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Have you ever fought the hardest battle of your life and then not known what to do once it was over?What if the story you thought defined you was actually the prologue to something even bigger? Clea Shearer is co-founder of The Home Edit — the brand, the Netflix show, the New York Times bestselling books. But the Clea in this conversation has spent four years navigating a cancer journey her own doctors call a medical anomaly. From her diagnosis to a double mastectomy, followed by many emergency surgeries, she has faced complications most people never encounter. And she's done it all publicly, because she made a promise in Paris the day after her diagnosis: she was going to make her cancer purposeful. Miles and Clea go into all sides of facing a cancer treatment, especially the ones no one mentions. She opens up about the depression that hit after ringing the bell, being medically induced into menopause, losing her breast for the third time, and the first real fight she and her husband, John, had in 21 years. But she also shares how making her suffering public became the thing that saved her, why she considers cancer one of the great honors of her life, and what she's learned about building community and finding purpose on the other side. In this conversation, you'll learn:How to find purpose in the middle of the worst thing that's ever happened to youHow the “ring the bell” moment can become its own kind of rock bottomHow illness fatigue affects even the most loving support systemsHow to receive help without guilt or resistanceHow sharing your story publicly can become the thing that heals youHow to tell the difference between relief and healing and why you need bothHow to rebuild meaning when you don't know what you were fighting for anymoreHow the community becomes your greatest medicine when nothing else worksHow to find the honor inside the hardest thing you've never asked forHow to keep going when you don't know if there's another side Whether you're navigating grief, burnout, or a quiet sensethat something feels off, Onsite’s Living Centered experience gives you the tools, the community, and the space to change. Learn more at experienceonsite.com. Follow Human School:YouTube - Human School PodcastInstagram - @humanschoolofficialThreads - @humanschoolofficialTikTok - @humanschoolofficial What We Discuss:00:00:00 – Meet Clea Shearer00:03:31 – Hot Flashes & Getting Drop-Kicked Into Menopause00:06:23 – Diagnosis Day: March 8, 202200:07:45 – What Happens After Active Treatment Ends00:13:35 – The Medical Anomaly Nobody Wants to Be00:17:52 – The Dark Month No One Saw Coming00:21:05 – Eight Surgeries and a Year of Reconstruction00:26:47 – Losing Her Breast for the Third Time00:29:28 – The Undertow Nobody Else Could See00:34:25 – The First Real Fight in 21 Years of Marriage00:38:28 – 2026: The Year of the Fire Horse00:42:48 – Presence Over Words: Horse Therapy00:49:30 – The Two Things the Human Brain Fears Most00:50:06 – Champagne, a Kindle, and Unconventional Coping00:52:02 – Why She's Never Really Done Therapy00:54:02 – Inner-Circle Friendship: Sitting Like a Chicken on an Egg00:56:14 – Community Is the Most Powerful Antidote01:00:30 – The Moment in Paris That Changed Everything01:04:46 – Why Cancer Became the Honor of Her Lifetime01:06:04 – A taste of what they didn’t get to

Learn more about Onsite and Milestones at experienceonsite.com or call 1-800-341-7432. A simple conversation can be the first step toward living more fully.What if the wounds you can't name are doing more damage than the ones you can? What if healing doesn't happen in a sterile office, but around a campfire, in a community, or on a paddleboard?Dr. Neil Bomar, Vice President of Medical Services at Milestones, is not your typical psychiatrist. He's a man who spent years trying to fit inside the box of Western medicine before realizing the box wasn't right for him. He traded the "treat 'em and street 'em" model of traditional medicine for a radically human approach to psychiatry. An approach that blends neuroscience, experiential therapy, and the healing power of nature and genuine connection. In this conversation, Dr. Bomar opens up about his own "death day," the childhood moment that quietly rewired how he moved through the world. He shares what it was like to discover, well into his career, that his infectious enthusiasm and relentless positivity were, in part, a defense mechanism against pain. He goes deep into the surreal Thanksgiving when a bullet fell from the sky, struck him in the nose, and lodged in his cheek. And why, even then, his developmental wounding left the deeper mark. Miles and Dr. Bomar explore the dangerous myth that you must choose between brokenness and resilience, the subtle harm of toxic positivity, and why leading with your highlight reel is the fastest way to kill real intimacy. They introduce frameworks like "death days," event trauma versus developmental wounding, and angel work, making complex psychological concepts feel like something you'd hear from a trusted friend. In this conversation, you'll learn:How to Tell the Difference Between Event Trauma and Developmental Wounding How to Stop Weaponizing Your Story and Start Letting It Work For You How to Recognize Your "Death Day" How Toxic Positivity Can Be Just as Damaging as Toxic Negativity How Your Deepest Wound Is Often the Hidden Root of Your Greatest Strength How to Identify the "Angels" in Your StoryHow to Know When You've Crossed from Doing the Work into Over-Identifying with Your Pain How to Choose Being Relational Over Being Right in Every Room You Enter How Community Heals What Therapy Alone Cannot Follow Human School: YouTube - Human School Podcast Instagram - @humanschoolofficial Threads - @humanschoolofficial TikTok - @humanschoolofficialWhat We Discuss:00:00 Meet Dr. Neil Bomar 00:04:35 Why Dr. Bomar Left Traditional Medicine Behind 00:10:01 A Western Medicine Doctor Meets Experiential Therapy00:11:27 The Family Intensive at Onsite That Changed Everything00:13:40 What He Learned About Sadness Growing Up00:14:40 "Happy Jack": The Public Man, the Private Reality, and the Weight of Both 00:21:29 The "Goodness of Fit" Theory: Feeling Like an Outlier in Your Own Family00:26:30 What Is Developmental Wounding?00:27:30 "Death Day": The Childhood Moment That Quietly Rewires Your Identity 00:29:49 A Bullet Fell From the Sky00:33:00 Event Trauma vs. Developmental Wounding: Which One Is Actually Harder to Heal 00:38:30 What Is Trauma, Really? Cutting Through the Expert Debate to What Actually Matters 00:44:06 What He Heard It 25 Years Too Late 00:48:57 Overcompensating From Insecurity00:54:00 Angel Work: Identifying the People Who Saw You Before You Saw Yourself 00:57:45 The Bravest Thing a Leader Can Say 00:58:36 Leading With Your Highlight Reel vs. Your Failures01:00:27 Over-Identifying With Your Illness: Where Healing Ends and Victimhood Begins 01:05:35 Angel Work Healing That No Playbook Could Have Predicted 01:09:07 What a Client Said About Milestones That Stopped Him Cold01:19:09 A Question That Changes Everything - Being Right or Being Relational01:25:51 What Miles & Dr. Bomar Into Now01:29:58 Dr. Bomar's Parting Message to Listeners

If this conversation resonated, Onsite & Milestones are safe places to land and process grief. Learn more at experienceonsite.com or call 1-800-341-7432. A simple conversation can be the first step toward living more fully.Have you ever been hit by grief so hard that it knocked you off every foundation you thought you had? What if grief isn't a problem to be solved, but an energy inside your body that's asking to be tended? And no one ever taught you how. Meghan Riordan Jarvis is a trauma therapist, bestselling author of the memoir End of the Hour, and the host of Grief is My Side Hustle, a podcast that has helped thousands of people feel less alone in their loss. But what makes Meghan extraordinary isn't just her clinical expertise in trauma-informed care, EMDR, and body-centered healing; it's the fact that she fell completely apart after her mother died, and had the courage to seek help as a patient in the very world she had spent her career serving.In this conversation, Meghan opens up about losing her mother six years ago and what it felt like to arrive at a treatment program as a clinician who "knew everything." She reveals the early childhood loss that shaped her, the fury that drove her to build something new, and how a morning walk with her Episcopal priest friend changed the way she practices daily. Watch in real time as Meghan does what she does best: shows up with compassion first, no fixes required.Miles and Meghan also pull back the curtain on the Grief M.E.N.T.O.R. Method: Meghan's six-component framework that is rewriting how clinicians, companies, and everyday people understand and support loss. From the neuroscience of why your brain codes grief like a trauma folder, to why the five stages of grief were never meant for you, to why your body literally cannot trust itself to heal if you never go to the bathroom during the workday, this conversation is the grief education none of us ever got. In this conversation, you'll learn:How to Understand What Grief Actually IsHow to Recognize When Your Body Is Carrying Grief Before Your Mind Does How to Stop White-Knuckling Through Hard Seasons Alone How to Apply the Grief M.E.N.T.O.R. Method as a Daily Practice How to Support a Grieving Person Without Saying the Wrong Thing How to Tell the Difference Between Grief and Clinical Depression and Why It Matters How to Reframe the Story You're Telling About Your Loss How to Move Anger and Energy Through Your Body Instead of Staying Stuck in It How to Stop Looking Outside Yourself for the Answers Welcome to Human School, where we learn what matters most - Miles Adcox Follow Human School: YouTube - Human School Podcast Instagram - @humanschoolofficial Threads - @humanschoolofficial TikTok - @humanschoolofficial What We Discuss:00:00 Introduction00:01:17 Meet Meghan Riordan Jarvis00:02:35 It's Always About the Story: The Red Tabaco Barn00:13:15 Grief Redefined00:20:48 The Labyrinth at Onsite00:27:10 Sacred Instincts and Knowing What You Need 00:29:09 How Miles and Meghan Met00:34:23 Meghan's Grief Origin Story & What Launched Her into This Career00:43:26 Grief vs. Depression: Why Treating Them The Same Way is a Critical Mistake 00:45:44 A New Season of Grief - Life After Losing Her Mom00:57:21 How Fury Became Rocket Fuel for the Grief M.E.N.T.O.R. Method 01:02:10 Why Even the Experts Aren't Protected01:07:04 What to Say to a Griever: Practical, Human Guidance 01:12:02 The Neuroscience That Explains Everything 01:16:41 Empathy vs. Compassion: Why the Distinction Matters and How It Changes Who You Become 01:23:44 Meghan's Three-Step Framework01:25:03 The Triangle of Trust01:29:17 Mangled Spirituality, Morning Walks with a Priest, and Phone Alarms01:36:21 What Happens When You Don't Address Grief01:39:54 The Grief M.E.N.T.O.R. Method Explained 01:54:09 Why Miles Changed What Onsite Calls Its Clinicians 01:57:20 The Closing Message Neither of Them Planned

Transform your trauma at Onsite. Visit onsiteworkshops.com to explore life-changing programs designed to help you heal, grow, and rediscover hope.What if the worst moment of your life became the foundation for everything that came after?Country music artist Drake White collapsed on stage in 2019 during a performance in Roanoke, Virginia. He was diagnosed with an AVM (arteriovenous malformation), a tangled mass of blood vessels in his brain that ruptured mid-song, paralyzing his left side. What could have ended his career and his life became the beginning of a deeper story about faith, resilience, and purpose.In this conversation, Drake shares the surreal experience of having a stroke on stage and waking up in the hospital, unable to move half his body. He talks about how his wife duct-taped her leg to his and helped him relearn how to walk, only to face her own paralysis months later. He reflects on the moment a buck appeared on a trail camera behind his house and how that single image reignited his will to live. Drake goes into the basement of rock bottom, the power of covenant in marriage, and why listening to the quiet pull to “turn right instead of left” has reshaped how he lives.This is a conversation about losing everything you thought made you who you are and discovering that rebuilding teaches you who you’ve always been.In this conversation, you’ll learn:How to find purpose when everything that defined you is stripped awayWhy rock bottom has a basement and how foundations are built thereHow to turn trauma into testimony without skipping the painHow to navigate marriage when both partners are hurtingHow nature and hunting became part of Drake’s healing journeyWhy honoring bad days doesn’t cancel hopeHow to break free from negativity loops and victim narrativesHow to listen to the quiet pull guiding your next stepWelcome to Human School, where we learn what matters most—Miles AdcoxFollow Human School:YouTube – Human School PodcastInstagram – @humanschoolofficialThreads – @humanschoolofficialTikTok – @humanschoolofficialWhat We Discuss:00:00:00 Intro - Welcome to Human School00:00:30 Drake White's Story: From Collapse to Comeback00:02:31 Rock Bottom Has a Basement: Building a Foundation in the Hole00:03:43 The Building Science Degree and Why Foundations Matter00:04:52 Getting Through Your Twenties Without Real Adversity00:10:40 Being in Her First Wedding: The Story of Pursuing Alex00:14:10 Diagnosed with an AVM: A Mass the Size of a Lime in His Brain00:16:21 August 16th, 2019: Taking the Stage in Roanoke, Virginia00:22:06 "I Thought I Had a Flat Tire, Not That the Engine Was Going Down"00:23:20 Exploration Over Fear: Surfing the Wave Psychologically00:25:19 The Deep Sleep Where He Had His Interaction with God00:26:22 Alex Drives Seven Hours: What Love Looks Like in Crisis00:28:43 Four Months Later: Alex's Paralysis in Steamboat Springs00:30:29 Calling for Help from Their Moms - "Nobody Loves You Like That"00:33:25 Relearning to Walk: The Thread of Hope Running Through It All00:35:39 Growing Up Baptist and Questioning Everything00:44:54 "The Ability to Have a Good Day in Bad Situations Is a Superpower"00:46:52 Taking a Right This Morning: Listening to the Pull00:51:02 Instinct, Intuition, Faith, and Self-Awareness00:53:03 Science and Religion Coexist: The Western Civilization Experiment01:00:05 "There's Always a Deeper Route" - Why Am I Here and Where Am I Going01:02:27 Coming Home After 40 Days and 40 Nights in the Hospital01:03:35 The Trail Camera Behind the House: A 175-Inch Deer01:12:11 Neuroplasticity: The Brain Forms New Pathways Around Lesions01:15:18 Make Your Trauma a Testimony for Somebody Else01:18:30 Ladder to the Sky: A Hunts the Healing Story01:21:38 Breaking the Negativity Loop, Blame Cycle, and Victim Narrative01:24:03 The Benefit for the Brain: A Night of Advocacy and Encouragement01:28:55 Be the Quarterback for Your Own Care

What happens when you stop hiding from the hardest parts of your story? What if the moments that nearly broke you are actually the ones that wake you up? Joshua Bassett—Emmy-winning actor, musician, and creator of the deeply honest album The Golden Years—opens up about navigating heart failure at a young age, surviving public heartbreak, wrestling with suicidal ideation, and discovering that vulnerability isn't weakness, it's the pathway to freedom. From growing up homeschooled with emotional distance in his family to living in his car in Los Angeles at 16, Joshua shares how he's learned to turn pain into purpose, shame into connection, and fear into art. In this raw and revealing conversation, Joshua talks about the family meeting that changed everything, the lies he believed about his intelligence, the spiritual awakening that followed a psychedelic experience, and why he believes chronic fight-or-flight is the biggest problem of our time. He introduces practical tools like his "thought-feeling-impulse-truth" exercise, breathing techniques to calm your nervous system, and why artists have to "pave the road" through their own pain so others can walk it more easily. Joshua also shares about Sammy Sundays, the homeless outreach he co-founded, why safety matters more than talent in the creative process, and how learning to say the unsaid became his greatest act of courage. This isn't a conversation about fame or celebrity. It's about what it takes to become fully human in a world that rewards performance over presence.And if you want to hear more of Joshua's story, his book ROOKIE comes out May 5, 2026. Pre-orders are available on joshuatbassett.com. In this conversation, you'll learn:How to Use the "Thought-Feeling-Impulse-Truth" Framework to Process AnxietyHow Vulnerability Creates Connection, Even When It's TerrifyingHow to Get Out of Fight-or-Flight Using Science-Backed TechniquesHow to Stop Apologizing for Your Unique Way of ThinkingHow to Recognize When You're Pushing Emotions Down Instead of Processing ThemHow to Create Safety in Creative SpacesHow to Stop Letting Other People's Perceptions Define Your IdentityHow Love Is Worth Living For Even in Your Darkest MomentLearn More About OnsiteDiscover the transformational experiences that support deep healing and growth. Visit experienceonsite.com to learn about Onsite's immersive programs in Tennessee and Southern California, or call 1-800-341-7432. Follow Human School:YouTube - Human School PodcastInstagram - @humanschoolofficialThreads - @humanschoolofficialTikTok - @humanschoolofficialWhat We Discuss:00:00:00 Welcome to Human School00:00:41 Meet Joshua Bassett00:03:19 Why Vulnerability Is Always Met With Vulnerability00:07:53 The Hospital Room Confession: When Heart Failure Brought His Family Closer00:10:33 The Family Meeting Where Everything Shifted00:19:17 Why Polarization Sells and Productive Conversations Don't Have Winners00:22:29 How Artists Are the Ones Who Will Bring Culture Back Together00:28:04 The Film Role That Gave Him Back Pain From Vicarious Trauma00:30:02 Mirror Neurons: How We Catch Emotions Like a Cold00:35:09 Why Fight-or-Flight Is the Biggest Problem of Our Time00:39:27 The 20 Tools He Uses to Get Out of Fight-or-Flight00:41:21 Thought-Feeling-Impulse-Truth: The Framework That Changed His Life00:43:10 Life Lessons from Universal Studios Experiences00:50:14 Sammy Sundays: The Homeless Outreach That Radically Changed His Life00:53:07 The Vagus Nerve and Science-Backed Ways to Calm Your Nervous System00:57:09 Guided Breathing Exercise: 4 Seconds In, Hold for 7, Out for 801:00:36 Why He Can't Be Attached to Someone Else's Plan01:10:05 What Brought Him Back to Music01:13:08 Why Safety Matters More Than Talent in the Creative Process01:18:09 How Public Perception Shapes and Distorts Who We Think Someone Is01:21:25 The Night He Almost Gave Up01:28:18 What He'd Say to Someone at a Crossroads Right Now

What if the person you became after tragedy is exactly who you were meant to be?Can you rebuild a friendship after the world watched it fall apart? Tyler Hubbard built one of the biggest acts in country music history with Florida Georgia Line: breaking records, selling out stadiums, and changing the genre forever. But before the charts and the spotlight, he was a kid from small-town Georgia washing cars to make ends meet, learning work ethic from a father who collected people the way most collect things, and finding solace in music during the hardest moment of his life. In this raw conversation, Tyler opens up about losing his father, Roy Hubbard, at 20 in a tragic accident, and the real story behind Florida Georgia Line's breakup. A story that is not the political narrative the internet created, but the human one about boundaries, business decisions, and two friends navigating an impossible season during a pandemic. Tyler also shares stories about why he played the inauguration, how he met his wife, Hayley, and knew she was the one, and why he's finally ready to let people see the man behind the brand. This is a conversation about second chances, choosing faith over fear, and why sometimes the hardest thing to do is simply tell the truth. In this conversation, you'll learn:How to Turn Tragedy Into Faith Instead of BitternessHow Your Childhood Work Ethic Shapes Your Adult SuccessHow to Navigate Partnership Breakups Without Destroying the RelationshipHow to Set Boundaries When Your Business Partner Wants Something DifferentHow to Handle Public Criticism Based on False NarrativesHow to Stay in the Middle When the World Demands You Pick a SideHow to Process Grief While Building a CareerHow to Rebuild a Friendship After Years of SilenceHow to Lead with Your Values When Everyone's WatchingHow to Be Vulnerable Without Being a Victim Follow Human School:YouTube - Human School PodcastInstagram - @humanschoolofficialThreads - @humanschoolofficialTikTok - @humanschoolofficialLearn More About OnsiteExplore Programs - www.experienceonsite.comTalk with Our Team - (800) 341-7432What We Discuss:00:01:21 The Man Behind the Brand You Think You Know00:03:09 Why Tyler Has Been Afraid to Tell His Story00:06:15 The Victim Narrative vs. Authentic Vulnerability00:17:14 Growing Up Small Town Georgia00:22:30 Dad's Advice: "You Do Not Let Them Outwork You"00:35:17 When Music Became More Than a Hobby00:40:26 The Cultural Diversity in Georgia That Shaped Tyler's Sound00:49:38 Going Against the Grain - Why Tyler Never Fits the Mold00:51:21 The Day Everything Fell Apart - Losing His Dad01:00:03 The Unexplainable Peace That Came Through Tragedy01:09:05 Meeting Brian Kelley & the Birth of Florida Georgia Line01:19:03 The Groundwork Years - Building Florida Georgia Line From a Van01:26:51 When "Cruise" Took Off and Changed Everything01:34:10 Meeting Haley and Choosing Home Over the Road01:42:11 The Fall of 2020 - When Tyler's World Collapsed01:51:55 The Phone Call That Ended Florida Georgia Line01:57:02 Why Tyler Unfollowed BK - The Human Mistake That Went Public02:08:10 The Inauguration Invitation That Created a False Narrative02:20:24 "I Don't Follow a Politician, I Follow Jesus"02:27:43 The Truth About the FGL Breakup vs. What the Internet Says02:39:17 Where They Are Now: Rebuilding What Was Lost with BK 02:51:03 What Tyler Wants His Kids to Know03:12:16 The Problem With Picking Sides in a Divided System03:14:10 When Being Patriotic Doesn't Mean Picking a Party03:17:00 Message to the Critics - Know the Truth Before You Judge