Growth isn’t pretty. Healing isn’t holy sunlight and Himalayan salt lamps. Some days it’s crawling through your own personal hell while telling toxic positivity to go fuck itself. Shadow work gets romanticized until you’re the one face down on wet concrete, triggered as hell, fighting demons you thought you buried a decade ago. That’s when the truth shows up: healing is war.

This is a story about cause and effect—the chain reaction that trauma survivors live inside every day. One fall in the rain becomes a flashback. A flashback becomes pain. Pain becomes exhaustion. Exhaustion becomes darkness. And the darkness? It whispers the easy way out. The seductive lie of quitting. And if you’ve never been there—don’t judge those who have.

This episode dives headfirst into trauma, chronic pain, hypervigilance, diagnoses that don’t define us but damn sure shape us, and the rise of the warriors who carry scars no one sees. This is for the ones who were misunderstood as “too much,” “too intense,” or “hard to love.” This is for the ones who had no choice but to become strong. The ones who weren’t rescued—because they had to rescue themselves.

I don’t romanticize resilience. I’m just fucking built for it. I fall, I burn, I fight, I rise—again. And I don’t walk alone anymore. I’m backed by a tribe that sees me. A team that believes in the mission—because they’ve survived their own storms. So no—I don’t quit. I Frodo Baggins this shit with my Samwise and keep carrying the ring through Mordor.

Whether you’ve lived this reality or you’re trying to understand someone who has—listen. Learn. And bow your head with intention. In honor—if you walk this walk. In shame—if you judged those who do.

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After three long years of surgeries, pain, recovery, and rebuilding—Chick finally made it back on the road for a full weekend ride with her motorcycle club. Freedom tasted like asphalt, pine trees, and sweat under a leather jacket. She was late (of course—classic Chick move: forgot her wallet), but when she rolled up, her crew was waiting. Because real riders wait for their own.

The road was hot, long, and imperfect—just like life. Bikes broke down. Plans changed. Laughter came easy. Rest came hard. And friendships—old, weathered, battle-tested friendships—made it all worth it. They swapped bullshit, told stories, and grilled steak by the lake cabin while the wind moved through the tall pines. That’s medicine too.

But beyond the ride, this story is about connection—the kind that keeps you alive. The kind that shows up after hard days. The kind that says “sit down, we got this” when you’re too tired to keep pretending you’re fine. From biker family up north to widow-friends next door—Chick is learning how to let people be there for her. Even now. Even when it’s hard. Even when she’s used to being the strong one.

Self-care isn’t spa days for her—it’s letting people in. It’s resting without guilt. It’s staying sober for 46 years. It’s not giving up on life—even when life has taken so much.

And tomorrow? She’ll ride again.

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Some pain doesn’t come from this lifetime alone—some of it lives in the blood. Alice grew up believing her bloodline was poisoned. Violence, abuse, addiction, betrayal—she carried the shame of generations in her bones and wrote dark poetry as a child, convinced she needed to end her lineage so the cycle wouldn’t continue. At 13 years old, she begged for a hysterectomy. That’s how deep the trauma went.

But shadow work changes things—if you’re brave enough to face it. In this piece, Alice cracks open the myth she once swore she’d never believe: “Blood is thicker than water.” After decades of inner warfare, she realized the full truth—not all blood is broken, and not all family is lost. Pain passes down through DNA—so do strength, gifts, and survival. The same bloodline that wounded her also gave her fire, endurance, and warrior spirit.

Through years of research, spiritual work, and raw accountability, she reclaimed her ancestry—not the lies, but the truth. The buried beauty. The power hidden in the wreckage. Her uncle became the proof: blood can heal blood when love is chosen over denial. Trauma may be inherited—but so is resilience.

You don’t heal by cutting out where you came from.

You heal by facing it, feeling it, and transforming it.

You carry the torch forward—or you pass down the chains.

This is what it means to do the work.

Book mentioned: Feeding Your Demons – Tsultrim Allione

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Grief doesn’t run on a schedule. Healing doesn’t care about dates. On the 46th anniversary of her sobriety, Chick faced one of the hardest days of her life—moving her husband into Memory Care as Alzheimer’s continues to take pieces of him away. Five months earlier, she held her son’s hand as he took his last breath. That pain is still alive in her bones.

The morning after felt like a hangover of the soul. Exhaustion. Numbness. Survival mode. She didn’t want to move—but she did. She showed up for a friend. She laughed for a moment. She rested her body instead of burning herself out. She let music and weed and quiet reflection do their gentle work. She cried. She breathed. She kept going.

Healing isn’t just rituals and revelation—it’s the small choices we make to keep going when life has already taken more than it should. It’s sitting on a patio with music in your veins. It’s choosing rest without guilt. It’s staying present long enough to let peace land for a minute. And even smoking too many cigarettes can become a lesson—just another truth to face when you’re strong enough.

She doesn’t know exactly where life is taking her from here. But she knows this:

She isn’t done yet.

She still has purpose.

And tomorrow, she’ll get up again.

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Shadow work isn’t a trend—it’s truth work. Jen, part of the Media team at Clearview Works, reflects on the growing conversation around shadow work and how easily it gets turned into another spiritual fad. The internet sells journals, rituals, crystals, and candles—but none of those tools mean anything if you never do the actual work. No spell can save you from yourself. No charm can dig for you. The digging is yours.

Jen speaks on something real—stress and emotional weight don’t disappear when we ignore them. They sink into the body. They become tension. Pain. Disconnection. The signal is always the same: slow down. Look inward. Listen. Feel. Release. But most of us would rather stay busy than face what hurts. Shadow work asks us to be brave enough to stop running.

And no one should have to walk that path alone.

Clearview Works isn’t just about healing—it’s about teaching people how to heal. Together. Because walking through darkness with a tribe changes everything.

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Everyone talks about healing—few tell the truth about it. The truth is, healing isn’t just light and gratitude journals. It isn’t bubble baths and affirmations. It’s blood and bone. It’s dark nights that drag on for years. It’s facing the shadows that claw at your ribs. It’s sitting with your own demons long enough to understand why they were born.

Alice calls it like it is. Most “healing” books skip the hardest part: shadow work. They promise peace without pain, shortcuts without sacrifice—toxic positivity disguised as wisdom. Real healing isn’t sold in pretty packaging. It isn’t found in skipping steps. And it damn sure isn’t found by avoiding the mirror.

If you never go into the dark, you’ll never understand your light.

If you never face your patterns, they’ll run your life.

If you never sit with the pain, life will repeat the lesson—harder every time.

Healing requires truth. Brutal truth. But also compassion. You weren’t meant to escape your demons—you were meant to transform them.

Shadow first. Light after. That’s how you resurrect yourself.

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Recovery changed Chick’s life—but not her pace. After beating back pain, spinal surgery, nerve damage, narcotics, and now a broken foot, she’s more mobile than she’s been in years. The new routine? Truck runs, workouts, and mission-building with Alice—her partner in chaos, coffee, and relentless purpose.

Some days, the truck is their office. Other days, it’s just a rolling circus of sarcasm, gear bags, crutches, paperwork, and road-prep strategy. Chick refuses help. Alice refuses to let her get away with it. Their friendship is equal parts grit, fire, and “verbally aggressive encouragement.” They go from business planning to laughing until they cry in zero seconds flat—and every day brings a new story.

And like most of Chick’s life, even a simple drive turns into a lesson. She flies down backroads with a speed that matches her personality—full send or don’t bother—and then gets reminded by the universe that racing doesn’t always get you there faster. Growth comes in strange places. Sometimes in deep conversations. Sometimes at 90 mph. Either way, she’ll figure it out when she’s damn well ready.

Until then…

Get in the truck, Alice—we’re late as fuck.

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People keep asking, “Who the fck is Alice?”* The truth? She’s not a simple answer. She’s a rabbit hole—one you only understand if you’re willing to go deep enough. Curiosity required. Fear optional.

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