Cecily Mak

Cecily Mak is co-founder of Wisdom Ventures and the visionary behind ClearLife. She is a former lawyer and Silicon Valley executive turned writer and podcast host who helps people create undimmed lives full of intention and presence for themselves, free from the stigmas of addiction.

ClearLife was borne from Cecily’s own experience of choosing to stop using alcohol and other escapist substances as a dimmer in her life. Although she started her alcohol- and substance-free journey as a 30-day experiment, she quickly realized that her life felt so much clearer, richer, and more intentional without them.

As she continued her journey, Cecily discovered that many other people are also ready to change their relationship with substances, unhealthy eating habits, workaholism, obsessive people-pleasing, and other unhelpful habits – and don’t identify as addicts or resonate with the “12 steps” approach to reframing their relationship with unhealthy forms of escapism.

The ClearLife community she has helped create through her podcast, newsletter, and social media channels includes 130,000+ people who are interested in creating clearer and more intentional and presence-filled lives for themselves.

Cecily’s upcoming book, UNDIMMED: Awareness Practices to Reclaim Power, Agency, and Freedom from Unwanted Habits, will be published by Flatiron Press (Macmillan) in early 2026.