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Most of us aren’t even aware how deeply our own voice and self-judgment shape every part of our lives. The negative thoughts we repeat day after day can convince us we’re worthless, keep us locked in cycles of shame, and even convince us that giving up is doing our loved ones a favor. But it’s all a lie—the truth is, you matter far more than you know.

In this radically honest episode, mental health expert and counselor Alison Lager is joined by voice coach and performer Matt Berthot to expose the hidden power of your internal and spoken voice. Drawing from personal loss, neuroscience, faith, and decades of real-world experience, Alison and Matt share deeply practical strategies for trading self-loathing for self-love, overcoming toxic family patterns, and speaking truth into your own life—even when you don’t believe it yet.

You’ll discover:
- Why the words “I am” can either imprison you or set you free—and how to choose new self-definitions
- The continuum of self-love to self-hatred—and how to measure and shift your own position
- The science of how changing your thoughts literally transforms your brain
- Ways to counteract generational shame and abusive self-talk
- Stories of transformation—from crisis to hope—with simple, actionable mental and spiritual resets
- The importance of serving others from your overflow, not emptiness
- Why authenticity, not perfection, is the key to deep connection and fulfillment

This episode is for anyone who’s ever battled self-doubt, struggled to find their true voice, or supported others through dark seasons. If you’ve ever wondered if lasting change is possible, this conversation will show you—there’s more power and purpose inside you than you think.

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Website: https://voicebymatt.com/
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Typically, people who want to die by suicide don't actually want to die—they want their pain to end. The suicide mind is a total eclipse of rational thinking, making temporary darkness feel permanent.

In this deeply personal episode, mental health professional Alison Lager—who owns counseling centers, has lost her husband to suicide, and has experienced suicidal thoughts herself—shares 7 powerful strategies to disrupt the suicide mind and take back control:

• How 91% of your thoughts are repetitive—and how to break the cycle
• The 16-second rule that disrupts negative thought spirals  
• Why moving past victim mentality is essential (even when victimization is real)
• The power of speaking words opposite to your feelings
• The truth about hope deferred and how to rebuild it
• Why there is ALWAYS a solution (you just haven't found it yet)

This episode is for anyone experiencing suicidal thoughts, supporting someone in crisis, or working in mental health. Share it with someone who needs hope.

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You're living a life controlled by beliefs you can't see. In this transformational episode, Alison Lager interviews Christine Peine, a subconscious reprogramming expert and health tech founder, about the one thing that will quantum leap your life: rewriting your unconscious programming.

The Problem:
Most personal development fails because it only addresses the 5-7% conscious mind. But 93-95% of your life is being run by subconscious beliefs—many inherited from 7-10 generations of ancestral conditioning. Affirmations don't work. Therapy talks about the problem forever. And willpower exhausts you because you're fighting beliefs you can't see.

What You'll Discover:

• The Sway Test — A body-based tool you can use RIGHT NOW to identify what your subconscious actually believes (not what you think you believe)

• Why Ancestral Patterns Sabotage Success — How your great-grandmother's trauma, your parent's scarcity beliefs, and your family's relationship patterns are blocking YOUR money, visibility, and relationships TODAY

• Why Affirmations Fail — You can hold BOTH the old limiting belief AND the new affirmation simultaneously. The real work is removing the old belief entirely (not just adding a new one)

• Theta Healing: The Spiritual Reprogramming Technique — How Christine connects to divine energy and downloads new beliefs directly into her clients' subconscious, creating instant, lasting transformation

• Christine's Personal Breakthrough — She healed her IBS in 2 weeks, her chronic joint pain overnight, and her severe burnout completely by identifying and reprogramming her root beliefs (perfectionism, self-judgment, unworthiness)

• The Hidden Payoff — Every limiting belief serves a purpose and has benefits. Until you identify those payoffs, you can't release the belief without internal conflict

• Money Blocks, Power Blocks, Sex Blocks — The three most charged topics requiring deep, persistent subconscious work

• How Healing Yourself Creates World Peace — When you embody inner peace, it radiates outward. 25% of humanity embodying peace creates critical mass consciousness shift. Entrepreneurs have the power to accelerate this

This isn't surface-level mindset work. This is accessing the 93% of your mind actually running your life and giving it permission to evolve. Perfect for entrepreneurs, coaches, and anyone ready to break generational patterns and step into their full potential.

About Christine Peine:
Christine is a Theta Healing practitioner, subconscious reprogramming expert, and former founder of Midaia (a health tech startup helping arthritis patients heal naturally). When her own health collapsed with IBS, joint pain, and chronic burnout, she discovered that the beliefs in her subconscious were creating her reality. Using the techniques she now teaches, she healed completely—and now helps other founders and coaches do the same. She created the ABC of Peace Framework to teach that personal healing cascades into global consciousness and world peace.

Connect with Christine:
Website: https://www.christinepeine.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christine_peine/

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alisonanswers | https://www.instagram.com/lagercounseling
Website: lagercounseling.com
YouTube: Alison Answers
Facebook: Alison Answers Group & Women of Excellence
Book: "The Wake Up Call"

Episode Themes:
Subconscious reprogramming, limiting beliefs, ancestral trauma, Theta Healing, money blocks, personal transformation, entrepreneurship, world peace consciousness, belief reprogramming, nervous system, self-worth, abundance mindset

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• Instagram: @alisonanswers | @lagercounseling
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You've felt it: that moment when someone walks into a room and shifts the entire energy. Or when you catch yourself in the same destructive pattern with different people. Or when you finally spoke a different truth about yourself and things started to change. But did you know there's actual science behind all of it?

In this eye-opening solo episode, Alison Lager breaks down the physics, neuroscience, and quantum mechanics that prove one undeniable truth: your thoughts, words, and beliefs are literally shaping your reality—and they're doing it right now. She goes deep into real, measurable science (not metaphors) to show you exactly how your brain generates electromagnetic waves, how your heart broadcasts a field 5,000 times stronger than your brain, and why the words you use trigger actual biochemical changes in your nervous system.

But this isn't just theory. Alison gives you concrete, actionable practices you can start today to rewire your programming, override the beliefs that have been holding you back, and step into the life you're actually meant to live. This episode is a wake-up call disguised as a science lesson—and she's not holding back about why this information has been kept from us.

Key Highlights

• The scientific truth: thoughts produce measurable electromagnetic waves that broadcast beyond your body
• Your heart's electromagnetic field is 5,000 times stronger than your brain—here's what that means
• Words restructure your nervous system: negative words increase cortisol, positive words increase dopamine and serotonin
• The programming trap: how childhood beliefs continue to run your life (and how to identify yours)
• The cancellation technique: how to override limiting beliefs moment by moment using language
• Quantum physics proves it: observing a thought changes matter (and energy follows intention)
• The water study and what it means for your body (you're 70% water)
• Practical daily practices: setting intentions, reframing negative events, and commanding your reality instead of begging for it
• Why you're not attracting what you want—you're attracting who you are
• The role of gratitude and "yes" statements in rewiring your nervous system
• How pain can be a transformational tool if you choose to use it that way
• Why changing even one thought changes the landscape of your brain

Connect with Alison Lager

Instagram: @alisonanswers | @lagercounseling
Website: LagerCounseling.com
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Facebook: Alison Lager LCSW CASAC
Book: "The Wake Up Call"
Facebook Groups: Alison Answers Group | Women of Excellence

Topics, Themes, and Tags

Topics:
Neuroscience of thought and belief
Electromagnetic waves and the brain
Heart's electromagnetic field
Words and nervous system restructuring
Programming and limiting beliefs
Quantum physics and reality creation
Neuroplasticity and rewiring
Intention setting and energy flow
Cortisol vs. dopamine and serotonin
Water crystallization studies
Pain as a transformation tool
Personal agency and accountability

Themes:
Science meets spirituality
Power within, not external circumstance
Language as creation
Breaking generational patterns
From victim to creator mentality

Connect with Alison:

• Instagram: @alisonanswers | @lagercounseling
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Do you ever feel like money slips through your fingers no matter how hard you work? Like there's an invisible cap on how much you're allowed to have—or deserve?

You're not broken. You're not bad with money. You're just living out beliefs that were never really yours to begin with.

In this powerful solo episode, Alison Lager gets real about the stories we've been sold about money—and why most of us are unconsciously blocking the abundance we say we want. Drawing from her own journey from financial confusion to confident clarity, Alison walks you through five transformational principles that will shift not just how you think about money, but how you receive it, manage it, and use it to create real impact in your life and the world.

This isn't about working harder. It's about rewiring the operating system that's been running your financial life—often without your permission. Whether you've been stuck in the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle, battling shame around your bank account, or secretly believing that "money is evil," this episode will challenge you to see yourself—and your worthiness—in a completely new light.

Key Highlights

• The world is a mirror: What your money situation reveals about your beliefs
• You can only receive at the level of your self-worth—here's how to expand it
• Beggars plead, servants ask, children command: Shifting your identity around abundance
• Why money responds to energy, not effort (and what that really means)
• Awareness is the first currency: Facing your financial truth without shame or judgment
• Breaking free from lack mentality and stepping into receivership through gratitude
• Rewiring childhood beliefs about money that no longer serve you
• Practical daily practices to change your money mindset starting today
• Why money is a tool for good—and how to use it with purpose and integrity

Connect with Alison Lager

Instagram: @alisonanswers | @lagercounseling
Website: LagerCounseling.com
YouTube: Alison Answers
Facebook: Alison Lager LCSW CASAC
Book: "The Wake Up Call"
Facebook Groups: Alison Answers Group | Women of Excellence

Topics, Themes, and Tags

Topics:
Money mindset transformation
Self-worth and financial abundance
Victim mentality vs. creator mindset
Energy vs. effort in wealth-building
Childhood programming around money
Financial awareness and courage
Gratitude as receivership
Identity shifts: beggar, servant, child
Limiting beliefs about wealth

Themes:
Abundance and scarcity
Personal empowerment
Breaking generational patterns
Money as a tool for good
Healing shame around finances
Certainty and faith in manifestation
Intentional living and decision-making
Receivership and gratitude practices

Tags Categories:
#MoneyMindset #Abundance #SelfWorth #FinancialFreedom #Manifestation #GrowthMindset #VictimToCreator #PersonalDevelopment #Wealth #Empowerment #Gratitude #Transformation #LimitingBeliefs #Receivership #LagerCounselingServices #LongIsland #NewYork

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In this reflective solo episode, Alison Lager explores why the language we use with loved ones determines the strength—or slow unraveling—of our most important relationships. Through stories, science, and straight talk, Alison shows that connection is not built on attention or performance but on how we choose our words and listen for meaning. Challenging cultural trends of sarcasm, defensiveness, and emotional avoidance, she offers practical tools for fostering genuine understanding and true intimacy.

Key Highlights

• Why semantics and word choice change everything in relationships
• Breaking cycles of criticism, sarcasm, and misunderstanding
• The “why” trap: how asking the wrong questions leads to defensiveness
• Emotional sobriety and taking personal ownership of feelings
• Moving from blame and accusation to authentic, request-based communication
• Building reverence and admiration in partnership
• Dealing with defensiveness and miscommunication in modern dating
• The lifelong effects of the stories and words we share at home and in public

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• Instagram: @alisonanswers | @lagercounseling
• Website: LagerCounseling.com
• YouTube: Alison Answers
• Facebook: Alison Lager Lcsw Casac
• Book: “The Wake Up Call”
• Facebook Groups: Alison Answers Group | Women of Excellence

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Topics:

• Semantics in relationships
• Emotional sobriety
• Vulnerability in connection
• Patterns of sarcasm and defensiveness
• Communication styles
• Romantic partnership dynamics
• Self-awareness in language

Themes:

• Language as a foundation of love
• Personal responsibility
• Healing through intentional communication
• Gender and relationship programming
• Admiration and reverence in marriage

Tags Categories:
#Communication #Relationships #Marriage #Semantics #EmotionalIntelligence #SelfAwareness #Connection #Vulnerability #Love #Healing

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In this transformative solo episode, Alison Lager challenges the age-old habit of seeking solutions outside ourselves. Through raw storytelling and actionable wisdom, Alison takes listeners on a journey from external blame and fixing to radical self-responsibility and freedom. She cracks open the hidden scripts and emotional cycles that keep people stuck, offering tools to break patterns and activate meaningful change right from the inside out.

Alison invites listeners to abandon the quick fix, look inward with honesty, and engage practical daily practices that change not just self, but systems (families, friendships, and workplaces) in the process. If you’re ready to abandon old cycles and finally own your story, this episode is your wake-up call.

Key Highlights

• Pattern Recognition & Emotional Scripts
• The Cycle of Guilt, Anger, and Blame
• Internal Family Systems and Tracing Feelings to their Origins
• Stories that Illuminate Change-Back Moves and System Resistance
• The Everyday Ritual: “Leaving Without Lack”
• Developing Radical Self-Trust and Internal Abundance
• The Power of Language, Emotional Logic, and Authentic Communication

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• Book: “The Wake Up Call”
• Facebook Groups: Alison Answers Group | Women of Excellence

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Topics & Tags

Topics:

• Self-Responsibility
• Pattern Breaking & Emotional Cycles
• Family Systems & Change-Back Moves
• Emotional Intelligence
• Self-Trust
• Communication & Language
• Internal Transformation

Tags/Categories:
#SelfAwareness #PersonalGrowth #Therapy #FamilySystems #PatternBreaking #Mindset #Empowerment #EmotionalIntelligence #Authenticity

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• Instagram: @alisonanswers | @lagercounseling
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Resonance, not attention, is the true currency of our modern era. Welcome back for part 2 of this fascinating conversation with Alex Vonderhaar. Alex and Alison had a transformative conversation about how aligning with our nervous systems can reshape our experiences and decision-making processes. As they challenge the widely-held belief in an attention-based economy, they explore how being intentional about the signals we emit can lead to a more fulfilling and conscious way of living. From the power of positivity to the uncharted realms of unconscious marketing, this discussion opens new vistas on what it means to be active participants in our own lives. Alex and Alison also venture into the transformative impact of AI on our mental landscape, inviting you to contemplate its profound implications.

Turning the lens to marketing and influence, this episode dissects the art of emotional compression and its ability to resonate with an audience's deepest aspirations. Alex shares insights on shifting from self-promotion to becoming a reflective mirror of potential, and how this transformation can elevate business narratives. He delves into the psychological underpinnings of communication, emphasizing emotional logic as the cornerstone of decision-making. By weaving compelling stories that align with fundamental human needs, Alex illustrates how to craft messages that foster natural agreement and business growth, bridging the gap between mere information and meaningful connection.

As Alex and Alison navigate the evolving landscape of authenticity and creativity, they ponder the rise of AI influencers and the enduring value of genuine human content. In a world leaning toward digital, the chapter on harnessing creativity through fiction suggests using AI as a thought partner to uncover blind spots while championing fiction as a catalyst for innovation. The mission to defeat mediocrity invites you to engage and connect, using the power of community to inspire and motivate one another toward greater heights.

Key highlights:

• Resonance and Personal Branding
• Mastering Emotional Compression in Marketing
• Harnessing Creativity Through Fiction
• Navigating the Nervous System War
• Internal Exploration and Personal Growth
• Overcoming Fear and Playing Small

Connect with Alex Vonderhaar:

• Instagram: @alex.vonderhaar

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Alex Vonderhaar is a leading expert in neuromarketing and the mind behind Hidden Falls Media, and in this episode of Alison Answers Mission Awake, he unravels the art of persuasion through the lens of neuroscience. Alex brings his profound insights into how aligning messaging with the right emotional and energetic frequency can create genuine connections, transcending the confines of mere content quality. With his personal journey underscoring the discussion, this episode explores the challenges of authentic influence and how neuroscience can be leveraged to navigate an AI-driven world.

Alex shares about his path of self-discovery, sparked by a near-death experience that altered his perspective on consciousness and reality. This existential wake-up call led him to explore practices like flotation therapy, which helped him reconnect with himself and discover a passion for marketing. Together, Alex and Alison delve into the fascinating interplay between human cognition and business strategies, emphasizing the importance of resilience and introspection in transforming personal and professional challenges into success stories.

The episode also takes an introspective turn as Alex and Alison explore concepts such as frequency-based persuasion and emotional resonance, highlighting their pivotal roles in modern marketing and brand messaging. They discuss techniques for navigating emotional paradigms, the impact of energetic alignment, and how true influence is cultivated through authentic connections rather than traditional metrics. From discussing the Reticular Activating System's role in perception to sharing personal experiences that shape our consciousness, this episode promises a rich tapestry of insights into the power of authentic influence and personal transformation. Tune in next week for part 2 of this absolutely fascinating conversation with Alex.

Key highlights:

• The Art of Persuasion and Neuroscience
• Journey of Self-Discovery and Success
• Energetic Flow and Identity-Based Marketing
• Navigating Emotional Paradigms for Growth
• Navigating Mental Health and Consciousness
• Frequency-Based Persuasion and Emotional Resonance
• Sensing Energy for Emotional Resonance
• De-Escalation Through Influence Equation

Connect with Alex Vonderhaar:

• Instagram: @alex.vonderhaar

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Ivan Fredette, a man who has truly redefined resilience and leadership, shares his inspiring journey from battling a 17-year alcohol addiction to becoming a beacon of strength for others. After facing the tragic suicide of his cousin, Ivan found himself at a crossroads during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather than succumbing to despair, he chose to transform his life, building a thriving seven-figure business and founding the empowering Ironclad Brotherhood movement. Ivan's story is a testament to the power of harnessing traits often linked to addiction and redirecting them toward personal and entrepreneurial growth.

Throughout this conversation, Ivan and Alison challenge the traditional views of addiction and masculinity. Ivan passionately argues that addiction isn't a life sentence but a unique potential for greatness, waiting to be unlocked. We highlight how traits like obsession, typically seen negatively, can be channeled into entrepreneurial success when guided correctly. Additionally, Ivan addresses misconceptions surrounding toxic masculinity, suggesting that true masculine strength, when under control, can lead to profound personal development and healthier societal dynamics for both men and women.

Listeners will discover transformative insights into personal empowerment, integrity, and the courage to take imperfect action. Ivan's approach emphasizes the importance of self-talk, integrity, and consistent personal growth. He inspires us to embrace challenges as opportunities and encourages us to redefine our identities beyond traditional limits. Whether you're facing personal struggles or seeking to enhance your leadership abilities, this episode provides actionable guidance and motivation to lead a life filled with purpose and resilience.

Key highlights:

• Transforming Tragedy Into Triumph
• Empowerment Through Addiction Recovery
• Building Armor
• Vision, Consistency, and Empowerment
• Creating Wholeness Through Challenges and Connection
• The True Definition of Masculinity

Connect with Ivan Fredette:

• Website: ivanfredette.com

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