ABOUT US

Our Mission

The Journey with Rita Organization is dedicated to informing, empowering, and inspiring women to build and cultivate resilience.

Resilience is the emotional strength to cope with trauma, adversity, and hardship. Resilience, like a skill, can be learned; like a muscle, it can be trained and strengthened. There is no universal formula for building resilience. Still, we have identified seven principles that guide us to build and cultivate resilience.

Our promise is to:

Inform - Present wisdom and advice from experts and thought leaders from around the world to guide you to building resilience

Empower - Share practical steps, useful tools, and proven techniques that you can apply to your lifestyle

Inspire - Deliver the words and stories of those who have been there and done it before us

Being resilient doesn’t mean that we won’t experience hardships or challenges in our lives. We will always be faced with new challenges, and we will constantly be tested. It is a journey. And as Oprah Winfrey said, “Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a new way to stand.”

Our Promise

Our Why

"One day you will tell your story of how you overcame what you went through, and it will be someone else's survival guide."

- Brene Brown

Journey with Rita was created and founded by a mother and cancer survivor who has helped countless other women navigate life through and after cancer through her peer support, activism, writings, and public speaking. She began the Journey With Rita Organization to provide resources to women on how to develop and build resilience. Her research and insight have led Rita to identify the seven principles that guided her through this journey and share knowledge, wisdom, and actionable steps to guide others through their journey.

About Rita

Rita Naffas is an interior designer, entrepreneur, and women’s empowerment advocate.  She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children. After having two beautiful children and overcoming a life-threatening illness, Rita found the courage to leave a career she had built for a decade in corporate consulting and pursue her passion for interior design. She is the principal at Rita Naffas Design, an interior design studio in Los Angeles. Rita believes everyone has the power to reinvent and redesign their home– and life.  She has been featured in numerous publications, including Forbes Magazine, Living Etc., and Authority Magazine. 

Rita is extremely passionate about women’s advocacy:  She seeks to inspire and empower anyone struggling with unforeseen life changes to overcome these challenges and reclaim their story.  Rita continues to share the lessons that helped her overcome adversity and redesign her life through her writing and speaking engagements.