanting more, this episode is your permission slip.About Binu DhindsaBinu Dhindsa is a spiritual mentor to women trailblazers, a podcast host, and the founder of the LIMITLESS mentorship program. This is a transformative space where spiritually driven women leaders step fully into their power and turn their boldest, most magical ideas into reality. She is also the creator of the Infinite Money Mini-Course, where spirituality and money come together, and more money can get in the hands of more good women. As the guide behind soul-led programs and events, she empowers women to rise into overflow in life, love, and business while embodying the ease, flow, and freedom that comes from living in calm alignment.Connect with BinuINSTAGRAM: @binudhindsa TIKTOK: @binudhindsaYOUTUBE: @binudhindsa   WEBSITE: www.binu.caPODCAST: High Vibes with Binu : https://www.binu.ca/high-vibesBE SEEN Masterclass https://www.binu.ca/beseenConnect With Ameera ViraniWebsite: www.ameeravirani.com Instagram: @ameera.virani LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/Subscribe to The Designed Life Weekly Edit:  ameeravirani.com/linksIf this episode inspired you, please subscribe and leave a review.New Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

You have more than enough by any reasonable standard and you still don’t feel wealthy. The gap between what you have and what you feel is not a flaw. It’s the distance between someone else’s definition of wealth and your own. In this follow-up to the deeply personal episode “The Money You Inherited,” Ameera moves from naming the old money story to building a new one. She explores the conditioning that taught us wealth is a destination, a display, and a finite resource, and offers a radical reframe: money is not your wealth. Money is energy that flows through your life the way breath moves through your body. You’ll learn the infinity loop of holistic wealth - receive with awareness, steward with intention, release with trust and walk away with three practices you can carry into this week to start designing wealth on your terms.If you’ve been financially holding your breath for years, this is the exhale. Listen now and start building your new tableHighlights:[00:00] | Your Kitchen Table Letters — What You Told MeListener response to the previous episode and invitation to revisit “The Money You Inherited.”[02:23] | From the Old Table to the New OneThe shift from naming the inherited story to designing your own definition of wealth.[04:14] | What Do You See When You Hear “Wealth”?The conditioning that taught us money is the only form of wealth that counts.[08:32] | The Five Layers of Money ConditioningWealth as destination, display, suffering, competition, and the invisible ceiling.[12:11] | Money Is Energy — The Books That Rewired EverythingMoney Is God in Action, A Happy Pocket Full of Money, and the law of giving and receiving.[16:47] | Have You Been Financially Holding Your Breath?The river, the lake, and why the exhale is where true wealth lives.[19:32] | The Wealth By Design ReframeWealth by design as a choice, a responsibility, and a calling.[25:39] | The Infinity Loop: Receive, Steward, ReleaseThree practices to carry into this week  and how to find the grip your old story still has.[30:02] | Wealth By Design Masterclass Coming SoonHow to join the waitlist and the final journalling practice: “My wealth is ___.”Join me for the Wealth By Design Masterclass Connect With Ameera ViraniWebsite: www.ameeravirani.com Instagram: @ameera.virani LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/If this episode inspired you, please hit subscribe and leave a review. The Designed Life PublicationStep into The Designed Life Publication, your weekly space for elevated strategy, soulful inspiration, and tools to lead with clarity and live on purpose.New Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

She built the life she wanted. The career, the family, the role, the respect. And then one morning she woke up and thought: this is everything I asked for, but I cannot find myself in any of it.Unyime Oguta is a speaker, author, and leadership consultant who has spent over 20 years working across corporate and ministry spaces. She does not teach women to do more. She challenges them to stop performing, raise their standards, and lead from peace instead of pressure. And she recently lived that teaching in the most public way possible, stepping away from her coaching business, her podcast, and social media to honour a season of stillness she could no longer ignore.In this conversation, Unyime introduces us to who she calls the exhausted leader, the woman who has learned to wear performance so well it has become a second skin. We talk about what self-erasure actually looks like in real life, why resentment often shows up toward the people and things you love most, and how to recognize the difference between a hard week and a season that is asking you to evolve.This is not a conversation about productivity or optimization. This is a conversation about coming home to yourself in the middle of a life you built for everyone else.In this episode, we cover:• What the exhausted leader looks like and how to know if that is you• Self-erasure: the pattern high achieving women do not notice until the pressure explodes• Why resentment toward the things you love is one of the clearest signals something needs to shift• The AIM framework for setting boundaries from love, not from war• A real workplace boundary example using AIM in a corporate environment• Unyime's personal story of burnout, chronic stress, and what her body tried to tell her for months• Why she walked away from a working business and what she found in the stillness• How to tell the difference between a hard week and a call to evolve• What her 14-year-old daughter is already learning about self-leadership by watching her mom pauseConnect with UnyimeInstagramWebsiteConnect With Ameera ViraniWebsite Instagram LinkedInIf this episode inspired you, please hit subscribe and leave a review. Visioneering 2026 Design your next chapter with clarity and confidence in this 90‑minute guided experience. Get clear on what you truly want, align it with your values and beliefs, and map inspired action. Register here.The Designed Life PublicationCraving more than just another newsletter? Step into The Designed Life Publication, your weekly space for elevated strategy, soulful inspiration, and tools to lead with clarity and live on purpose.New Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

What would you build if you stopped waiting for permission?Krystal Jugarap knew she was meant for entrepreneurship since high school, but the path there looked nothing like she imagined. A career in fashion design was shut down by cultural expectations. Years of people-pleasing followed. And then one night, feeding her second daughter in a tiny apartment, she sketched an idea on the back of a diaper box that would change the direction of her entire life.In this episode of The Designed Life, Krystal shares the full, honest arc of building two businesses while raising three young children. She talks about the manufacturing disaster that nearly broke her early on and how showing up with radical transparency in that moment became the foundation for everything she would build next. She opens up about leaving her government job in March 2025 with three kids in tow, choosing uncertainty over a paycheck that felt like survival, and what it actually looks like to commit to yourself when the evidence has not caught up yet.We go deep on what community really means when life gets heavy, why vulnerability is not a weakness but one of your greatest leadership strengths, and the difference between balance (which does not exist) and the dance of showing up where it matters most on any given day.If you are sitting at a crossroads right now, holding an idea you have not acted on, or wondering whether the timing will ever feel right, this conversation is going to meet you exactly where you are.In this episode, we cover:• Why Krystal committed to entrepreneurship before she had proof it would work• The manufacturing disaster that became her biggest leadership lesson• How radical vulnerability built a community of 120+ women across the US• Leaving a stable government job with three kids and no safety net• Why she calls it a dance, not a balance• The difference between doing it messy and doing it perfectly (hint: one of them actually works)• What designing your life really means when your days are full and your energy is finite• Her advice for the woman sitting on the fence right nowConnect with Krystal:Instagram: www.instagram.com/iamkrystaljWebsite: empoweredbywomen.comConnect With Ameera ViraniWebsite: www.ameeravirani.com Instagram: @ameera.virani LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/Join Wealth By DesignWealth by Design is the two-evening intensive where we identify that gap and start closing it. You will leave with a framework, a blueprint, and a 30-minute private coaching call with me to make it personal to your life. Join Wealth by Design for $57.Subscribe to The Designed Life Weekly EditIf this episode inspired you, please subscribe and leave a review. New Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

You check your bank account and there’s enough, but your body doesn’t believe it. The knot in your stomach, the white-knuckle grip on every dollar, the feeling that it could all disappear tomorrow - that didn’t start with your income. It started at a kitchen table you haven’t sat at in years. In this deeply personal solo episode, Ameera opens up about her own earliest money memory watching her widowed mother stretch every paycheck and walks you through the research on money scripts: the unconscious beliefs about money we absorb in childhood and carry, unquestioned, into every financial decision we make as adults.You’ll learn how to name your money memory, define your “wealth feeling” (because the number was never going to be enough), and begin separating your caregiver’s money story from your own; not to blame anyone, but to build something new. If money makes you anxious, controlling, or avoidant and you’re not sure when that started, this episode is your starting point. Listen now and begin designing wealth on your termsHighlightsThe Kitchen Table -Where Your Money Story BeganOpening meditation and earliest money memory exercise.The Money Story That’s Running the ShowThree listener archetypes: the anxious earner, the impulsive spender, the secret hoarder.The Four Money ScriptsBrad and Ted Klontz’s research: avoidance, worship, status, and vigilance.Ameera’s personal story, survival math, grocery-store moments, and the silence that taught her more than words.This Is Generational and CulturalWomen, banking access, and the scarcity that was really about power.The Number Was Never Going to Be EnoughWhy wealth is a feeling, not a figure and what “wealth by design” actually means.What the Old Story Has Cost YouRest, relationships, health, joy, ambition, generosity and compassionHow to Begin Rewriting Your Money StoryA Message to the Mothers and DaughtersThe legacy you’re leaving and the inheritance that’s worth more than a savings account.Wealth By Design April 21 & 22 https://ameeravirani.com/wealth-by-design-masterclassWebsite: www.ameeravirani.comInstagram: @ameera.viraniLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/Facebook: @ameera.viraniIf this episode resonated with you, please hit subscribe and leave a review - it helps this conversation reach more visionary women who need to hear it. Share this episode with a woman in your life who deserves more time freedom.New Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

What if the chapter you’ve been quietly bracing for, is actually the one that brings you home to yourself?In this episode of The Designed Life, Ameera Virani is joined by Kena Paranjape, founder of Supernova, a community devoted to women 35+ who are ready to step into their fullest expression and redefine success on their own terms.Kena shares her deeply personal journey through executive leadership, profound loss, caretaking, motherhood, and reinvention; and the wisdom she has gathered along the way. Together, Ameera and Kena explore what it truly means to design a life from the inside out, why midlife is not a breakdown but an initiation, and how alignment often begins as a quiet discomfort we can no longer ignore.This conversation is an invitation to slow down, listen inward, and trust yourself enough to move toward what feels more true, even when the path isn’t fully visible yet.Episode HighlightsWhy midlife is not a crisis, but a powerful initiation into deeper self-leadershipWhat alignment actually feels like and how to recognize when something no longer fitsThe “messy middle”: why we avoid it, and why it’s often where the real transformation happensQuieting external noise so you can hear the voice that’s been guiding you all alongThe role of community and why women are not meant to navigate major life transitions aloneWhat it means to go “all in” on your life without needing certainty or approvalThe truth about entrepreneurship, identity shifts, and staying committed when no one is watchingKena’s experience stepping away from social media and what it revealed about inner authorityAbout Kena ParanjapeKena Paranjape is the creator of Supernova, a membership community for women in midlife who are ready to reconnect with their truth, expand their capacity, and lead their lives from within. Through Supernova, Kena creates spaces for women to be witnessed, supported, and reminded that this chapter of life is not about shrinking, it’s about becoming.Connect with KenaSupernova MembershipWebsiteInstagram: @kena_allyouareLinkedIn: Kena ParanjapeConnect With Ameera ViraniWebsite - Instagram - LinkedInIf this episode inspired you, please hit subscribe and leave a review. Visioneering 2026 Design your next chapter with clarity and confidence in this 90‑minute guided experience. Get clear on what you truly want, align it with your values and beliefs, and map inspired action. Register here.The Designed Life PublicationCraving more than just another newsletter? Step into The Designed Life Publication, your weekly space for elevated strategy, soulful inspiration, and tools to lead with clarity and live on purpose.New Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

This International Women's Day solo episode is a love letter to every woman who has been giving generously to everyone around her and has quietly left herself off the list. Ameera moves through the invisible labour women carry in a single ordinary day, the extraordinary lineage of women who transformed what the world handed them, the real and rarely named; qualities that constitute women's strength, the conditioning behind female competition and the power that unlocks when we choose to call each other higher instead, and a direct invitation to the men listening to show up as everyday allies. The episode closes with four grounded practices and a woman-to-woman closing that connects every listener to a lineage larger than herself.HighlightsWhat women hold in a single ordinary day and why the word 'fine' is the most under-examined word in the English languageWhy capacity and invincibility are not the same thing, and what that distinction changesThe women in our lineage who transformed what the world handed them: Gloria Steinem, Tina Turner, Michelle Obama, Viola Davis, Shonda RhimesWhat strength actually looks like in women and why stoicism is performance, not powerThe real cost of female competition: what it has taken from us in friendship, trust, and creative collaborationWhy the scarcity was never real and what becomes possible when we stop managing each other and start calling each other higherA direct invitation to the men listening: what everyday allyship looks like beyond International Women's DayFour practices to carry into your week: affirmations, box breathing, walking in nature, and soaring above your timelineThe IWD 2026 theme Give to Gain and what Ameera believes it is really asking of usTHE FOUR PRACTICES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEAFFIRMATIONSWhen self-doubt arrives, speak over it with an affirmation. -I have survived everything that was meant to stop me.-I do not have to earn my place at the table. I was born with the right to be here.-My light is not in competition with hers. Together we are undeniable. BOX BREATHINGInhale for 4 counts · Hold for 4 · Exhale for 4 · Hold for 4. Repeat 4 times.A physiological signal to your nervous systemWALK IN NATURENo agenda, no podcast, no phone calls. Move, breathe, and look. Nature doesn't have expectations of you.SOAR ABOVE YOUR TIMELINEClose your eyes and rise above your own life, high enough to see the full arc of your journey. Every challenge survived, every version shed, every hard thing you found a way through. Come back down carrying that knowledge.Explore VisioneeringConnect With AmeeraWebsiteInstagramLinkedInFacebookIf this episode resonated with you, please subscribe, leave a review & share this episode with the women in your life .New Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

Health is a relationship you invest in, and strength isn’t just about what you lift, it’s about what you’re willing to claim.In this episode of The Designed Life, Ameera Virani sits down with Kalish Morrow, founder of True Grit Fitness, to talk about building strength, resilience, and sustainable wellness, especially as we move through midlife and beyond.Kalish shares her extraordinary story: navigating autoimmune disease in childhood, surviving cancer as a teenager, and learning early that life can change overnight. That lived experience shaped her belief that your body isn’t something to battle, it’s something to build with. From skydiving to interior design, to city council and serving as mayor, to ultimately becoming a fitness and lifestyle coach, Kalish’s path reveals a powerful through-line: purpose is often found through reinvention.Together, Ameera and Kalish explore what it really takes to feel strong in your body, how to reduce pain and reclaim mobility, why muscle matters more than ever as we age, and how true transformation begins with identity and self-trust, not quick fixes.This is your invitation to stop outsourcing your wellness and start designing a body and life that can carry you forward.Episode HighlightsKalish’s story of resilience: autoimmune disease, cancer survival, and the life philosophy it shapedThe truth about how quickly life can shift and why that can become fuel for living more fullyStrength as self-trust: moving away from punishment-based fitness and toward sustainable changeThe real reason many women feel worse “with age” and what to do.Why Kalish now starts with lifestyle first: habits, nutrition, goal-setting, and mindset before intensityHer MOVE Method:Motivate (root into the deeper why)Optimize (support movement + strength intelligently)Visualize (goal-setting and reverse engineering)Embody (becoming the woman who follows through)About Kalish MorrowKalish Morrow is the founder of True Grit Fitness, a coaching practice devoted to helping women build strength, resilience, and long-term wellness in a way that’s intelligent, sustainable, and rooted in self-trust, not punishment.A cancer survivor and someone who has lived through autoimmune disease, Kalish brings lived wisdom and deep compassion to her coaching. Her unique background spans multiple industries, including interior design and public leadership - shaping her holistic approach to health that integrates mindset, movement, nutrition, and lifestyle design.Through her coaching, Kalish helps women reclaim mobility, reduce pain, strengthen their bodies, and step into an identity that supports the life they actually want to live.Connect with KalishWebsite InstagramConnect With Ameera ViraniWebsite Instagram LinkedInNew Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

In this insightful solo episode of The Designed Life, life and business design mentor Ameera Virani reframes everything you thought you knew about time management and why more optimization is not the answer.Drawing from her own experience of burnout, illness, and a pivotal moment of clarity, Ameera introduces her Timeless framework: a values-aligned approach to creating genuine time freedom for professional women who are tired of running on empty. This episode explores why time freedom isn't about squeezing more into your day  it's about releasing what no longer belongs, getting radically honest about where your energy is actually going, and making intentional choices that reflect the life you truly desire.Whether you're overwhelmed by your to-do list, struggling to say no without guilt, or wondering how other women seem to "do it all" while you're barely keeping up,  this episode will shift your perspective and give you a practical place to start.HighlightsWhy most women don't have a time management problem, they have a time belief problemThe burnout wake-up call that forced Ameera to stop and completely redesign her life and careerWhy time freedom is about releasing, not optimizing and how to identify what no longer belongsA powerful three-question framework to get clear on your responsibilities, expectations, and desiresThe difference between what you're actually responsible for and what has simply become an expectation, and why it mattersWhy success often means saying no more often than yes and how to do it without guilt or fear of missing outThe Time Audit exercise: how to track where your energy is actually going (not where you think it's going)Why scheduling yourself first is not selfish it's the foundation everything else flows fromWhy designing your time is about freedom, not control and the difference between the twoConnect With AmeeraWebsite: www.ameeravirani.comInstagram: @ameera.virani LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/Facebook: @ameera.viraniIf this episode resonated with you, please hit subscribe and leave a review  it helps this conversation reach more visionary women who need to hear it. Share this episode with a woman in your life who deserves more time freedom.New Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

Episode SummaryWhat happens when you stop waiting to feel “ready” and start saying yes anyway? In this episode, Ameera sits down with Lindsay Knowlten, Founder + CEO of Iron Lady Golf, to talk about confidence, community, and the surprising life lessons golf teaches on and off the course. From elite competition (including representing Canada) to building a women-led golf community across North America, Lindsay shares how Iron Lady Golf was born from listening to what women actually needed: a safe, welcoming way to learn, play, and belong. You’ll hear powerful insights on self-trust, leadership, entrepreneurship, and why “one foot in front of the other” can change everything.In This Episode, You’ll LearnWhy golf is a masterclass in patience, emotional regulation, and self-talkThe hidden reason many women turn down golf invites (and how to change that)How Lindsay built Iron Lady Golf by taking the next step instead of chasing a perfect planWhy community is the glue that makes new habits (and new identities) stickWhat motherhood clarified in Lindsay’s leadership, boundaries, and businessA simple mindset shift that helps you stop overthinking and start movingAbout Lindsey Knowlton:Lindsay Knowlton’s relationship with golf began as a teenager, when her dad invited her to join him on the course — simply because he needed someone to play with. What started as a casual introduction quickly became something much deeper.Lindsay went on to compete at the highest levels of the sport, representing Canada internationally and captaining a Division I university team. After years of competitive golf, she transitioned into the corporate world, where she began noticing how many women were being invited into golf spaces — but didn’t feel confident, prepared, or welcome enough to say yes.That realization led her to found Iron Lady Golf, a community built to empower women, increase confidence, and create meaningful connection through the game.Connect with Lindsay:Website: ironladygolf.comEmail Lindsay: [email protected]: Iron Lady Golf on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn (most active on Instagram)Connect With AmeeraWebsite: www.ameeravirani.com Instagram: @ameera.virani LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/If this episode inspired you, please hit subscribe and leave a review. It helps us reach more visionary women like you and share this episode with a woman you want to rise with.Visioneering 2026 Design your next chapter with clarity and confidence in this 90‑minute guided experience. https://visioneering.showit.site/The Designed Life Publication Step into The Designed Life, your weekly space for elevated strategy & soulful inspiration to lead with clarity and live on purpose.New Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

In this deeply reflective solo episode of The Designed Life, Ameera shares a powerful message inspired by her time in Lisbon, Portugal - reconnecting with family, honouring legacy, and witnessing a culture rooted in presence, connection, and shared humanity. Through stories of love and grief existing side by side, she invites us to zoom out beyond personal growth and consider the world we are actively co-creating through our daily choices.This episode is a reminder that designing a life is not just about individual goals - it’s about designing a world anchored in love, intention, and conscious values. Ameera explores how small, intentional acts of presence and compassion can ripple outward, shaping culture, community, and legacy for generations to come.HighlightsReconnecting with family and legacy in Lisbon and what it reveals about continuity, roots, and belongingHolding love and grief at the same time and why both are part of a fully lived lifeObserving a culture that prioritizes connection, presence, and shared meals over rushingThe idea that culture is built through daily choices passed down over generationsWhy designing your life also means co-creating the world we live inThe shared human desires for safety, health, belonging, and love across all bordersHow fear-driven living shapes society, and how love-based choices transform itSimple, intentional acts of love as powerful tools for cultural changeChoosing gratitude, presence, and humanity over autopilot livingConnect With AmeeraWebsite: www.ameeravirani.comInstagram: @ameera.viraniLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/If this episode inspired you, please hit subscribe and leave a review. It helps us reach more visionary women like you. Please share this episode with a woman you want to rise with.New Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

Episode SummarySome moments don’t just change your life… they change who you are.In this episode of The Designed Life, Ameera Virani sits down with Carly Ottaway -storyteller, author, creative leader, and founder of Web of Words; for a conversation about identity, rebuilding, and the kind of surrender that doesn’t ask you to give up… it asks you to come home.Carly shares how her lifelong love of storytelling led her from journalism into entrepreneurship, and how a pivotal career ultimatum became the spark that pushed her to bet on herself. She also opens up about the moment everything burned down- literally - when the family home she had poured her savings and dreams into caught fire during renovations. What followed was a profound journey of uncertainty, healing, rebuilding, and a deep reorientation toward what safety and success truly mean.We also explore the creation of Carly’s memoir, Coming Home, and what it takes to tell the truth on the page, especially as your story is still unfolding. This episode is an invitation to loosen your grip, trust your inner knowing, and remember: the peace you’re chasing externally is something you can begin building from within.Episode HighlightsCarly’s early love of storytelling and how childhood wonder shaped her life’s workThe career moment that changed everything: being told to “choose” and deciding to choose herselfEntrepreneurship as a path of self-trust: taking the leap before you feel readyWhat intuition feels like in real life (and how to strengthen that inner muscle over time)The fire that forced a full reset: losing the house, navigating insurance uncertainty, and rebuilding from the ground upSurrender as deep trust (not giving up) and how it transforms perfectionism and control“Favorite self” vs. “future self”: a powerful reframe for living more anchored and embodied nowThe truth about writing: letting it be messy, getting the words down, and trusting the editing processWriting and creativity in the age of AI: using tools without outsourcing your voicePresence as leadership: building a life and business that supports what matters most in this seasonAbout Carly OttawayCarly Ottaway is a storyteller, author, and the founder of Web of Words, a brand storytelling agency that helps entrepreneurs and creative leaders share their message with more clarity, confidence, and truth. With a background in journalism and digital marketing, Carly has spent over a decade supporting others in finding their voice—while also being called to reclaim her own.Her memoir, Coming Home, was born from a life-altering turning point when the family home she had dreamed of rebuilding was lost in a fire, an experience that reshaped her relationship to identity, safety, surrender, and what it means to rebuild from the inside out.Connect with CarlyInstagram:@itscarlyottaway Book + Website:https://carlyottaway.comBook Landing Page:https://cominghomebook.comConnect With Ameera ViraniWebsite: www.ameeraviraniNew Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

In this episode of The Designed Life, Ameera Virani sits down with Jamie Vandernock, founder of Vander Creative Co. and host of the Rewrite podcast, for a powerful conversation about identity, intention, and what it really takes to choose a new chapter. Jamie shares her personal story of navigating an unstable childhood, becoming the first person in her family to intentionally choose a different path, and building a life and business rooted in alignment.Together, Ameera and Jamie explore how limiting beliefs form, why they resurface even after we have grown, and how self awareness, mentorship, and micro decisions can become the bridge to a new future. This episode is a reminder that your past does not get to define your future.In This Episode, You Will LearnWhy so many women end up living on default and how to shift into intentional designHow early experiences shape identity, confidence, and the belief of what is possibleThe role mentorship plays in collapsing time and building capacity to take actionWhy confidence comes from repetition and small decisions, not perfectionHow to work with limiting beliefs when they resurface instead of judging yourselfPractical practices that support you in hard seasons of entrepreneurship and leadershipKey TakeawaysYou are not meant to live one fixed story. You are allowed to evolve, pivot, and choose again.Your past may explain you, but it does not get to define you.Identity shifts are often the real work behind career changes and entrepreneurial growth.Mentorship creates momentum, clarity, and the perspective you cannot always access alone.Your brain is wired for safety, not expansion, so growth will require deliberate leadership.The future version of you is built through the decisions you make today, even the small ones.Guest SpotlightJamie Vandernock is the founder of Vander Creative Co. and host of the Rewrite podcast. She supports women in reshaping their stories, building aligned brands, and stepping into their next chapter with clarity and confidence. Her work blends strategy with neuroscience informed coaching to help women move beyond default living and into intentional design.Connect with JamieWebsiteInstagramRewrite podcastNew Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

In this solo episode of The Designed Life, Ameera explores what it really means to reclaim your power, time, and personal agency.For many accomplished women, life looks full and successful on the outside, yet there’s a sense of waiting for things to slow down before they can finally breathe. In this conversation, Ameera offers a compassionate but honest reminder: no one is coming to save your schedule or give you permission to live differently.This episode invites you to stop outsourcing your power to circumstances and begin consciously designing your days. Ameera also speaks to the importance of having people in your life who can meet you with empathy while still calling you higher, and becoming that person for others.A grounded reflection on responsibility, leadership, and collective energy, this episode is an invitation to stop living on autopilot and start choosing with intention.Key Topics CoveredPersonal agency and radical responsibilityWhy waiting for “someday” keeps us stuckReclaiming your time, energy, and leadershipCompassion vs. enabling old patternsBeing called higher into your personal powerHow your daily choices shape collective energyMeet Ameera ViraniWith over two decades in leadership, strategy, and entrepreneurship, including producing and hosting global events featuring icons such as Oprah Winfrey, Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, Maya Angelou, and Tony Robbins - Ameera has dedicated her career to helping women rise with clarity, confidence, and purpose.Her work in leadership development, cultivating partnerships, and mentorship has reached thousands, blending the precision of business strategy with the artistry of personal growth.Through her personal journey & in serving clients, Ameera noticed a powerful pattern: brilliant, accomplished women were excelling in life -  yet quietly feeling overextended, uncertain, and unfulfilled by their success. Her mission is to change that. Today, Ameera teaches women how to magnetize success & wealth that doesn’t cost their peace; guiding them to align mindset, energy, strategy & action so they can design lives that feel clear, confident,  abundant and deeply fulfilling.Connect With AmeeraWebsite: www.ameeravirani.com Instagram: @ameera.virani LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/If This Episode Sparked Your SoulPlease hit subscribe and leave a review. It helps us reach more visionary women like you.  Share this episode with a woman you want to rise with.Visioneering 2026 Design your next chapter with clarity and confidence in this 90‑minute guided experience. Get clear on what you truly want, align it with your values and beliefs, and map inspired action.Register here: https://visioneering.showit.site/The Designed Life PublicationCraving more than just another newsletter? Step into The Designed Life PNew Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

In this powerful and expansive conversation, Ameera Virani sits down with Brenda Johnston, a subconscious strategist and energy mentor for high achieving women, to explore what it truly means to design a limitless life.Brenda shares her non linear journey from a 24 year career in marketing and corporate leadership into the work she does today, helping women rewire subconscious beliefs, align with their energetic design, and step into leadership that feels both powerful and sustainable. Together, Ameera and Brenda unpack the intersection of strategy and energy, the role of the subconscious mind in shaping wealth and visibility, and why women especially in midlife are stepping into a new era of leadership, freedom, and wealth.In This Episode, You Will LearnWhy purpose is not something you find, but something that finds and evolves with youHow subconscious beliefs and emotional patterns quietly shape income, confidence, and visibilityWhat human design is and how it can be used strategically without becoming limitingWhy energy speaks before words in leadership, sales, and marketingHow to work with both feminine and masculine energy without choosing one over the otherKey TakeawaysStrategy without energy creates burnout, and energy without strategy creates stagnationYour subconscious mind is not the enemy, it is your most powerful partnerHuman design can collapse time when used as a diagnostic and alignment toolConsistent income often follows energetic alignment, not more effortLeadership expands when integrity, intuition, and strategy work togetherNothing changes until you do, identity shifts come before external resultsBrenda Johnston is a subconscious strategist and energy mentor for high achieving women who are ready to drop conditioning and reclaim who they truly are in business. Through her energetic profiling method, she blends human design, subconscious strategy, and hypnosis to help women hold more wealth & visibilityConnect with BrendaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/_brendajohnston/Podcast: The Limitless LifeGift: https://www.brenda-johnston.com/energy-managementConnect With AmeeraWebsite: www.ameeravirani.com Instagram: @ameera.virani LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/If This Episode Sparked Your SoulPlease hit subscribe and leave a review. Visioneering 2026 Design your next chapter with clarity and confidence in this 90‑minute guided workshop.Register here: https://visioneering.showit.site/The Designed Life PublicationStep into The Designed Life  Publication. New Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

As the new year begins, many of us rush to set goals, choose a word of the year, and map out what’s next, but true growth doesn’t always start with doing more. It starts with who you are being.In this solo episode we explore the concept of ethos, the internal values, standards, and integrity that guide your decisions, leadership, and personal growth.This episode is a powerful reflection on self-leadership, intentional living, and values-based decision-making. Through a real-life leadership story, Ameera illustrates how clarity of ethos helps you navigate uncertainty, lead with authenticity, and grow with confidence both personally and professionally.Whether you’re stepping into a new year of leadership, redefining success, or setting big audacious goals, this episode will help you align your vision and goals with your values and lead from the inside out.Episode Highlights:Why slowing down at the start of the year creates better resultsThe difference between choosing a word of the year and defining your ethosHow ethos shapes leadership, integrity, and decision-makingHow empathy and vulnerability strengthen leadership presenceHow values-based living simplifies goals and reduces burnoutHow to navigate uncertainty with clarity and confidenceKey Takeaways Ethos is the foundation of authentic leadershipSelf-leadership begins with honesty and integrityValues guide decisions when clarity feels unavailableLeadership is revealed most clearly in unseen momentsGoals are easier to achieve when aligned with who you areConnect With AmeeraWebsite: www.ameeravirani.com Instagram: @ameera.virani LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/If this episode inspired you, please hit subscribe and leave a review. It helps us reach more visionary women like you and share this episode with a woman you want to rise with.Visioneering 2026 Design your next chapter with clarity and confidence in this 90‑minute guided experience. Get clear on what you truly want, align it with your values and beliefs, and map inspired action.Register here: https://visioneering.showit.site/The Designed Life Signature Group Mentorship ExperienceStrategic Mentorship for High-Achieving Women Ready to Finally Break the Cycle of Overwhelm and Step Into Unshakeable Clarity, Wealth, and Self-Leadership.Explore The Designed Life MentorshipThe Designed Life PublicationCraving more than just another newsletter? Step into The Designed Life Publication, your weekly space for elevated strategy, soulful inspiration, and tools to lead with clarity and live on purpose.New Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

As the year comes to a close, many of us feel a quiet pressure to move quickly, to plan, set goals, and decide what’s next. In this special year-end reflection episode of The Designed Life, Ameera invites you to slow down before rushing ahead.This episode is a gentle yet powerful pause, an invitation to look back at the year with clarity, compassion, and intention. Ameera shares why reflection is not indulgent, but intelligent, and how identifying your wins, lessons, and recurring patterns can become the foundation for designing the year ahead with ease and sustainability.Through personal reflections on her own health journey, Ameera explores how patterns around safety, consistency, and self-trust often shape our behaviour. If you’ve ever noticed yourself reaching a certain level of success only to pull back, procrastinate, or repeat familiar cycles, this episode will help you understand why and how to design differently moving forward.Reflection Prompts from the Episode:What moments did you capture this year and why did they matter?Where did you show up, even when it was uncomfortable?What patterns appeared when things were going well?What patterns showed up when progress slowed or stalled?Do I feel safe holding the level of success or change I desire?What support or structure might help me design differently next year?An Invitation to VisioneeringIf this episode has opened your awareness to patterns you’re ready to understand rather than push through, Ameera invites you to join her inside Visioneering.Visioneering is where lived experience becomes intentional design. Together, you’ll take what you’ve learned from the past year and consciously create what comes next with clarity, safety, and support.Register here: https://visioneering.showit.site/Connect With AmeeraWebsite: www.ameeravirani.com Instagram: @ameera.virani LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/If This Episode Sparked Your SoulPlease hit subscribe and leave a review. It helps us reach more visionary women like you.  Share this episode with a woman you want to rise with.The Designed Life PublicationCraving more than just another newsletter? Step into The Designed Life Publication, your weekly space for elevated strategy, soulful inspiration, and tools to lead with clarity and live on purpose.Join here: https://ameeravirani.myflodesk.com/designyourlifeNew Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

In this powerful and deeply grounding conversation, Ameera sits down with Vanessa Bowen, Chartered Professional Accountant, Master NLP Practitioner, and founder of Mint Worthy Co. Vanessa blends practical financial strategy with mindset, energetics, and conscious wealth creation to help women transform their money stories and reclaim their worth.From her own journey, navigating overspending, identity-driven lifestyle pressures, and debt - to becoming debt-free, aligned, and empowered, Vanessa now guides women to build wealth with clarity, intention, and confidence.Together, Ameera and Vanessa explore what it means to be truly wealthy, why we hide from our numbers, how to dissolve emotional and generational money blocks, and how to build profitable, energetically aligned businesses at every stage of entrepreneurship.This episode is an invitation into safety, self-trust, consciousness, and wealth expansion.Highlights:Vanessa’s personal journey from debt and identity-driven spending to freedom and aligned wealthThe emotional roots of money patterns - shame, fear, avoidance & inherited narrativesWhy so many women feel intimidated by their numbersWhat real wealth is (beyond what we see online)The difference between revenue and true profitWhat every woman should know before starting a businessHow to build healthy money habits at 10K, 50K, and 100K+ monthsWhy looking at your P&L monthly can completely change your business trajectoryHow generational stories shape our money identityHow AI is shifting the landscape of financial literacy and visibilityVanessa’s rituals, practices and mindset tools for designing a conscious, grounded, profitable lifeAbout Vanessa BowenVanessa Bowen is a CPA, master NLP practitioner, and the founder of Mint Worthy Co., a wealth empowerment platform for women. Vanessa integrates deep financial expertise with conscious wealth principles, energetics, and mindset transformation. She supports women in healing money stories, understanding their numbers, increasing profit, and creating wealth that aligns with who they are and what they value.Connect with Vanessa:Instagram: @mintworthycoWebsite & Programs: mintworthyco.comConnect With AmeeraWebsite: www.ameeravirani.com Instagram: @ameera.virani LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/Visioneering 2026 Design your next chapter with clarity and confidence in this 90‑minute guided experience. Get clear on what you truly want, align it with your values and beliefs, and map inspired action.Register here: https://visioneering.showit.site/The Designed Life PublicationCraving more than just another newsletter? Step into The Designed Life Publication, your weekly space for elevated strategy, soulful inspiration, and tools to lead with clarity and live on purpose.New Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

In this deeply moving and soul-stirring conversation, Ameera sits down with writer and transformational mentor Celeste Pennington, a woman who rebuilt her entire life from the inside out.From walking away from her 9–5, selling everything she owned, and moving her family abroad - to healing generational patterns, exploring spiritual gifts, discovering the power of the mind, and writing a love story the universe conspired to deliver; Celeste’s journey is a living masterclass in courage, intuition, and radical self-trust.This episode is an invitation to reflect on where your own soul is calling you forward and what becomes possible when you choose alignment over expectation, truth over comfort, and faith over fear.MEET CELESTE PENNINGTONCeleste is a writer and transformational mentor who believes the most powerful decision you will ever make is choosing yourself.After discovering the power of the mind through mentorship, she began intentionally co-creating her life- manifesting jobs, opportunities, moves, communities, and experiences that once lived only in her imagination. Alongside her husband and two boys, she left Canada, moved abroad, and designed a life centered around freedom, expansion, and soul-led living.Her newly published memoir The Love List: Fast Track to Forever tells the true story of how she manifested her husband by writing a list, and how saying no to misalignment opened the door to a partnership that transformed her life.Today, through her coaching, storytelling, Akashic Records work, and creative expression, Celeste helps others clear old patterns, trust their intuition, and consciously create the life and love they’re meant for.CONNECT WITH CELESTEInstagram: @celestepennington_Purchase her book The Love List: Fast Track to ForeverConnect With AmeeraWebsite: www.ameeravirani.com Instagram: @ameera.virani LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/Visioneering 2026 Design your next chapter with clarity and confidence in this 90‑minute guided experience. Get clear on what you truly want, align it with your values & beliefs, and map inspired action. https://visioneering.showit.site/The Designed Life WeeklySign up for The Designed Life Publication, your weekly space for elevated strategy, soulful inspiration & tools to lead with clarity and live on purpose.New Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

In this grounding and uplifting solo episode, Ameera breaks down a practical, approachable wealth-building ritual that anyone can start today: the daily practice of noticing your money miracles.She explores how abundance shows up in subtle, often overlooked ways and how acknowledging these moments activates gratitude, shifts your internal wealth frequency, and helps you build a healthier, safer relationship with money.Ameera shares examples of money miracles most of us experience without realizing it:Found money (in pockets, cushions, the dryer)Discounts and unexpected refundsGifts, generosity, and small acts of kindnessCompliments you habitually dismissUpgrades at hotels, on flights, or in everyday experiencesUtilities and services you get to use now and pay laterAny moment the universe is quietly saying: You are supported. More is on the way.She explains why these are not insignificant, they are proof of abundance, reminders of universal support, and energetic openings that invite more wealth into your life.If you’ve been wanting to transform your money beliefs, cultivate a wealthier identity, or feel safer holding and stewarding money, this episode offers a simple yet powerful starting point.If You Loved This Episode…Ameera is opening a limited number of private mentorship spaces for 2026, specifically for women ready to shift their money beliefs, elevate their wealth identity, and anchor a relationship with money that feels grounded, abundant, and emotionally safe.This is deep, transformative work, the kind that changes not just the wealth you attract, but the way you experience success, generosity, impact, and overflow. Apply for Private Mentorship Now Visioneering 2026 Design your next chapter with clarity and confidence in this 90‑minute guided experience. Get clear on what you truly want, align it with your values and beliefs, and map inspired action.https://visioneering.showit.site/Connect With AmeeraWebsite: www.ameeravirani.com Instagram: @ameera.virani Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/If This Episode Sparked Your SoulPlease hit subscribe and leave a review. It helps us reach more visionary women like you.  Share this episode with a woman you want to rise with.The Designed Life WeeklyCraving more than just another newsletter? Step into The Designed Life Publication, your weekly space for elevated strategy, soulful inspiration, and tools to lead with clarity and live on purpose.New Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

In this episode, Ameera explores expansion that feels like ease with transformational coach, author, and educator Tabatha DeBruyn. With nearly three decades in human transformation and certifications spanning transformational coaching, rapid transformational hypnotherapy, Reiki, energy healing, and 9D breathwork - Tabatha shares how breath, energy, and self-concept weave together to regulate the nervous system, align identity with action, and create results without the grind. She opens up about her own passage through functional depression and grief, how somatic and 9D breathwork restored peace and clarity, and simple practices any woman can use to feel lighter, grounded, and magnetic in life, career, and business.Listen ForWhat “aligned” actually feels like in the body: home, peace, truth, versus anxiety, forcing, and ego-driven strivingWhy breath first, then psychology, then action flips the results you get (and builds self-trust and presence)The physiological sigh (inhale 60% through the nose + a second sip of air → sigh out) to dump CO₂, shift out of fight/flight, and reset fastNasal vs. mouth breathing: when to use each for calming, focus, sleep, or energizing before a big meetingTwo core calming rhythms: longer exhale breathing and 4–2–7 (inhale 4, hold 2, exhale 7) for parasympathetic regulation and sleep supportMicro-rituals for high achievers who “hold their breath” while working and how to notice and change state in secondsKid-friendly regulation you can model at home: “stomp, stomp, blow out the candles,” bedtime breathing, and using the word breath in everyday momentsInside 9D breathwork: soundscapes, binaural beats, frequencies, NLP/affirmations + breath to re-pattern and access deeper healingAbout Tabatha DeBruynTabatha is a Transformational Breath Master and one of the few certified 9D Breathwork practitioners in Canada. She specializes in nervous system regulation, emotional resilience, and stress recovery, helping adults, teens, and children move through anxiety, burnout, grief, trauma, and overwhelm using science-backed breathwork rooted in breath, sound, and somatic practices.Based in Virgil, Ontario, she supports clients in person and online, partners with local organizations, and leads private, group, and corporate wellness sessions focused on reducing stress and improving mental well-being.Recently featured on CP24 Breakfast and 610 AM Radio, Tabatha is known for her grounded, compassionate approach that blends modern science with embodied healing to help people feel safer, clearer, and more empowered.Connect With TabathaWebsite: https: www.tabatha.onlineSocial: @tabatha_debruyn3 Free tools: tabatha.myflodesk.comConnect With AmeeraWebsite: www.ameeravirani.com Instagram: @ameera.virani LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/Complimentary Workshop: https://visioneeNew Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

AI can feel overwhelming, overhyped, or even a little threatening, especially if you’re a solopreneur or small business owner already wearing all the hats.In this episode of The Designed Life, Ameera sits down with strategist, speaker, and human-first AI consultant Monique Bryan to reframe AI as a powerful partner in your business, not a replacement for your creativity.Monique breaks down how to think strategically about AI, where it can actually create ease and efficiency, and what it looks like to treat AI like a marketing team in your pocket. You’ll hear how her journey from fashion and startups to personal branding and AI strategy has shaped the way she helps entrepreneurs future-proof their business while staying deeply authentic and human.Together, they explore how to design a smarter, simpler business that’s aligned with your values, your voice, and the life you actually want to lead.In this episode, we explore:Monique’s early story and how curiosity, creativity, and experimentation led her into branding and AIWhy most businesses are “doing AI backwards”  and what to focus on instead of chasing toolsThe signs your business is ready for AI and where solopreneurs should startHow to use AI as your marketing team and what a Marketing Avatar really isScaling your reach with AI without losing authenticity, nuance, or your brand voiceWhat “human-first AI” means in practice and how to keep your creativity at the centerThe real risks of ignoring AI  and why entrepreneurs actually have an advantageThe skills that will matter most as AI evolves and how to future-proof your workSimple, low-lift ways to start experimenting with AI this weekConnect with MoniqueWebsite: moniquebryan.comInstagram: @moniquebryan_coIf this conversation helps you see AI with more curiosity than fear, share this episode with a friend, subscribe, and leave a review so we can reach more visionary women designing lives and businesses that feel beautifully, intelligently aligned.Connect With AmeeraWebsite: www.ameeravirani.com Instagram: @ameera.virani LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/Complimentary Upcoming Workshop: https://visioneering.showit.site/If This Episode Sparked Your SoulPlease hit subscribe and leave a review. It helps us reach more visionary women like you.  Share this episode with a woman you want to rise with.The Designed Life WeeklyCraving more than just another newsletter? Step into The Designed Life Publication, your weekly space for elevated strategy, soulful inspiration, and tools to lead with clarity and live on purpose. Join here: https://ameeravirani.myflodesk.com/thedesignedlifeweeklyNew Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

In this richly layered conversation, Ameera explores the path to purpose with Carrigan Ham, founder of Inner Alchemy. Carrigan shares how life’s breakdowns become portals to embodiment through a four‑phase alchemical journey, breakdown, purification, illumination, and embodiment; and why devotion, not “burning it all down,” creates sustainable change. From shadow work to somatic tools like EFT/tapping and breathwork, Carrigan offers practical ways high‑achieving women can move from autopilot to alignment in the midst of real life (kids, careers, responsibilities) and feel results fast.Listen ForThe four phases of modern alchemy and how the cycle repeats at macro and micro levels in our lives.Why self‑nourishment and compassion during breakdowns are required to move forward (even when it’s the last thing you want to do).Shadow work, explained: illuminating the unconscious (denied/repressed parts) to become more whole.Somatic transformation: pairing mindset with body‑based practices so change “lands” in the nervous system.EFT/tapping 101: how tapping meridian points while naming a fear/belief resets your state.Purpose as an ever‑becoming: encoded within you, refined by choices, challenges, and season.Why you don’t need to burn your life down to evolve; how to discern what still aligns with your soul.Everyday devotion: Olympic‑level training for the mind, body, and spirit done in practical, bite‑size rituals.Gentle on‑ramps for busy women: add nourishment (greens, hydration, walks) before removing habits.A whimsical daily ritual: singing to your water as an intention practice and nature connection.About Carrigan HamCarrigan is an artist, teacher, and creator of Inner Alchemy, a holistic approach to purpose through the mind, body, and soul. After navigating early life trauma and discovering the healing intelligence of the body, she’s devoted her work to guiding others through alchemical cycles—so the inner work manifests as outer alignment.Connect With CarriganInstagram: @withinneralchemyWebsite: withinneralchemy.comConnect With AmeeraWebsite: www.ameeravirani.com Instagram: @ameera.virani LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/Complimentary Upcoming Workshop: https://visioneering.showit.site/If This Episode Sparked Your SoulPlease hit subscribe and leave a review. It helps us reach more visionary women like you.  Share this episode with a woman you want to rise with.The Designed Life WeeklyCraving more than just another newsletter? Step into The Designed Life Publication, your weekly space for elevated strategy, soulful inspiration, and tools to lead with clarity and live on purpose.Join here: https://ameeravirani.myflodesk.com/thedesignedlifeweeklyDisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

In this intimate solo episode, Ameera shares the pivotal moments that led her from a “picture-perfect” life into a health crisis, and ultimately into a deeper, more aligned way of living and leading. From a misdiagnosis that accidentally saved her, to unravelling childhood grief and fear, to rebuilding nervous system safety and self-trust, Ameera walks through the exact inner work that helped her rewrite her life. She now uses that same Aligned Success & Freedom Framework with the women she mentors so they can design and experience lives and businesses by intention not by default.What You’ll HearThe misdiagnosis that became a turning pointHow chronic burnout + unprocessed loss fed a cycle of fear around illness and death.Returning to roots in personal development and actually living the work.Practical mindset shifts: questioning catastrophic thoughts, choosing solution-focused beliefs.Building nervous system safety and self-trust; why symptoms can become “messages.”Grieving her brother’s passing and the role of aligned therapy and spiritual curiosity.Creating the Clarity → Alignment → Action framework and using it to navigate the path between job loss and entrepreneurship.Choosing alignment over certainty: paying down debt, going all-in on business, and mentoring women leaders.Complimentary Workshop — Visioneering Design your next chapter with clarity and confidence in this 90‑minute guided experience. Get clear on what you truly want, align it with your values and beliefs, and map inspired action.Register here: https://visioneering.showit.site/Loved this episode? Share it with a friend who’s ready for a rewrite, and leave a review so more women can discover The Designed Life. For coaching and mentorship inquiries, visit www.ameeravirani.com or DM @ameera.virani.Connect With AmeeraWebsite: www.ameeravirani.com Instagram: @ameera.virani LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/If This Episode Sparked Your SoulPlease hit subscribe and leave a review. It helps us reach more visionary women like you.  Share this episode with a woman you want to rise with.The Designed Life WeeklyCraving more than just another newsletter? Step into The Designed Life Publication, your weekly space for elevated strategy, soulful inspiration, and tools to lead with clarity and live on purpose.Join here: https://ameeravirani.myflodesk.com/thedesignedlifeweeklyDisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

In this deeply inspiring conversation, Ameera sits down with Jen Szpigiel, the visionary founder and CEO of Becoming Iconic to explore what it truly means to design & lead a life and business with clarity, courage & intention.For nearly two decades, Jen has been redefining what success and leadership look like for women through her globally recognized brand that spans a boutique agency, iconic magazine, top-ranked podcast & mentorship programs that help women rise in business and life without sacrificing themselves in the process.Ameera and Jen dive into the art of living and leading with grace,  discussing how intentionality, radical self-responsibility & gratitude shape the foundation of an extraordinary life.Whether you’re building a business, leading a family, or simply ready to step into your next level with conviction, this episode will invigorate your spirit & expand your vision of what’s possible.You’ll Hear:• The meaning of an iconic life & how gratitude, intentionality & inner peace create true wealth and fulfillment• The practice of “obsessive gratitude” & why it’s the energetic key to abundance• The truth about leadership in the online space & how to lead yourself with integrity • Why radical personal responsibility is freedom and how to stop blaming or justifying & reclaim your power• The courage to invest in yourself & the emotional story behind Jen’s $100K debt-to-$100K month transformation• What it really means to build a legacy & lead from feminine excellence About Jen SzpigielJen is the Founder of Becoming Iconic and the Founder and Editor in Chief of Iconic Magazine as well as a mom of four.Jen has helped thousands of women worldwide build successful businesses, resulting in over $100 million in sales through her full service brand that incorporates mentorship and done-for-you creative services.In 2022, after losing her social media, Jen launched Iconic Magazine alongside her top 100 podcast, the Iconic Podcast. This bold move transformed into a globally recognized media powerhouse. Often described as Forbes meets Vogue, the magazine has garnered over ten million impressions and reached 48+ countries. Now an established media company, Iconic Magazine provides a triple-threat PR opportunity for visionary women looking to be seen, heard and remembered.Links:ICONic Capsule: https://becomingiconic.myflodesk.com/iconiccapsuleDigital Copy of Magazine: https://becomingiconic.co/magazineInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/becomingiconic/Website: https://becomingiconic.co/Connect With AmeeraWebsite: www.ameeravirani.com Instagram: @ameera.viraniVisioneering- a complimentary workshop where your vision, values, beliefs and goals align for greater success and impact. DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

In this episode, Ameera takes you into one of the most foundational practices in conscious creation, visualization -and shows how seeing your desires in vivid detail can powerfully shape your reality.Ameera shares the personal story behind how this very podcast once lived on her vision board, and how consistent visualization, combined with aligned action, helped turn that dream into one of the top entrepreneurship podcasts in the world, just one month after launch.You’ll also discover:-Why visualization works through the Reticular Activating System (RAS), the brain’s natural filter for opportunities and focus-The difference between dreaming and embodying your vision-The most powerful times of day to visualize for maximum impact-How to create a sacred ritual around your visualization practice-Practical steps: writing your vision script, recording it in your own voice, and activating it through your sensesAmeera also invites you to explore how this work comes to life inside The Designed Life Mentorship, her upcoming group program launching this December, where vision meets aligned action to create real transformation.Episode Highlights• The science of visualization and how your brain supports your dreams• How focusing on what you want instead of what you don’t want changes everything• Real-life examples from Ameera’s own journey and her clients’ breakthroughs• Step-by-step guidance to begin your visualization practice tonight• Journaling prompts and rituals to deepen your connection to your desiresYour Designed Life InvitationBegin today! Choose one desire, something that feels inspired and sits on your heart, a positive dream or idea that won’t leave you and bring it to life through visualization, journaling, and aligned action.If you’re curious about how to integrate these practices into your everyday living, connect with Ameera:Website: www.ameeravirani.comInstagram: @ameera.viraniLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/Join our online community and be among the first to hear about The Designed Life Group Mentorship Program (coming soon in December!) https://ameeravirani.myflodesk.com/thedesignedlifeweeklyIf this episode sparked something in your heart and mind, please hit subscribe, leave a review and share the podcast with the women in your world. New Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

In this rich, soul-meets-science conversation, Ameera sits down with Robina Abramson-Walling, founder of Route of Healing. A registered holistic nurse, athlete, life coach, and energy practitioner, Robina guides women through the hormonal, emotional, and energetic shifts of perimenopause, burnout, and leadership. She shares her personal passage through depression and perimenopause, the practices that helped her heal, and a framework any woman can use to rebuild regulation, vitality, and self-trust, without sacrificing her ambition.Listen ForHow to discern burnout vs. perimenopause vs. depression and where to start when it’s unclearThe “micro-rituals” that calm the nervous system in two minutes or lessRobina’s five levels of healing Repatterning beliefs so your nervous system feels safe to hold more success, wealth, and joyA values-aligned approach to HRT, supplements, and ‘what’s trending’, how to get curious, not overwhelmedHow regulated women lead at work and at home and why this is a legacy conversationAbout Robina Abramson-WallingRobina is the visionary behind Root of Healing, weaving together holistic nursing, athletic training, life coaching, and energy medicine. Her work helps high-achieving women regulate their nervous systems, move through perimenopause and burnout, and return to deep self-trust so they can lead with clarity at home and at work.Connect With RobinaWebsite: routeofhealing.comInstagram: RouteOfHealingConnect With AmeeraWebsite: www.ameeravirani.com Instagram: @ameera.virani LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/If This Episode Sparked Your SoulPlease hit subscribe and leave a review. It helps us reach more visionary women like you.  Share this episode with a woman you want to rise with.The Designed Life WeeklyCraving more than just another newsletter? Step into The Designed Life Publication, your weekly space for elevated strategy, soulful inspiration, and tools to lead with clarity and live on purpose.Join here: https://ameeravirani.myflodesk.com/thedesignedlifeweeklyNew Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

In this episode of The Designed Life, Ameera sits down with Ashley MacIsaac Butler, founder of Saorsa Essentials, to explore how high-achieving women can stop fragmenting themselves and begin leading from wholeness at home, at work, and within. Ashley shares her journey from corporate advocacy and inclusion work to answering a deeper call: guiding women to remember who they were before the world told them who to be.Together, we unpack what it really means to tune into intuition (your “inner BFF”), create simple rituals that regulate the nervous system, heal limiting beliefs and ancestral patterns, and integrate your gifts, without breaking down a life you’ve worked hard to build. This is a gentle, grounded conversation that’s spiritually uplifting and incredibly practical.Highlights:• What the “3D world” means, and why understanding it helps you lead with more peace and clarity• How to hear your intuition vs. fear/ego• The cost of code-switching and how to bring all parts of you into work, family, and leadership• Simple, powerful rituals for regulation and renewal • Frequency: why doing what lights you up (art, music, movement) elevates results in every area of life• Integrating feminine flow with masculine action for calm, decisive leadership• Practical first steps if you feel “successful but unfulfilled” and want alignment Connect with Ashley MacIsaac Butler (Saorsa Essentials)Website: https://www.saorsaessentials.ca/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleymacisaacbutlerConnect With AmeeraWebsite: www.ameeravirani.comInstagram: @ameera.viraniLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/If this episode inspired you, please subscribe, leave a review and share this episode with a woman you want to rise with. It helps us reach more visionary women like you.Craving more than just another newsletter? Step into The Designed Life Publication -your weekly space for elevated strategy, soulful inspiration, and tools to lead with clarity and live on purpose. https://ameeravirani.myflodesk.com/thedesignedlifeweeklyNew Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

I love SMART goals and believe they have their place, but if you’ve ever set them and still felt stuck, misaligned, or wonder why you make a little progress and then slip into old habits, you’re not alone. In this episode of The Designed Life, we go beyond rigid frameworks to uncover what really makes goals achievable, inspiring, and sustainable: alignment with your values and beliefs.I’ll walk you through:How to identify what you truly want and reverse engineer big goals into milestones that feel doable.Why your nervous system struggles with “big, far-off goals” and how to anchor into daily aligned action instead.The difference between a value and a belief, with examples to help you spot hidden misalignments.My personal story of paying off over six figures of debt, and the energy shift that happened when I reframed money as neutral energy instead of good/bad How values-aligned goals don’t just get achieved, they pull you forward into the life, career, and business you were meant for.By the end of this episode, you’ll have a new way to design your goals so they feel congruent, energizing, and achievable.Resources & Next Steps:Join the waitlist for my free workshop in November 2025, Visioneering: Step beyond goals into the architecture of your designed life. → https://ameeravirani.myflodesk.com/visioneeringSign up for my weekly publication and receive a gift from me, The Goal Design Template → https://ameeravirani.myflodesk.com/goalsdownloadableConnect With Ameera:Website: www.ameeravirani.comInstagram: @ameera.viraniLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/If this episode sparked your soul and you’re feeling generous. Please take a moment to subscribe, leave a review and share this podcast with your community of family, friends, co-workers and team. It helps us reach more visionary women like you! New Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

In this episode of The Designed Life, Ameera sits down with Kelsey Hogan, founder of Claimed & Co., to explore what it truly means to design a life you love as a woman, mom, and CEO.Kelsey shares her journey of gaining clarity on her vision, the pillars guiding her life in this season, and how her past experiences continue to shape her identity and mission. Together, we dive into the deeper layers of leadership, personal branding, time freedom, and what it looks like to claim abundance and legacy on your own terms.Kelsey also shares an exciting sneak peek of her soon-to-launch Legacy Society, a powerful evolution of her InnerCircle coaching program, where women are supported to build beyond 'small,' making impact, creating legacies, and establishing generational wealth.Topics We Cover:How Kelsey found clarity in her vision and valuesThe pillars she’s prioritizing most right nowThe role of leadership as a CEO and a momRedefining time freedom and creating spaciousnessOwning your authority through personal brandingHow women can step into legacy and generational wealthConnect with Kelsey Hogan:Website: www.claimedandco.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/claimedandcoTikTok: @kels_at_claimedConnect With Ameera:Website: www.ameeravirani.comInstagram: @ameera.viraniLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/If This Episode Sparked Your SoulPlease hit *subscribe* and *leave a review*. It helps us reach more visionary women like you.Share this episode with a woman you want to rise with.Craving more than just another newsletter? Step into The Designed Life Publication -your weekly space for elevated strategy, soulful inspiration, and tools to lead with clarity and live on purpose. https://ameeravirani.myflodesk.com/thedesignedlifeweeklyNew Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

Leadership is often imagined as authority, control, or being the loudest voice; but true leadership is quieter. It’s embodied, soft, energetic power that inspires others not by force, but by vision, trust, and service.In this episode, I share my insights, experiences, and personal stories of leadership including what I’ve witnessed, what I’ve practiced, and what I’ve learned about self-leadership.We’ll explore:Why self-leadership is the starting point of all leadership.How servant leadership is about making daily deposits of trust, kindness, empathy, and creativity.Why true change doesn’t start at the top -it starts in the mirror.My hope is that this conversation will give you a new lens to see leadership as an honour, a privilege and as service. Reflection Prompts for You Take these into your journal, your walk, or a quiet moment with yourself:Where in my life have I been waiting for leadership to change, rather than stepping into my own agency?What qualities do I most long to experience in a leader and am I embodying those qualities for myself and those I lead?What daily deposits can I make (trust, kindness, empathy, creativity) that will strengthen my own self-leadership and my relationships?How can I begin to practice human centered leadership - seeing myself and others not just by what we do, but by who we are?What ripple do I want my self-leadership to create in my family, my work, my community, and the world?If this episode resonates with you, I’d love to hear your reflections. Share them with me on Instagram, Linked In or through my website and please leave a review. Connect With Ameera:Website: www.ameeravirani.comInstagram: @ameera.viraniLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/If This Episode Sparked Your SoulDon’t forget to *subscribe* and *leave a review*. It helps us reach more visionary women like you.Share this episode with a woman you want to rise with.Craving more than just another newsletter? Step into The Designed Life Publication -your weekly space for elevated strategy, soulful inspiration, and tools to lead with clarity and live on purpose. https://ameeravirani.myflodesk.com/thedesignedlifeweeklyNew Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

In this episode of The Designed Life, I sit down with Nadine, the founder of That Green Glow, to explore what it really means to nourish yourself as a woman, beyond diet culture, quick fixes, or trends. Nadine shares her personal journey into holistic wellness, what ignited her passion, and the empowering truths she wants every woman to know about her body, health, and vitality.We unpack the myths women have been taught about what it takes to be “healthy,” how to listen to the body’s signals as wisdom (not problems), and why root-cause healing is so transformative. Nadine also shares what women need most at different stages of life from their 20s and 30s to their 40s and 50s and the small, impactful steps busy leaders, CEOs, and mothers can take today to prioritize their well-being.If you’ve ever wondered how to feel radiant while carrying the responsibilities of leadership, caregiving, and business, this conversation will help you see health not as another task but as your most powerful investment.What You’ll Learn in This Episode:Nadine’s origin story and how That Green Glow came to lifeThe biggest health myths women have been conditioned to believeHow to listen to your body and interpret symptoms as signalsRoot-cause healing vs. symptom-chasingNutritional priorities for women in their 20s–30s vs. 40s–50sSimple, powerful practices busy women can integrate nowWhy health is foundational to leadership, legacy, and joyNadine's Bio:Nadine Allaham (CNP, FDN-P) is a Women’s Health and Hormone Nutritionist and the founder of That Green Glow. She specializes in helping women uncover the root causes of their health struggles and guiding them back to a place of balance, energy, and self-trust through functional testing, personalized nutrition, and compassionate coaching.What makes Nadine’s work unique is not only her expertise as a certified nutritional practitioner, but also her own lived experience of navigating burnout, hormonal chaos, and self-criticism. She knows firsthand how overwhelming it can feel to be at war with your body and she’s passionate about showing women that healing is possible. By combining functional testing with evidence-based practices, nourishment, radical self-care, mindset and somatic tools, Nadine helps women feel safe in their bodies and truly glow from within.When she’s not working with clients, Nadine loves sunset walks, traveling and experiencing new cultures, experimenting in the kitchen with nourishing recipes, and enjoying life with her husband and their three children.Socials: Website: www.thatgreenglow.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatgreenglow/Connect With Ameera:Website: www.ameeravirani.comInstagram: @ameera.viraniLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/New Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

In the final episode of our Clarity mini-series, we bring it all together: your desires, your energy, and most importantly, your beliefs. We explore how your current reality is shaped by the thoughts you’ve accepted as truth, and how to begin choosing beliefs that actually serve the life you’re designing.This episode is for the woman who’s done the work, followed the rules, chased the goals and is ready to tune in, shift gears, and choose a new way forward. Whether it’s redefining what success feels like, reclaiming your voice, or finally allowing yourself to dream boldly, this episode will walk you through what it looks like to embody your future self and take aligned action from that place.What You’ll Learn·   Why SMART goals aren’t enough (and what to do instead)·   How to identify the emotion behind your desires·   What it means to become an energetic match for what you want·   How to spot and rewire limiting beliefs·   A powerful story of reclaiming the stage and voice·   How small daily habits align you with the woman you’re becoming·   The ripple effect of legacy - how your inner work changes generationsMastery Assignment: Meet Your Future SelfThis week, take intentional time to connect with the highest version of you -the woman who already lives the life you desire. Here's how to begin:Step 1: Describe Her in DetailWrite a vivid, heart-led description of your future self who is already living the life you’re designing.Step 2: Align with Her EnergyNow ask:What thoughts does she think daily?How does she speak to herself?What boundaries has she created to protect her peace and vision?Step into her energy today by embodying just one of her habits, her mindsets, or her choices.Step 3: Take Aligned Action TodayAsk yourself: What is one decision, one boundary, one action I can take today that moves me closer to her? Even the smallest aligned action holds power when it’s led by clarity and belief.Connect With Ameera:Website: www.ameeravirani.comInstagram: @ameera.viraniLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/If This Resonated:Don’t forget to *subscribe* and *leave a review*. It helps us reach more visionary women like you.Share this episode with a woman you want to rise with.Craving more than just another newsletter? Step into The Designed Life Collective -your weekly space for elevated strategy, soulful inspiration, and tools to lead with clarity and live on purpose. https://ameeravirani.myflodesk.com/thedesignedlifecollectiveNew Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

In this episode, we explore the question: What if your desires aren’t about “things” but about the feelings they evoke? We discuss how to shift from simply identifying your desires to fully embodying the feelings behind them; and why that embodiment is key to manifesting the life you crave. We’ll dive into how your thoughts, beliefs, and energy influence what you attract, and how to identify and begin to question limiting beliefs.This episode is part two of our Clarity Mini-Series. If you haven’t listened to part one, start there.You’ll learn:Why embodying the feeling is more powerful than chasing the outcomeHow to align your thoughts with your desiresWhat beliefs may be blocking your next level and how to shift themA client’s journey from frustration to leadership through aligned energyIf this episode resonates, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who’s ready to create a life by design.Your Inner Work for This Week:Review your list of desires, pause and tune into your body:Does anything bring up resistance or tension?Is there a voice that says, "That’s too much” or “Who am I to want that?”Look at these responses as invitations to explore and be curious. This is often where a limiting belief is hiding, rooted in past experience, conditioning, or old stories.1. Choose one desire that feels heavy or activating.Ask yourself:What do I believe about this desire?What story am I telling myself about why this isn’t possible for me?Where did that belief come from?2. Begin to question the belief.Use these prompts to poke gentle holes in the story:Is this belief absolutely true?Are there examples, personal or observed, of this not being true?What would change if I chose to believe something new?This is how you begin to rewrite the belief, by collecting evidence that supports your desire despite what you’ve experienced before.3. Embody the new belief.Close your eyes and breathe into the feeling you do want to experience -peace, joy, love, abundance. Repeat to yourself:I’m safe to desire this.My past does not define what’s possible for my future. This is the exact work we do together in The Designed Life private coaching and group mentorship. If this episode sparked something in you, let’s explore what’s possible together.Connect With Ameera:Website: www.ameeravirani.comInstagram: @ameera.viraniLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/My special request of you:Please follow and leave a review.Share this episode with a woman you want to rise with.For more: https://ameeravirani.myflodesk.com/thedesignedlifecollectiveNew Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

In this episode of The Designed Life, we begin a powerful new mini-series on clarity, what it is, how to cultivate it, and why it’s the non-negotiable foundation for any life, business, or relationship built with intention.If you’ve been running on autopilot, checking boxes, doing “all the things,” yet still feeling like something is missing; this episode invites you to pause and come home to yourself. You’ll learn how to ask better questions, reconnect with your desires, and identify where misalignment or old beliefs may be holding you back from fully embracing the life, career, or impact you crave.Whether you’re in a moment of transition or feeling called into a new season, clarity will be your compass. This is the starting point. Not more doing—more knowing.What You’ll Learn:Why clarity is the first step in any meaningful transformationHow to identify what you truly desire (and why that desire matters)A simple practice to bring your desires and emotions into alignment todayYour Inner Work for This Week:Choose one pillar of your life (relationships, business, wealth, health, self)Ask yourself: “What do I truly desire here?”Identify the core feeling underneath that desireCommit to one practice this week that brings you into that feeling for 15+ minutes a dayJournal or reflect on the opportunities, insights, or synchronicities that show upWant to Go Deeper?This is the exact work we do together in The Designed Life private coaching and group mentorship. If this episode sparked something in you, let’s explore what’s possible together.Connect With Ameera:Website: www.ameeravirani.comInstagram: @ameera.viraniLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/My special request of you:Please hit the follow or subscribe button and leave a review after each episode. It helps us reach more visionary women like you.Share this episode with a woman you want to rise with.Craving more than just another newsletter? Step into The Designed Life Collective -your weekly space for elevated strategy, soulful inspiration, and tools to lead with clarity and live on purpose. https://ameeravirani.myflodesk.com/thedesignedlifecollectiveNew Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

In this deeply moving episode, Ameera sits down with Melanie Wilson-Strong: mother, entrepreneur, writer, and breast cancer survivor, to explore what it truly means to design your life after everything changes.Melanie opens up about her cancer diagnosis, her double mastectomy and the emotional toll it took, and how it became a powerful turning point that reconnected her to her creative self. Together, they unpack what it means to find harmony and joy, let go of comparison, and return to what matters most.This conversation is about more than survival, it’s about sovereignty. If you’re navigating transition, seeking meaning, or holding onto a creative dream you’ve put on hold, this one’s for you.You’ll Hear:✓ How Melanie defines harmony as a mother, wife, and business owner✓ The inner shifts that followed her breast cancer diagnosis✓ Why creativity is her new compass, and how she reclaimed it✓ What it means to stop shrinking and start sharing your story✓ Reflections on identity, aging, and designing life from the inside outIf This Resonated:Subscribe so you never miss an episode.Leave a review, especially a note for Melanie. Let her know how this conversation impacted you.Share this with someone who needs to hear it today.Connect with Melanie:Website: www.wilsonsisters.comInstagram: @wilson_sistersBlog: https://medium.com/@melstrongConnect with Ameera: Website: www.ameeravirani.comInstagram: @ameera.viraniLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/Free “Design Your Life” Resource: https://ameeravirani.myflodesk.com/designyourlifeJoin The Designed Life Community: https://ameeravirani.myflodesk.com/thedesignedlifecollectiveNew Intro Feb 2026  DisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

Rewriting the Rules for Your Life & LeadershipIn this episode of The Designed Life, Ameera dives into one of the most persistent myths high-achieving women face: work-life balance. Through personal stories and transformational insight, she reveals why “balance” isn’t the goal, design is. From redefining hustle to embracing seasonal harmony between work and home, this episode will help you step out of performance and into purpose.You’ll learn:– Why balance is a myth and what to pursue instead– How intentional seasons lead to real harmony– What it means to design your life based on joy, values, and vision– How to begin releasing what no longer serves your futureReflection Practice (Journal or Voice Memo):– If I could share the most important, soul-filling parts of my life, what would they be?– What do I want each day to feel like? (peaceful, spacious, energizing…)– What values do these things reflect?– Where am I still seeking validation instead of alignment?If you’re ready to design your life, not just survive it -this episode is for you.Subscribe + share this episode with a woman ready to do it differently.Connect with me:- Website: www.ameeravirani.com- Instagram: @ameera.virani- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/Free Design Your Life resource: https://ameeravirani.myflodesk.com/designyourlifeIf This Resonated:Don’t forget to *subscribe* and *leave a review* - it helps us reach more visionary women like you.Share this episode with someone who needs it.Want to explore this work further? Join the Designed Life Community: https://ameeravirani.myflodesk.com/thedesignedlifecollectiveDisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.

Welcome to The Designed Life, a podcast that feels less like a show and more like a sacred space to exhale, reflect, and return to yourself. In this very first episode, Ameera Virani invites you into a cozy, truth-telling corner of the internet where presence matters more than performance.With over 25 years of experience guiding visionary women, she shares why now is the time to launch this podcast and what it truly means to rise into your next chapter with elegance, intention, and edge.You'll get a feel for the kinds of conversations to expect each week, and why this space is both a love letter and a lighthouse for the woman ready to rise, not by doing more, but by being more of herself.Connect With Ameera:Website: www.ameeravirani.comInstagram: @ameera.viraniLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameeravirani/If This Resonated:Don’t forget to *subscribe* and *leave a review*. It helps us reach more visionary women like you.Share this episode with a woman you want to rise with.Craving more than just another newsletter? Step into The Designed Life Collective -your weekly space for elevated strategy, soulful inspiration, and tools to lead with clarity and live on purpose. https://ameeravirani.myflodesk.com/thedesignedlifecollectiveDisclaimerThe Designed Life with Ameera Virani and all associated content is intended for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The insights shared on this podcast, as well as any linked resources or materials, are not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed therapist, medical professional, financial advisor, or other qualified professionals. Always seek the advice of your personal support team.