Wake Your Dream

Annaliese and Alan talk about how stress impacts your mind, body, and emotions — and how stressful events are different from being stressed. Annaliese shares ways to handle stress better in the moment so you don’t carry it with you long after the situation is over. You’ll Hear About: What stress really is: It's a challenging event you experience that creates tension in your body, mind, or emotions...

Annaliese and Alan open up an honest conversation about how past pain and wounds grow your courage as healing make you stronger than before. Alan shares how freeing it is to remind yourself you’re not perfect—and that’s part of your story. Those hard-won lessons stick with you and shape you. Annaliese encourages you to stop hiding from your pain and choose instead to face, process, and reflect on...

Annaliese and Alan talk about how to begin looking at the path you're on in life and asking honestly: Is this taking me where I want to go? Annaliese shares how noticing what your current way looks and feels like—and planning for a more intentional, life-giving experience—is what helps you get the meaningful results you’re craving. You’ll Hear About: How plotting your own course doesn’t have to me...

Annaliese and Alan dive into the everyday ways we try to motivate ourselves—and how that directly affects both our follow-through and how we feel about ourselves. Annaliese brings up why the way you treat yourself to “get motivated” might actually be what’s making it harder to take action and feel good about it. Are you connecting with why you want to act or behave a certain way? Or are you just t...

In this episode, Annaliese and Alan talk through the real-life challenge and inevitability of letting go. Annaliese brings up why it’s hard, how we make it harder, and what it takes to finally loosen our grip on what’s no longer serving us. You’ll Hear About: Knowing you need to let go is not the same as being able to do it. Letting go takes awareness, honesty, and compassion for why it’s hard in...

Annaliese and Alan break down why we can feel stuck in the same patterns, no matter what we do. Annaliese shows how our beliefs shape our thoughts, which trigger feelings, which drive our actions, and ultimately create our results. If you want to shift what’s happening in your life, the best place to start is by looking at what’s going on inside you. You’ll Hear About: How belief is the deepest le...

Annaliese and Alan dive into the power of rediscovering what you love and creating more moments in your days where you truly feel like yourself. Annaliese shares why revisiting childhood joys or exploring your interests—without dismissing them as unimportant—is a key part of living authentically, feeling empowered, and making life more meaningful. You’ll Hear About: How adulthood often shifts our...

Annaliese and Alan talk about how taking responsibility in life can bring up doubt, pressure, and anxiety—but it doesn’t have to! Annaliese shares how to feel more in charge of your life by shifting the ways you handle your responsibilities. Learn how to move yourself from feeling weighed down to feeling more confident, free, and in control. You’ll Hear About: How the way you handle responsibiliti...

Annaliese and Alan dive into why it’s so hard to agree to disagree in relationships—and why it’s essential for real connection. Annaliese unpacks how personal it can feel when someone disagrees with us and why making space for open, pressure-free conversations leads to deeper understanding rather than control or winning. You’ll Hear About: How we confuse consensus with connection and why noticing...

Annaliese and Alan explore a practical way to know you're processing your feelings better by “interviewing” your feelings so you can understand what they’re telling you. Being with your feelings this way helps you engage without as much overwhelm or avoidance. Annaliese talks you through how you can approach your feelings with curiosity and intentional steps, making it easier to process them in a...

Annaliese and Alan share how to enjoy life more by shifting your focus from collecting negative evidence to intentionally collecting joy in your moments. Your brain won't naturally try to create more positive emotional experiences—it’s wired to keep life feeling familiar and safe. But true joy is what happens when you’re being fully yourself. Listen to learn how to train your brain to let go of ne...

Annaliese and Alan piece apart why we compare ourselves to others, what we’re really seeking when we do it, and how to break free from the comparison trap to build a more fulfilling and grounded life. Annaliese unpacks how comparison often feels like it’ll help us get what we need—but instead leaves us feeling dissatisfied. The good news? You can shift that energy into investing in your own life i...

Annaliese and Alan explore how your thoughts and beliefs about yourself shape your choices, habits, and overall life experience. Annaliese shares why becoming aware of these internal beliefs is the first step to changing them for the better, which will change your life! You’ll Hear About: Your thoughts shape your life! What you believe about yourself directly influences your motivations, decisions...

In this episode, Annaliese and Alan dive into the discomfort of being alone with your thoughts and why learning to sit with yourself—without distraction—can help you feel more connected and present in your own life. Annaliese shares how constantly filling quiet moments with tasks or distractions can actually leave you feeling more disconnected and not enough. Instead, noticing and practicing prese...

Annaliese and Alan explore the hidden benefits of failure, how it affects us emotionally, and how to shift from seeing failure as defeat to using it as an opportunity to learn. Annaliese shares how to recognize the story failure is telling you, notice what you're believing about yourself, and how to practice perspective shifts that help you accept failure as a normal—and even valuable—part of life...

Annaliese and Alan dive into the topic of rest—what it’s really for, why it can feel uncomfortable at first, and how to start practicing it in a way that actually works for you. Annaliese shares her personal journey of moving from a fast-paced, hustle mindset to learning how to slow down and truly recharge. Finding your own version of rest can change your perspective on life and help you better un...

In This Episode: Annaliese and Alan talk about what it actually takes to build confidence. Annaliese brings up how confidence is not about finally becoming the ideal version of yourself—it’s about taking small, consistent steps. Confidence isn’t something you achieve once and for all; it’s something you build by developing a trusting and capable sense of yourself in real life, one day at a time. Y...

Annaliese and Alan explore how self-doubt affects the way we see ourselves and live our lives. They share practical, encouraging ways to handle doubt with self-compassion instead of guilt or wasted energy. Annaliese reminds us that self-doubt is a normal part of being human, but it doesn’t have to define us or block us from growth. You’ll Hear About: Self-doubt as a normal human experience. It’s p...

In This Episode: Annaliese and Alan talk about how important even really difficult feelings are to our quality of life, and how learning to feel them , listen to them, and navigate them grows our emotional maturity. Annaliese brings up how building emotional maturity is what helps you have inner stability in what you go through in life by practicing tolerating discomfort, recognizing a bigger pers...

In this episode, Annaliese and Alan explore the often-overlooked value of difficult emotions, focusing on sadness. They discuss how sadness connects you to what truly matters in life and offer practical ways to embrace it with self-compassion rather than rushing through or discounting it. Annaliese explains how sadness feels in your body, the needs you have that it shows you, and how to show up fo...

In this episode, Annaliese and Alan dive into how even difficult emotions like guilt and shame are crucial to living a meaningful life. Annaliese shares how guilt and shame show up in your body, the stories they tell about who you are, and practical ways to handle them with compassion and empowerment for yourself instead of reacting automatically. You’ll Hear About: Guilt and shame are tough to si...

Podcast Episode Summary In this episode, Annaliese and Alan dive into the vital role even tough feelings like anxiety and worry play in our lives. They explore how understanding and getting familiar with these emotions lead you to deeper self-awareness and personal growth, instead of derailing you or taking over. You’ll Hear About: The power of repetition in processing emotions: feeling your feeli...

Podcast Episode Summary In this episode, Annaliese and Alan explore how even challenging emotions like anger can bring value and insight to your life. They focus on what anger teaches you about your values and how to handle it with understanding instead of reacting impulsively. Annaliese discusses how anger feels in your body, what it can make you believe about yourself, and practical steps for pr...

In this episode, Annaliese and Alan explore the value of even the hardest emotions, focusing on the role Fear plays in your life. Annaliese points out how Fear, while deeply uncomfortable, is an important signal that reveals what you value, need, or prioritize. By learning to feel and interpret Fear, you can stop reacting impulsively and start supporting yourself with intention. You’ll Hear About:...

In this episode, Annaliese and Alan dig into the transformative yet often uncomfortable process of feeling your feelings. Annaliese highlights how becoming emotionally self-aware improves your life in meaningful ways, and that you're capable of slowing down, sitting with your emotions, and learning to notice and name them. You’ll Hear About: How emotions act as signals, pointing to what you might...