Some people talk about healing. I create the conditions for it to happen. I am a spiritual strategist, trusted advisor, and author with over 25 years of experience guiding executives, entrepreneurs, and visionary leaders through the kind of transformation that changes not just what they do, but who they are. Her work lives at the intersection of divine wisdom and strategic leadership, and she has a gift for helping high achievers see what has been hiding beneath the surface of their success.She is the founder of The Healing Crusade, a growing community built around personal and collective restoration, and the host of The Anika Apple Podcast, where prophetic clarity meets practical guidance for people ready to live with greater purpose and alignment. Her clients have included leaders at global organizations such as Mars, PepsiCo, and Edelman, and the results they describe are not incremental. They are life-changing.Her book, Healing Is Required, is the culmination of that work. It is a prophetic call to awaken, release what no longer serves, and rise into the fullness of who you were created to be. Equal parts mirror and map, it meets readers exactly where they are and refuses to let them stay there.If you are ready to stop performing and start healing, you are in the right place.Grab the book at HealingIsRequired.com and learn more about working with Anika at AnikaApple.com.
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How Ice Cream for Breakfast Will Change Your Life | Your Remarkable Life - June 18, 2026
Published 6 days ago • 5 min read
We All Scream For It
Happy June Inner Circle Fam,
How is that Remarkable Life you've been building going?
The summer is the perfect time to shift your mindset to fun, joy, activity, and renewal. It goes without saying that ice cream would be on your mind, so check out the powerful mindset shift in my article Ice Cream For Breakfast. You'll find an excerpt in this installment of the Remarkable Life newsletter, and you can read the full article on Medium by using the link below. Make sure you check out the full article so you don't miss how the message impacted my family personally.
Speaking of building, that's what I've been doing. The last 6 months have been restructuring things in my life, clarifying priorities, and making new choices for my business. You may be aware of some of the shifts, like the launch of Holding Space, growing Healing Is Required, and new offerings like Crowned, a divine identity clarity session. There are some exciting things to come over the next few weeks, and I am so glad you are here for the ride.
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What hasn't changed is my commitment to Truth, Healing, and Love in service of creating our Remarkable Lives. Every shift and decision is centered on identity, purpose, and God's truth as it is delivered to me. June's Divine Guidance episode was no exception, and you can read all about the highlights right here in the newsletter. The bottom line is that I am here growing with and for this community, for you.
In the weeks ahead, you'll see some subtle and pronounced shifts all in service of improving what we do and how we deliver it to you. Frankly, I couldn't be more excited about the aligned way we are moving forward.
Speaking of alignment, did you know that there is quick access to get there when you need support? One of the best additions to our services is our micro-coaching. It's perfect for working through a specific challenge or decision where you need coaching with some divine wisdom. You can learn more below or grab a session here.
Oho, and I want to know what are you Screaming for?
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I do like ice cream (and I loved working for an Ice Cream business,) but this month, I'm screaming for alignment. When you think about a group of kids racing to an ice cream truck with dollars in hand, it may remind you of a simpler time. I believe we are all screaming for something right now. I want to know what that is for you. Let me know below.
Check out the blog this week and enjoy the moments of reflection and introspection. I highly recommend having Ice Cream for Breakfast (or your version) one day this month!
Peace and Blessings!
P.S. Next week, I am offering a free masterclass called The Truth You Already Know. Be one of the first to grab your spot and to reconnect to your truth within.
A woman walked onto a conference stage and put up a photo of her two daughters. The next slide was the same girls, spoons in hand, eating ice cream for breakfast.
"I have stage 4 breast cancer,” she said. “It’s not an if, it’s a when. We’ve done what we can, and I’m at peace with it. What matters now is that I make memories with the people I love.”
I was in the audience at a Generation W conference in Jacksonville, Florida, a women’s leadership event founded by Donna Orender, the former WNBA president. The lineup that day was full of people who’d built remarkable lives: women who’d turned their careers, their courage, their second acts into something bigger than they’d planned. I remember feeling something stir in me, the old, familiar pull toward a stage of my own.
Then she spoke, and the whole room went somewhere else.
Ice Cream and Spoons. Photo: Nick Mayer
She told us her daughters would never forget the day they had ice cream for breakfast. That wasn’t the point of the story, but it was the proof of it: she wasn’t waiting for permission to give her kids joy, and she wasn’t waiting for some later, safer, more deserving moment to live the life she actually had. I sat there praying her time would be long and painless, and that she’d get to tell that story to a thousand more rooms.
Years later, I was on a call with someone from a breast cancer awareness group. I mentioned the woman from that stage, almost in passing. She knew exactly who I meant and told me she’d passed away years before.
I still think about her message more frequently than most of the others. Here’s what she left me with: most of us treat joy, rest, and freedom like prizes. Things you earn after the work week ends, after the project closes, after you’ve proven you deserve them. It’s a useful pattern for...
In this month's Divine Guidance for June 2026, I drop a powerful prophetic message that will completely shift your perspective: We are entering a season of divine extraction and deposit. If you’ve been waiting, enduring, and aligning yourself with God, things are about to move out of one hand and straight into yours. But there's a catch, you might be overcomplicating the ease God wants to give you.
In this episode, I break down:
The Rocket Launch: Why some of you are about to "zoom" from the starting line into a whole new level of impact.
The Metaphor of Spinach: What this unexpected biblical theme means for your resilience and abundance right now.
The Power of Pruning: How cutting away what once flowered is preparing you for a global assignment.
Stop toiling. Your feet finally fit the shoes God designed for you.
Last Wednesday, we gathered for another Holding Space session, and the room held something tender. We sat with the heart of suffering, the work of healing, and what it asks of us to become the people who can build what does not yet exist. What moved me most was the willingness in the room. The willingness to be present, to be honest, to consider that our healing is not only for us. I am still carrying the gratitude with me.
The next Holding Space is Tuesday, July 15 at 7:30 PM ET. 🤍 If you are ready to sit with this work together, click below to save your seat.
Some people talk about healing. I create the conditions for it to happen. I am a spiritual strategist, trusted advisor, and author with over 25 years of experience guiding executives, entrepreneurs, and visionary leaders through the kind of transformation that changes not just what they do, but who they are. Her work lives at the intersection of divine wisdom and strategic leadership, and she has a gift for helping high achievers see what has been hiding beneath the surface of their success.She is the founder of The Healing Crusade, a growing community built around personal and collective restoration, and the host of The Anika Apple Podcast, where prophetic clarity meets practical guidance for people ready to live with greater purpose and alignment. Her clients have included leaders at global organizations such as Mars, PepsiCo, and Edelman, and the results they describe are not incremental. They are life-changing.Her book, Healing Is Required, is the culmination of that work. It is a prophetic call to awaken, release what no longer serves, and rise into the fullness of who you were created to be. Equal parts mirror and map, it meets readers exactly where they are and refuses to let them stay there.If you are ready to stop performing and start healing, you are in the right place.Grab the book at HealingIsRequired.com and learn more about working with Anika at AnikaApple.com.
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