A Heartfelt Goodbye from Wake Up World – Thank You for 14 Incredible Years

July 7th, 2025

By Ryan Mullins

Wake Up World Founder.

After 14 years of Wake Up World, the energy around it has suddenly come to a close.

On the 23rd of June 2025, my Dad passed away. I was working on Wake Up World at the time, and as it turns out, that was the last time I ever did. In the two weeks since, it’s become deeply apparent to me that Wake Up World passed with him.

Two major doors in my life have now closed. From life experience, I know that this means something exciting and brand new is ready to be born.

The last 14 years have been the ride of my life. As a community, we helped shift the collective consciousness in a meaningful way, with over 8,000 articles read more than 250 million times. At our peak, we were reaching 16 million newsfeeds a week on Facebook alone, back in the days when nearly everything we posted had a viral quality to it, before the days of government and big business censorship.

If it weren’t for you, the reader, none of this would have been possible. So it is with deep respect and heartfelt gratitude that I say thank you. Thank you for being part of something truly special.

For now, I’ll be leaving the website online as a treasure trove of information. As always, if someone is meant to find a particular article, I trust that spirit will guide them to it.

The connections I’ve made with readers and authors have been life-changing. This journey took me to places I never imagined, and it allowed me to live the dream of being a digital nomad, exploring the world while doing work I loved.

Something BIG is brewing within me. I’m not ready to speak about it publicly yet, but my Dad’s passing has triggered profound inner shifts. It has been one of the most spiritually activating experiences of my life, and I can feel something powerful is emerging from it.

This is not the end—it’s a new beginning.

My biggest takeaway from creating Wake Up World is this: follow your passions, not for personal gain, but in service of collective evolution. When these energies combine, life unfolds into something truly wondrous.

Thank you again for being a part of this incredible journey.

It truly feels like humanity is standing on the edge of something extraordinary, times that so many of us have long held in our hearts with a quiet knowing. Despite the chaos and uncertainty, we’re going to make it through… what awaits on the other side will be more beautiful, conscious, and connected than we ever imagined. We were born for these times, and the best is still to come. After the past 2 weeks, I sense this deeper within my being more than ever in this lifetime.

I want to thank my Mum and Dad—both energy healers—for without their spiritual guidance, love, and unwavering support, Wake Up World may never have been born.

I also want to thank Andy Whiteley, my rock, my partner of 17 years, and Wake Up World’s editor and author. Your dedication, wisdom, love, and unwavering support helped shape the course of this journey.

And lastly, to the countless authors who contributed over the past 14 years: thank you. Wake Up World would not have become what it was without your knowledge, passion for humanity, and gift for writing. This community was built on your words, and I’m forever grateful.

This is my final sign-off… but not the end of the story.

With love, gratitude and my deepest respect,

Ryan Mullins
Wake Up World Founder.