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Auntie Mel Mel Life Unfiltered is a real-talk podcast where nothing is off-limits. Hosted by Melanie “Auntie Mel Mel” Clark, this show dives into the messy, meaningful, hilarious, painful, and powerful moments that shape us.
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Recovery in Motion: How Fitness Helped Ernest Williams Rebuild His Life (opens the original)
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Recovery isn't only about what you stop doing — it's about the life you build in its place. In this episode of Auntie Mel Mel: Life Unfiltered , Ernest Williams shares his journey through addiction, incarceration, toxic relationships, and ultimately recovery. Now two years clean and pursuing personal training, Ernest has discovered a new passion and purpose through fitness. We talk about the role exercise has played in his recovery, why he believes movement can be so valuable for people overcomi
Finding Your Voice: Confidence, Courage & Speaking Up with Autumn Jose (opens the original)
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What happens when someone who grew up shy and afraid to speak in front of people decides to stop letting that fear hold her back? This week, Auntie Mel Mel is joined by her friend Autumn Jose, MBA , to talk about finding your voice, building confidence, and learning to speak up—even when you're nervous. Autumn shares how shyness affected her growing up, the ways she now recognizes it held her back, and what happened when she began challenging herself to step outside of that comfort zone. Today,
* Trigger: Infant Loss * Their Lives Mattered: A Loss Mom’s Story of Love, Grief & Survival with Karyn Ward (opens the original)
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⚠️ TRIGGER/CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains detailed conversations about infant loss, infant death, the death of a child, grief, trauma, and the circumstances surrounding the loss of a baby. Please listen with care and protect your heart. It is completely okay to skip this episode or come back when and if you're ready. Returning guest Karyn Ward joins Auntie Mel Mel for an incredibly personal conversation about a part of her life she hasn't fully shared on the podcast before: being a loss
Finding Your Way Through the Hard Stuff: Spiritual Direction, Grief & Hope with Christine V. Davies (opens the original)
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What is a spiritual director, and how can spiritual direction help us navigate the questions that don't always have easy answers? In this episode, Auntie Mel Mel sits down with spiritual director and hospital chaplain Christine V. Davies for an honest conversation about grief, spirituality, hope, and finding our way through some of life's hardest moments. Christine explains what spiritual direction actually looks like, how it differs from therapy, and why having a safe space to wrestle with ques
Learning to Be Yourself: Neurodivergence, CPTSD & the Eldest Daughter Experience with Janessa of Nessa’s Safe Space (opens the original)
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What happens when you spend so much of your life being who everyone else needs you to be that you have to learn who YOU actually are? In this episode, Auntie Mel Mel sits down with Janessa Neighbors of Nessa’s Safe Space for an honest conversation about neurodivergence, CPTSD, ADHD, autism, people-pleasing, boundaries, authenticity, and the very real eldest daughter experience . Janessa and Mel originally connected over being eldest daughters—and neither remembers applying for all the unpaid pos
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