Wake Up, Sunshine

Paige and Jenna never thought divorce would be something they had in common. In this deeply personal conversation, they look back at getting married young, the doubts they couldn't yet understand, the ways they slowly lost pieces of themselves, and the moments they finally knew their marriages were over. They also talk about what happened afterward: grief, independence, rebuilding, and learning who they were outside of a relationship.

IN THIS EPISODE:

☀️ How Paige and Jenna's Christian upbringing and ideas about adulthood shaped the way they thought about marriage

☀️The doubts they each remember having before getting married

☀️ The subtle ways both began making themselves smaller inside their relationships

☀️ The moment Jenna's father's death brought unexpected clarity about her marriage

☀️ Paige's experience leaving her marriage, counting down to her divorce becoming final, and how distant that chapter feels now

☀️ Why Jenna sees the real work as what came after divorce: grieving, rebuilding independence, and reconnecting with herself

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Wake Up, Sunshine started with two cousins, a vision board, and a feeling that it was finally time to stop waiting until everything was “ready.” In our first episode, we’re sharing who we are, how this podcast came to life, and why we wanted to create a space for honest conversations about growth, healing, transformation, and becoming more of ourselves.

IN THIS EPISODE:

☀️ How Jenna’s idea for a podcast about women’s stories of growth and transformation started at a retreat, then sat with her for a few years before finally becoming real

☀️The moment Paige saw a microphone on Jenna’s vision board and had the immediate feeling that they were supposed to host the podcast together

☀️ Our history as cousins, from childhood summers and our homemade Mickey Mouse Club to reconnecting more deeply as adults

☀️ The very different paths our lives have taken and why those different perspectives are part of what we want to bring to the show

☀️ Why “Wake Up, Sunshine” felt like the perfect name for conversations about waking up to ourselves while remembering that the sunshine is still there, even during the storms

☀️What we’re each “waking up” to right now, including perfectionism, surrender, trusting the unknown, and finally starting before everything feels perfectly ready

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Join our email list for weekly sunshine mail: wakeupsunshine.co

Instagram: @wakeupsunshinepodcast

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Wake Up, Sunshine is the friend who shows up, throws open the curtains, and reminds you that you're allowed to want more. Hosted by cousins Paige Major and Jenna Williams, it's real conversations for women in the middle of becoming — through growth, healing, spirituality, identity, and the big life transitions nobody hands you a map for. Every week we sit down with women who've moved through something and come out more themselves on the other side. Come for the story, stay because you feel a little less alone. 🌤️🩵