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Wake Up Call099: Understanding the Different Parts of Ourselves Through Internal Family Systems with Katie LaCelleIf you’ve ever tried to make a change in your life, but felt stuck and unsure of how to move forward, there’s probably a part of your identity that’s causing that resistance. In this episode, I’m joined by Katie LaCelle to chat about Internal Family Systems - or IFS for short - which is a therapy modality that helps us get curious about all the parts of ourselves to make lasting change and regulate our nervous systems.
Katie LaCelle is a somatic IFS practitioner who is passionate about helping people uncover their own...2023-10-2333 minWake Up Call098: Taking the First Steps to Find a TherapistAfter my episode with Matt Thieleman about life coaching versus therapy, I got a lot of great questions about taking those first steps to find a therapist. Therapy is such a great way to work through blocks in your life and learn healthy coping mechanisms for anything you’re struggling with, so in this episode I’m sharing the first steps you can take if you’d like to try therapy, and what to expect from those first few sessions.
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Listen to Ep. 93: What Is a Coach? Coaching vs. Therapy with Matt Th...2023-10-0918 minWake Up Call097: Leave People Pleasing and Perfectionism Behind for Good with Sara Bybee FiskRaise your hand if you’re a member of the Recovering People Pleasers Club (my hand is in the air!). In this episode, we’re joined by Sara Bybee Fisk, a Master Certified Coach and Instructor who teaches women how to tame the rampant people pleasing, perfectionism, and codependency that is causing them so much frustration and resentment. If you’re ready to release the anxiety and exhaustion that comes from outside expectations, this is the episode for you!
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The...2023-09-2538 minWake Up Call096: Cracking the Emotion Code to Release the Emotions Trapped In Our Bodies with Lisa GilliamHave you ever felt a shift in how your body feels when you’re experiencing a particular emotion? Sometimes you might experience sensations or pain in your body before you recognize that you’re feeling a particular emotion, and that’s what this episode is all about. Lisa Gilliam, a certified Emotion Code Practitioner, Holistic Nutritionist, and Nutrition Response Therapist, joins us on the podcast to teach us how to release these trapped emotions so we can feel better in our body and mind.
Some key takeaways from this episode include:
You might notice...2023-09-1138 minWake Up Call095: My Anti-Anxiety Holy Trinity | Daily Habits That Keep My Anxiety at BayIf you’ve been listening to Wake Up Call since the beginning, you know there are a handful of intentional habits I utilize to manage my anxiety. In this episode, I’m giving a quick overview of my top three anti-anxiety habits, AKA my holy trinity, and how you can incorporate them into your own daily routine.
Products mentioned:
Oura Ring
Eight Sleep
Some key takeaways from this episode include:
Limiting my caffeine intake has been huge for managing my anxiety. Since caffeine is a stimulant, it can i...2023-08-2812 minWake Up Call094: What’s Next for the Podcast | Community, Self-Discovery, and Releasing OverachievingThere are some changes coming to the Wake Up Call Podcast… and they’re all good things! This week is a casual chit chat (with a fired up moment in the middle for flavor!) about the new changes coming soon and my ultimate goals and intentions for the podcast. Thank you so much for being a listener of the show, I can’t tell you how much it means to me! If there’s a particular episode of the show that really resonated with you, I would love it if you sent me a DM on Instagram to share it with...2023-08-1413 minWake Up Call093: What Is a Coach? | Coaching vs. Therapy, What Coaching Looks Like, and Picking a Coach with Matt ThielemanIf you’ve ever wondered what a coach actually does and whether or not you could benefit from working with one, this is the episode for you! Several of you listening to this episode are coaches yourselves, but today we’re covering what different coaching engagements look like, and the difference between coaching and therapy. Joining me is Matt Thielemen, a transformational coach, visionary, speaker, advisor, and author.
Matt works with leaders and change-makers to help them live into their purpose more fully, and bring their masterpieces to the world. He educates and trains coach...2023-07-3139 minWake Up Call092: The Ultimate Meditation Guide | Practical Mindfulness & Finding Your Meditation Style with Rachel Hatteberg WaltIf you’ve ever thought “meditation is not for me, I can’t do it,” you are not alone! Even our guest and energy expert Rachel Hatteberg Walt felt that way until she developed practices that are practical, grounding, and relaxing. I know we can all use more of that in our daily routine, so in this episode, Rachel is busting some meditation myths so you can find your zen in ways that fit your unique lifestyle and preferences. After you listen to this episode, you can grab Rachel’s meditation library here.
Rachel is a comPASSION...2023-07-1747 minWake Up Call091: Let It Be Easy | Lean Into Your Natural Strengths, End Overthinking, and Commit to Your Next Great Idea“Nothing worth having comes easily,” is a phrase we’ve all heard many times before, but does it always ring true? In this episode, I’m exploring an idea that came to me about letting things be easy. We all have natural gifts and strengths, brilliant ideas that come to us in the shower, and even great opportunities that seem to fall into our laps. I think it’s time we really lean into these and let ourselves embrace what’s easy.
Some key takeaways from this episode include:
We’re raised to believe that th...2023-07-0308 minWake Up Call090: This Is Your Permission Slip to Not Feel Happy All the TimeHave you ever felt upset or disappointed, then tried to talk yourself into happiness by saying “but I have so much to be grateful for?” In this episode, I’m writing you a big, shiny permission slip to stop minimizing your feelings - it’s ok to not be happy all the time! Our emotions are a powerful tool that tell us what we need in that moment, so instead of explaining them away, let’s name and validate those feelings.
Resources mentioned:
The Feelings Wheel
Some key takeaways from this episode incl...2023-06-1912 minWake Up Call089: Put the Personal Development Book Down, and Pick Up Something Fun InsteadIf you’re a longtime listener of this show, you’re probably - like me! - a big fan of personal development content. But in this episode, I’m sharing how personal development work can be a slippery slope. Working on yourself is an admirable goal, but I’m learning that not only is it okay to sit and be happy with where you are today, it’s a necessary step to our overall growth and development.
Some key takeaways from this episode include:
If you’re finding yourself bored or uninspired by personal deve...2023-06-0512 minWake Up Call088: Behind the Botox: Unpacking the Ingredients, Health Risks, and Societal Pressures of Botox with Gretch ElizabethAs women, we feel an immense amount of pressure to stay forever young. If you are anything like me and considered injectables, like Botox, this episode is for you. My hope is that this conversation exposes you to information that shows you a different side of a very popular anti-aging treatment so you can make your own decisions based, in fact, not on pressure. I think so often we’re told Botox is safe, but my guest Gretch Elizabeth exposes the dark side of it with a very personal story.
Gretch is a former hig...2023-05-2234 minWake Up Call087: Taking an Adult Gap Year | Getting Intentional with Your Time with Alana KilmartinHave you ever found yourself daydreaming or fantasizing about what it would look like to take a break from your life? I’m talking about not being worried about waking up to your alarm clock, rushing out the door, have more flexibility, freedom, and spaciousness with your time – an adult gap year. It sounds like a dream, right? In this episode, Alana Kilmartin talks about how she’s doing just that. And if you immediately thought, “That must be nice; I could never do that,” this podcast is for you. She will challenge you to think differently about your time and s...2023-05-0839 minWake Up Call086: The Key to Ending Emotional Eating for Good with Stephanie Mara FoxI’ve shared on the podcast before that I’ve struggled with emotional eating, and I know I’m not alone. In this episode, Stephanie Mara Fox, a Somatic Nutritional Counselor and Mentor, is sharing her expertise on how we can tune into our body’s cues to break our patterns of emotional eating while still giving ourselves comfort and safety. If you struggle with turning to food for comfort, this is the episode for you!
Stephanie Mara Fox, MA, CMBEC, CHC, CYT, is a Somatic Nutritional Counselor and Mentor with a Master’s Degree in Somatic Psychother...2023-04-2447 minWake Up Call085: A Lack of Time is Not the ProblemHow often have you found yourself thinking, I don't have enough time? We all have 24 hours each and every day, so unfortunately, we can't create more of it. In this episode, you’ll learn the importance of changing how we view our time, and I’ll offer you a few things that you can do if you catch yourself in that spiral around time.
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Alicia's Journal: Bring Your Shit to Light
In this episode, you’ll learn…
What to do when you are in a scarcity mindset
Why and h...2023-04-1014 minWake Up Call084: Turn Down the Volume on Your Inner CriticI don’t know about you, but my inner critic can be loud, pervasive, and, quite honestly, a pain in my ass. So let's talk about our inner critic so we can turn down the volume and start to put it back where it belongs. First, I’ll start with why our inner critic can be hard to spot, and then we’ll talk about beginning the process of externalizing it to see what is fact vs. fiction.
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Alicia's Journal: Bring Your Shit to Light
In this episode, we’ll explore...2023-03-2718 min
Wake Up Call083. Get Back Into Your BodyIf you are like me, you may have found some practices that help you feel more in control of your anxiety, but that doesn’t mean you don’t still experience it. In my early days of anxiety, my sole focus was on making the feeling of anxiety "go away." But as my experiences with anxiety have continued, I've realized my focus needs to be on something else - getting back into my body. If you are thinking, “what weird mumbo jumbo are you talking about, Alicia,” you are exactly who needs to hear this. I promise you it’s not some ki...2023-03-1314 minWake Up Call082: How to Find and Use Your Voice with Erin GallowayIt took most of my life, but I’ve finally learned the importance and power of using my voice. My thoughts have value and so do yours. In fact, when we speak our thoughts and opinions, it gives permission for others to do the same. That’s why I’m excited to talk to Erin Galloway, the sweet soul who helped me bring my words to light in my new journal.
Erin’s entire career has been focused on behavior change and how small choices add up to have a big impact. Through Habitize Publishing, a self-publishing company...2023-02-2735 minWake Up Call081: How to Call Out Your Limiting BeliefsWe’re celebrating two years of the Wake Up Call Podcast! Starting this podcast has been a long-time dream, and I’ll be honest, it took me a long time to start this show. Do you want to know why? Limiting beliefs. I sat on the sidelines because I was stuck in the belief that I wasn’t good enough. I watched other people do what I wanted, but I didn’t think it was possible.
In this episode, we’re digging into limiting beliefs and how you can start calling them out. Because if left unchecked, limiting be...2023-02-1318 minWake Up Call080: Optimal Health: The Science of Getting Outside with Dr. Kelli RitterYou know and likely even practice all the things we've been taught are the markers of good health. But, even in doing this, you still wonder, why don't I feel better than I do? Well, Dr. Kelli Ritter and I are here to tell you that you’re missing something in your health regimen that is so simple –outside light exposure.
Dr. Kelli Ritter specializes in quantum health techniques, gut healing, and nutrition for optimal health and mental wellness. She helps clients realize a deeper experience of peace and increased vitality. Dr. Kelli provides education and virtual cons...2023-01-3044 minWake Up Call079: Busting Health & Wellness Myths with Lauren BaltermanWhen we have things like fear and urgency driving our goals, especially around health and fitness, our goals will be anything but sustainable. In this episode, we work through some commonly held beliefs, myths, and thoughts about what exercise and nutrition should or shouldn't be. This conversation with Lauren Balterman highlights the importance of educating ourselves with real information that is supportive and going to lead us to be sustainable with our movement.
Lauren Balterman is a Licensed Counselor, Certified Personal Trainer, certified in NLP, and holds an advanced degree in nutrition. She has been helping transform w...2023-01-1637 minWake Up Call078: Why a New Job Isn't Always the Answer with Amanda FoleyIt’s the time of year we stop and reflect. Maybe you’ve discovered you're not as happy as you want to be, and you think a new job may be the answer. I can promise you aren’t alone. In this episode, Amanda Foley and I talk through this. We’re not here to say whether you do or don't leave your job, but we hope this conversation will open your eyes if you are starting the search.
Amanda Foley is a publicity coach and consultant with more than two decades of public relations experience. She founded...2023-01-0239 minWake Up Call077: Setting and Letting Go of GoalsIf you, like so many others, set goals in January 2022 and now find in December 2022, you may have missed the mark; this episode is for you. I’m breaking down some of the things that showed up for me so that you'll give yourself some grace if you haven't done what you set out to do. I’m offering a different perspective so maybe you won’t abandon the goals that really do mean a lot to you.
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Journey to the Heart: Daily Meditations on the Path to Freeing Your Soul
In this episod...2022-12-1922 minWake Up Call076: Feeling Stuck: How to Embrace the Messy MiddleThis week’s solo episode is for anyone who is feeling stuck. This episode is a reminder for us all that if you are in this season, it’s time to check in on yourself. This is the time to get out of your head and into your body and to remember that you're growing. Hopefully, this episode provides a shift for you so that you're not so quick to just deny the experience and try to bypass what you're going through but to sit in the messy middle.
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Feeling Stuck Instagram Post
In this...2022-12-0512 minWake Up Call075: Pressure & Expectations Keeping You from PresenceIn this week’s solo episode, I’m talking about taking down some of the pressure and expectations you have on yourself this holiday season. I’ll challenge you to see what it could look like if you entered this time without clinging to how things are supposed to go. When we can unhook from the ideal that we keep in our heads, we start to move into acceptance.
In this episode, you’ll learn how to experience more contentment and joy this holiday season.
The mindset that may be bringing you to the most stressed-out state
H...2022-11-2113 minWake Up Call074: Are You Muting or Managing Your Stress?In this week’s solo episode, I’m talking about relating to and managing your stress. As you know, there is no shortage of stress in our lives from work, school, kids, family, and the world. The question I want to ask you is, what are you doing with your stress?
I have a suspicion that a lot of us are muting our stress, rather than managing it. If you are muting, you spend a lot of time numbing and detaching from your body and emotions. The impact of this causes you to waste hours of your week...2022-11-0717 minWake Up Call073: Changing Your Relationship With DiscomfortIn this week’s solo episode, I’m sharing how I changed my relationship with discomfort when I was experiencing really hard moments with my anxiety. While it’s really easy to seek out ways to numb our feelings when we’re uncomfortable (you might not even realize you’re doing it!), it’s so important to acknowledge uncomfortable feelings rather than avoid them. That might sound scary, but I will walk you through the coping process so you can peacefully work through discomfort.
Some key takeaways to change your relationship with discomfort include:
There are a lot of thi...2022-10-2413 minWake Up Call072: How To Bring Self-Compassion To The Habits In Your Life & How To Make Them Stick with Erin GallowayAre you someone who has a difficult time when it comes to forming habits? Is your inner critic telling you you’ve failed when you didn’t accomplish everything you wanted to in your day? If that’s the case, it’s not the truth! We’re all unique people which means we all have different styles of forming habits. In this episode, I had a conversation with Erin Galloway, a habit master, about creating habits, understanding your signature system, and the best approach to sustaining healthy habits in your life!
Erin Galloway’s entire career has been focused...2022-10-1037 minWake Up Call071: How Diet Culture Is Deeply Ingrained In Our Choices and How to Overcome It with Lauren BaltermanDon’t think you’re affected by diet culture? Think again. If you’ve ever stepped on a scale and didn’t like the number or thought “carbs are bad,” then you’ve been affected by diet culture. Diet culture is not just physical but also mental, tying a disproportionately large amount of self-worth to appearance. But it's more than that… It affects our beliefs, which ultimately drive our behavior. In this episode, I chatted with Lauren Balterman about diet culture, how to unpack it, and bring about your best self.
Lauren Balterman is a Licensed Counselor, Certified Person...2022-09-2633 minWake Up Call070: The People Pleaser’s Guide to Unleashing Your Inner Wild Woman with Sheila AnneSo many women live their lives according to the boxes we’re supposed to fit into: buttoned up, nurturing, doting, overly generous, or agreeable. But what if there’s a part of us that doesn’t fit into those boxes? Chances are, most of the time you might not fit into the persona others expect of you, and in this episode, Sheila Anne is here to introduce us to our inner wild woman. If you’ve been wanting to live and present yourself more authentically and unapologetically, this episode is for you!
Sheila's mission is to help ambitiou...2022-09-1236 minWake Up Call069: Energy Work 101 | How Chakras are Connected to Your Health & Wellness with Rachel WaltAre you curious about energy healing, chakras, and how they’re connected to our physical and emotional health? In this episode, our now three-time guest Rachel Walt is joining us to share her expertise and learnings about chakras as a Reiki healer. From which physical and emotional symptoms are tied to which chakras, to what you can do to ease each of these symptoms, this episode has everything you need to go from off-balance to energized!
Rachel Walt is a compassionate (emphasis on the passionate) and creative soul that thrives on alone time but can’t survive with...2022-08-2944 minWake Up Call068: Embracing Seasons In Your Life & Work for Peace Over Productivity with Jessica LackeyWhen you hear the familiar “whoosh” or “ding” of a notification on your phone from an email or Slack message, do you get a hit of dread and a sense of urgency? You are definitely not alone. If you’re struggling with a constant need to be productive and on-call all the time, this is the episode for you! Our guest, Jessica Lackey, is here to talk us through the concept of intentional seasons of work and rest in our lives so we can prioritize peace over productivity when life calls for it (which is whenever you want!).
Jessica...2022-08-1535 minWake Up Call067: Healing Through Pranayama Breathwork with Carianna HebertWe all know taking a few deep breaths can help us calm down when we’re feeling anxious, but do you know about the healing power of Pranayama breathwork? In this episode, Carianna Hebert walks us through the basics of breathwork, including what it is, how it sounds and feels, and the transformative power of this practice. If you’re curious about exploring breathwork for its therapeutic benefits, this is the episode for you!
Carianna Hebert, PCC, RYT is a certified coach, teacher, healer, artist, athlete, storyteller and entrepreneur. A former Emmy-award winning producer with the NFL, Cari...2022-08-0129 minWake Up Call066: The Signs of High-Functioning Anxiety with Tati Garcia, LPCAre you struggling with anxious thoughts, overwhelm, and overthinking, yet from the outside you’re seen as a hard working, high achieving, go-getter? High-functioning anxiety may be what’s driving you and it’s a one-way ticket to burnout.
In this week’s episode of the Wake Up Call podcast, Tati Garcia, a licensed professional counselor and coach, is sharing the signs of high-functioning anxiety, where it comes from, and how you can start working through the symptoms for more peace and self-compassion.
Tati Garcia is a Licensed Professional Counselor and coach specializing in high-functioning anxiety a...2022-07-1831 min
Wake Up Call065: Are Fear and Comparison Driving Your Actions? Here’s How to Break the CycleIf you find yourself rushing into action in response to an email, a social media post, or some sort of external stimuli, you might be letting fear or comparison take the driver’s seat. It’s a really easy cycle to get into, and in small doses these external factors can be good motivators. But if you find yourself in frantic reaction mode often, this episode has some tips and tools to help you pause and find more clarity so you can respond with ease.
Resources mentioned:
The Feelings Wheel from the Calm app
Some key...2022-07-0418 minWake Up Call064: Setting Emotional Boundaries to Protect Your EnergyIf you’re the first person to always jump in and help someone, even if they haven’t asked you to, and you’ve kind of built your identity around being the “fixer,” this is the episode for you. I’m sharing some recent thoughts I’ve had around setting emotional boundaries, which require us to say “no” to things that drain our emotional and mental energy and leave none for ourselves. If you’re constantly exhausted because you give everyone but yourself your precious emotional energy, this is the episode for you.
Some key takeaways on emotional boundaries...2022-06-2018 minWake Up Call063: Being Content With Your Life Does Not Mean You’re SettlingDo you feel content with your life, just the way it is today? If you’re not, you are definitely not alone. And if you are, you might feel strange saying so because somewhere along the line, being “content” became synonymous with “settling.” In this episode, I’m exploring what it means to constantly be striving for more rather than recognizing when we’re content, and what might be holding us back from feeling like we’re enough just as we are.
Some key takeaways on feeling more content:
When we allow being “content” to be synonymous with “set...2022-06-0614 minWake Up Call062: The Gap of Disbelief | How to Achieve Your Goals Even When Self-Doubt Gets In the WayDo you have a goal for your life, or your business, or your career, that feels so far away from you that it almost feels impossible to reach? Maybe you want to reach a certain revenue goal, but it feels impossible because you’ve been stuck at your current income for years. Or maybe you want to run a half marathon, but a 5K is a struggle for you right now. That big goal we’ve never reached before can feel impossible when we’re looking at the gap of disbelief. In this episode, I’m sharing how to overcome...2022-05-2321 min
Wake Up Call061: Tools for Calming Yourself Down From an Anxious StateWe’ve all experienced times when we’ve suddenly felt an onslaught of overwhelming and racing thoughts that feel so tangible they make you dizzy, lightheaded, and unable to breathe. In this episode, I’m sharing my toolkit of exercises that can be done wherever and whenever stress strikes you so you can calm yourself down and pull yourself back into the present moment.
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A few tactic...2022-05-0917 minWake Up Call060: Surprising Signs That You’re Living Out of AlignmentWhen I was at the height of my anxiety and burnout, I had a great-on-paper life, so it was really difficult to recognize that something wasn’t right. There were several signs that I was out of alignment, and in this episode I’m sharing all the signs and symptoms that might be telling you the same. If you’ve been feeling off but can’t quite put your finger on why, this is the episode for you.
If you need help creating some routines that implement things you love to do, as well as some necessary self-car...2022-04-2516 minWake Up Call059: What I Wish I’d Known at the Height of My Anxiety and BurnoutSince I started taking on clients again, I’ve been doing a lot of reflection on what I wish I’d known when I was going through the height of my anxiety and burnout. When you’re in the thick of it, it’s really difficult to gain the perspective needed to understand how to care for yourself and change some of the behavioral patterns that are keeping you stuck. In this episode, I’m sharing all the things I wish I had understood then to hopefully help you have that perspective in this season.
Do you need some...2022-04-1128 minWake Up Call058: Stop Letting Urgency Culture Steal Your PeaceDo you feel constantly bombarded by notifications of text messages, social media notifications, and emails? You are definitely not alone! The pressure to address things right when they happen keeps us in a constant state of urgency, which takes a huge toll on our nervous system. As high achievers, we are even more inclined to knock out that project well before the deadline, respond to emails right when they come in, or jump in to help others as soon as they ask for it. In this episode, I’m digging into steps I’ve taken to step away from urge...2022-03-2822 minWake Up Call057: How to Relax Even If Your To-Do List Isn’t CompleteHave you ever sat down to finally enjoy your favorite beverage and a good book and suddenly… your mind floods with all the unfinished things on your to-do list? My high achievers know what I’m talking about! It can be so difficult to relax and rest when we’re so hyper aware of the looming tasks ahead. We often overwork ourselves so we can “actually enjoy” our break, which creates a vicious cycle of burnout and mandatory rest, AKA your body demands rest by getting sick. In this episode, I’m sharing some of the tactical steps and mindset tips...2022-03-1428 minWake Up Call056: You Can Still Experience Burnout Doing What You LoveToday’s episode is part life update, part podcast update, and mainly real talk about burnout! During my anxiety journey, I learned a lot about the signs of burnout and I made it my mission to establish habits to keep me grounded and rested. In this new and exciting season of working on some really cool projects, I found myself recognizing signs of burnout. In this episode, I’m sharing what I recognized, how I’m taking steps to protect myself from burnout, and what’s next for the podcast as a result.
Some key takeaways from today’s...2022-02-2813 minWake Up Call055: How Big & Small Traumas Can Create Patterns In Our Behavior with Sheila AnneSo many people have suffered from trauma in their lives. We often think of trauma as a huge, life-altering event, but it can be much more nuanced than that. No matter what you’ve been through - big or small - your experiences are valid. In this episode, Sheila Anne defines trauma and gives concrete examples of how it can manifest itself in our lives through behavioral patterns. If you’re an overachiever or a people pleaser, there might be some serious eye openers in this episode for you!
Sheila's mission is to help ambitious women thrive in b...2022-02-2139 minWake Up Call054: Getting Curious About Your Relationship with Alcohol to Reach Your Full Potential with Molly RuggereIn recent years, thanks to change makers like Molly Ruggere, there’s been a huge shift in how we talk about alcohol consumption. There is so much more nuance to sobriety than someone being an alcoholic or not, and in this episode we’re discussing getting “sober curious” about your relationship with alcohol and what to do if you feel like you’re leaning on it more than you’d like in order to relax or feel more comfortable in social settings. If you’re looking to feel more empowered about your decisions around alcohol, this episode is for you!
Mo...2022-02-1433 minWake Up Call053: Reflecting on One Year of the Podcast + My Best Tips for Getting Unstuck and Taking the Next Step ForwardThe Wake Up Call Podcast is officially ONE YEAR OLD!! This past year has been such a fun experience of exploration, connecting with people through the podcast, and getting really clear on how I want to show up for you guys in 2022! Stay tuned for more info on upcoming trainings, workshops, coaching, and more!
In today’s episode, I’m reflecting on the last year of the show and sharing how some things that really helped me slow down, confront my anxiety, and take the next right steps toward overcoming the intense feelings of overwhelm. If you are...2022-02-0716 minWake Up Call052: How to Embrace Being in a Slump When You’re a High AchieverAs high achievers, hitting a slump where you feel uninspired, unmotivated, and unproductive can feel like a shock to our system. We have this instinct to push through it as hard as we can, or to stay in busy mode to distract ourselves, or we judge and punish ourselves for not accomplishing enough.
I am in the midst of a slump myself, and I’m learning to embrace these uncomfortable periods as a signal from my body to slow down, rest, and recharge. In this episode I’m sharing my thoughts on this current bout of feeling unmo...2022-01-3118 minWake Up Call051: Discovering Your Worth and Loving Yourself Through Mental Illness Recovery with Lauren DowWhile there is definitely still a stigma surrounding mental health, there are beautiful individuals who share their stories of struggling with mental illness and seeking treatment and healing to live a fulfilling and impactful life. Lauren Dow is one of those individuals.
A lot of the episodes of Wake Up Call have covered anxiety and how to cope with it, but in this episode, Lauren shares her experiences with eating disorders, bipolar disorder, and more, and how she came to terms with seeking treatment and how she used her stories to become an author, speaker, and podcast...2022-01-2435 minWake Up Call050: Intuitive Eating and Ditching the Diet Mentality with Victoria Yates“Intuitive Eating” is a huge buzzword in the health and wellness space, but what does it actually mean? In this episode, Victoria Yates is helping us dig deep into our internal beliefs about food and the messaging that keeps us stuck in restrictive diets, obsessive eating habits, and unhealthy relationships with food. Intuitive Eating is an approach to eating that encourages mindfulness, healing your relationship with food, and ending diet mentality once and for all! If you struggle to listen to your body’s cues on food, or if you have an inner dialogue criticizing you for your food choice...2022-01-1738 minWake Up Call049: Slowing Down NOW Instead of Waiting for Your Next Big Milestone to Rest with Katie WelkerHave you ever thought “Things will slow down once this project at work is done,” or “I’ll clear up my calendar once I have a baby,” or at least heard the phrase “I’ll sleep when I’m dead?” All of these phrases imply that you’re waiting for a specific milestone to hit before you even think about taking steps to slow down and let go of some commitments you’re clinging to. We are so conditioned to be busy that we forget we don’t need a reason to slow down. In fact, slowing down now will allow us to actuall...2022-01-1038 minWake Up Call048: A Practical Guide for Choosing Progress Over Perfection in 2022The start of the new year is the perfect time to set new goals, but a lot of people set huge, unrealistic goals and then fizzle out by February feeling defeated. No more of that! In this episode, I’m sharing my practical guide for setting small, actionable goals to help you make actual progress in your life. The Wheel of Life is one of my favorite personal development and goal setting tools, and I’m showing you exactly how I use it!
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Episode 43: How to Set Goals That Will Actually Change Your Life
Whee...2022-01-0318 minWake Up Call047: How Human Design Can Help You Feel More Ease In Your Life with Jess BubbicoHave you heard of Human Design? I know you’re probably thinking “is there another personality assessment I have to take?,” but don’t fret - there’s no assessment involved in Human Design! Your Human Design type is determined by astrology and quantum physics, and it can be the key to unlocking more ease in your life and work by helping you build and trust your intuition.
Our guest Jess Bubbico believes in a world where the ‘woo’ is no longer taboo and your ‘weird’ is your greatest wisdom. Jess is a Speaker, Teacher, & Mentor who brings this ideolo...2021-12-131h 06Wake Up Call046: Should You Quit Your Job? Unpacking The Great Resignation with Chelsea CappsToday I’m joined by guest host and friend of the podcast, Chelsea Capps! Chelsea and I are digging into the topic of the Great Resignation - the current trend of thousands of people quitting their jobs because they’re unhappy with their workplace in some way. If you’ve felt called to throw your desk papers in the air and dramatically exit the building, you’re not alone! In this episode, we’re discussing how to decide whether you should actually quit your job, some changes you can make at work to make your job more enjoyable, and mindset sh...2021-12-0626 minWake Up Call045: How Gut Health is Connected to Your Immune System, Energy Levels, and Anxiety with Rhya PachinOn this week’s episode, Rhya Pachin is here to discuss gut health. Gut health has been a hot topic as more research is showing how it is the ultimate connector to all of our body’s functions. From our energy levels to hormone imbalances, poor gut health can be attributed to a lot of overall health issues. In this episode, Rhya is unpacking what gut health is, how it affects our overall health, and what we can do to start better supporting our gut health.
Through her own family’s health journey, Rhya developed a passion for int...2021-11-2935 minWake Up Call044: The Holiday Stress You Feel Is Valid - Here’s How to Cope With ItThe holidays are a joyous time of year. Great food, spending time with loved ones, and the bright colors of holiday decorations can be so much fun! But many people feel holiday stress and even sadness - and immediately feel guilty about those feelings. In this episode, I’m sharing some thoughts that have been on my heart about how these feelings show up this time of year. If this sounds like you, I hope you find just 10 minutes to yourself this week to listen to it.
If you need tips on how to maintain good habits wh...2021-11-2210 minWake Up Call043: How to Set Goals That Will Actually Change Your LifeToday we’re talking about goal setting - but not the traditional goals you might be used to. Over the last year, I’ve changed my own approach to setting goals, and these goals have absolutely changed my life.
Sometimes we get so caught up in the big picture long-term goals that we neglect the short-term changes that can make a huge impact. In this episode, I’m explaining my new approach and how you can apply it to your 2022 goals! WARNING: Major f-bombs ahead in this episode because this topic fires me up!! Get your hearts ready...2021-11-1521 minWake Up Call042: Surprising Signs of Burnout & the Habits You Need to Prevent It with Jessica LackeyIn today’s episode, we are diving into a topic that has affected us all: burnout. Burnout isn’t just feeling exhausted from overworking, it’s also this sense of dread around our work. Sometimes burnout happens because we’re neglecting our own needs, but it can also come from needing external validation and trying your worth to your accomplishments and achievements. If you’re resonating with this, you are not alone! Jessica Lackey is here to tell us how to recover from burnout and how to prevent it with some mindset and boundary hacks.
Jessica Lackey is a Busin...2021-11-0833 minWake Up Call041: Addressing the Emotions Behind Our Food and Exercise Choices to Make Healthy Habits Stick with Lauren BaltermanLauren Balterman is here to talk about why making physical changes like losing weight can be so difficult. We talk about how looking inward to the root of unhealthy behaviors can help us create new behaviors that positively impact our lives.
Lauren Balterman is a Licensed Counselor, Certified Personal Trainer, and holds an advanced degree in nutrition. She has been helping transform women's minds and bodies for a decade. Her mission is to guide and support women to become the greatest and most fulfilled version of themselves through mindset work, nutrition and physical fitness.
Lauren...2021-11-0137 minWake Up Call040: Owning and Sharing Your Real, Messy, Powerful Truth with Vanessa CornellDo you ever feel like you’re putting up a facade when you’re with a group of people? Maybe you feel everyone else has it together while you’re struggling to juggle all the things. In today’s episode, Vanessa Cornell is here to talk about holding space for your innermost thoughts to come forward, and how to have the courage to share those thoughts with others.
Vanessa Cornell is the founder of NUSHU. Through the power of true community, NUSHU holds space for curiosity and evolution for those experiencing profound personal awakening and transformation. Since her pers...2021-10-2547 minWake Up Call039: Surprising Ways I've Added More Mindfulness and Presence to My LifeToday’s episode is about finding ways to be more present in your life. Being present is something that I have always struggled with and I wanted to share some ways that I have been working on being more present in my own life.
Links mentioned:
Episode 28: Using Mindfulness to Calm Your Anxious Thoughts with Dr. Kristina Peck - https://anchor.fm/wakeupcall-aliciahopkins/episodes/028-Using-Mindfulness-to-Calm-Your-Anxious-Thoughts-with-Dr--Kristina-Peck-e15atnq
Episode 1: Introducing the Core Four - My Personal Development Pillars - https://anchor.fm/wakeupcall-aliciahopkins/episodes/001-Introducing-The-Core-Four--My-Personal-Development-Pillars-eq2n64/a-a4iovet
3 things you can do to help you be more pr...2021-10-1826 minWake Up Call038: Permission to Leave the Path That No Longer Serves You with Lauren AnsleyAre you on a path that doesn’t align with what you want anymore? So many of us are action-takers in pursuit of our dreams, but we don’t always have grace with ourselves when that dream changes.
In today’s episode, Lauren Ansley is here to share her journey of selling her home to pursue full-time entrepreneurship as a comedian, accidentally building a business she didn’t enjoy, and now finding an exciting new job that lights her up. Lauren is a stand-up comedian, emcee, show producer, speaker, and entrepreneur with 15+ years of event planning and marketin...2021-10-1134 minWake Up Call037: Home Organization Systems to Decrease Overwhelm and Transform Your Life with Kenzie HarkeyKenzie Harkey is back to talk about home organization! Home organization is a trending topic, but it’s about more than aesthetics. If you’re struggling with anxiety and overwhelm, home organization can keep those feelings at bay by creating ease in the space where it matters most. In this episode, Kenzie talks about how to customize your space to fit your lifestyle and how to maintain it long-term.
Kenzie Harkey is the Founder and Organizing Expert behind Simply Dare, Charlotte's lifestyle and organizing company helping busy families simplify, organize, and style their homes. Simply Dare's goal is t...2021-10-0435 minWake Up Call036: Becoming a Magnet for Your Biggest DreamsIn this week’s episode, I am doing something that scares me: a solo episode. It’s not my first solo episode on the show, but anytime it’s just my voice on the podcast, imposter syndrome and my inner critic creep in. Today I’m taking steps to overcome that inner critic by talking about big dreams and how we can get in this mindset about how little we have accomplished that we don’t realize that we are actively living our dreams out right now.
How to Become a Magnet for Your Biggest Dreams:
Remember...2021-09-2712 minWake Up Call035: Rewriting Your Money Story and Stepping Into Abundance with Cati WinkelDoes the thought of talking about money make you break out in a cold sweat? You are not alone! Cati Winkel is here today to discuss our money stories. How can we identify these blocks - our stories - and what is the impact on our experience of abundance in our lives because of them?
Cati’s Money Mindset Reset Program: https://catiwinkel.com/pre-app-sales-page-page-3187
Cati Winkel is a trained coach and healer, supporting her clients in transcending what keeps them blocked in the areas of self-worth, relationships, money, and fulfillment. Her practice incorporates several he...2021-09-2026 minWake Up Call034: Staying Informed Without Getting OverwhelmedWith all of the uncertainty in the world, it is more important now than ever to be informed, but it can be overwhelming to stay up to date since the news is everywhere and can feel pretty bleak sometimes. This episode is all about how to consume news media without becoming consumed by news media.
Links mentioned:
“Is Watching the News Bad for Mental Health?” by Sara Lindberg for Very Well Mind: https://www.verywellmind.com/is-watching-the-news-bad-for-mental-health-4802320
3 tips to help you navigate uncertain times:
Be mindful of when you consume the news. Give yourself a ti...2021-09-1321 minWake Up Call033: How Clothing Is Connected to Body Confidence, Stress, and Your Emotions with Amy McBrideThe key to releasing emotional baggage might be in your closet. Think about it, how do you feel about the clothes in your closet? Is it filled with memories that you can't let go, or trendy pieces that you saw on Instagram, but don't really fit your style? Do you carry stories of what you think your clothes say about you? Style Coach Amy McBride joins the podcast this week to talk about this connection and tips on finding clothes that reflect your inner self. You'll come to see that this conversation runs much deeper than clothing labels.
2021-09-0628 minWake Up Call032: Stop Undervaluing Yourself with Jess CopaciaOn this week’s episode we have a triple threat: Women's Empowerment Coach, Nurse Practitioner, and all around badass! Jess Copacia is back to discuss how women undervalue themselves and the steps that you can take to prioritize yourself and step into the value you deserve.
Jess Copacia a pediatric nurse practitioner, mom and wife with a passion to help other fierce women find their authentic self and shed the guilt/expectations holding them hostage! Through her personal experiences, she has found the major challenges in life (breakdown in the closet type) are actual blessings, exposing the gu...2021-08-3032 minWake Up Call031: Hitting the “Reset” Button For a More Fulfilling Life with Raven HarrisDo you feel like you could just hit the “reset” button and get a fresh start in life & work? Listeners, get your hearts ready: this week’s episode is so motivational and will give you the jolt you need to forge a better path for yourself! Raven Harris was living a life and that looked great from the outside, but she found that she needed a reset in her life. She took a chance and left her unfulfilling corporate job to create her own path, and discovered that we are so much more than your job title.
Raven...2021-08-2333 minWake Up Call030: Healing Beyond the Physical - Invisible Recovery with Nikki SteeleIn this week’s podcast, Nikki Steele is here to share her story of becoming a Young Stroke Survivor in her 20’s. Through Nikki's story, we're going to dig into what happens when a person who seems fully recovered from a physical illness continues to live in a body and a soul that has been forever changed.
Nikki Steele lives in Charlotte, NC with her husband. She is an advocate for all things mental health-related, and loves working with kids of all ages! Nikki’s world flipped upside down when she unexpectedly took on the title of “Young St...2021-08-1638 minWake Up Call029: Letting Go of External Validation to Build Our Self Worth with Sheila Anne MurrayDo you thrive on external validation? So many of us do, and this week Sheila Anne Murray is unpacking why we feel the need for external validation and how to find internal validation and self worth. Sheila Anne Murray is a Whole Person Certified Coach, ICF Associate Certified Coach, and Certified Yoga Teacher. Her mission is to help high-achieving women curate their wildly beautiful lives and careers - so they can feel more flow, deepen their relationships, and shine their unique light into the world. Her coaching approach is both grounding and action-oriented to help her clients make change fr...2021-08-0932 minWake Up Call028: Using Mindfulness to Calm Your Anxious Thoughts with Dr. Kristina PeckIn this week’s episode, my first therapist, Dr. Kristina Peck, talks about what mindfulness is, how it impacts our mental and physical health, and how we can implement mindful practices in our everyday lives. If you’re someone who suffers from racing thoughts and anxiety, this is an episode you don’t want to miss!
Dr. Peck bio - Kristina “Tina” Peck is a Charlotte, NC based psychologist in private practice. She is also licensed in New York State and part of PSYPACT (allows interstate practice of tele psychology across state bounds of participating states—currently 26). Dr. Peck pro...2021-08-0241 minWake Up Call027: Breaking Out of Your Comfort Zone with Carianna HebertThis week we are talking with Mindset & Leadership Coach Carianna Lynne Hebert about what makes up comfort zones and how to break out of them. We’re also diving into “essence,” which is made up of your unique traits that help you thrive outside of your comfort zone. If you’re ready to step out of your comfort zone to pursue your biggest dreams, this is the episode for you!
Carianna Lynne Hebert is a Professional Certified Mindset and Leadership Coach, entrepreneur, teacher, and storyteller. As a coach, she supports her community of leaders and founders to discover...2021-07-2636 minWake Up Call026: Trusting Your Intuition to Live Your Most Authentic Life with Dana Childs - Pt. 2In today’s episode, we are continuing our conversation on energy and being your most authentic self with Dana Childs. Dana lets us in on her personal spiritual journey, coming to terms with fear, and dropping judgment to open yourself up to a better life. Make sure you listen to Part 1 of our convo here - https://anchor.fm/wakeupcall-aliciahopkins/episodes/025-Exploring-Intuitive-Energy-Healing-with-Dana-Childs---Pt--1-e149psj.
Dana Childs is an intuitive energy healer, author, and teacher. She delivers grounded spirituality with heart, humor, and unabashed truth through her talks and healing sessions delivered to the executive, individual, or couple. Sh...2021-07-1928 minWake Up Call025: Exploring Intuitive Energy Healing with Dana Childs - Pt. 1You’ve probably heard the terms “energy,” “chakras,” and “vibrations” get thrown around a lot lately. If you don’t consider yourself a “woo woo” person, these words might not make a lot of sense in the context of happiness and fulfillment. But in today’s episode, Dana Childs, an Intuitive Energy Healer, is sharing all things energy so we can get a better understanding of how energy impacts our emotions and overall health.
Dana Childs is an intuitive energy healer, author, and teacher. She delivers grounded spirituality with heart, humor, and unabashed truth through her talks and healing sessions d...2021-07-1238 minWake Up Call024: From Incarceration to Inspiration - Becoming Who You Were Meant to Be with Aaron GoodingMy guest today is Aaron Gooding, my friend and Personal Trainer whose story, mindset, and outlook on life will leave you feeling humbled and inspired. If you are in a life situation that feels dark, heavy, and never ending, this is the episode for you.
Aaron Gooding is the owner and founder of F.I.T CONCEPTS, a fitness company focusing on functional integrated training and nutritional support. Aaron is passionate about helping others overcome the difficulties associated with health, fitness, and lifestyle change. Health and fitness have been Aaron’s personal saving grace.
In 2007 Aar...2021-07-0542 minWake Up Call023: How to Resist the Urge to Fix EverythingMany of us have an urge to help, which often shows up in the need to step in and save the day by fixing everything. While this comes from a place of kindness and good intentions, it can actually be harmful to both the person you are trying to help and to yourself. In this episode, I’m sharing how you can show up and be supportive without doing the fixing yourself.
Here are three things to keep in mind when you feel the urge to step in and fix something:
Fixing can interrupt the cycle of...2021-06-2825 minWake Up Call022: Redefining Self-Care to Reclaim Your Personal Power with Jasmin EgnerToday’s episode is all about self-care. Our guest today, Jasmin Egner, describes self-care best in this episode when she says it’s “a hell of a lot more than a bubble bath.” Self-care is about understanding what you need and want, and communicating those things through your words and actions so you can reclaim your personal power. From ditching perfectionism to feeling truly empowered, the self-care practices we discuss in this episode will have powerful ripple effects across all aspects of your life.
Jasmin Egner is an empoweredly autistic, laser focused Life Coach with a background in the p...2021-06-2137 minWake Up Call021: Maintaining Your Habits During Vacation & Summer TravelToday’s episode is all about how to prepare for maintaining your great habits before, during, and after your vacation! Vacations are for rest and relaxation, but it’s also important to maintain your favorite habits so you can be fully present, engaged, and happy for your trip. I will show you exactly how to do this in the episode!
Please reach out to me on Instagram @aliciadhopkins and let me know what you do to prepare for vacation to be fully present! I’d love to hear from you and I’m always up for hearing differen...2021-06-1420 minWake Up Call020: How to Make a Career Pivot for More Fulfillment with Karen WeeksI’ve talked extensively about how your career or job shouldn’t be your only sources of personal fulfillment or identity. But, if you work a traditional 9-5 job, you spend a lot of time at work, so you should be doing something that feels aligned to your passions and values. That’s why I invited my friend Karen Weeks to talk us through what it looks like to pivot your career so you can actually look forward to going to work!
Twenty years ago, Karen made a career change from theatre to HR and more recently to Coa...2021-06-0738 minWake Up Call019: Surrendering to the Outcome and Trusting Your Decisions with Rachel WaltDo you find yourself constantly second guessing your choices, questioning yourself, and living in fear of making a “wrong” choice? For this episode, I invited our friend Rachel Walt back to the podcast to chat more about surrendering to the outcome of our decisions. If the idea of letting go of control makes you anxious, I totally get it. Rachel talks us through practical and actionable ways to make surrendering more accessible so we can have more confidence in the decisions we make - both big and small.
Rachel is the essence of positivity, creativity & authenticity. She is a...2021-05-3136 minWake Up Call018: Unpacking Your Subconscious with Cati WinkelToday’s episode is all about the power of our subconscious. About 95% of our everyday actions and decisions are made by our subconscious mind, meaning we think we’re in control when we might actually be letting our trauma, emotions, and bad habits get in the way of our biggest desires. In this episode, Energetic Alignment Coach Cati Winkel shares insight on how our subconscious mind works so you can take steps to rewire your brain for a more fulfilling life.
Cati Winkel is a trained coach and healer, supporting her clients in transcending what keeps them block...2021-05-2438 minWake Up Call017: Let Go of Hustle and Embrace Slowing Down with Chelsea CappsToday’s episode is all about taking a step back from busyness, hustle, and burnout. Much easier said than done! That’s why I invited my friend Chelsea Capps to the show to explain how she went from burning the midnight oil to prioritizing herself and setting better boundaries in work and life. If you find yourself falling back into the pre-COVID hustle after the forced slowdown of 2020, this is the episode for you!
Chelsea Capps is a full-time corporate marketer and the founder of The Branding Alchemist, a side hustle she launched to help solve business and...2021-05-1736 minWake Up Call016: How to Get Clear On Your PurposeAre you clear on your purpose? Or do you hear the word “purpose” and feel the pressure to find this elusive thing that’s the key to everything? I felt inspired to make this episode because I believe your purpose is not this one, singular thing, but rather a bunch of simple things that we can find follow if we open our hearts and minds to it. If you feel like you’ve lost your purpose in the midst of chaos, this is the episode for you!
3 key reminders on how to find your purpose are:
In order...2021-05-1031 minWake Up Call015: Be The Boss Of Your Own Life with Danielle JeffersonToday’s episode is all about taking full ownership of your life. What started out as a conversation about planning turned into an incredible lesson on shifting your mindset into boss mode and prioritizing what’s most important to you in your life. Whether you’re a recovering people pleaser like me, or you’re already a bona fide boss, you do not want to miss this episode!
Danielle Jefferson is the Owner + CEO of Jefferson James Consulting. She’s a Virtual COO helping small businesses understand and optimize their operations to turn 'just getting by' into absolutely...2021-05-0342 minWake Up Call014: Adding Play & Adventure To Your Life with Leah MiltonToday’s episode is all about PLAY! Somewhere in adulthood, we forget to infuse our lives with play, adventure, and fun. In today’s episode, I’m bringing on my friend Leah Milton to teach us how to add more play and adventure into our daily lives.
Leah is a coach and entrepreneur whose life philosophy surrounds building community and empowering others through adventure. She has lived and worked all over the USA and Central and South America in the hospitality industry. She is a Certified Professional Coach, writer, and currently works as an Account Manager in digita...2021-04-2644 minWake Up Call013: Getting Back Into Alignment with Rachel WaltToday’s episode is all about alignment. Regardless of your relationship with the word “alignment,” it’s all about having clarity on who you are, what you want, and what actions you want to take next. Our guest, Rachel Walt, is an alignment expert. After a struggle with postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety, she started a self-exploration journey that led her to figure out what alignment means to her. If you’re feeling stuck, unsure, or out of touch with yourself, this is the episode for you!
Rachel is the essence of positivity, creativity & authenticity. She is a wife, mo...2021-04-1954 minWake Up Call012: Holistic Approaches to Health & Wellness with Dr. Lisa MerrittFor today’s episode, I interviewed Dr. Lisa A. Merritt, a Chiropractor, Naturopath, and founder of Weddington Chiropractic Wellness Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Merritt helps her clients by taking a holistic approach to what she calls the “triangle of health”: structural, nutrition, and emotional. If you’ve experienced a lot of aches and pains in conjunction with your anxiety, or if you’re just starting a health journey, this is the episode for you! Dr. Merritt breaks down how stress and anxiety can play a role in your structural health and wellness.
Some of Dr. Merritt’s...2021-04-1244 minWake Up Call011: Unpacking Jealousy, Comparison, and Focus with Betsy PakeToday’s episode is seriously a dream! I am interviewing one of my mentors and podcast heroes, Betsy Pake, a Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner and Trainer and host of The Art of Living Big Podcast. In this episode, Betsy is going to help us unpack feelings of jealousy and what they can teach us about our innermost desires. We also discuss the idea of focus, and what can happen when our focus is in the wrong place. If you struggle with jealousy and comparison, or you find yourself focusing on what you want to avoid more than what you wa...2021-04-0548 minWake Up Call010: Exploring What Else Is Out There with Sarah BausFor today’s episode, I interviewed Sarah Baus, an entrepreneur and the host of the What Else? Podcast! Sarah shares her Wake Up Call moment and the inner work she’s done to allow her to explore what else is possible for her life and her career. If you’ve struggled to quiet external praise and validation in favor of listening to your own inner voice, this is the episode for you!
Connect with Sarah -
Website: https://www.sarahebaus.com/
Instagram: instagram.com/sarahebaus
Podcast: https://anchor.fm/sarah-baus
3 Key takeaways from this episode includ...2021-03-2954 minWake Up Call009: How I'm Coping With Anxiety TriggersIn today’s episode, I’m sharing some personal news… my anxiety came back! My job is transitioning back to the office and traveling for sales, and it brought me back to one of my biggest anxiety triggers: my car. So, I thought I’d share some of the coping mechanisms I’m using to handle this old trigger, and I wanted you to know that if something triggers your anxiety even though you’re putting in the work to manage your stress, you are not alone and it does not reflect on you at all! I hope this episode help...2021-03-2227 minWake Up Call008: What Our Physical Clutter Tell Us About Our Mental Clutter with Kenzie HarkeyIn today’s episode of the Wake Up Call Podcast, I’m chatting with Kenzie Harkey, a professional home organizer and the Founder & CEO of Simply Dare. Through Simply Dare, Kenzie helps busy and overwhelmed homeowners take control of the physical clutter in their life and build systems that keep their homes functional and beautiful. I was so curious about how home organization can affect mental health AND what our physical clutter might tell us about our mental clutter. If you struggle to get your clutter under control, this is the episode for you!
Connect with Kenzie!
...2021-03-1548 minWake Up Call007: Turning Inspiration Into Action with Lauren WidrickToday I’m chatting with my dear friend and coach, Lauren Widrick! Lauren is an amazing business coach specializing in sales and building the confidence to go after your biggest goals! She helps me tap into my “woo-woo” side, but in this episode we’re talking about how to turn your energy and inspiration into real action that gets real results. If you’re ready to get inspired to get after your dreams, this is the episode for you!
Connect with Lauren!
Follow Lauren on IG - https://www.instagram.com/laurenwidrick/
Book a Call with Laure...2021-03-0843 minWake Up Call006: How to Get Back In Alignment With Yourself with Libby CarlIn this episode of the Wake Up Call Podcast, my friend and Wellness Coach Libby Carl is sharing her anxiety journey, how anxiety shows us that we are out of alignment, and how to get back in alignment to improve our health and fulfillment. If you are looking for small, sustainable ways to feel more in tune with your needs to get your health and happiness back on track, this is the episode for you!
Libby Carl is a mom, wife, attorney, fitness trainer, health coach, and SO much more! She started her blog to get back...2021-03-0154 minWake Up Call005: How to Get Clarity When You Don't Know What You WantWhen you’re in a place of stress, anxiety, and overwhelm, you might be asking yourself, “what do I even want anymore?” I’ve been there, and that indecisiveness didn’t just apply to big picture wants. I couldn’t make small decisions throughout the day either! If you’re in this place, you are not alone. In this episode, I’m breaking down the steps to take to gain clarity and start taking action to figure out what lights you up.
Some of the takeaways I explain in this episode are:
Happiness doesn’t only come from major sh...2021-02-2226 minWake Up Call004: Ditch the Guilt and Live Your Passion with Jess CopaciaIf guilt and anxiety are holding you back from living a life you love… this is the episode for you. In today’s episode I’m sitting down with my friend Jess Copacia, a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Empowerment Coach, to talk about her anxiety journey and how she helps women - especially moms! - ditch the guilt they feel in their lives so they can live into their purpose.
You can learn more about Jess and connect with her below!
Jess on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jesscopacia/
Jess Copacia Coaching - http...2021-02-151h 00Wake Up Call001: Introducing The Core Four, My Personal Development PillarsIn this episode of the Wake Up Call Podcast, I’m introducing my four pillars of personal development, which I like to call the Core Four! I’ll be referring to these throughout my podcast episodes, and digging deeper into each pillar in future episodes. The Core Four help me stay grounded, motivated, and healthy - both physically and mentally!
My “Core Four” are:
Movement - Not necessarily always “exercise,” but moving your body to celebrate and nurture it in your daily routine.
Mindfulness - Bringing your awareness to what’s happening right before you. If you have ra...2021-02-0836 minWake Up Call002: Prioritizing Your Fulfillment to Rebuild a Better Life with Lauren LangWhen I was wondering which guests I’d like to have on the show, Lauren Lang was at the top of my list for the major decision and life change she made a few years ago. Lauren and I became friends several years ago when we both served on the board of a charity event. Lauren is a wife, a mom, and an entrepreneurial badass whose story shows us that you’re only one decision away from a totally different life. If you are in the process of navigating divorce and wondering what’s on the other side of it, I h...2021-02-0854 minWake Up Call003: My Anxiety Journey + What I Learned From ItToday’s episode is definitely a vulnerable one. I’m sharing my raw, honest anxiety journey from feeling fearful of leaving my house, to starting this podcast. I’m sharing my key learnings, why anxiety ended up being such a gift, and what I wish someone had told me when I was going through it.
Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, therapist, or any sort of medical professional. I am simply sharing my experience and what I learned from it all.
Some key learnings I share in this episode are:
If your body is tellin...2021-02-0840 min
Wake Up CallWelcome to the Wake Up Call Podcast with Alicia Hopkins!Welcome to the Wake Up Call Podcast with Alicia Hopkins (that’s me!). I work in corporate sales by day and am a personal development guru and Life Coach by night. My goal in this podcast is to share valuable and actionable tips on what I call the “Core Four” - mindfulness, movement, habits, and growth - so you can build a life that feels true to you. I will be interviewing people who have had a “wake up call” that their good-on-paper life wasn’t lighting them up, and what they did to change that. Join us every week for a n...2021-02-0204 min