Building an Authentic Community Online w/ Alyssa Zander

In this episode of the Interact Podcast, Josh Haynam sits down with Alyssa Zander, a codependency and relationship coach and creator of Codependency Alchemy, to explore how quizzes can become powerful tools for self-awareness and community connection. Alyssa shares how transforming a simple PDF into an interactive quiz dramatically increased engagement with her audience and helped women better understand patterns around codependency and the mother wound. She explains why quizzes offer a lighter, more approachable entry point into deep personal development work.

Josh and Alyssa also dive into the realities of growing a community on social media. From building her following from 6,000 to over 430,000 to navigating the emotional highs and lows of content creation, Alyssa emphasizes the importance of consistency, authenticity, and creating from a place of personal expression rather than chasing vanity metrics. The conversation highlights how inner work, community support, and thoughtful content can create meaningful impact far beyond likes and shares.

Learn more: https://www.instagram.com/alyssaaazander/?hl=en

Take the Codependency quiz: https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/67197e90a5a743044d339d2e

Josh Haynam

Josh Haynam is the co-founder of Interact, a place for creating beautiful and engaging quizzes that generate email leads. Outside of Interact Josh is an outdoor enthusiast, is very into health/fitness, and enjoys spending time with his community in San Francisco.

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