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The Rising and Thriving Podcast
Welcome to The Rising & Thriving Podcast—the podcast for high-functioning men who feel emotionally drained, stuck, or broken by life’s hardest seasons.
Hosted by therapist, coach, and father Yves Mukanya, each episode offers raw stories, mindset shifts, and tools to help you rise from divorce, burnout, and identity loss—and rebuild your life with clarity, confidence, and conviction.
Topics include:
- Divorce recovery & emotional healing
- Purpose after burnout
- Fatherhood, masculinity, and mental health
- Building a meaningful life after everything falls apart
Subscribe now if you're ready to reclaim your identity—and thrive on your own terms.
The Rising and Thriving Podcast
Where This Conversation Is Going Identity, Pressure, and the Decisions We Make S01EP01
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Decision-making under pressure, identity, leadership, and high-stakes choices. How do people think and decide when the path is not clear and responsibility cannot be avoided?
What happens when the direction of your life changes and the decision in front of you is not as clear as you want it to be?
This episode introduces Season One of The Rising and Thriving Podcast and the question behind this season:
How do people think, decide, and become who they are when pressure forces them to act?
This is not about quick answers.
It is about understanding how decisions are made when:
information is incomplete
time is limited
responsibility is real
Subscribe to follow the full season.
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About the Host
My name is Yves Mukanya. I am a therapist, transformational coach, and host of The Rising and Thriving Podcast. I focus on helping individuals navigate identity, pressure, and decision-making in moments that shape the direction of their lives.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:32 The Shift
01:10 The New Direction
01:59 What High-stakes Means Here
02:35 The Lens I Bring
04:04 What This Season Will Explore
04:35 Who Is This For
05:03 Closing
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Follow me:
Instagram: www.instagram.com/your_neighberhood_therapist/
Tik Tok: www.tiktok.com/@urneighberhoodtherapist
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/yvesmukanya/
Website: www.yvestmukanya.com