Becoming Me with Alana Wilson

We’ve seen him on 90 Day Fiancé. But we haven’t heard his side of the story. In this powerful and vulnerable conversation, Riley opens up about growing up surrounded by addiction, navigating unresolved childhood trauma, and the grief that changed his ability to say “I love you” after losing people he cared about. He shares the emotional toll of being portrayed negatively on reality TV, the depress...

In this powerful episode of Becoming Me, I sit down with Ben for an unfiltered conversation about trauma, incarceration, healing, and redemption. Ben opens up about growing up privileged, chasing money, and surrounding himself with the wrong influences. A lifestyle that led to repeated run-ins with the law, time spent in jail across multiple states, and exposure to violence, overdoses, suicide, an...

In this episode of Becoming Me, Alana sits down with Intervention's Ginjer to share her raw journey through generational trauma, addiction, and doing what it takes to survive. From growing up without love to hitting rock bottom, Ginjer opens up about survival, accountability, and choosing healing over the past.

In this powerful and honest episode, Mandy opens up about growing up with an alcoholic father who cheated on and abused her mother before ultimately disappearing from her life altogether. His absence left Mandy’s mother to raise her alone as a single parent, and Mandy reflects on the deep resentment, grief, and unanswered questions that followed her into adulthood. As the conversation unfolds, Man...

In this deeply moving episode, Leticia shares her story as a first-generation American born to Brazilian parents and the complex family dynamics that shaped her early life. As a child, Leticia witnessed domestic violence between her parents—an experience that deeply conflicted her loyalty as a self-described “daddy’s girl.” When her mother threatened to leave, young Leticia begged her to stay, not...

In this episode, Clarissa shares the story she never imagined she would survive—let alone speak out loud. What begins as an ordinary moment turns into a nightmare when Clarissa is kidnapped and subjected to brutal sexual violence. Trapped, terrified, and stripped of control, she reaches a moment where instinct overrides fear—and she makes a life-or-death decision that changes everything: she jumps...

In this deeply powerful and emotionally raw episode, we sit down with Katy Guaman , Miss Danbury 2021 , to tell the story that exists far beyond the crown. Katy is an Ecuadorian woman whose life has been shaped by survival, endurance, and extraordinary resilience. Katy begins by sharing her early childhood, marked by the absence of her father and the lasting impact of child sexual abuse —a trauma...

In this gripping and deeply honest episode, MilknHoney shares a journey marked by abandonment, instability, and ultimately, incredible resilience. Adopted through parental consent, she always knew who her biological parents were—but never understood why they gave her up. That unanswered question shadowed her childhood, shaping her sense of identity and belonging. Life took another painful turn whe...

In this powerful episode, Joselyne opens up about the realities she faced growing up in a family marked by instability, trauma, and survival. Her story begins in a home shaped by her father’s addiction, where she learned to adapt quickly, stay alert, and take on responsibilities no child should ever have to carry. That early chaos became the backdrop for another profound trauma: surviving sexual a...

In this episode, Serena opens up about what it was really like growing up in a traditional African household—beyond what people see from the outside. She shares the pressures, the unspoken expectations, and the emotional weight that comes with navigating culture, identity, and generational patterns. Together, we explore how she’s unlearning old narratives, healing from what she carried as a child,...

In this episode, Jon Mendonca opens up about his journey—from teenage years marked by struggle to battling addiction and finding the strength to rebuild his life from the ground up. Jon reflects on the pivotal moments that shaped him, the mindsets he had to unlearn, and the habits that carried him forward. With honesty and depth, he shares how his upbringing, his darkest moments, and his relentles...

Becoming Me with Alana Wilson is a raw and heartfelt interview series where guests open up about their childhood experiences, the wounds that shaped them, and the healing journeys that followed. Each episode explores how people transform pain into purpose, revealing the resilience, growth, and self-discovery that come from facing our past. These are real stories of becoming—one layer, one truth, o...