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.
Beneath the Eye of the Backbone: Love, Loss & Finding Your Way Back with Alexis Wold
One summer can change everything.
In the summer of 2002, 20-year-old Alexis Wold headed to Montana to work as a wrangler in Glacier National Park. What began as an adventure filled with horses, friendship, breathtaking scenery and unexpected romance became a chapter of her life she would carry for more than two decades.
Alexis eventually turned that experience into Beneath the Eye of the Backbone: A Tale of Love and Loss in Many Glacier.
And this isn't fiction—it's her true story.
In this episode, Alexis joins Auntie Mel Mel for an open conversation about young love, complicated relationships, addiction, loss, grief, survival and finding your way back after life changes in ways you never expected.
We also talk about what it was like for Alexis to revisit her 20-year-old self while writing the book, learning to look at that younger woman with more compassion, and what healing looks like years later.
🐎 A summer in Montana.
❤️ A love that changed her.
💔 A loss she carried with her.
📖 And the true story she finally decided to tell.
S2 E8 — Beneath the Eye of the Backbone: Love, Loss & Finding Your Way Back with Alexis Wold
📖 Find Beneath the Eye of the Backbone: A Tale of Love and Loss in Many Glacier by Alexis Wold online wherever you get your books.
Follow Auntie Mel Mel Life Unfiltered for more honest conversations about the parts of life we don't always talk about.
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29 Sept 2026
Recovery in Motion: How Fitness Helped Ernest Williams Rebuild His Life
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 overcoming addiction, and his desire to use what he's learned to inspire others.
Ernest also shares a powerful comparison about the way buffalo face a storm. 🦬 Rather than running away from it, they move toward it and get through it — something that perfectly describes the mindset he's learned to bring into recovery.
We talk about treatment, changing your environment, walking away from toxic relationships, fitness, rebuilding your identity, and learning to face what you once tried to escape.
This is Ernest's story of recovery in motion — and the life he's continuing to build. ❤️
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25 Sept 2026
Finding Your Voice: Confidence, Courage & Speaking Up with Autumn Jose
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, Autumn works in marketing in the banking industry and serves as Vice President of Education for Western Maryland Toastmasters—helping others develop the very skills she once struggled with herself.
Mel and Autumn talk about public-speaking anxiety, Toastmasters, career growth, leadership, confidence, getting uncomfortable, and the difference between waiting until you're fearless and learning to do something while you're still afraid.
They also look back at the shy younger version of Autumn and what she'd tell that girl today.
Because finding your voice isn't necessarily about becoming the loudest person in the room.
Sometimes it's simply realizing that what you have to say deserves to be heard. 💜
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Real people. Real stories. Real life—the messy parts included.
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