SHE Asked Podcast
Welcome to The SHE Asked Podcast with Anna McBride—a space where the stories we tell ourselves are challenged, reimagined, and rewritten to unlock personal transformation.
Hosted by former therapist, storyteller, and lifelong seeker Anna McBride, this podcast dives deep into the power of narrative. Through personal stories and intimate conversations with guests, we explore how shifting our internal dialogue can change not just how we see our lives—but how we live them.
Each episode offers what Anna calls “practical hope”—real tools, lived experience, and emotional honesty for anyone feeling stuck, lost, or ready for change. Whether you’re navigating divorce, grief, reinvention, or simply trying to understand your past, The SHE Asked Podcast invites you to become the author of your own story—and the hero in it, too.
Follow along for weekly episodes filled with compassion, perspective, and the courage to ask yourself:
What story am I telling—and is it still serving me?
Episodes
35 episodes
“I Was Having a Heart Attack — and No One Believed Me” | Women’s Health & Medical Gaslighting
What happens when a woman’s medical emergency is dismissed — and she refuses to back down?In this episode of SHE Asked: Tools for Practical Hope, Anna sits down with New York real estate leader and community builder Ann Cutbill Lenane (...
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45:20
How to Put Yourself Back in the Game | Identity Shifts, Intuition & Midlife Growth
In this episode of SHE Asked, host Anna McBride sits down with mindset and performance coach Dani Dellarco for a conversation about identity, intuition, embodiment, and what it really means to put yourself back in the game.Dani shares h...
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1:03:31
How One Woman Rewrote Her Health Story And Built A Framework Anyone Can Use
In this episode of SHE Asked: Tools for Practical Hope, Anna McBride is joined by women’s health and holistic nutrition coach DeeDee Mehren, founder of Feed MBS Nutrition,...
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1:16:23
Why Women Shrink (and How to Stop) | Dani Davis on Intuition, Patriarchy & Self-Trust
In this episode of SHE Asked: Tools for Practical Hope, host Anna McBride sits down with Dani Davis—an award-winning director, writer, producer, and creative leader—for a powerful conversation about women’s voices, int...
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58:41
Don’t Die With Your Music Inside | Dina Fanai on Healing, Courage, and Reclaiming Your Voice
In this episode of SHE Asked: Tools for Practical Hope, host Anna McBride sits down with award-winning artist, songwriter, and producer Dina Fanai for a deeply moving conversation about healing, creativity, and reclaiming one’s voice.Di...
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54:35
Why Your Body Is Asking You to Slow Down (Especially After 40)
In this episode of She Asked: Tools for Practical Hope, Anna McBride explores what it means to stop fighting your body and begin aging with acceptance, trust, and care.Drawing from her personal journey through disordered eating,...
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37:09
Ending People-Pleasing and Starting 2026 With Better Boundaries
In this episode of She Asked: Tools for Practical Hope, Anna McBride explores what it means to complete old relationship patterns as we move toward 2026. Anna shares how years of performance, caretaking, and codependency led to emotiona...
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1:22:57
You Can Heal Your Relationship With Money And Raise Your Self-Worth
In this first episode of She Asked’s end-of-year Completion Series, Anna McBride explores how our relationship with money mirrors our relationship with self-worth. Anna reflects on inherited money beliefs, financial avoidance, an...
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33:34
How I Changed My Life In 2025 By Learning To Let Go
In this reflective episode, co-producer Jennifer Martin sits down with host Anna McBride to reflect on Anna's transformative year of healing, identity reclamation, and spiritual growth. From legally changing her name back to her ma...
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34:56
Sexuality, Sensuality & Somatic Healing: A Conversation with Adena of Unbounded
In this episode of SHE ASKED, Anna sits down with somatic sex & relationship coach Adena to explore one of the most misunderstood topics in women’s lives: pleasure — what it is, why it matters, and how it becomes a portal to deeper self-tru...
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52:59
Choosing Happiness At Any Age
In this solo episode of She Asked: Tools for Practical Hope, Anna McBride reflects on turning 62 and the single question that has followed her throughout her life: “Are you happy?”Drawing on research from Harvard’s longevity...
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31:25
Yoga Nidra + The Awakened Path: How to Embody the Divine in the Everyday | with Tanis Fishman
In this episode of She Asked: Tools for Practical Hope, Anna sits down with Tanis Fishman, founder of The School of Sankalpa, a mystic, teacher, and master of Yoga Nidra meditation. Together, they explore the pro...
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Practical Hope For The Holidays
How did the season of joy become a month of stress and obligation?In this episode of She Asked: Tools for Practical Hope, Anna offers a gentle guide for anyone seeking peace, presence, and purpose during the holiday seaso...
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19:55
Dating After Divorce: What No One Tells You About Starting Over | SHE Asked + Donna Barnes
Anna McBride sits down with relationship and breakup coach Donna Barnes — host of the Broken to Brave podcast — for an honest and hopeful conversation about starting over in love.Together they explore what it means to rebuild your sense...
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53:04
Menopause + Midlife Reckoning: What Women Need to Know About Sex After 40
Welcome to She Asked: Tools for Practical Hope with Anna McBride.In this episode, Anna sits with internationally acclaimed somatic sexologist and author Cyndi Darnell (Sex When You Don’t...
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51:17
How Ayurveda Remedies Addiction: A Holistic Path to Recovery | Anna McBride & Rima Shaw
Welcome to She Asked: Tools for Practical Hope. In this episdoe, we sit with Ayurveda expert Rima Shaw to explore how Ayurveda intersects with addiction recovery in mind, body + spirit.🌀 What You’ll ...
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50:44
Responding to the Mental Health Crisis through an Ayurvedic Lens with Expert Rima Shah
AYURVEDA FOR MENTAL HEALTHIn this episode of She Asked: Tools for Practical Hope, Anna McBride and Ayurvedic expert Rima Shah explore how Ayurveda helps us understand and heal the mind through balance, awareness, and daily ritual....
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58:04
Ancient Ayurvedic Secrets for Fall Wellness with Rima Shah
Anna McBride sits down with Ayurvedic expert and longtime friend Rima Shah to explore the wisdom of Ayurveda for the fall season.🌿 Together, they dive into:• Rima’s childhood stories of Ayurveda in India and how sacred rh...
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46:22
From Surviving to Thriving: Your Path to Meaningful Change
🌟 Why Is Change So Hard? | Life Coaching for Women Over 40 🌟Are you a woman over 40 rebuilding after divorce, career shifts, or major life changes? You’re not alone—and you’re not failing. In this episode of She Asked: Tools f...
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The Spiritual Meaning of Ownership: My Journey of Buying a Condo in NYC
Discover the spiritual meaning of ownership. In this episode, Anna McBride shares life lessons from buying a condo in New York City, exploring what it really means to own—beyond possessions. Learn how vulnerability, responsibility, and g...
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23:02
Vata, Pitta, Kapha: A Beginner’s Guide to Doshas and Rebalancing Your Life
In this special Q&A episode of She Asked, host Anna McBride sits with her producer Jennifer Martin to explore the wisdom of Ayurveda. Together, we break down the three doshas—Vata, Pitta, and Kapha—and what they reveal about yo...
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32:47
Ayurveda 101: Balancing the Five Elements & Your Dosha for a Healthier Life
In this episode of She Asked: Where Healing Meets Practical Hope, I share my journey of discovering Ayurveda, the 5,000-year-old science of life, and how learning to balance my fiery Pitta dosha transformed my health, relationships, and sense o...
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23:34
The Whole Way Home〡Honoring My Sister in the Grand Canyon
n this moving episode of She Asked: Where Healing Meets Practical Hope, host Anna McBride shares the sacred story of her final road trip with her sister Tish — a journey of grief, love, and letting go. Through vivid storytelling, Anna reflects ...
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20:53
Who Is Recovery For? (My Story of Healing)
Welcome back to She Asked: Tools for Practical Hope with your host and friend, Anna McBride.Let me (briefly) walk you through decades of recovery.Not just from one addiction or label, but from a lifetime of trauma, codependency,...
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Learning to Trust Again: Red-Flags for Dating After Divorce
Dating after divorce can be messy and murky as we tend to lightly tread around the core of what it means to trust again . But when we learn to trust our intuition before diving into a new relationship - the dating pool looks as clear as the Mal...
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