Awesome With Alison

In this episode, Alison and Eric dive into the power of letting go of the past and embracing the present with Alison’s life-changing mantra: "Used to is useless." Drawing on her own experiences, including marathon training and business growth, Alison shares three key ideas that can help you move beyond comparing yourself to who you used to be. Whether it’s personal development, relationships, or fitness goals, she emphasizes how shifting your mindset can unlock greater joy and self-compassion. Tune in for practical advice, plenty of laughs, and a reminder that only you can be you—and you’re already awesome just as you are! Nominate someone here! https://shecantbestopped.com/nomination Eric's music from this episode can be found here! https://open.spotify.com/track/3mcOgn4p89s6Qwl77j6Y79?si=8a4bf58ec65a42e2 Check out my new business shecantbestopped.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Alison and Eric Robertson as they dive deep into the concept of availability in this insightful episode. They explore how our relationship with time impacts our lives, relationships, and personal growth. Through heartfelt stories, including reflections on family and community, they offer practical advice on becoming more present and intentional. Whether you're seeking to balance productivity with meaningful connections or simply want to embrace the art of availability, this episode is packed with wisdom and relatable anecdotes. Tune in for an engaging conversation that will inspire you to rethink how you spend your time. Nominate someone here! https://shecantbestopped.com/nominations/ Eric's closing song is Trophies by him and Ben Reneer.  https://open.spotify.com/album/5zBVWNwuy82TAFkOprg3cD?si=RbEQ9XSrTSW3JGWzY8fg2Q

Join Alison on a journey to make it through your days with a little more joy! These practices, meditations, pep talks and guided visualizations are all formatted to be a quick, painless ways to connect with yourself and feel awesome. For more of Eric's music check out: https://open.spotify.com/album/2wIVyftqAMROuBLxF5eGaK?si=FzoMu4YqRP6aNoYdFDgghA https://music.apple.com/us/album/mother-tree/1580864224

In this heartfelt and transformative episode, Alison and Eric Robertson dive into the journey of saving your life through three powerful principles: regulation, fun, and embracing the willingness to be an idiot. Alison opens up about her personal experiences, including a humbling rejection from a graduate program, and how she turned that moment into a pivotal point of self-discovery and empowerment. Together, they explore the importance of self-awareness, the healing power of play, and why it's okay to feel like an idiot when pursuing your passions. Whether you're feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or just need a fresh perspective on life, this episode offers practical advice and a healthy dose of inspiration to help you reclaim your joy and resilience. Join Alison and Eric for an honest conversation filled with humor, vulnerability, and the encouragement to embrace life’s messy, unpredictable moments. Nominate someone here! https://shecantbestopped.com/nominations/ Eric's closing song is Before the Dream by him a

Did you know art CHANGES YOUR BRAIN?! Guys just hang with me for a minute, even if the last time you picked up a crayon was decades ago! I’m talking to my new favorite friend Meri Cherry, owner of the wildly successful and fabulous process art studio in Hollywood, and self-appointed sticker spokesperson. We talk about burnout, tapping into your creativity to heal and deal, and MERI shares her heaps of insight and tools to bring a little more art into your life! You’ll fall in love, have easy ideas to put into practice immediately, and laugh with us! So listen up! Find MERI CHERI INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/mericherryla?igsh=MWc5Nm93N29keWxvcQ== BOOK https://amzn.to/48mr7LW THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY ME! In collaboration with Craft Lake City’s Letter West event! https://craftlakecity.com/letterwest/ ASK ALISON HERE: https://forms.gle/nq96fe5xsNZKzRvE7 Don’t miss my stuff, or my wit and delight! Sign up for my sporadic love notes newsletter! https://alisonfaulkner.com/opt-in Eric'

Wham Bam thank you ma’am! This episode is all about continuing to truck on when it feels real hard! I **get** that a lot of my episodes seem to be about that, but can you blame me?! I mean, freaking life! It can get you down, and it’s easy to start believing that our dreams, or our hopes are silly, selfish, and will never come true. So I am sharing my major life shift, a key perspective that I have changed, that has truly changed my entire EVERYTHING! It hasn’t been easy—and I need lots of reminders and learning along the way, HA! But I’m sharing it with you, as I struggle to believe it for myself, but can clearly believe for you! **THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY ME! Will you take my LET ME SERVE YOU survey?!!** https://thealisonshow.com/survey ASK ALISON HERE: https://forms.gle/nq96fe5xsNZKzRvE7 Don’t miss my stuff, or my wit and delight! Sign up for my sporadic love notes newsletter! https://alisonfaulkner.com/opt-in Eric's music... track is Invisible Border by Ben Reneer and Eric Michael Rober

In this episode we answer these listener questions & more! ** ”With the new year upon us, I have historically always fretted over setting goals and resolutions. I’ve found as that I have become more “me” and forgiving and loving of myself I have NO desire to set goals or resolutions this year. Do you grapple with this? Thoughts?” ** “I want to do ALL the things! How do I pick one to start with?” ** “How do I grapple with wanting to LIVE and feeling like I need to be more responsible? I’m 26 with 2 babies- nowhere near being able to afford a down payment but possibly able to buy tickets to japan in the next year! I want to do it so bad but feel so stupid for maybe making 32 year old me angry for not buying a house. Is owning a home everything in this life?????????” **This episode is brought to you by ME!** I’ve got a few more Power Hours on the books! GRAB ONE: https://alisonfaulkner.com/power-hour ASK ALISON HERE: https://forms.gle/nq96fe5xsNZKzRvE7 Don’t miss my stuff, or my wit and delight! Sign u

I thought it would be fun to share a few things, all totally random, that I have bought over the past few years that I absolutely love and think you or someone you love would enjoy! Eric throws in his two cents too! And AND AND I answer my first Ask Alison question!!! It’s a good one so listen up! YAY! SHOP THE LIST HERE: https://amzn.to/3Roq8p2 **This episode is brought to you by ME!** On behalf of Craft Lake City! Check out their Holiday Market happening this week! CRAFT LAKE CITY HOLIDAY MARKET: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy11QkIMFbv/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== ASK ALISON HERE: https://forms.gle/nq96fe5xsNZKzRvE7 Don’t miss my stuff, or my wit and delight! Sign up for my sporadic love notes newsletter! https://alisonfaulkner.com/opt-in Eric's Christmas album: https://music.apple.com/us/album/cozy-christmas/1717554851 https://open.spotify.com/album/0UncN0g1zOvDRpmbp0r6oB?si=5DhkbJllRy2EvJfjdfhi5Q

“Though we can’t change what it is we are noticing. We can change our ability to notice.” - Rick Rubin In this quick episode, Eric and I are sharing a few ideas around changing what you notice! We talk about why that can be hard, but also how shifting out of a survival mode can propel you into your power as a creator! And it’s really fun and good! I talk about Rick Rubins “The Creative Act” https://amzn.to/3GdhBiq Rebecca Yarros Fourth Wing https://amzn.to/3RdnJ0F Episode 24: I’M FREAKING GRATEFUL GRATITUDE PRACTICE https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-alison-show/id1191721368?i=1000389803119 ASK ALISON HERE: https://forms.gle/nq96fe5xsNZKzRvE7 Don’t miss my stuff, or my wit and delight! Sign up for my sporadic love notes newsletter! https://alisonfaulkner.com/opt-in *This episode is brought to you by ME, Alison* Check out FLOWER POWER MAGIC-- a brand spanking-new course that teaches you how to use flowers and floral design to heal, feel and reveal your creative genius! It will empower

Here’s the problem with being a human, we all have feelings, and big emotions, as well as small emotions—and most of us have no idea what to do with them! If you’re like me, you were raised by the baby boomer generation, who was taught that you shut down those feelings and shut up about them, and that didn’t really work, did it? Luckily, Alyssa has a fantastic new book that is going to help us not only learn how to understand and regulate our own emotions, but help us do that with the next generation as well! It’s called “Tiny Humans Big Emotions!” I cannot emphasize enough how important I think this perspective and work is and I am so grateful to Alyssa from @seed.and.sew for creating and sharing it! Find her book here: https://amzn.to/3R2hw7H Follow her socials here: https://instagram.com/seed.and.sew?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ== ASK ALISON HERE: https://forms.gle/nq96fe5xsNZKzRvE7 CRAFT LAKE CITY HOLIDAY MARKET: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy11QkIMFbv/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Don’t miss my stuff,

Holy freaking crap, you read that right, Eric and I get to talk to Bob and his daughter Erin Odenkirk about their new book of illustrated silly poetry: ZILOT! Bob, yes from Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and so many other incredible projects, shares his wisdom from a lifetime of creative work, and how to pivot and grow along the way. Erin drops truth bombs of wisdom and shares how she’s learned to release her art into the world, and in general we have one hell of an insightful and delightful time! *This episode is brought to you by ME, Alison* Check out FLOWER POWER MAGIC-- a brand spanking-new course that teaches you how to use flowers and floral design to heal, feel and reveal your creative genius! It will empower and entertain you! https://thealisonshow.com/flower-power-magic-sp Find Bob and Erin Odenkirk’s book Zilot RIGHT HERE! https://a.co/d/5aJK4gF ASK ALISON! Submit a question here: https://forms.gle/nq96fe5xsNZKzRvE7 Thanks to my main man Pleasant Pictures, you can find his music here: D

Hello my lovers! I have missed you dearly! And I am so freaking excited to be BACK at the podcast with some new gusto! Did you notice the name change? The song update? OOOOH we are getting spicy! In this episode I’m sharing my new vision for the podcast going forward, and sharing some ideas about taking inspired action! Get on in here, we need you! *This episode is brought to you by ME, ALISON!* I’VE GOT a birthday blowout sale coming up! And I want you to get all my goodies for the cheapest they have ever been, ever, for my 40th birthday! So show me some love??? It’s for 24 hours on NOV. 10…my birthday! GET THE NOTIFIED WHEN IT’S LIVE! https://alisonfaulkner.com/opt-in ASK ALISON! Submit a question here: https://forms.gle/nq96fe5xsNZKzRvE7 Thanks to my main man Pleasant Pictures, you can find his music here: http://pleasantpictures.club or http://ericmichaelrobertson.com

You can declutter your junk drawer, you can declutter your refrigerator! But how do you declutter a role? Or a relationship? How do we declutter what’s in our head—so that what we really care about is easier to find? Good questions!!! And we’ve got the best woman for the job to help us answer! This week I’m talking to my friend Rachel Nielson from the popular podcast 3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms! She’s sharing 3 doable ways to declutter your brain, so you can pump more of the good stuff in! Find Rachel’s course here: USE CODE ALISON https://3in30podcast.com/declutter/?fbclid=PAAabmroRBydXfeAWEEu_tihOpN8defNYWuH1avXK1XV0-ChZkbkf8shYkYXs Want to work with me?! Check out my new offering! 90 Days to GET IT GOING! https://alisonfaulkner.com/90-day-get-going Eric's closing song is "Everything is Gonna Be Ok" Links: https://linkin.bio/skylightchillmusic?fbclid=PAAabRaCgnFqQZpgCr-6y5rF3VvtLG-jNiM07SuRnkFj-a__fLtfcAkEFfivs

No matter WHAT happens in this crazy world, we have access to our inner world! It can be a place of peace or panic. It can be somewhere we retreat and hide or a place of comfort! It can both or all or none! So the question is: what’s your inner world like? How are you doing IN THERE?! And also what does this even mean?! Eric and I are exploring this idea, what it means to us, and why cultivating a rich inner world actually makes the whole world better! We’ve got 6 actionable ideas and a whole lotta love! Eric's closing song is from his new podcast "The Men Who Love God" which you can listen to or watch here! https://linkin.bio/menwholovegod?fbclid=PAAaYy8TZT5J-cIjqbzgZv49VAzllwq4DGh-eAxnJppDVQ5V5xWOc6HGaWBno Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anger! Such a fun emotion! Well, I mean it’s fun for people who like to get mad, but for people who feel like anger is something to be fixed, corrected or avoided…it’s not that fun, right? But there’s a lot of anger in this world! And it doesn’t look like it’s going away, so what are we going to do about it? Or rather what do we do with our anger?! What can we do? In this episode, I am sharing several years worth of observations about learning to embrace and work with my anger, why it’s a very necessary thing for every human person! I’m sharing some resources that have been really really helpful for me! I hope you enjoy! I hope it helps you feel peace (or rage?!) and I read an angry poem I wrote as well! Such fun! I’m sending you all the love! Taming the Tiger Within - essay https://www.audible.com/pd/B07CTWKRZ1?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=player_overflow WANT A FREE AUDIO BOOK?! http://audibletrial.com/awesomewithalison Also get my book!!! There’s a chapter about feeling

174: 15 observations from 15 years of marriage! Well LA TI DA! We’ve been married for 15 years! And in the grand tradition of this podcast—that we’ve been doing for about five of those 15 years—we are sharing some of our insights and observations from being married for a freaking long time

Nakeia and I are basically solving all of life’s problems in one convo!

Feeling burned out?! Feeling overwhelmed?! Or feeling BLEH?! Let’s get BACK TO BASICS!!! We are keeping it easy and breezy this episode! And we’ve got 5 “basics” to come back to—when you want to FEEL YOUR AWESOMENESS! In this episode we mention these things!!! YEAR OF AWESOME CALENDAR ($5 off!) https://partywithalison.com/products/2023-year-of-awesome-calendar-pdf-digital-download AWESOME ON DEMAND currently $50 off! https://aod.thealisonshow.com I’m doing awesome gratitude journal! Get 20% off with code: KISS https://partywithalison.com/products/im-doing-awesome-journal JOIN ME FOR MANIFESTING MAGIC on Jan 28! https://simply-sadie-jane.com/pages/manifesting-magic?ref=NqEH_IkqCDo5dO Sign up for my newsletter! https://alisonfaulkner.com/opt-in Eric closing track is "Bit Map" from his band New Shack. https://open.spotify.com/album/3fvoBIGU2twMqUjhd3jFFB?si=RsqgBkiQTlC3CyXlaKQngg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alison and Eric talk about how to not sleep on yourself because you are amazing and unique and little steps can lead to you awakening to your awesome! Awesome On Demand - Feel Good Audio Use code: PERFECT for a discount that will end on Jan. 31! https://aod.thealisonshow.com/ You can order my book! You're Already Awesome https://www.amazon.com/dp/0063075962/?ref=idea_lv_dp_ov_d I narrate the audio book! Here it is! https://www.audible.com/pd/Youre-Already-Awesome-Audiobook/B09MDT4Q76?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp&shareTest=TestShare Awesome with Alison is supported by listeners LIKE YOU!  If you have found value in this episode, or any others! Support the podcast and get exclusive access to “Eric’s Thoughts.” https://www.patreon.com/awesomewithalison Eric’s closing song is “Something” from his stock music library Pleasant Pictures Music Club. https://pleasantpictures.club Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices