The Rising And Thriving Podcast

I'm Yves Mukanya, and this is The Rising and Thriving Podcast. This show explores identity, pressure, and high-stakes decisions through the lived experience of immigrants building a life in America.

This podcast is for immigrants and their children succeeding on paper while feeling isolated, anxious, burnt out, or losing themselves. If you are a professional navigating two cultures, a divorced father rebuilding your identity, or questioning whether success was worth the cost, this is for you.

I left the Democratic Republic of Congo at 19 and learned English as a second language. I work as a therapist and transformational coach. When I talk about identity, responsibility, and pressure to succeed in America, I am talking from personal experience, not from stories I hear.

Here, we talk about what it costs to build a life in a new country, success that does not feel like enough, the moment you don't recognize yourself, and becoming someone new without betraying where you came from.