If you’ve ever told yourself, “I’m never going back there again,” only to find yourself right back in the same patterns — this one’s for you.
In today’s episode, I’m unpacking the real reason you keep circling back to the places, people, or habits you swore you’d outgrown. Spoiler: it’s not because you’re weak, unworthy, or unmotivated.

You’ll learn:

• Why having the resources, willpower, or knowledge isn’t enough to create lasting change

• How your nervous system’s comfort with chaos can pull you back into the familiar

• Why your “why” might not be fully formed yet — and how that affects your follow-through

• What it looks like to move from awareness → belief → embodiment so you can finally break your cycles for good

I share my own story of binge eating — how even with all the tools and information, I found myself in the same spiral until I learned how to calm my nervous system, build clarity, and create safety in balance.

Whether your “thing” is food, relationships, or just self-sabotage in disguise, this episode will help you understand what’s really going on beneath the surface — and what it takes to finally step into lasting change.

Key Takeaways:

• • It’s not that you can’t. You already have the strength, resources, and worthiness.
• • It’s that you’re not yet rooted in your why. Without a solid why, your brain treats change like a temporary experiment instead of a permanent shift.
• • You’re rushing the process. Like the blindfolded kid at the piñata, you’re reaching in every direction instead of taking one intentional step at a time.
  • Your nervous system resists the unfamiliar. Familiar doesn’t mean safe — but it feels that way until you rewire it.

• Mentioned in this episode:

• • My personal experience with emotional eating and the nervous system

  • The Emotion Code — a tool I use to release trapped emotions that keep us stuck

• • My program Break the Cycle — a guided process to help you move from awareness to embodiment so you can finally live in alignment with who you’re meant to be

  
  

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I’m back after an unexpected summer pause. I planned to stay consistent, but God had other ideas. In this short episode, I share how stepping away taught me to trust His timing, release my own plans, and return with a clearer heart.

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What happens when the life you long for feels like it conflicts with the life God seems to be calling you to live?

In this raw and honest episode, I share the first part of my journey of learning to reconcile my deepest dreams with God’s divine plan — and the internal battle that came with it.

Raised in a deeply Catholic home, I was taught that anything too worldly — whether it was love, money, or ambition — might be a sign I was veering off course. That belief shaped a lot of the choices I made in my early relationships and life. I open up about a pivotal moment in high school that changed everything, and how that moment led me back to a relationship that eventually became my first marriage… and my first divorce.

You’ll hear:

• The quiet fear that kept me from trusting my desires

• How I confused approval with peace — and why that led me to settle

• The moment I started questioning the belief that joy and God’s will couldn’t coexist

• How a retreat in 2021 cracked me wide open and became the catalyst for my healing

This episode sets the foundation for Part 2 and Part 3, where I’ll walk you through how to actually get clear on the desires God has placed on your heart — and how to partner with Him in seeing them through.

If you’ve ever felt torn between your faith and your future, this one’s for you.

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Connect with Anna:

→ Connect on Instagram for more encouragement: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@whollybyanna⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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