Wake The F*** Up

Welcome back to the Wake the F*** Up Podcast. In honor of Mother’s Day (U.S.) this Sunday, May 12, Alix and David sit down to discuss some psychological and philosophical topics around mothering, including the mother wound, attachment theory and styles, and how we become the people that we are in life, through the lens of our mothers or mother figures. The duo kicks things off by discussing how ch...

Buckle up WAKE fam. This is probably our most authentic, most vulnerable and emotional episode yet. We won’t bury the lead - Alix and David are pregnant! Their pregnancy together as remarried widows has been a complex journey. Alix and David kick off this big announcement talking about how emotional it is to make big life choices. And how the trauma, losses, and grief from their pasts have deep gr...

Welcome back to the Wake the F*ck Up podcast. This week our hosts Alix and David are revisiting one of our most popular topics on the podcast: anxiety. We have received such a great response to our previous episodes about anxiety so we wanted to dive back in and talk more about understanding behavioral responses, setting boundaries, living authentically, and listening to your inner voice.  As you’...

This week the Wake the F*ck Up podcast is all about answering YOUR questions on anxiety.  Alix and David are so excited to share this episode with our WAKE listeners because we had so many of you write to us on social media about your biggest anxiety questions, from basic informational inquiries to deeper personal questions..  Q: Can you please give me the science behind anxiety attacks? Our hosts...

This week on Wake the F*ck Up we are diving into part two of our episode about anxiety. In last week’s episode, Alix and David discussed relationship anxiety, red flags and when it’s time to walk away from a relationship that’s no longer serving you. If creating safe spaces for discussing fears and anxieties, especially in relationships, is a topic you’re curious about, we recommend going back and...

Welcome back to the Wake the F*ck Up podcast. This week we are tackling a topic that so many of our listeners have been asking for: relationship anxiety. This is a complex subject and we’ll be sure to link to some resources below because as you’ll hear in this episode, relationship anxiety can come from many different places, and manifest in different ways.  Alix and David dive into various aspect...

Buckle up WAKE fam. This is probably our most authentic, most vulnerable and emotional episode yet. We won’t bury the lead - Alix and David are pregnant! Their pregnancy together as remarried widows has been a complex journey. Alix and David kick off this big announcement talking about how emotional it is to make big life choices. And how the trauma, losses, and grief from their pasts have deep gr...

This week on the Wake the F*** Up! Podcast, Alix and David sit down for a deep dive into living authentically. First up on the docket is people pleasing. As a recovering former people pleaser Alix is an expert on this topic and has been wanting to do an episode about people-pleasing to share her learnings and tips with our listeners. Alix shares her experience with people pleasing as a trauma resp...

Welcome back to Wake the F*** Up! After two weeks off we are back with all all new episode and a very special guest, David’s daughter Kate Long joins her dad on the podcast for an intimate conversation about life after losing her mom, her experience in living with grief as a young person, and the challenges and joys of belding families as Alix and David started their relationship.  Kate is David’s...

Alix and David are working on exciting new content, and something new coming to the WAKE brand that you won’t want to miss. Big announcement coming later this month, we want to revisit your FAVORITE episode so far this year. One of our most emotional episodes so far, Abel’s story of love, loss, grief, and waking up resonated with so many people in the WAKE community. We’ll back next week with all...

Friend of the show Whitney Allen recently appeared in People.com and we thought this would be a great time to replay her Wake the  F*** Up podcast episode! In the article, Whitney Lyn shares her grief experience and explains the importance of being true to your own experience. We touched on some of these same themes when we sat down with Whitney last month to record her podcast episode. The reason...

This week on Wake the F*** Up, Alix and David sit down with Abel Keough, a remarried widower who has successfully helped thousands of women know if the widowers they’re dating are ready for a serious relationship. Before we dive in to the rest of the episode, we want to give a content warning that this episode contains discussions about suicide as well as infant loss; topics which may be triggerin...

Happy Valentine’s Day, Wake family! This week on the Wake the  F*** Up podcast we have two incredible guests, Dr. Cindy Ashkins and Dr. Bob Gervey, sharing their knowledge and expertise about mindfulness and relationships! Dr. Cindy has been a licensed clinician since 1980 and is a certified Imago Relationship Therapist and Workshop Presenter. Dr. Bob is a medical psychologist whose work integrate...

It’s our steamiest, sexiest, raunchiest, episode yet! Our guest today is Tiffany Anton, a Psychotherapist specializing in sex and relationships. For the past 23 years, Tiffany has helped individuals and couples enhance their relationships and intimate lives. In addition to her private practice, she has presented nationwide on a variety of topics covering cancer diagnosis and sex, geriatric sexuali...

This week on the Wake the  F*** Up podcast we’re excited to welcome Whitney Lynn Allen back to the show and to have co-host David joining in the conversation this time. A mom of two boys (Jackson and Leo), widow and author, Whitney first appeared on our show in July 2023. She is also a grief educator and coach, and her book, “ Running in Trauma Stilettos ,” is an Amazon Best Seller During the podc...

This week we have a very special episode for you recorded in-person in conjunction with our  2024 Wake Reset retreat at at Grace Pilates+Yoga in New Orelans on January 10th. On today’s episode, Alix welcomes two incredible guests who are remarkable healers and experts in the mindfulness space. New to the podcast we welcome Cynthea Corfah, a Freelance journalist, social media specialist, and founde...

It’s a big week for the Wake the  F*** Up podcast as Alix and David welcome their first male guest to the show. Michael Hernandez is a Marine veteran-turned firefighter paramedic, who now works as a certified trauma-informed yoga instructor, an Oxygen Advantage certified breath coach, and Wim Hof instructor. We’re so excited to share Michael’s incredible journey with our listenersthis week. In thi...

Welcome back for a very special edition of the Wake the  F*** Up podcast with Alix and David. We’re calling this episode “December Dishing” as our hosts sit down to discuss all things holidays, Christmas, blended families, death, grief, and, yes, even intimacy. If you had a crazy Christmas full of emotions or are ideating on your own goals and resolutions for 2024, you don’t want to miss this insi...

HAPPY NEW YEAR! We want to thank all of our loyal podcast listeners and friends for being a part of this journey with us! While our podcasting team is enjoying a little break for the holiday season, we wanted to take this opportunity to re-stream one of our most popular episodes. In case you missed it: Alix's husband, Dr. David Long, officially joined the podcast as a co-host back in November...

This week on the Wake the  F*** Up podcast Alix and David welcome Jacqueline “Jax” Hurst to the show. We know Jax’s journey of self discovery and living authentically will resonate with our listeners! Jax is an Intuitive Guide, Yoga Teacher, and Soul Coach. Her mission is to inspire and motivate others to discover (or re-discover) their true authentic selves by doing the things that light their so...

As we head into the throes of the holiday season, we thought our listeners might need a mindfulness check-in. So, we brought in Laura Livermore Gilley, a mindset and manifestation coach, wellness retreat leader and yoga instructor. Laura works with women all over the country through online courses, workshops, one-on-one coaching and in-person retreats with an approach that combines spiritual teach...

Do you enjoy spending time in the kitchen? Then you will love this week’s episode of the Wake the F*** Up. Our guest Laura Lea Bryant is a certified holistic chef and breakup coach with more than 10 years of expertise in the wellness industry.  Laura Lea and Alix kick off this episode by discussing their mutual love for cooking and the way food has been a major theme in both of their lives. For Al...

Interested in pilates, movement and the mind-body connection? Then you don’t want to miss this episode! Today, we’re joined by Pilates teacher and mindful-movement expert Morgan Palmer Bolton. For more than 25 years, Morgan has been a teacher of movement, from her years as a dancer to becoming a Lead Teacher Trainer for Real Pilates. After experiencing the powerful intersection of mindfulness and...

Alix and David Long welcome you back to the Wake the F*** Up podcast this week for part two of our in-depth conversation, talking about grief, aging parents, fear, safety, and loneliness. If you missed last week’s episode, David is officially joining Alix as the co-host of Wake the F*** Up! We are thrilled to be able to share David’s unique perspective with our listeners every week. We had so much...

You asked and we delivered — David Long (aka Alix’s husband!) is officially the co-host of Wake the F*** Up! We want to thank all our listeners who reached out and responded so positively to his previous episodes. We are thrilled to have David and his incredible perspective behind the mic every Wednesday.  Like the last episode David made a guest appearance on, he and Alix had such a great convers...