On the power of letting go of numbing habit energies, aligning with our intrinsic wisdom, and living a clear life.

• 0:00 – Introduction and Guest Overview
• 1:55 – Discussion on the First Awareness: My Life is Better Clear
• 4:24 – Experimenting with Alcohol and Personal Growth
• 8:37 – The Concept of "Clear" and Personal Agency
• 10:33 – Connection Between Alcohol and Health Issues
• 19:03 – The Fourth Awareness: My Trauma is Not My Identity
• 21:02 – The Fifth Awareness: Forgiveness and Letting Go
• 29:58 – The Sixth Awareness: I Do Not Judge or Impose My Orientations Upon Others
• 34:01 – The Seventh Awareness: Our Most Precious Currency is Time
• 39:07 – The Eighth Awareness: I Seek Ways to Support Others

Cecily is a mother, author, investor, and founder, the voice behind the ClearLife Movement, the ClearLife Reset, and host of the Undimmed podcast. A former attorney and Silicon Valley executive turned author and investor, she's also the co-founder of Wisdom Ventures. Cecily helps people create undimmed lives of presence and intention, free from the stigma of addiction and the patterns of avoidance that keep us from living fully.

Her new book, released January 2026. Undimmed, The Eight Awarenesses for Freedom from Unwanted Habits - https://www.cecilymak.com/book-coming-soon

Podcast, Undimmed; conversations with people on an undimming path: https://www.cecilymak.com/podcast

ClearLife Reset Supplement (feel amazing as you take a break from drinking): https://www.clearlifereset.com/

Our annual session includes readings from Hold Nothing, emphasizing practice, respect, and structures of encouragement. Join me to sit briefly, address potent prompts intended to create intentionality and spaces of grace for you and yours as you proceed into this year.

• (0:00) – Annual Planning Session Introduction
• (1:54) – Practice and Respect in Conscious Evolution
• (4:45) – Zen Meditation and the Practice of Zazen
• (7:20) – Aging and Letting Go of Caring About Others' Opinions
• (10:16) – Note of Gratitude from the Body
• (35:42) – Sitting Practice and Reflection on Encouragement
• (39:29) – Engaging in Relationships with Encouragement
• (47:58) – Final Reflections and Q&A

Resources
Planning Guidebook
Feelings and Needs List

Substacks
Elena Brower – Hold Nothing
Sierra Campbell – Choose Nurture | choosenurture.com
Laurel Hayne-Miller – The Flowering Path

Books

• Bookshop
• Everyday Zen — Charlotte Joko Beck
• Returning to Silence — Kōshō Uchiyama
• Silent Illumination — Guo Gu
• The Truth of This Life — Katherine Thanas
• Mountains and Rivers Sutra — Norman Fischer
• Better Apart — Gabrielle Hartley and Elena Brower
• What We Say Matters — Judith Lasater

For mothers, mothers-to-be and those supporting mothers: On matrescence as transformation; offering the Four Elements model as a map for the rite of passage that is motherhood.

• (0:00) – Introduction and Guest Welcome
• (1:16) – Importance of Rites of Passage
• (3:09) – The Four Elements of Radical Transformation
• (6:19) – The Earth Element: Grounding and Taking Stock
• (8:11) – The Water Element: Grief and Letting Go
• (15:19) – The Air Element: Liminality and Uncertainty
• (20:07) – The Fire Element: Exploration and New Beginnings
• (25:27) – Rituals and Practices for Self-Care
• (29:49) – The Mother Powers: Skills and Capacities
• (33:56) – Conclusion and Resources

Jessie Harrold is a coach and doula who has been supporting women through radical life transformations and other rites of passage for over fifteen years. She works one-on-one with women and mothers, facilitates mentorship programs, women's circles and rituals, and hosts retreats and nature-based experiences.

Jessie is the author of the Nautilus Gold Medal Award-winning book, Mothershift: Reclaiming Motherhood as a Rite of Passage (Shambhala 2024). She is also the host of The Becoming Podcast. Jessie lives on the east coast of Canada where she mothers her two children, writes, and stewards the land.

Mothershift: Reclaiming Motherhood as a Rite of Passage

Jessie is also the founder of the internationally acclaimed matrescence support program MotherSHIFT, and its sister program for perinatal professionals, The Village.