Jessyl and Alex is where raw heart meets real talk. We’re a married couple, military veterans turned full-time traveling parents, now rooted in the Dominican Republic, navigating grief, growth, and the ever-unfolding adventure of conscious living. From healing our daughter’s brain tumor to losing our infant son, from parenting without school to rebuilding identity after loss. We share unfiltered reflections, intuitive insights, and soul-level conversations about what it means to be fully hum ...
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Jessyl And Alex Lange Podcasts
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How Leadership Can Save Your Family
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What holds a family together when life gets hard? We open up about the messy middle; career success without self-leadership, parenting while grieving, and the moment we stopped outsourcing decisions at home and started building a steady, honest presence our kids could trust. We dig into the shift from numbing to noticing: why self-regulation beats …
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Speaker Academy 2025: Destiny Claimed
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What happens when you stop auditioning for your life and step straight into it? We share the raw path from a stubborn vision board to a first-place win at a world-class speaking academy, and the exact practices that turned intention into momentum. This isn’t a highlight reel. It’s the messy funding, the nervous system rituals, the breathwork in hot…
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A stranger told us we looked “too happy” to be grieving our son, and that offhand comment cracked open a much bigger conversation: who decides what grief should look like, and why do we treat joy as betrayal after loss? We open the door to our real process—private tears, unexpected waves, quiet days, and the slow return to things that make us feel …
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Vision Boards, AI, And The Courage To Speak Our Truth
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Start with the truth: voice is medicine. We open up about why we share our story—military roots, marriage in the mess, a daughter’s healing, and the ache of losing our toddler son—and how integrity means speaking from lived experience while letting others hold their own versions of truth. From there, we turn toward the future, using practical tools…
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Story time: Finding out about My Biological Family
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What if a casual question on a deployment cracked open your origin story? We share the intimate, winding path from a rumor Alex heard as a kid to a blood-type clue in Afghanistan, a Facebook search that found a face with the same bones, and an Easter gathering where a single sentence redrew a family map. It’s a story about hard truths arriving late…
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Grief, Criticism, And A Gender Reveal That Heals
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Grief doesn’t end; it changes shape. Eight months after losing our toddler, we open the door to where love and ache meet—and to a surprise that softens the edges: a scan that shows us what we are having. The moment lands like thunder and rain, making room for healing and hard questions all at once. We talk candidly about sharing loss online, the ba…
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The palm trees are real. So is the sweat, the power cuts, and the quiet tug to want more than a perfect beach day. We open up about moving our family to a Caribbean island after years of service, travel, and loss—and what “paradise” looks like when the highlight reel ends. The conversation goes beyond pretty postcards into the gritty details: life …
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Navigating the Sacred Journey of Pregnancy and Partnership
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"It's normal, but we can't explain it." That's how many women feel during pregnancy - experiencing profound bodily and emotional shifts they themselves don't fully understand, let alone communicate to their partners. In this raw conversation, Jessyl reveals how during boy pregnancies, she developed a physical aversion to her husband's smell and sal…
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Navigating Family Drama: Setting Boundaries with In-Laws and Family
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Family boundaries shouldn't be taboo; they're essential. When we first married, cultural assumptions led to uncomfortable jokes about green card marriages, despite my American citizenship. Later, our choice to raise bilingual children sparked resistance from family who feared our kids would never learn proper English. These moments taught us the de…
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Finding Meaning Through Life's Challenges: A Couple's Journey
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When life delivers its most devastating blows, do we crumble or transform? Alex and Jessyl explore this profound question through their own journey of facing seemingly insurmountable challenges from brain tumor diagnoses to the heart-shattering loss of their toddler son, Liam. Drawing from their raw experiences, they challenge the notion of "fake p…
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Alex and Jessyl reunite on the podcast, exploring how their family adapts when one parent is away and the deeper lessons they've learned parenting four children. • Jessyl shares how she manages parenting solo while Alex was delivering a TEDx talk in Tampa • The importance of teaching children independence and responsibility from an early age • How …
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Ever wondered if there's a different path for educating your children? One that doesn't involve desks, homework, or standardized testing? Join Jessyl and Alex as they pull back the curtain on their decade-long journey with unschooling – a learning approach that has allowed their four children to thrive while following their natural curiosities. Thi…
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The Rainbow After the Storm: Our Journey Continues
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The journey through grief rarely follows a straight line. After sharing our son Liam's story last season, we're revealing a profound new chapter - Jessyl is 20 weeks pregnant with what many call a "rainbow baby." Despite actively trying to prevent pregnancy while navigating our grief, life had other plans. This pregnancy brings a complex emotional …
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Wrapping up our 12-part series exploring grief, travel, and transformation, we pause to reflect on the profound lessons that have emerged from our journey with loss and rebuilding. Listeners who have followed our path through continents, memories, and healing have witnessed not just our story, but perhaps glimpses of their own capacity for resilien…
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The Death of Our Son: Liam's Beautiful Life and Tragic End
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How do you tell the story of a child whose life defied medical impossibility yet ended too soon? In this deeply personal and emotional episode, we share the journey of our youngest son Liam—from his unexpected conception to his final heartbeat at just 18 months old. Born with a severe congenital heart condition that should have claimed his life wit…
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From Morocco to Cyprus: Navigating Family Travel
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That small, seemingly insignificant decision to take a budget flight through London instead of flying direct to Cyprus? It cost us hundreds more than we planned and taught us a valuable lesson about family travel logistics. But that's the beauty of this journey we're on—the unexpected detours often bring the most profound realizations. When we fina…
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Adventures in the Sahara: A Family's Desert Journey
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Step into the shifting sands of Morocco through the eyes of a family discovering its vibrant landscapes, ancient cultures, and most importantly—themselves. From the blue-washed streets of Chefchaoun, where street performers sing your name for small coins, to the majestic Atlas Mountains with their wild monkeys and Berber cave dwellings, this episod…
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From Portugal to Morocco: A Family's Journey Through Meaningful Destinations
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Morocco called to us for years before we finally answered. When the opportunity arose to fly from Portugal to North Africa with our children, we knew it was time. What we didn't know was how significant this journey would become in our family's story, especially for our youngest son, Liam. Our adventure began with a four-day stopover in Lisbon, whe…
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Beyond the Masks: How Communal Living Changed Our Family
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Sometimes the most profound transformations happen when we slow down and settle into community. After months of rapid travel through Italy's Via Francigena, our family landed in Portugal's Algarve region for what became a two-month immersion in communal living that would reshape our approach to family life. The adjustment wasn't without challenges.…
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Walking Beyond Comfort: The Camino de Santiago and Via Francigena
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What happens when you take your children beyond their comfort zones and witness them discover their own capacity for resilience? In this deeply moving episode, we share the transformative pilgrimages our family undertook across Europe's ancient paths - the Camino de Santiago and the Via Francigena. Alex reveals how his journey with 10-year-old Gray…
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From Naples to Capranica: Embracing Slow Living
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Have you ever stumbled upon exactly what you needed—or what your children were longing for—at the most unexpected moment? That's precisely what happened when our family climbed the steep steps into the medieval fortress town of Capranica, Italy, and found ourselves in the middle of a Star Wars cosplay festival, just weeks after our children had rel…
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Monaco's Millionaires: How Wealth Changed Our Family Perspective
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Have you ever found yourself saying "that's too expensive" while simultaneously dreaming of financial abundance? Our journey through Monaco revealed this exact contradiction in our own thinking. With 33% of Monaco residents being millionaires, the environment of extreme wealth forced us to confront our limiting beliefs about money and success. The …
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Family of Eight: From Portugal's Cliffs to Sicily's Flavors
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What happens when a special needs child runs away in a foreign country? How do you navigate cliff-side dangers with a fearless daughter? And why would anyone stuff 12 people into a 5-person rental car in Sicily? Welcome to the beautiful chaos of world travel with five children in tow. In this raw and revealing episode, we pull back the curtain on o…
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Lost in Translation: Navigating Family Travel
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What happens when you uproot your life, sell everything, and decide to travel the world with five children? The gap between expectation and reality becomes your greatest teacher. In this raw and honest conversation, we dive into our first steps into global family travel after leaving the Dominican Republic in June 2024. Far from the curated Instagr…
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Life After Leaving: Our Two-Year Journey
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Two years after our last episode, we're breaking the silence to share the unexpected twists and profound revelations from our journey abroad. What began as a strategic move to the Dominican Republic—seeking affordable living and family support as we welcomed our fifth child—evolved into something far more transformative than we ever anticipated. Wh…
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15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: #1 Taking 100% Responsibility
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Join hosts Jessyl and Alex Lange as they discuss conscious leadership tools that have transformed their lives, offering prompts and exercises that you can use in your own life. Through personal anecdotes and practical advice, Jessyl and Alex emphasize the importance of taking responsibility and approaching life with curiosity and a growth mindset i…
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Alex and Jessyl were excited to start a new business venture together in 2019. After a short 3 years it came to an end. On this podcast we discuss what this experience was like and what lessons we learned. Tune in to hear what’s next for us. Click here for our Youtube channel. Please subscribe and give us a rating on your favorite podcast platform.…
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In this episode we do a quick Introduction to The Conscious Leadership tools that have been the foundation of changing our communication. The tools have allowed us a “new language” of expression to begin to understand one another on a deeper level. These tools have been created by the Conscious Leadership group. We can be found on Instagram here. V…
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Exploring Infidelity in Relationship
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Today we bring you a topic that while difficult to talk about, is the reality of many relationships. Infidelity, lies and lack of connection. We discuss how we began to slowly peel back the layers to deep seated trauma, and heal within our relationship. Rebuilding our foundation of what it means to be in relationship meant breaking down the one tha…
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In this episodes we dive into the two early births we have experienced. We discussed the why, the impact, and how we have come closer together because of it. Watch the video here Follow us on InstagramBy Jessyl and Alex Lange
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In this episode we dive into our first four pregnancies and births. We discuss how we went from a hospital birth to birthing at home in another country without medical assistance. Additionally, we discuss how these experiences have transformed us as a couple and deepened our trust within each other. Watch our video here. Follow us on Instagram…
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Honest Conversations: Turning Inwards vs. Blaming Others
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In our recent episode we discuss how being together all the time has kept us from focusing on ourselves. Losing sight of our vision and individual aspirations gets us back on an old cycle. We discuss why we believe often times couples choose to separate and even divorce. Committed to turn things inwards and find the true issue is where this convers…
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February 12th, 2021, Linavelle was diagnosed with a DNET brain tumor. In this episode we talk about the journey leading up to the diagnoses. We go in-depth about our hospital visit and the healing that has occurred since. Check out our Youtube for the resources mentioned. Linavelle's Journey If you liked the podcast please share with someone that m…
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In this episode we talk about why we decided to do the RV life. We further discuss looking back at the last year some benefits we've experienced. Also, we discuss the challenges we have faced and still face. We discuss our future together and the direction we are going. If you loved the podcast, give us a like, share, and comment. Video for this po…
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In this episode, we talk about why marriage counseling didn't work for us. We go in depth about what worked for us and how we came back together. Want to embark on a deeper level of connection? Join our new, private, and free online community at Jessyl and Alex Conscious Relating where we want to dive in deeper with people looking to do the work.…
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In this episode we go into why we started recording these conversations, why we want to help others through our own experience. We briefly discuss the last year and what we plan on sharing moving forward. In the background you can also hear our 4 year old daughter and washing machine. Motorhome life is always about multi-purposing spaces! Video can…
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Masculine & Feminine Energy, and more
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In this episode we go into the importance of balancing the masculine and feminine energies within ourselves and how we've done that in our relationship to drive to a common path. Video can be seen on our youtube page: Masculine & Feminine Energy and more check our instagram page out @jessyl_and_alexBy Jessyl and Alex Lange
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