Addiction doesn't happen to one person — it happens to everyone who loves them. In this deeply honest conversation, Alison sits down with Marisa Barber, author of The Other Side of Addiction and a Senior Manager of Patient Support Services in telehealth addiction treatment, to explore the grief, shame, and silent suffering that families carry. If you've ever loved someone through addiction, this episode will remind you that you don't have to navigate it alone.

RAW went live at THRIVE: A Women's Wellness Experience — and the energy in the room was proof that something is shifting in how women approach health. In four rapid-fire conversations, Ali sat down with Jen Kanaba of Root Cause Integrative Wellness, Jamie Kowit of NISH Body Care and Manifest Manicures, cancer survivor and advocate Denise Nicolay, and Rachel Kovach of Mindful Mercantile. From root cause medicine and chemotherapy support to non-toxic nail care and plastic-free refilleries, this episode covers the full spectrum of low-tox, community-driven wellness — Cleveland-style.

What if working out had nothing to do with how your body looks — and everything to do with how it heals? Gia Rossi, founder of Energi Studios in Cleveland's Ohio City, knows this firsthand. After losing both of her parents and navigating the shadow of her mother's eating disorder, Gia found her way back to herself through movement — and built a studio to help others do the same. In this episode, she and Ali talk grief, strength, body image, and what it really means to build something rooted in purpose.

Natalie Herbick has stood in front of Cleveland's cameras for years — but it's what happened off-screen that changed everything. In this deeply personal conversation, Natalie opens up about losing her mother to ovarian cancer, navigating her own breast cancer diagnosis, and the advocacy work that emerged from both. This episode is a masterclass in early detection, self-advocacy, and what healing actually looks like when you go all the way in.