The Anything Goes Podcast

This week I’m pulling back the curtain on Self-Love School, why I created it & how it was always going to be (& is) my souls work & why this work has gone on to change the lives of a thousand + women in ways I never could have imagined when it first began.

Self-Love School didn’t start as a “program.”

It started as survival.
Then truth.
Then embodiment.
Then an identity shift so powerful that women couldn’t unsee themselves once they’d stepped into it.

In this episode, I share how the work has evolved, why self-love isn’t soft or fluffy (and never has been), and why doing this work changes how you think, move, love, earn, speak, heal, and live.

If you’ve ever felt the pull to do deeper work, the kind that actually changes who you are, this episode will land.

And if you’ve been circling Self-Love School, wondering “Is this for me?”… this is the conversation you needed to hear.

LEARN MORE ABOUT SELF-LOVE SCHOOL

https://annarose.co/selfloveschool

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If you love what you get from me for free every week on this podcast, imagine what’s possible inside my monthly mentorship. My Inner Circle is where women work with me more intimately, to grow, to heal, to build, to become - and it’s only $47/month.

See you on the inside! https://annarose.co/myinnercircle

This week I got to not only interview a woman I’ve admired my entire life: my mum, it was also my FAVOURITE interview I have had the privilege to do.

She turns 70 this year and has lived more life than most people could dream of or survive, and she’s only just getting started.

We covered everything: From her own domestic violence stories, to divorce (twice over), religion, motherhood, step-parenting a man 20 years older (my dad), having five kids (including me - lol), going back to university in her 50’s, buying her first home after 50 (and paying it off), and why “I’m too old” is the biggest lie women tell themselves.

My mum is equal parts earth angel and rebel, a soft heart with steel bones and the woman who taught me what it means to leave, rebuild, reinvent, and refuse to die small.

If you’re a woman who’s been through some shit, or a woman who secretly worries you’ve missed your moment, this episode is a permission slip.

FIND ME ON SOCIALS: 

Me: @thereal_annarose

This Podcast: @anythinggoespodcast_

TAW Collective: @taw_collective

Self-Love School: @selflove_school

The Dream Haus: @thedreamhaus_studio
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If you love what you get from me for free every week on this podcast, imagine what’s possible inside my monthly mentorship. My Inner Circle is where women work with me more intimately, to grow, to heal, to build, to become - and it’s only $47/month.

See you on the inside! https://annarose.co/myinnercircle

Trying to conceive isn’t just a physical journey, it’s emotional, relational, and spiritual. Before our first IVF cycle, we sat down with our fertility coach Dee Zibara to make sure nothing was left unspoken.

Ryan takes the lead in this session (which I loved), and we unpack fears, identity shifts, expectations, communication, and how to create a safe foundation for a future child.

If you’re preparing for IVF, thinking about TTC, or simply curious about what it takes to intentionally become parents, this episode is a powerful listen.

This wasn’t about medical timelines or protocols, it was about us. About becoming parents. About what we’re carrying, what we’re afraid of, and what we’re ready for. And it was the most important conversation we’ve had before welcoming a baby into our world.

If you’re TTC, doing IVF, or just thinking about parenthood someday, this episode might surprise you. It definitely surprised us.

Welcome to 2026 loves! It's good to be BACK!

In this solo episode with yours truly, we kick off with a spicy bang, but this is NOT another “new year, new me” pep-talk, it’s a full-blown energetic hard-reset.

In this raw solo episode I drop the 5 questions that torched every remaining tolerance, performance mask and outdated goal still draining my life-force after the brutal 2020-2025 nine-year cycle.

With starting the biggest year of my life this year in 2026 (including turning 38 and being weeks from our first IVF cycle), I share why I'm deleting the word “goal” from my vocabulary and replacing it with non-negotiable STANDARDS for health, love, money, time and freedom.

Expect spicy truths on: quitting the job you dread, dumping the boyfriend you keep “working on,” deleting the good-girl syndrome, and defining freedom on your terms, before the world decides for you.

Hit play, grab a journal, and finish the episode knowing exactly what you’re no longer available for in 2026.

This episode is raw, unscripted, wildly honest and one of the most important conversations Anna has ever recorded.

In this deeply intimate follow-on episode, Anna puts her partner Ryan on the spot with 9 revealing questions every woman should ask her partner before having a baby - especially about postpartum support, emotional safety, boundaries, intimacy, and mental health.

Ryan hasn’t seen the questions. There’s no prep. No polish. Just real answers about what it actually looks like to support a woman through birth, postpartum recovery, and the identity shift of becoming parents.

This is not about parenting styles.
This is about how a woman is held after birth.

 

WHAT THIS EPISODE IS REALLY ABOUT

Most couples talk about how they’ll raise a child.
Very few talk about how the woman will be cared for while she heals.

This episode opens the conversations many women wish they’d had before pregnancy and when they still had choices.

Together, Anna and Ryan explore:

Postpartum recovery (physically, emotionally, hormonally)

How relationships change after a baby and how to protect connection

Why communication matters more than ever

The difference between “helping” and actually holding

Boundaries, visitors, and protecting the postpartum bubble

Baby blues vs postpartum depression (and what to look for)

Masculine leadership, emotional safety, and shared responsibility

Why women aren’t “too much” - they’re just tired, touched out, and asking for help

This conversation is vulnerable, funny, confronting, and deeply grounding.

 

THE 9 QUESTIONS COVERED

These are the questions Anna believes every woman should ask her partner before having a baby:

What do you think my role is in the first weeks after birth and what do you see yours being?

What kind of dad do you want to be now, and what kind of partner do you want to be to me once the baby is here?

How will you care for me while I’m healing - not just physically, but emotionally?

How do you feel about co-sleeping and breastfeeding?

How will we protect our relationship and intimacy when everything revolves around the baby?

When I say I’m struggling, what does support from you actually look like?

Do you know the difference between baby blues and postpartum depression?

How will we handle visitors, boundaries, and overwhelm in the early weeks?

Are you willing to learn, together, about postpartum healing and matrescence?

These questions change everything.

 

WHO THIS EPISODE IS FOR

Women considering motherhood

Couples thinking about having a baby

Partners who want to support better (but don’t know how)

Mothers who wish these conversations had happened earlier

Anyone who believes women deserve to be held, not just expected to cope

 

FINAL NOTE FROM ANNA

This conversation isn’t about doing it “right.”
It’s about being honest enough to ask the questions that change your future.

If you’re a woman listening - save this episode.
If you’re a partner - listen without defensiveness.
If you’re already a parent - you’re not late… you’re just learning.

 

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