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Send us Fan Mail We live in a society in which so many people walk around in a chronic state of stress without even realizing it. Living with constant stress has become such a norm, that we are not even aware of how dysregulated our nervous systems have become. Our nervous system is made up of two parts: the sympathetic and the parasympathetic. You may have heard of the sympathetic nervous system...

Send us Fan Mail In this solo episode, Alison defines what it means to be codependent, what it looks like, and why it is her mission to free the world of codependency. Codependency is the abandonment of self in order to please others. How often do you betray yourself in other to control how other views you? This is a plague in our society, and it stems from being taught as children to prioritize o...

Send us Fan Mail In a world that is constantly seeking instant gratification, we have to listen in to those that have achieved success through a slow, steady, and proven process to remind us that great achievements do not happen overnight. Mike Sherrard is here to teach us about what it takes to be successful, and what the path looks like to get there. This means setting your eyes on what it is yo...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is part 2 of a therapeutic psychological session with Alison’s guest Karen. In the last episode, Alison and Karen began discussing Karen’s current struggles and exploring her traumatic past and upbringing. Through Karen’s vulnerability in sharing her story and therapeutic experience, she allows you to walk alongside her journey. Although your story may be totally diff...

Send us Fan Mail This episode of Alison Answers #MissionAwake podcast is part 1 of 2 of a therapeutic psychological session with Alison’s guest Karen. With Alison’s background as a therapist for over 30 years, her mission is to help others heal and find freedom from the internal battles that have so many of us feeling lost. Through Karen’s vulnerability in sharing her story and therapeutic experie...

Send us Fan Mail This is an episode very dear to Alison’s heart as her guest is someone that helped her through a tragic time in her life. Mark St. John was a stranger that reached out to Alison to help her through the devastating loss of her husband to suicide. Sharing personal experience and pain, Mark shed immense light on the effects that PTSD has on the brain and helps us understand what PTSD...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes looking back at our past can bring up feelings of regret or pain, but what if instead of viewing previous parts of our life through a negative lens, we could choose to see the beauty? Learning to live in the moment and be present where our feet are while appreciating where we came from will bring a sense of peace and purpose. Rick Baker shares with us his story of overco...

Send us Fan Mail There is always an opportunity in any situation we go through, whether it be negative or positive, and those difficult circumstances can be a wonderful catalyst to our 2.0 life if we let them. Painful experiences can lead us into a victim mentality that we can find ourselves stuck in because when people feel sorry for us, it gives us a dopamine shot and feels like love to us. Cont...

Send us Fan Mail Mike Fallat is an entrepreneur, a risk-taker, and a man who loves true stories. He started his first business at the age of 23 and he realized that to get ahead in life, he had to play the game differently. After years of failure, Mike finally was able to find success in the entrepreneur space and took himself from shithead to superstar, and began to use his story to set himself a...

Send us Fan Mail Relationships are meant to illuminate what is in us and show us what we can upgrade and how to be better. Relationships are meant to be a beautiful thing where we have another person to count on and talk to and support each other. Although having a bad relationship can very quickly ruin your life and have you feeling as though you are constantly in crisis mode. It shouldn’t be tha...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is part 2 of a very special episode with Bradley Roth. Last week's episode was part 1, so tune in to the first half of this episode if you haven’t already, although we think that part 2 packs even more value than part 1. We wanted to break it up and make sure you hear the powerful insight that was dropped here.  In this episode, Bradley and Alison dive further in...

Send us Fan Mail In this special episode (part 1 of 2) Alison is joined by Bradley Roth. Bradley is the leader of the Not Most People Alliance which is the ultimate community for those looking to live a life beyond average and become what most people are not: happy, healthy, wealthy, growing, and free. The goal is to wage a war on the epidemic of mediocrity and come together with like-minded peopl...

Send us Fan Mail With there being a lot of smoke and mirrors on social media, the power of vulnerability has become even more evident. Vulnerability connects us, and that is all we really want. We all want to be loved, understood, and to feel like we are not alone. Through sharing our experiences, we can turn our pain into purpose and let others know that we have a choice to make our pain temporar...

Send us Fan Mail When we shift our mindset to view obstacles as opportunities, our whole world changes. Challenges and adversity will come our way, and while it is important to allow ourselves the time and place to feel all the feelings that come along with them, there comes a time to dust ourselves off and keep going. Dealing with loss, whether it’s a loved one, a business, or a dream can be so p...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a first for the podcast, as Alison sits down with another psychotherapist to discuss their aligned mission to help others live a life that is fulfilled and lights them up. Tanya Cole-Lesnick is a former graphic designer that found herself pursuing a career in therapy after her own experience with a therapist changed her life. She has been a psychotherapist, social...

Send us Fan Mail Pain is the greatest gift we never wanted. Seeing pain through the lens of gratitude might seem counterintuitive, but if we choose to view our pain, tragedy, or adversity as a powerful teacher and gift, we can learn humility, gratitude, and how incredibly resilient we all are. The story in this episode is one of tragedy to triumph, and you will see how you can transform your life...

Send us Fan Mail Whether we are talking business, or life in general, putting genuine and real connections with people as a top priority above all else is the key to success. That doesn’t mean being a people pleaser and always saying “yes”, but it means operating out of a mentality of always being ethical and expressing gratitude for the people in your life. Knowing when to say "no" and...

Send us Fan Mail We can choose how we view the adversity and challenges in our life and see them as tools that shaped us into who we were meant to be. It is essential to work through the pain and suffering in our lives by reaching out for help and not burying or numbing the pain through various vices. Once we have done the proper work through our healing journey, we can come out on the other side...

Send us Fan Mail We don’t seek success. What we seek is helping others and then success follows. The object of our life is not to pursue money or fame, but to provide value for others and always lead with good intentions. By following this mindset, success will be attracted to you. Today’s guest is a very inspiring example of what it looks like to lead with value and be able to build an empire out...

Send us Fan Mail Having people in our corner that are rooting for us and want to see us succeed and be happy is essential. We are not meant to walk through life alone, so finding and nurturing relationships that we can count on to provide honesty and support is so important, and our guest today does that for so many women. Shannel Venegas has always had a calling for leadership and has a passion f...

Send us Fan Mail Back in college, Monica Byers wrote a business plan about a woman-owned trucking company for a school project. Driven by her entrepreneurial spirit and a few years of transportation experience, Monica ended up turning the hypothetical project into a reality and started Sugar Creek Transportation in the mid-2000s, which is now a very successful 8-figure trucking company. In this ep...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back for part two of a two-part episode with Alison’s guest Michelle. In part one, Alison began a therapeutic session with Michelle in which Michelle shared that she wants help breaking the cycle she feels stuck in when it comes to relationships. She feels like she struggles to form healthy long-lasting relationships, and realized that this is an issue she needed help addr...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is part one of a two-part episode, and it is a very special one in that it is Alison’s first time doing therapy on the podcast. Alison has been a therapist for over 30 years and owns several counseling centers. She provides ongoing training in the latest techniques for healing and recovery and trains each therapist in her centers to specialize in all areas of mental h...

Send us Fan Mail We have all heard the saying “everything happens for a reason,” and although it may be very difficult to see a positive outcome in a very hard situation, everything that occurs in our life is meant to shape us into the person we are meant to be. Observing our life through the lens of a creator allows us to get out of the rut of living on autopilot and start to appreciate everythin...

Send us Fan Mail We all get to create our own reality and the outcomes of our life, so the way we view the circumstances in our life greatly impacts our overall quality of life. Everywhere around us, we are seeing fear and negativity because that is what sells and is compelling to people, but we have to make a choice to create our own reality and change the way view our outside world. When going t...