Alex Perry On Fire

Tiffany Woodson, the Dallas interior designer behind a $45 million home, says she would likely have had a second child if not for her business, her first baby. She tells Alex Perry what that choice cost, why she says balance is not real, and what it is like to marry Darren Woodson, the three-time Super Bowl champion and Dallas Cowboys great, and still build a name of her own. Recorded inside Casa...

Tressa Vasquez, a holographic sound healer, plays crystal singing bowls live in studio for Alex Perry. She explains what a sound bath does to the body, from a lower heart rate to the drowsy theta state just before sleep. What does a first sound bath feel like? Alex describes the purple, green and yellow he saw and the tension that let go, and Tressa says what she sensed in each energy center. (00:...

Aelicia "Chocolate" Watson has stage 4 breast cancer and was told she had five years. She returns to talk about her first cruise, a five-day trip from Miami she took despite a lifelong fear of water. She also explains why she is tired, and what she wants to do with the time she has left. About Our Featured Charity: This season, Alex Perry On Fire is making a monetary contribution to each...

Neal Williams, a life coach, says it plainly: “I should be dead.” At 19 he tried to end his life, and days into treatment his heart stopped. Years of addiction followed, ending with a year and a half in prison. Neal sits down with Alex Perry to tell all of it, including the lost young man he wishes he could go back and hug.  About Neal:  Neal Williams is a life coach, author and the founder of Ele...

Will Guilfoile is 29 and living with stage 4 melanoma that has spread to his brain, bones and organs. Every morning he treats it as a contest with himself. Will tells Alex Perry what he means by it's me versus me: trying to be a better son, brother and uncle than he was yesterday, and not comparing his situation to anyone else's. He shares how a skin mark hidden under his long hair in 2022...

Does trauma spur creativity? Dallas glass artist Carlyn Ray asks that question about her own life. She tells Alex Perry about losing her sister Harper to brain cancer, growing up dyslexic and feeling most seen when she was making art, and living out of her car to build her glassblowing studio. Shealso talks about meeting Dale Chihuly at twelve, going on to work for him, and what grief taught her a...

Alex Perry brings his entire family into one room: hisdad David, his mom Josephine, and his brothers Matt, Dom and Elliott. Alex gives each person one word, including nourish, expectation, love and peace, andthe answers go deeper than anyone planned. David admits he walked out when things got hard. Josephine asks her sons why they never told her how hard boarding school was. By the end, the Perrys...

The Perry brothers are back for another session, and this time they're putting each other to the test. From guessing George Washington and Mickey Mouse to rapid-fire questions about who would survive prison longest and which brother peaked at age 12, Alex, Matt, Dom, and Elliott prove that nothing brings family closer than a little friendly chaos. A fun, unfiltered look at four brothers in the...

The Perry brothers are back in one room to talk vulnerability, respect, and the work it takes to actually show up for the people you love. From going to dance recitals and lacrosse games to learning how to be nicer to yourself, this episode digs into how four very different journeys still share the same core. Plus roller hockey, houseboat trips, and a few stories that should not have made it to ai...

Alex Perry opens up about what happens when you spend years chasing bigger highs — more money, more deals, more dopamine — only to find yourself completely numb. He breaks down why you can't shortcut your way to feeling again, and what it actually takes to excavate the emotions you've been burying your whole life.  Your turn to start the fire.  Like what you heard today on Alex Perry on Fi...

Dakota Carson was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma inJanuary, and his response was to prepare for war. In this episode of Alex Perry on Fire, Dakota walks through the long road to his diagnosis, the new immunotherapy and chemotherapy plan that cut his treatment nearly in half, andthe mindset carrying him through it. A candid conversation about facing cancer head on, leaning on family, and fin...

“Your physical journey is only one piece of a much bigger puzzle.”  Sammy Bell joins Alex Perry to break down the hidden connection between your fitness habits and your emotional world. High achievers are wired to perform, but performance without self-awareness just tightens the loop. This episode is the exit ramp most people never find.  About Our Featured Charity:   This season, Alex Perry On Fi...

What does it mean to truly be on fire? Alex Perry gets radically honest about what happens when the things that once lit you up stop working. In this episode, Alex breaks down the Circle Exercise — a simple but powerful framework for protecting your inner fire, cutting through ego, and finally choosing yourself. If burnout, emotional avoidance, or losing your spark resonates with you, this one is...

Matt Perry left for boarding school at 12 years old. For the next 20+ years, he and his three younger brothers lived in the same city but barely talked beyond family events. Now, for the first time, Matt sits down with Alex to share what he was carrying all those years — addiction, isolation, a painful divorce, and the fear of ending up alone. This conversation is long overdue.  Your turn to start...

Dom Perry is back and solo this time. Entrepreneur,middle brother, and self-described grinder, Dom gets honest about imposter syndrome, self-worth, and the identity trap that catches even the most driven people. If you've ever felt like you're faking it while building something real, this episode is for you. About Our Featured Charity: This season, Alex Perry On Fire is making a monetary c...

Caleb Powell summited Aconcagua, one of the Seven Summits and the highest peak outside the Himalayas, but the real breakthrough happened long before he reached the top. He joins Alex Perry to talk about what weeks on a mountain with no distractions, no routine, and no familiar identity forced him to confront. They get honest about the danger of building your self-worth on external achievement, the...

Where you look is where you go - so look forward." Alex Perry returns from a transformative surf trip to Costa Rica with profound lessons about living in the present moment. In this powerful solo episode, discover how the philosophy of Pura Vida - living the good life - translates into daily resilience, gratitude, and embracing what's in front of you. Learn why letting go of control, like...

Aelicia Chocolate Watson's grandmother planted a seed with five words: "You're going to be somebody." But the path from childhood sexual abuse, extreme poverty, and cancer at age 9 to becoming a nonprofit founder wasn't linear—it was forgedthrough teen motherhood, domestic violence, homelessness, and learning to forgive the unforgivable. Today, as founder of Redeemed Women in...

Get ready for Twin Games on the Alex Perry On Fire Podcast! Brothers Alex and Elliot Perry compete in trivia and Pictionary challenges that test everything from general knowledge to family history. How many chicken nuggets tall is the Statue of Liberty? Can you identify a waffle driving a Formula One car from stick figure drawings? The Perry twins tackle bizarre questions, share embarrassing child...

How well do you really know your friend, brother, or twin? In this episode, Alex and Elliot answer that question along with many others in Alex Perry on Fire’s first Twin Games Episode. Can Elliott and Alex stump each other with a series of gotcha questions? They have a lot of fun trying.   Your turn to start the fire. Like what you heard today on Alex Perry on Fire? Tell us about it. Want to shar...

Just like trees need wind to develop deeper roots and grow stronger, humans need adversity to build resilience. Ashlyn Colette embodies this powerful metaphor, having survived a devastating car accident, family trauma, addiction, and mental health crisis—all before finding her path to recovery and self-acceptance. In this vulnerable conversation, Ashlyn discusses her journey from feeling like &quo...

2025 was the year of the snake—a time of shedding layers, going blind in the process, and trusting that new skin would emerge. Alex reflects on the uncomfortable growth that came with letting go of old patterns, past trauma, and the identity he'd been carrying. This episode dives into self-compassion practices, why discomfort is necessary for transformation, and how embracing the unknown leads...

The Perry brothers (Alex, Elliott, Dom, and Matt) reunite during the holidays to have the conversations they've avoided for decades. This episode explores how Christmas traditions served as their family's primary connection point while deeper emotional bonds remained broken. They discuss being sent to boarding school, learning to parent with vulnerability their own parents couldn't mod...

PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray appeared to have it all - tournament victories, talent, and a bright future but mental illness took his life at age 30. When Grayson didn’t showup to his tournament in May 2024, his inner circle knew something was wrong, but they couldn't reach him in time. In this deeply moving episode, Jeff Maness, president of the Grayson Murray Foundation and Grayson's me...

Kalene McGraner's life changed in two minutes—at 5:00 shehad a family, by 5:02 her marriage was over. In this raw conversation, the co-founder of Dallas's Ritual One wellness studio opens up about how childhood abandonment shaped her attachment patterns, why her divorce became the catalystfor building an extraordinary community space, and what she discovered through psychedelic therapy and...