The 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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Have 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 ideology to life through illuminating your unique intuitive gifts and discovering how you’re uniquely designed to express those gifts in the world. You can connect with Jess at www.loveyourwoo.com or over on Instagram @loveyourwoo.

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Today 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 shifts we need to make to stop tying our satisfaction at work to our satisfaction with our lives as a whole.

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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 marketing problems of all kinds with the power of brand strategy. The way Chelsea sees it, the process of transforming a brand is a lot like the science of alchemy: melting down the elements of your message and your vibe until all that’s left is gold. She’s also super passionate about personal development, and looks to weave her clients’ unique stories into the most authentic version of their brand identity. If our conversation at all inspires you to rethink your why personally or realign your brand messaging game in your business, hit her up on Instagram @thebrandingalchemist or @chelsea_capps or check out her website at www.thebrandingalchemist.com

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 new episode of the Wake Up Call Podcast with Alicia Hopkins!

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On 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 integrative and functional nutrition. Since completing her Master’s degree in human nutrition, she has acquired additional functional medicine education and training which she uses daily in practice. Rhya is passionate about using functional nutrition principles to help people get to the root cause of symptoms and resolve stubborn health issues.

Rhya owns and operates her private practice, Carolina Functional Nutrition, in the Charlotte, NC area. Her primary areas of focus include: IBS, IBD, autoimmune disease, as well as food allergies and sensitivities.

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The 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 while traveling or entertaining family this holiday season, check out episode 21 of the podcast!

A couple key takeaways for the holiday season:

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Today 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!

3 key takeaways about goal setting:

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In 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 Business Integrator that helps visionary women+ leaders build sustainable businesses. Jessica combines master coaching with 15 years of experience in corporate America, with experience consulting at McKinsey and Company and operations leadership at Nike and Electrolux Major Appliances. Jessica is an ACC Certified Coach and an Awaken Your Life Master Coach-Trainer. Jessica has an MBA from Harvard Business School, engineering degrees from Virginia Tech and Penn State, and is also a Certified Holistic Nutritionist. Jessica and her husband Philip reside with their dog in Charlotte, NC. She can be reached at https://www.jessicalackey.com/.

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Lauren 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 uses a whole person approach, taking the time and using the power of stories, CBT practices and Time Line therapy to discover things that have held someone back in the past and effectively reframe the thoughts to successfully move forward.  She believes everyone has a story which greatly affects their thoughts, beliefs, and choices. Everyone deserves to look and feel happy, confident and Lauren believes that with the right tools, support and guidance, every woman can!

Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurennicolefitness/

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Do 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 personal awakening, Vanessa has become a relentless and curious observer of the human condition, and a leading voice for true empowerment and a breaking down of the guru paradigm in the wellness space. The truth, she believes, lives, and has always lived, inside each of us.

Through NUSHU, Vanessa curates potent thought leaders, offers community programming and healing circles, and has trained dozens of facilitators to hold powerful space for others through NUSHU Group, a radically different modality that offers a safe space to fearlessly own your truth and experience compassion, non-judgment and deep connection.

3 takeaways about community and discovering your truest self:

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Today’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.

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