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In this episode of The Wealthy CEO Lab®, we explore what it truly means to reclaim your wellbeing as an entrepreneur and a leader.

Host Giovana Bier sits down with Denise Alba—Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, yoga educator, proud Latina entrepreneur, and founder of BRAVE Wellness Studio, San Diego’s first mental-health-centered wellness studio. Recognized by HipLatina as one of the “Top 9 Latinx Wellness Retreats,” BRAVE is a sanctuary where psychotherapy, yoga, and community come together to nurture healing.

Denise shares her personal story of transforming anxiety into alignment through talk therapy and movement, and how that journey inspired her to create a space for holistic healing. Together, Giovana and Denise unpack how stress and burnout manifest in the body, how attachment patterns influence our drive to overperform, and the importance of listening to your body before it forces you to stop.

This conversation invites you to slow down, build compassionate awareness, and set boundaries that honor both your ambition and your wellbeing. Because wealth isn’t built on adrenaline—it’s built on safety.


💎 Key Takeaways


  • Your body is speaking: Burnout often begins with subtle signals—irritability, headaches, appetite shifts, or fatigue. Awareness is the first act of regulation.
  • Boundaries are a practice: Flexible boundaries (like bamboo, not brick walls) help sustain relationships and energy.
  • Reparenting heals patterns: Many of our overfunctioning tendencies stem from what wasn’t modeled in childhood. Healing means learning new, safer ways to self-soothe and lead.
  • Rest is revolutionary: True productivity begins when we stop celebrating self-sacrifice and start modeling regulation and rest.
  • Community co-regulates: Connection—whether through therapy, friendship, or collective spaces like BRAVE—helps bring the nervous system back into safety.


🕰️ Timestamps


00:17 — Meet Denise Alba: Founder of BRAVE Wellness Studio

02:13 — Integrating yoga, therapy, and community into mental health

04:48 — Recognizing the hidden signs of burnout

08:05 — Boundaries, self-awareness, and nervous system cues

23:50 — Reparenting and breaking generational patterns

27:53 — Advice to younger entrepreneurs and closing reflections

29:39 — Actionable steps to reconnect with your body


🧠 CEO Takeaway

Your body is your business plan. Notice what it’s been trying to tell you—because the sooner you listen, the less it has to scream.

This week, choose one boundary to honor for seven days. Whether it’s closing your laptop at 5pm or taking a tech-free walk, let your nervous system know it can trust you to follow through.


🌿 Guest Bio

Denise Alba is the founder and CEO of BRAVE Wellness Studio—San Diego’s first wellness studio dedicated to mental health. As a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, yoga educator, and proud Latina entrepreneur, Denise bridges psychotherapy, movement, and community to create an environment where mind, body, and spirit can heal together.

Through BRAVE, Denise offers yoga, therapy, retreats, teacher trainings, community circles, and a mental health boutique—all designed to help people reclaim their mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing.

Connect with Denise on Instagram @deniseaalba

 or visit bravewellnessstudio.com