Wake Your Dream

Annaliese and Alan dig into the everyday challenges of living with anxiety, sharing insights that have helped them and others in handling anxious thoughts. As Annaliese experiences anxiety during this episode, she walks you through her real-time strategies for catching it, managing it, and staying empowered while you handle it for yourself differently. You'll Hear About: Little Choices of Power: P...

Annaliese and Alan talk about how to help yourself stay present and embrace daily challenges and frustrations as you try to live intentionally. Annaliese shows you the significance of micromoments, those tiny pockets of time scattered throughout your day, and how you can use them to choose more acceptance and gain the peace you need. What You'll Discover: Impact of Focused Moments on Growth: Learn...

In This Episode: Annaliese and Alan dive into the intricacies of addressing your needs inside your marriage and relationships. Annaliese underlines the importance of trusting yourself, embracing honesty, and navigating growth openly—especially when it's different from your partner's path and experience. What You'll Hear About: - Discover the key to maintaining balance and connection by trusting an...

In This Episode: Annaliese and Alan talk about how your thoughts are creating a story in your head (all the time) to make sense and meaning of what you’re going through. Annaliese highlights the profound impact your thoughts have on creating a storyline in your head. This internal narrative is the main impact on whether you approach situations feeling unsure or confident. Understanding the thought...

In This Episode: Annaliese and Alan dive into the powerful impact of the definitions we hold in our minds, often subconsciously, and how they're shaping what's important to us. Take a real look at your definitions of goal-pursuing words like "organization," "success," and "productivity." Are these definitions working for you or against you? Annaliese emphasizes the transformative effect of taking...

In This Episode: Annaliese and Alan explore the profound impact of procrastination on your own confidence, and really show the significance of following through and living more from your core values. Learn how to live in more freedom from people-pleasing and start prioritizing yourself. You’ll Hear About: Procrastination's subtle yet negative effects on your identity and trust in yourself. Doing l...

Annaliese and Alan dive into the power of your words, and how they shape your personal growth journey. They emphasize the importance of the language you're using in your self-talk and how it impacts your ability to make progress. Annaliese highlights that the story you tell yourself can either empower you or stress you out. It's all about recognizing and adjusting your thoughts to steer your choic...

Annaliese and Alan talk about how when you’re working to make changes, it’s good to be aware that the ways you think about yourself make a huge impact on your new behavior, words, and thoughts, and your results. Annaliese brings up a mental tool that she’s created for herself and her clients called “Update Yourself”. This is the practice of thinking about yourself in a more empowered and capable w...

Are you giving yourself credit for even your smallest, daily steps? Annaliese and Alan talk about how this helps your confidence because you know you're going where you're trying to go. When you don't credit your progress, you'll feel stuck more quickly, believing there's an obstacle to where you're going and who you want to be. Crediting each step helps you think more capably and confidently and...

Annaliese and Alan talk about getting caught up in the feelings of right now. Bring yourself back to feeling more present and give your day another chance. Annaliese brings up ways to practice emotional self-care, and how to face and handle the struggle throughout the day so your mind can work for you, not against you. You can act like you DO have a choice even when you don’t feel like you do. You...

Annaliese and Alan talk about finding your Why and how knowing your inner reasons for making change is what helps you follow through. Annaliese brings up how finding your Why connects you with your actual purpose, and owning what you care about underneath your goals and the decisions you’re trying to make makes you feel like you matter in your life. You’ll Hear About: -Want to prioritize what actu...

Annaliese and Alan talk about how obstacles are a frustrating, but normal (and sometimes empowering) part of making changes in our life. Annaliese brings up how obstacles are challenging, but thinking new ways about them help you get better results than before. You’ll Hear About: Embracing Normal: Obstacles are a normal part of intentional living, and acknowledging they will happen is the first st...

Annaliese and Alan talk about making shifts to use your productivity to get more of what you want, even in the messy middle and uncertain circumstances. Annaliese brings up how daily productivity doesn’t have to feel so anxious! She shows how you can make shifts to a more peaceful and meaningful productivity. You’ll Hear About: -How to get things done AND make changes in life even when you feel fr...

Annaliese and Alan talk about how if you're going to make changes in your life and get better results, you're actually start with practicing thinking about and treating yourself differently. Annaliese brings up Radical Acceptance and Self-Compassion as Part 2 of mindset shifts that have helped her change and move forward from unhelpful past patterns. She's made shifts from being self-judgmental an...

Annaliese and Alan talk about the ways you intentionally (and unintentionally) show up in your life and how that impacts you. Annaliese brings up Extreme Ownership (taking full responsibility for the good stuff and the bad) as Part 1 of new mindset shifts that have helped her change how her life is going. It's helped her move from a victim mentality to acting and feeling more proactive and confide...

Annaliese and Alan talk about how different personalities and needs impact relationship dynamics for the better. Annaliese brings up why showing up as who you really are matters the most in your relationships. You’ll Hear About: -Being honest and real is the best way to help your relationships in a long-term way (especially marriage!) -Your partner's differences can help you grow. Ask questions in...

In This Episode: Annaliese and Alan talk about relationships and the personal work and different ways of processing that belong in a healthy marriage. Annaliese brings up how being a healthy individual and focusing on personal growth is some of the most important work you'll do for a healthy marriage. You’ll Hear About: -It takes self-awareness to help you show up how you need and want to in your...

In This Episode: Annaliese and Alan talk about what to do as you're noticing where you feel on track or off track in the changes you’re making in your life. Annaliese brings up how doubt shows up in the “confusion” or “stuckness” you feel when you’re trying to grow or do a new thing. That happens because your brain doesn’t like change so it creates doubt to try to protect you. Even when doubt make...

In This Episode: Alan talks a bit about his own speaking and writing background and his view on helping people grow. Annaliese talks about what “Thought Work” is (taking charge of your thought life), and practical ways to start being more aware of your thoughts and your feelings on a daily basis so that you accept yourself and feel yourself moving more toward where you want to go. You’ll Hear Abou...

In This Episode: Annaliese and Alan talk about the 4 Zones of Growth (Comfort Zone, Fear Zone, Learning Zone, Growth Zone). Annaliese shares about how fear is involved in trying new things or making a change, and how to use our thoughts to stretch past that fear to grow like we want to. You’ll Hear About: -Notice your Comfort Zone and learn how to start moving yourself out of it -Fear and mistakes...

In This Episode: Annaliese introduces her husband Alan and the podcast! She shares how she created this podcast to talk about how waking up and paying attention to your experience helps you live life on purpose. The podcast will address the most common and practical topics she helps people with in their personal and professional goals as a Life Design Coach. You’ll Hear About: -You have a choice a...

Annaliese introduces her new podcast! She shares how she created this podcast to talk about how waking up and paying attention to your experience helps you live life on purpose. The podcast will address the most common and practical topics she helps people with in their personal and professional goals as a Life Design Coach.