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by Angela Gargano
Join American Ninja Warrior competitor and keynote speaker Angela Gargano in this transformative podcast that challenges you to shift your perspective from limitation to possibility. Each week, Angela shares inspiring stories, actionable advice, and thought-provoking "what if" questions that help you break through mental, emotional, and physical barriers. "What If It All Goes Right" is for anyone ready to live boldly, confidently, and authentically
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- Jun 1, 202636 min
98. 36 Things I've Learned in 36 Years
It's my birthday!!! And today, I'm getting real. Like, really real. Because 35 to 36 wasn't a highlight reel. It was depression, $60K in debt, hyperventilating on the bathroom floor, and wondering if there was a way out. And now? Book deal. Speaking career taking off. Debt paid off. A completely different version of herself standing on the other side of the hardest year she's had. This birthday episode isn't a celebration of perfection. It's a celebration of staying in it. In this episode of What If It All Goes Right?, I'm sharing 36 things I've learned in 36 years — some practical, some messy, some funny, and some I'm still working on. From the mindset shifts that pulled me out of my darkest season, to the business lessons that changed how I lead, to the random life hacks I genuinely cannot believe I only just learned (potatoes don't go in the fridge, people). If you've been having a year — or you're just ready for a little raw, unfiltered truth — this one's for you. What's Discussed: A birthday episode with no filter — what the last year actually looked like, and why I almost didn't make it through. The depression, the therapy, the antidepressant conversation, and the unexpected advice that changed everything. Lesson 1: No one is coming to save you — and why that's not depressing, it's freeing. Lesson 2: Everyone is mostly thinking about themselves — and how realizing that takes the pressure off. Lesson 3: Don't let people who aren't where you want to be shape your decisions. Lesson 4: Leadership means making a decision — even the wrong one — and why indecision is the real failure. Lesson 5: You have a voice. Use it. And why you can't hold people to expectations they never knew you had. Lessons 7 & 8: Dogs are legitimately medicine. So is emo music. No notes. Lesson 9: Talking to yourself out loud is one of the most underrated tools nobody talks about. Lesson 10: Things don't take as long as you think — especially the things you keep stalling on. Lesson 11: You can break your generational patterns and choose your own path. Lessons 12–14: Experiences over everything, hiring by values, and the shift that happens when you stop making business about yourself. Lesson 15: Don't get too high or too low — how staying steady is what actually keeps you in the game. Lesson 16: Most of life is ordinary, boring, and unsexy — and that's exactly where success lives. Lessons 17–19: Travel credit card hacks, being in the game, and why I think everyone should take improv. Lesson 20: Not everyone is for you — and when something falls away, it might actually be a clearing. Lessons 21–22: Potatoes don't go in the fridge, and a travel blender might change your life on the road. Lesson 23: Invest in a trainer and your physical health — no matter what's in your bank account. Lessons 24 & 25: Hire A players even when it s
- May 25, 202625 min
97. How to Turn Comparison Into Fuel
You see someone hit the goal you've been chasing. Maybe they got the pull-up faster. Maybe they landed the client, the deal, the milestone you've been grinding toward. And instead of feeling inspired, something in you goes quiet — and then loud in all the wrong ways. Too late. Not enough. Why is it working for them and not me? If that spiral sounds familiar, this episode is for you. Because comparison isn't the enemy — but the direction it pulls you makes all the difference. In this episode of What If It All Goes Right?, I'm sharing something I haven't talked about publicly in over a decade, a personal story from my gymnastics days that changed the way I think about focus, competition, and what actually moves you forward. And then I'm walking you through four practical steps to catch the comparison loop, interrupt it, and redirect that energy back into your own work. This isn't about toxic positivity or pretending you don't notice what other people are doing. It's about understanding why your brain gets stuck there — and how to get it unstuck. What's Discussed: Why comparison isn't automatically bad — and the two very different directions it can pull you. A personal story from Angela's gymnastics years and what it taught her about focus, talent, and what comparison actually costs you. The neuroscience behind why comparison gets so sticky — the reticular activating system and the red car theory. Step 1: Noticing when comparison is happening, naming what's underneath it, and how to actually feel it so you can move through it faster. Step 2: Giving your brain something new to scan for — the nightly three-win practice that actively retrains what you look for. Step 3: The CTFAR method (created by Brooke Castillo of The Life Coach School) — how to map the negative loop on paper and reframe it side by side so you can see exactly where the shift happens. Step 4: Stay in the game. Why execution — not comparing, not trying, doing — is the only thing that actually moves you forward. Listen to this episode of What If It All Goes Right? and find out what your comparison spiral is really sitting on top of, why someone else's win doesn't take anything off your table, and what one shift in focus can do when you stop running someone else's race and start showing up for your own. 30 Day Reset Journal: If you're in that place where you know what you want but you keep delaying or overthinking the first step, this is a really good reset: www.angela-gargano.com/journal ➡️ Watch my TEDx talk, What One Pull-Up Taught Me About Resilience, for a deeper look at how small, uncomfortable actions build confidence and reshape identity over time: YouTube TEDx Talk 🔥 Want to bring this energy to your team or event? Book me for your next keynote or workshop → <a class="underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current/40 hov
- Apr 27, 202619 min
96. 8 Signs You’re Leading From Fear Instead of Confidence
As a high-achieving woman, you deliver in every meeting, you never let anything drop, you work harder than anyone in the room, and you have the results to prove it. From the outside, you look like the definition of a confident leader. But let me ask you. Does the thought of being caught off guard feel catastrophic? Does your yes come from fear of what happens if you say no? Does your confidence spike after a win and crash after a setback? If you answered yes to any of those, something other than confidence has been running the show. It is fear. And the sneaky part is that nobody around you can see it because fear-based leadership does not show up as panic or hesitation. It shows up as the hardest worker in the room. In this episode of What If It All Goes Right?, I walk you through the eight signs that fear, not confidence, has been in the driver's seat of your leadership. Not to shame you, but to show you exactly where the exhaustion is coming from and what becomes possible when you finally change it. What's Discussed: Sign 1: Over-preparing not because you are thorough but because being caught off guard feels catastrophic. Sign 2: Saying yes to everything because no feels too risky. Sign 3: Avoiding delegation and why it signals to everyone around you that you do not trust them. Sign 4: Needing consensus before committing to a decision. Sign 5: Taking feedback personally and why this is a self-worth problem not a sensitivity problem. Sign 6: Managing perception instead of results and why it is one of the biggest energy leaks a leader can have. Sign 7: Avoiding hard conversations at the expense of the outcome. Sign 8: Confidence that spikes after wins and crashes after setbacks and what that is actually costing you. The shift from fear-based to confidence-based leadership and how to begin. Listen to this episode of What If It All Goes Right? and find out which of the eight signs have been running your leadership, where the exhaustion is actually coming from, and what it looks like to lead in a way that gets easier instead of costing you everything to maintain. 30 Day Reset Journal: If you’re in that place where you know what you want but you keep delaying or overthinking the first step, this is a really good reset: www.angela-gargano.com/journal ➡️Watch my TEDx talk, What One Pull-Up Taught Me About Resilience, for a deeper look at how small, uncomfortable actions build confidence and reshape identity over time: YouTube TEDx Talk 🔥 Want to bring this energy to your team or event?Book me for your next keynote or workshop → angela-gargano.com/speakingI don’t want you just listening, I want you doing. Start with my freebies and let’s get you moving: 💪 Free Pull-Up Workshop → angela-gargano.com/workshop ✉️ Weekly Monday Motivation Newsletter → angela-gargano.com/monday 🚀 Pull-Up Revolution Program → angela-gargano.com/pullup <span style="font-weight:
- Apr 23, 202612 min
95. A Walking Meditation for When You've Been Running on Empty
There is a kind of exhaustion a lot of us carry that no one really sees. On the outside, everything looks fine. You show up on time, you are prepared, you hold things together at work, then you go home and do the same there. And you still find yourself smiling through it because you do not want to seem ungrateful for the life you have built. But on the inside, you feel tired in a way that sleep does not really fix. Your mind is always running. Your body is there, but you are rarely fully in the moment. And even when life looks good, it can still feel like you are moving through it on autopilot. So ask yourself. When was the last time you felt like you were really there for your own life and not just getting through the day? If you cannot remember, I want to invite you to take this walk with me. In this episode of What If It All Goes Right?, we are not solving anything or optimizing anything. We are just coming back to you. We also talk about why waiting for life to slow down before you start filling your cup is a trap most high achievers fall into, why choosing yourself does not have to be loud or perfect to count, and how one small intention today is enough to start. What's Discussed: Why running on empty for high-achieving women looks like functioning perfectly, not falling apart. What it actually feels like to lose access to your own fullness when you become the person everyone leans on. Why the woman who is always on time, always prepared, and always saying yes is often the emptiest person in the room. A body scan practice to notice what your body has been carrying, that your mind has been too busy to process. Why fullness is not something that happens when life slows down and what to do instead. How to set one real intention today that starts filling your cup back up without overhauling your entire life. Listen to this episode of What If It All Goes Right? and give yourself permission to stop performing fine and start actually showing up for your own life again. 30 Day Reset Journal: If you’re in that place where you know what you want but you keep delaying or overthinking the first step, this is a really good reset: https://www.angela-gargano.com/journal ➡️Watch my TEDx talk, What One Pull-Up Taught Me About Resilience, for a deeper look at how small, uncomfortable actions build confidence and reshape identity over time: TEDx talk 🔥 Want to bring this energy to your team or event? Book me for your next keynote or workshop → angela-gargano.com/speakingI don’t want you just listening, I want you doing. Start with my freebies and let’s get you moving: 💪 Free Pull-Up Workshop → angela-gargano.com/workshop ✉️ Weekly Monday Motivation Newsletter → angela-gargano.com/monday 🚀 Pull-Up Revolution Program → angela-gargano.com/pullup If you’re not already hanging out with me on socials, what are you waiting for? <span style=
- Apr 20, 202621 min
94. Why You're a Different Woman at Work Than at Home (And What to Do About It)
There is a certain kind of guilt that follows high-achieving women home. You spend the whole day being sharp, capable, and available, then walk through the door with barely anything left. What makes it worse is realizing the people you love most are seeing the tired, stretched-thin version of you, while work got your energy, your focus, and the best of your attention. In this episode of What If It All Goes Right?, I get into why this is not a time management problem, a discipline problem, or a reflection of your values, and why every solution you have tried has probably missed the mark because of it. I also talk about why your personal life has quietly become your default setting, what decision fatigue is actually doing to your brain by the time you get home, and the practical shifts that start closing the gap between who you are at work and who you are showing up as at home. What's Discussed: Why the woman who leads a team at work and cannot decide what is for dinner at home is not failing but depleted. What decision fatigue is and why your prefrontal cortex is spending most of its daily capacity before noon. The invisible emotional labor of a high performing workday and why coming home does not automatically take it off. Why both things that happen when work follows you home damage the relationships that matter most. Why both versions of you are real and why the gap between them is an intention problem not an identity one. Why your personal life has quietly become your default setting instead of an intentional one. The transition ritual that creates a real on and off switch between work and home. The identity bridge that helps you stop feeling like two different women. Why shifting from time management to energy management changes everything and what that actually looks like. The honest conversation you need to have with yourself and the one small change that starts closing the gap. Listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify before another workday rolls into another evening where the people you love get the leftovers. 30 Day Reset Journal: If you’re in that place where you know what you want but you keep delaying or overthinking the first step, this is a really good reset: https://www.angela-gargano.com/journal ➡️Watch my TEDx talk, What One Pull-Up Taught Me About Resilience, for a deeper look at how small, uncomfortable actions build confidence and reshape identity over time: YouTube TEDx Talk 🔥 Want to bring this energy to your team or event?Book me for your next keynote or workshop → angela-gargano.com/speakingI don’t want you just listening, I want you doing. Start with my freebies and let’s get you moving: 💪 Free Pull-Up Workshop → angela-gargano.com/workshop ✉️ Weekly Monday Motivation Newsletter → angela-gargano.com/monday <spa
- Apr 13, 202622 min
93. The Conversation You Keep Avoiding Is the One You Need to Have
Most high-achieving women do not think of themselves as conflict-avoiders. They think of themselves as diplomatic, professional, easy to work with, and mature. And honestly, that is exactly what makes this pattern so hard to catch and so expensive to keep. Because keeping the peace and having peace are not the same thing. And every conversation you have been putting off is not sitting quietly in the background. It is collecting interest, draining your energy, and slowly chipping away at the trust you have in yourself every single time you choose silence over the conversation. This episode is going to change the way you think about every hard conversation you have been putting off. And more importantly, it is going to give you the tools to finally have it. And here is what changes when you finally have it. The mental load lifts. The resentment stops building. The relationship either gets stronger or you finally know where you stand. And maybe most importantly, you start to become the kind of woman who can be counted on to show up for herself even when it is uncomfortable. That shift alone is worth the awkward conversation. What's Discussed: Why conflict avoidance in high-achieving women almost never looks like cowardice and almost always looks like professionalism and maturity. Why keeping the peace and having peace are not the same thing and what that difference is quietly costing you. The three specific conversations most women keep avoiding and how to identify which one is yours. Why every time you back down from something that mattered to you, you lose a little more trust in yourself. The stories high-achieving women tell themselves to justify not having the conversation and how to catch them before they win again. Why the mental load of not having the conversation is almost always heavier than the conversation itself. How to open the hard conversation without putting the other person on the defensive immediately. How someone responds when you bring something honest to them, tells you everything you need to know about what that relationship can actually hold. Listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify before the conversation you keep putting off costs you one more day of energy, one more layer of resentment, and one more piece of trust in yourself. 30 Day Reset Journal: If you’re in that place where you know what you want but you keep delaying or overthinking the first step, this is a really good reset: https://www.angela-gargano.com/journal ➡️Watch my TEDx talk, What One Pull-Up Taught Me About Resilience, for a deeper look at how small, uncomfortable actions build confidence and reshape identity over time: YouTube TEDx Talk 🔥 Want to bring this energy to your team or event?Book me for your next keynote or workshop → angela-gargano.com/speakingI don’t want you just listening, I want you doing. Start with my freebies and let’s get you moving: 💪 Free Pull-Up Workshop → angela-gargano.com/workshop ✉️ Weekly Monday Motivation Newsletter → angela-gar
- Apr 9, 202611 min
92. A Walking Meditation for When You Don’t Know What You Want
Ever hit a point where everyone keeps asking what’s next, what you want, where you’re headed, and instead of having an answer, you feel this weird mix of pressure, guilt, and blankness? A lot of driven women assume that if they cannot name the next goal right away, something is wrong with them, but this episode challenges that belief and makes space for a different possibility: not knowing is not failure, and it does not mean you are lost. In this bonus episode of What If It All Goes Right?, I’m walking with you through that space instead of trying to rush you out of it. We’ll get into why not knowing can feel so unsettling when you are used to being the one with the answers, why what feels light can tell you more than what makes sense on paper, and why clarity usually comes quietly, not all at once. This one is here to help you stop fighting the fog and start listening to what it might be trying to show you. What’s Discussed: Why not knowing what you want does not mean something is wrong with you. Why women who are always the planners often struggle most with uncertainty. The difference between what you should want and what actually feels true. Why asking what feels light can be more helpful than forcing a clear answer. Why clarity rarely arrives all at once, and more often comes in quiet signals. The pressure of feeling like you should have this figured out by now. How to stay in the question without rushing to escape the discomfort. Why not knowing may be a sign of growth, not failure. How to make space for clarity instead of trying to force it. Why the woman who does not know yet is not lost . Listen to this bonus episode of What If It All Goes Right? and let this walking meditation help you soften the pressure, trust the process, and make space for clarity to arrive. 30 Day Reset Journal: If you’re in that place where you know what you want but you keep delaying or overthinking the first step, this is a really good reset: https://www.angela-gargano.com/journal ➡️Watch my TEDx talk, What One Pull-Up Taught Me About Resilience, for a deeper look at how small, uncomfortable actions build confidence and reshape identity over time: https://youtu.be/CNEdft5lDMs 🔥 Want to bring this energy to your team or event? Book me for your next keynote or workshop → angela-gargano.com/speakingI don’t want you just listening, I want you doing. Start with my freebies and let’s get you moving: 💪 Free Pull-Up Workshop → angela-gargano.com/workshop ✉️ Weekly Monday Motivation Newsletter → <span style="font-wei
- Apr 6, 202622 min
91. The Identity Hangover: Who Are You When the Goal is Gone?
Have you ever finally gotten the thing you wanted and then sat there thinking, why do I feel nothing? You hit the goal, crossed the finish line, got the title, lost the weight, launched the thing, and instead of feeling how you thought you’d feel, you just feel off. Flat. Maybe even a little guilty that the win did not land the way it was supposed to. In this episode of What If It All Goes Right?, I’m putting language to that experience and unpacking why it hits so many high-achieving women so hard. If you have ever wondered why a big win can still leave you feeling empty, this conversation will help you understand what is really happening beneath that crash, and why listening may change the way you move through success, transitions, and the next chapter of your life. What’s Discussed: What the identity hangover actually is, and why hitting a big goal can leave you feeling flat instead of fulfilled. Why high achievers are often more vulnerable to this than anyone else. The five different ways the identity hangover shows up. Why chasing the next goal too fast can keep you stuck in the same cycle. What it means to outgrow an old version of yourself. How to separate who you are from what you achieve. Why building your identity around values is more sustainable than building it around goals. How to sit in the in-between without rushing to fill it. The question to ask yourself instead of “What’s next?” Listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify before you make the mistake of rushing into the next thing without dealing with this first. 30 Day Reset Journal: If you’re in that place where you know what you want but you keep delaying or overthinking the first step, this is a really good reset: https://www.angela-gargano.com/journal ➡️Watch my TEDx talk, What One Pull-Up Taught Me About Resilience, for a deeper look at how small, uncomfortable actions build confidence and reshape identity over time: https://youtu.be/CNEdft5lDMs 🔥 Want to bring this energy to your team or event? Book me for your next keynote or workshop → angela-gargano.com/speakingI don’t want you just listening, I want you doing. Start with my freebies and let’s get you moving: 💪 Free Pull-Up Workshop → angela-gargano.com/workshop ✉️ Weekly Monday Motivation Newsletter → angela-gargano.com/monday 🚀 Pull-Up Revolution Program → angela-gargano.com/pullup If you’re not alread
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