The Power of Wellth: How Glen Alex is Redefining Health, Boundaries, and Human Potential
- Jan 5
- 5 min read
By She Rises Studios Editorial Team
For Glen Alex, health has never been a single category or a simple checklist. It is a rich, multidimensional experience that blends physical wellness with emotional clarity, spiritual grounding, and meaningful human connection. It is a life lived with joy, confidence, purpose, and presence. This is the life experience she calls Wellth, a term she created to represent health combined with the other riches that make life whole. Her work, spanning social work, therapeutic massage, writing, tennis coaching, philanthropy, and mental health education, reflects a deep and lifelong mission to help others live with that sense of wholeness.
Glen’s journey into the world of health began with a childhood curiosity that was far more sophisticated than most young minds possess. As the youngest of ten children, she had a front row seat to human behavior. She observed interactions through subtle cues that many adults miss. She paid attention to smiles, flinches, hesitation, and signs of pain. Even before she had the language for it, she understood boundaries. She noticed when they were honored and when they were violated.
These early observations sparked a lifelong commitment to never be the source of unnecessary harm and to help others understand the invisible lines that govern healthy relationships.
Her desire to help others, paired with a natural love for teaching and personal growth, led her into social work. Yet the path there was not straightforward. For years, Glen worked in accounting, a field she was drawn to through her father’s influence. She excelled at working with numbers, but over time, the solitude of office life began to feel more confining than fulfilling. She found herself craving deeper connection and a more meaningful impact. After consulting with a professor she admired, she made a pivotal decision to shift into social work, where she could combine her interest in human nature with her instinctive desire to help others grow.
Her transition into mental health work opened the door to a career marked by service, innovation, and excellence. Glen is now a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a Licensed Massage Therapist, a USPTA and RSPA Certified Tennis Coach, an award winning author, and the host of the award winning podcast The Glen Alex Show, which is now in its eighth year. Her accomplishments also include the Corporate Vision 2025 Mental Health Educator of the Year Award, induction into the Marquis Who’s Who Biographical Registry, recognition from the USTA for diversity and equality efforts, and publication in professional journals.
Despite her many credentials, Glen’s impact cannot be captured by job titles alone. Her passion lies in the integration of many fields that most people see as separate. To her, social work, massage therapy, and tennis are all expressions of the same mission. Mental and emotional health are nurtured through therapy. The body and spirit are supported through massage. Tennis offers a unique connection between movement, focus, and emotional steadiness. By embracing all aspects of wholeness, Glen supports individuals in ways that address the full spectrum of human experience.
Her philosophy of Wellth grew from her years of observation and personal growth. She noticed that many people pursue physical health in isolation or chase financial success without attending to the inner world. In the writing process for her award winning book Living In Total Health, she realized that true wellness does not require the sacrifice of one essential area of life for another. Instead, Wellth is reached when physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual elements exist in balance. With this understanding, she created a guide to help people reconnect with themselves and move away from the imbalance that fuels stress, illness, and disconnection.
Writing Living In Total Health was not only a professional milestone but a deeply personal experience. Glen had always loved to write, but the discipline required to complete a book seemed daunting until she crossed paths with best selling author Patrick Snow, who offered to coach her through the process. At the time, she was navigating severe depression, and writing became part of her healing. The process was cathartic. She processed old wounds, gained clarity, and discovered new insights about herself and others. Her book quickly began earning awards, including the 2021 Indie Book Award for Health and Wellness and recognition as a finalist in both health and mind body spirit categories.
Her upcoming book Living Boundaries builds on one of the most impactful chapters in her first book. In it, Glen goes deeper into the topic that shaped her childhood curiosity and later became foundational in her career. Living Boundaries explores the complexities of interpersonal dynamics in romantic relationships, friendships, families, and the workplace. With more than fifty real life examples and practical worksheets, the book helps readers identify unhealthy patterns, strengthen self respect, and develop relational clarity.
Beyond writing, Glen has poured her energy into charitable initiatives that reflect both compassion and creativity. One of her most meaningful programs provided free post mastectomy breast massages to low income breast cancer patients, giving them pain relief, education, and empowerment during a vulnerable time. She also supported school based tennis programs in underserved communities, donating equipment and establishing opportunities for students to experience the joy and discipline of the sport. She remembers the smiles on their faces and the gratitude of teachers who suddenly had new tools for physical education.
Her podcast, The Glen Alex Show, continues her mission of spreading health education. Each episode covers a different aspect of wholeness. Topics like Trafficked to Triumph, The Science of Thoughts, and Curing the Virus of Indifference have left lasting impressions on her, deepening her commitment to raising awareness and offering hopeful pathways to healing.
Her advice to women who feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck often circles back to boundaries and joy. She teaches that overcommitting leads to exhaustion, resentment, and self neglect. Building stronger boundaries is not about selfishness. It is about clarity and respect. She encourages women to identify what truly matters and to forgive themselves for not doing it all.
To reconnect with joy, she urges them to engage in activities that spark light within them. Whether walking, cooking, sewing, dancing, or creating art, these moments help restore presence and emotional grounding.
In her own life, Glen maintains her Wellth through structure, intentional boundaries, and time with loved ones. She protects her downtime, limits digital distractions, and stays connected to activities she loves, including writing, tennis, working out, movies, and music. She approaches life with clarity, humor, and a refusal to let circumstances define personal truth. Glen believes that unstoppable people pursue their purpose despite their conditions and refuse to allow anyone to dictate what is possible for them.
Her message is clear. True health is not simply the absence of illness or the pursuit of fitness. It is the integration of mind, body, spirit, and connection. It is a life where boundaries protect peace, where joy is cultivated intentionally, and where service enriches both the giver and the receiver. Glen Alex continues to show that Wellth is not a destination but a way of living, one that transforms individuals and ultimately strengthens communities.
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