Are you a leader?
A leader is anyone who takes responsibility for their choices and direction. 
Not because of a title, but because they are aware that you need to know how to lead yourself first to be able to lead others.

From Corporate Headhunter to Soul Hearthunter
I work with conscious professionals and teams who feel the gap between who they are and how they are currently working, leading, or deciding.

People come to me when:

❤️‍🔥they are successful, but misaligned
❤️‍🔥they are tired of people-pleasing and over-functioning
❤️‍🔥they sense they are meant to lead differently, but don’t want spiritual bypassing or corporate bullshit

I help them move into grounded leadership, clear decisions, and coherent action, without burning themselves out in the process.

What I actually do?I bridge strategy and energetic truth.

As the founder of a Human Empowerment Agency for Reconnection and Transformation and a certified HeartMath® Trainer, I work where most systems break down: ❤️‍🔥the space between inner alignment and real-world execution.
This is not surface-level leadership work.

I help you:

❤️‍🔥cut through noise and internal conflict
❤️‍🔥rewire how you perceive yourself and your role
❤️‍🔥make clean decisions you can stand behind
❤️‍🔥lead from coherence instead of obligation

So your work, relationships, and leadership stop feeling heavy and start making sense again.

My non-negotiables:

❤️‍🔥Authenticity. Radical responsibility. Integrity. Reciprocity.

I work with people who are willing to look honestly at themselves and move.
No fixing. No pretending. No drama.
Humour is welcome. Victimhood is not.

How I work (this is important)

I work on two levels at the same time:

✨ The Expert
I bring structure, clarity, and grounded strategy.
We define priorities, make decisions, create a 30–60–90 map, and translate insight into action in your career, leadership role, or business.

🔥 The Human
I hold space for the part of you that learned to please, perform, or over-adapt to stay safe.
I don’t coddle it. I integrate it. That’s where sustainable confidence comes from.

This is why clients trust me. I can sit with your fear without feeding it, and give you the exact next steps to move forward.

If you are ready for:

❤️‍🔥leadership that feels alive, not forced
❤️‍🔥purpose that is grounded, not vague
❤️‍🔥teams that move from tension to coherence

If something here resonates, Rebels Rising is where I turn clarity into grounded action. I burn away the bullshit so coherence can rise. 🔥

📩 anja@freespirithc.com

⚡ www.rebelsrising.net (for individuals)

Anja Žibert

❤️‍🔥 From People-Pleasing to Grounded Leadership | I Help Conscious Professionals & Teams Make Clear Decisions, Align Purpose & Create Coherent Results ✨

A customer will become a friend faster than a friend will become a customer!❤️‍🔥

After my own divorce, I thought I had failed, 
not just at marriage, but at being honest with myself, 
at handling my emotions, and at feeling safe in my own skin.

That pain became my turning point. 
I stopped investing in the image I showed the world, and started 
rebuilding the most important thing: 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽.

You can be strong, successful, and respected in every area of life, 
and still feel powerless where it matters most: in relationships.

Maybe you’ve been through a divorce. 
Maybe you’re holding together a relationship that feels like it’s slipping away.

On the outside, you look fine.
But inside, you feel empty, disconnected, or tired of repeating the same mistakes.

I know that place. 
I have been there. 

Now I work with men — divorced or in relationships — who are done pretending they’re fine.
Who want more than surface confidence. 
Who want to stop running on empty and start living with emotional maturity, clarity, and depth.

This work is not fluff.
It’s direct. It’s honest. And it changes everything.

Because when you rebuild your self-relationship:
- You stop repeating the same patterns in every relationship.
- You create real connection, the kind that lasts.
- You carry yourself with the respect and clarity that no one can take away.

The ROI? 
A life that finally feels worth it, one where your strength isn’t just what 
people see on the outside, but what you carry inside.

If you’ve been telling yourself, “I’ll deal with this later.”

Later is now.

👉 Book a free clarity breakthrough call with me
𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐔𝐑𝐋 https://bit.ly/3HrmHfe

Goran Klobučar

No woman can respect a man who doesn’t respect himself.

That stings, but it's true.
Because it hits where it hurts.

Many men feel unappreciated in their relationship.
Not seen, valued, and taken for granted.
And they blame their partner.

But here’s the uncomfortable truth:
𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁.

When you don’t respect yourself, it shows up like this:
- You say yes when you mean no, then feel resentful later
- You avoid hard conversations to “keep the peace”
- You let small things slide until they pile up
- You don’t speak up when something bothers you
- You overgive, hoping she’ll finally notice
- You tolerate jokes, comments, or behavior that cross your line
- You cancel your needs, plans, or boundaries because it feels easier

From the outside, you look flexible.
Inside, you feel invisible.

This is the important part:
When you don’t take yourself seriously,
your partner unconsciously learns not to take you seriously either.

Not because she’s bad.
Not because she doesn’t care.
But because 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱.

And respect doesn’t start with demanding more.
It starts with standing firmer.

With saying:
“This matters to me.”
“I’m not okay with this.”
“I won’t disappear to keep things calm.”

When you respect yourself:
- Your words carry weight
- Your presence feels grounded
- Your boundaries feel clear, not aggressive
- You stop chasing respect and start embodying it

And the dynamic shifts.

If this hit something real, you’re not alone.
 
You can come and talk about it in my January 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸. 
 
It's created for men who feel this tension,
who are tired of carrying it alone,
and who don’t want advice or fixing, just an honest conversation.

This is no webinar or masterclass
Just men speaking honestly about what’s really going on
in their relationships or divorce.

If you feel this is something you need, you’re welcome to join us.
Comment M2M or send me a private message and I’ll send you the details.

You don’t need to have it figured out.
You just need to show up.

Helping Men Rebuild After Divorce, or Strengthen the Connection With Their Partner Before It’s Too Late — by Rebuilding the Relationship They Have With Themselves | Self-Relationship Architect | ⬇Learn How on the Video⬇

Men don’t shut down because they don’t care.

They shut down because their body doesn’t feel safe.

So you learned to manage yourself.
To stay functional.
To keep things from falling apart.

From the outside, nothing looks wrong.
No drama or obvious conflict.
Just a man doing what he’s supposed to do.

But inside, there’s tension.

When a conversation goes a little deeper than expected, or 
something emotional shows up…
 … and your body reacts before your mind does with:
- tight chest
- blank mind
- silence

So you look for an exit.
Something that steers the moment away.
A topic change, distance.
Anything that helps you regain control.

Not because you don’t love your partner.
But because in that moment, you don’t feel 
safe with what’s happening inside you.

That’s the part nobody talks about.
And men aren’t distant because they’re cold.
They’re distant because they were never taught how 
to stay with their emotions.

You learned how to endure.
How to push through.
How to not make things worse.

Over time, that creates distance.

I know how it is.
I was that man.

I didn’t avoid intimacy because I didn’t want it.
I avoided it because I didn’t trust myself inside it.

What changed things for me wasn’t forcing openness.
It was:
- learning how not to shut down
- staying instead of escaping
- saying something imperfect instead of disappearing
 
But I had to learn that after the divorce, because I waited too long.

If all this feels uncomfortable to read, good.
That means you recognize something.

So don’t you wait until distance feels normal.
Don't repeat my mistake. 
 
Sit with this for 30 seconds before scrolling.
And notice the last time your chest tightened. 
What did you do next?

You might not like this at first.

But it can shift your relationship.

Most tension in relationships doesn’t come from what your partner says.

It comes from what their words activate inside you.

Your inner state, your past, the way you relate to yourself.

That’s why partners argue over words that were never meant to hurt.

And sometimes even neutral words can turn into arguments,
because you received it through your inner filter.

If you want your next conversation to feel different,
watch this video.

Hey, man, you will never feel fully loved if you fear vulnerability.


You want closeness.
You want a connection.
But you’re afraid of the cost of being seen.

So you stay guarded, controlled, and manly “strong.”
And then you wonder why love never really lands.

You can’t receive love if you never show the real you.

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁.

I know this because I was that man.

I was afraid of emotions.
Afraid of naming them, expressing them,
sitting with them.

When my partner was emotional, I froze.
I didn’t know how to comfort her, how to be there, how to get closer.

So I did what felt safer.
I pulled away.

From the outside, it looked like I didn’t care.
Inside, I was overwhelmed and scared.
 
But I didn’t tell her that. It felt easier to stay silent.

I avoided her emotions the same way I avoided mine.
I suppressed them and pushed them down.

That’s how I avoided vulnerability.

And here’s the painful part…
When my ex-wife said “I love you,” I didn’t fully believe her.
Not because she was pretending.
But because of how I saw myself.

I didn’t love myself.
I didn’t respect myself.
So how could I believe someone else truly did?

𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲.

This is more common than men admit.
Most of us were never taught how to deal with emotions.
But we’re not broken. We just never learned how.

So emotions feel intimidating.
Easier to avoid than to face.

If this hits you, you’re not alone.
And nothing is wrong with you.

Let me ask you this:
- Do you want to feel close without feeling exposed or weak?
- Do you want to stay present in emotional moments instead of shutting down?
- Do you want to believe in love when it’s offered to you?
- Do you want to feel safe being fully yourself in a relationship?

You can have all of that.
And it starts with your relationship with yourself.

And one more thing.
Don’t be afraid to like or comment on this post.
That doesn’t expose you.
It doesn’t label you or make you weak.

It simply means you’re honest enough to recognize yourself.

And again, you’re not alone.

So think about it:
Where do you pull away, not because you don’t care, 
but because you don’t feel safe being seen?

Last holiday season, it hit me.
 
That's why I made this decision

I felt like I was reliving my painful period all over again.
 
The lights were on.
Families were together.
People were celebrating.

And many men were quietly struggling.

Some were freshly divorced, walking into an empty home
after dropping their kids off.

Others were still in a relationship, but felt disconnected 
and unsure how to show up better. 

Some were surrounded by people, yet felt completely alone.

Holidays amplify what’s already there.
The silence, doubts, and the feeling that something in your life is off.

And most men don’t talk about that.

Not because they don’t want to.
But because they don’t know where it’s safe to do
without being judged, fixed, or labeled.

That’s why I created Man to Man Talk on Christmas Day.
And after the event, and also after I received a lot of support 
from men and from women, saying the same thing:

This space is needed.

That’s when I knew this shouldn’t be a one-time thing.
 
So I decided to continue with Man to Man Talk.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟵𝘁𝗵.

It's a free space for men who feel off, disconnected, or stuck in their relationship or after divorce, and don’t want to carry it alone anymore.
 
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱.
What men share there stays there.
That’s what makes this space safe.

If you feel this might be something you would like to try,
𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼.

The video brings the same perspective I bring into that live space,
so you can get the feeling for it.
 
I posted the link in the comments.

There’s a silent stigma around divorced men.

It’s like someone put a big L on your forehead.
Loser.
Failed.
Not capable of keeping a family together.

I felt it.

The shame.
The quiet judgment.
That voice in my head saying:
“You couldn’t even maintain a relationship. What does that say about you?”

Divorce felt like a massive setback.
A public sign of failure.
Something that suddenly defined me.

And for a while, I believed that story.
But that story about divorce being a life sentence, it’s conditioned.
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗲.

Nothing that happens to you defines who you are.
Divorce is not an exception.

The pain is real, very real.
The shame feels heavy, crushing at times.
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹.

It comes from a false narrative that says your worth depends on a status, 
a role, or a relationship.

Divorce wasn’t proof that I was less.
It was a wake-up call.
The catalyst that forced me to look at myself.

To rebuild.
To become the man I always wanted to be, but
never had the courage to become before.

And no, this isn’t self-masochism.
This isn’t pretending pain is good.

It’s understanding this simple truth:
Life doesn’t happen to you.
It happens for you.

Especially when it hurts.
So use the pain.
Don’t drown in it.

Let it strip away what was false.
𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝘀𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁.

That’s what I did.

And if you’re divorced and carrying that invisible L 
on your forehead, hear this clearly:
You’re not broken.
You didn’t fail at life.
𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁.

What you do next is what matters.

Hey, you don’t need to sit with it alone.
Send me a DM and let’s talk about where you are and who you want to become next.

You can see your body in the mirror.
But you can’t see your inner state in it.
That’s why relationships exist.

They show it to you.
Not in a polite or gentle way.

It shows up as:
- tension you can’t explain
- arguments that seem to come out of nowhere
- distance, silence, and that heavy feeling that something is off

Relationships don’t reflect the other person first.
They reflect you.

Your:
- nervous system,
- fears,
- unmet needs,
- self-respect,
 and your capacity to stay open without shutting down.

That’s why when something feels wrong,
fixing the other person never works.

Because the signal isn’t out there.
It’s inside.

I know this very well.
I thought my relationship problems were about me not
meeting her needs and expectations.

They weren’t.
They were about me not being aware that all the triggers
were there to help me.

They were about my self-relationship asking for attention.
And the longer I ignored it, the louder life got.

If you’re feeling tension, distance, or confusion right now,
don’t label it as failure.
See it as information.

Something in you wants to be seen.
Not judged or fixed.
Just seen.

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂.
It turns into emotional distance, disconnection from your partner, and a relationship where you’re present on the surface but gone underneath.

Please, stop waiting until it's too late, like I did.

𝗦𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁❓

Here is one simple step for you. 

I recorded a short video called:
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗼 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲.

Send me a private message with VIDEO and I’ll send it to you.

People think intimacy is getting close to a partner.
It’s not.
It means into-me-I-see.

And that’s where things usually fall apart.

Real closeness fades long before arguments, distance, 
or silence show up.
It fades at the level of self-connection.

For a long time, I was deeply disconnected from myself.
On the surface, everything looked fine.
Inside, there was avoidance, fear, and emotional shutdown.

Being “there” physically was easy.
Being present emotionally was not.
And intimacy suffered.

Not just sex, but the real stuff:
– emotional safety
– openness
– feeling seen
– letting someone truly in

Without a relationship with myself, intimacy felt confusing and unsafe.
So I kept parts of myself hidden.
And the connection never fully formed.

That was the pattern.

After my divorce, life collapsed in a way that couldn’t be avoided anymore.
And in that breakdown, something became clear:

𝗔 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴, 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴,
𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽.

Intimacy with a partner isn’t built in the bedroom.
It’s built in moments most people avoid:
– how honestly you face what’s going on inside
– how you speak to yourself when no one hears it
– what you believe you deserve
– how clearly you hold your boundaries
– how much truth you’re willing to allow

Self-connection sets the standard.

Without it, closeness stays shallow, even when love is present.
That insight changed everything.

If a grounded, loving, intimate relationship is the goal, 
the work starts inward.
 
I’ll say it again: into-me-I-see.

And once that foundation is built, intimacy stops being forced.
It becomes natural.

If you want to know more about how self-connection is built, 
just DM me.

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