Ali AMAC McGuire

Ali “AMAC” McGuire is a speaker, educator, storyteller, healing advocate, and creative force whose journey from addiction to authenticity has become the heart of her work. While she’s earned platinum plaques and toured with major artists like Fetty Wap and Post Malone, those moments don’t define her—what does is the courage it took to change her life from the inside out.

Ali is 13 and a half years sober, but recovery didn’t end with quitting drinking. It took her more than a decade to understand that the real work was in learning why she drank in the first place. Her healing didn’t come in a single moment, but through years of self-discovery, trial and error, and choosing herself again and again. She’s lived the extremes—college dropout, blackout nights, career wins, total burnout—and now she uses those lived experiences to connect, uplift, and remind others: you are not alone.

Through her speaking, music, and the Inner Compass framework she created, Ali helps people navigate their own messy middle. Her message is clear and deeply felt: You are OK, even when you’re not OK.

Ali has spoken at Stanford, Icon Collective, The University of San Diego, and NAMI, and continues to use her voice to guide others through self-awareness, purpose, and healing. Whether she’s on stage or sitting in a circle, she brings the same realness she needed when she was trying to figure it all out.

She’s not here to fix you—she’s here to help you remember that you were never broken.