Today, we’re getting real about emotions — the ones we carry daily, the ones we try to hide, and the ones that bubble up when we least expect them. If you’ve ever felt like you’re one second away from snapping, or like your body is telling you to slow down but you don’t know how... this episode is for you.

I’m breaking down:

• Why most of us were never taught to feel our emotions properly
• The truth about emotional overload and how it shows up in your body
• My personal wake-up call with burnout and emotional exhaustion
• A powerful visual I call the Emotional Backpack (this will shift how you see what you’re carrying)
• The Four-Part Emotional Cycle: Feel, Acknowledge, Process, Release
• Real tools to release stored emotions — from journaling to meditations to visualizations that connect body, mind, and soul

This episode is your permission slip to stop holding it all in. You don’t have to be strong all the time. You can make space to feel, heal, and come back to yourself — gently, intentionally, and without shame.

✨ Healing begins when we stop avoiding our emotions and start listening to them.

If this episode resonated with you, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who’s ready to lighten their emotional load.

We’re doing deep, beautiful work here — thank you for being part of it.

🎧 Listen now and take the first step toward unpacking your emotional backpack.

🔗 Learn more and explore tools for inner peace at: purposelypeaceful.com

📲 Follow Jessica on Instagram: @jess_riverak

✨Reclaiming Your Personal Power

In this episode, we’re digging into the powerful, life-changing concept of personal power—what it really is, why we often lose it, and how reclaiming it is essential to becoming your most peaceful and authentic self.

I’ll share some personal stories—both big and small—about the moments I gave my power away, and the exact mindset shifts that helped me take it back. Whether you’ve felt powerless in relationships, work, or even just in traffic (yup, I’ve been there), this episode will help you recognize where your energy is going—and how to protect your peace, moment by moment.

We’ll cover:

• What personal power really means (and what it doesn’t)
• How to recognize when you’ve given your power away
• Why everyday “micro-moments” reveal where your power lives
• My favorite tool to begin reclaiming your power today
• Why peace and personal power are deeply connected

This episode is a gentle but honest call to start standing in your truth, owning your choices, and consciously choosing your reactions—so you can live a life that feels aligned, grounded, and unapologetically peaceful.

Links & Resources:

• Visit the website: purposelypeaceful.com
• Follow on IG for updates & inspiration: @jess_riverak
• Read more about it here

✨ What Is Purposely Peaceful?

Description: In this very first episode of the Purposely Peaceful Podcast, I’m diving into the heart of what this entire show is about—living a life rooted in intentional peace. We’ll explore what it truly means to become purposely peaceful, why inner peace isn’t something we “find,” but something we build, and how we begin shifting from survival mode to a state of inner calm, clarity, and conscious living.

I’ll also share the personal journey that led me here—from chasing peace through external accomplishments to finally realizing it was something I had to create from within.

In this episode, we’ll talk about:

• Why inner peace isn’t taught (and why it should be)
• The myth of “peace” being something outside of us
• How stress, trauma, and old conditioning keep us from our best selves
• What becoming purposely peaceful really looks like—and why it’s not about perfection
• The very first step to creating a more peaceful, powerful life

If you’ve ever felt like peace was out of reach or something you’ll “get to someday,” this episode will help you come back home to yourself—and start building peace, on purpose.

Links & Resources:

• Connect with me: purposelypeaceful.com
• Follow along on Instagram: @jess_riverak
• Read more about it here