In Alignment

About In Alignment

Welcome to In Alignment with Annie & Marissa. Our journey to feeling better in our bodies and our lives led us through wellness trends and healing practices, and through some of life’s harder moments. Navigating breakups, chronic health issues, body image, career transitions, finding purpose and starting over throughout our 20’s and 30’s. What we realized along the way is that the root of feeling stuck in our bodies, minds and lives is often a product of being out of alignment with who we truly are. When we come home to ourselves, the world around us starts to fall into place. Because the most important relationship we have is with ourselves. In Alignment is a space for honest conversations where we give you the tools to listen inward and design the life of your dreams. We’re so glad you’re here. shiftintoalignment.substack.com (https://shiftintoalignment.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Annie Ripp & Marissa Vivori

Category

education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Sept 2025

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

51 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   What Your Jealousy Is Trying to Tell You with Ryan Welti

   In this episode of In Alignment, Marissa sits down with entrepreneur and author Ryan Welti for an honest conversation about redefining success, starting over, trusting yourself through uncertainty, and building a life that actually feels good to you. Ryan shares her journey from a prestigious career in management consulting to entrepreneurship, shutting down her first startup, getting fired, writing her first book, and ultimately rebuilding from a completely different place. They talk about why jealousy can actually reveal what you want, the inner work required to take big risks, and why self-trust may be more important than having the perfect plan. Ryan also shares the mantra that helped her overcome her fear of posting online: “I’m not afraid to be seen trying,” and why learning to tolerate judgment, disappointment, and being misunderstood can completely change what becomes possible for your life. Marissa and Ryan also get honest about alcohol, anxiety, nervous-system regulation, people pleasing, entrepreneurship, being single in your 30s, and letting go of the traditional timeline of what your life is “supposed” to look like. Most importantly, they explore a different definition of success: not how impressive your life looks from the outside, but how deeply you know yourself, trust yourself, take care of yourself, and actually enjoy being you. Ryan’s forthcoming book, From Scratch (https://readfromscratch.com/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAcGRvZgJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA85MzY2MTk3NDMzOTI0NTkAAae473L8XllLIhrzW4ARHhCNWJwcTZJA215o4N7laXxyz7z9ZV_Ro-j4Hd-TZQ_aem_BupezUwEr46FGBjpEJa96Q), explores many of these same questions around fear, jealousy, identity, evolution, and redefining what success means for you. Find Ryan Here: Ryan Welti (https://www.ryanwelti.com/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAcGRvZgJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA85MzY2MTk3NDMzOTI0NTkAAafAdTiJxxued0CFNPYpOwz9OqyekqJSs2y-IKv7jkkYR_uedsoXIDF_QXVy0Q_aem_SwhPYcflQpPHK078gMv76Q) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ryanwelti/) Substack (https://livewellwithry.substack.com/?utm_campaign=profile_chips) Here’s how to work with us at Shift Shift 1:1 coaching is open now. Work directly with Annie and Marissa on whatever you’re moving through, a pattern you keep repeating, a chapter that’s changing, a version of yourself you can’t seem to reach. Every package starts with a free 15-minute call. → https://www.shiftinto.co/coaching (https://www.shiftinto.co/coaching) Shift Membership opens in September. A monthly membership where the work becomes a practice, not a one-time fix. Get on the waitlist for founding pricing and first access. → https://www.shiftinto.co/home-1 (https://www.shiftinto.co/home-1) Come find us in between episodes:Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/shiftintoalignment/ (https://www.instagram.com/shiftintoalignment/) Get full access to Shift Into Alignment at shiftintoalignment.substack.com/subscribe (https://shiftintoalignment.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

2. 

   22 Sept 2026

   Everything Cancer at 29 Taught Her About Stress, Control & Living

   At 29 years old, Anna White thought she was the healthiest she had ever been. She exercised. She cared deeply about wellness. She knew she carried the BRCA1 mutation and was already undergoing regular screenings. Just weeks before her diagnosis, extensive blood testing had told her she was the “picture of health.” Then she found a lump and a few months later, Anna was diagnosed with stage 3 triple-negative breast cancer. In this episode of In Alignment, Marissa sits down with Anna to talk about what happened next, from navigating an overwhelming diagnosis and interviewing oncologists across the country to undergoing chemotherapy, participating in a clinical trial, and building an integrative support plan alongside her conventional cancer treatment. But this conversation goes far beyond Anna’s treatment. Being diagnosed with cancer forced Anna to look at the way she had been living before she got sick: the high-stress career, perfectionism, need for control, independence, and years she now describes as “white knuckling” her way through life. It also forced her to confront one of the hardest truths for a self-described Type A control freak: we were never really in control to begin with. Anna shares how facing her own mortality changed her relationship with stress, wellness, her body, being seen, and what actually matters to her. One of Anna’s biggest lessons is one we all need, whether or not we’ve ever faced a diagnosis: “If your wellness routine is stressing you out, it’s no longer wellness.” You can eat perfectly, follow every routine, buy every supplement, and try to control every variable. Or you can recognize that taking care of yourself also means learning how to live. For Anna, that has meant releasing some of the control she spent her life holding onto and focusing instead on what she can control: how she spends her days, how she cares for herself, the people she loves, and whether she is actually enjoying the life she fought so hard to keep. Here’s how to work with us at Shift Shift 1:1 coaching is open now. Work directly with Annie and Marissa on whatever you’re moving through, a pattern you keep repeating, a chapter that’s changing, a version of yourself you can’t seem to reach. Every package starts with a free 15-minute call. → https://www.shiftinto.co/coaching (https://www.shiftinto.co/coaching) Shift Membership opens in September. A monthly membership where the work becomes a practice, not a one-time fix. Get on the waitlist for founding pricing and first access. → https://www.shiftinto.co/home-1 (https://www.shiftinto.co/home-1) Come find us in between episodes:Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/shiftintoalignment/ (https://www.instagram.com/shiftintoalignment/) Get full access to Shift Into Alignment at shiftintoalignment.substack.com/subscribe (https://shiftintoalignment.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

3. 

   15 Sept 2026

   How She Healed Years of Chronic Pain When Nothing Else Worked

   In this episode of In Alignment, Annie and Marissa sit down with Abby Tartell to talk about the connection between our emotional and physical health, and what can happen when we spend years pushing through, performing, achieving, and avoiding what we actually feel. Abby spent much of her life doing everything “right.” She was a high achiever, a college athlete at Northwestern, went on to work in consulting and attend Kellogg for her MBA, and became the person everyone described as easygoing, adaptable, and low maintenance. Until her body forced her to stop. After developing debilitating chronic foot pain, Abby spent three years searching for answers. She saw leading doctors, tried physical therapy, injections, and other treatments, and was eventually faced with the possibility of exploratory surgery. Then she discovered the work of Dr. John Sarno and Nicole Sachs and began exploring the role that stress, emotional suppression, and learned patterns could be playing in her experience. That journey completely changed the way she understood her body and herself. Together, we talk about what it actually means to “feel your feelings,” why being the easygoing or low-maintenance person can sometimes be a learned survival pattern, and how the patterns we develop early in life can follow us into our health, careers, friendships, and romantic relationships. Abby also walks us through the journaling practice that became a major part of her own journey, including how she uses childhood experiences, present-day stressors, and personality patterns as starting points for deeper self-exploration. At the heart of this conversation is a simple idea: The goal isn’t to never feel uncomfortable again. It’s to become someone who knows how to meet herself when she does. Here’s how to work with us at Shift Shift 1:1 coaching is open now. Work directly with Annie and Marissa on whatever you’re moving through, a pattern you keep repeating, a chapter that’s changing, a version of yourself you can’t seem to reach. Every package starts with a free 15-minute call. → https://www.shiftinto.co/coaching (https://www.shiftinto.co/coaching) Shift Membership opens in September. A monthly membership where the work becomes a practice, not a one-time fix. Get on the waitlist for founding pricing and first access. → https://www.shiftinto.co/home-1 (https://www.shiftinto.co/home-1) Come find us in between episodes:Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/shiftintoalignment/ (https://www.instagram.com/shiftintoalignment/) Get full access to Shift Into Alignment at shiftintoalignment.substack.com/subscribe (https://shiftintoalignment.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

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5.0 / 5

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

20 ratings

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