My Story

The older you get, the more life will hit you with tough challenges, disease, death, loss of jobs, pandemics, wars, etc. Experiencing many of these life events within a brief time span, resulted in what I consider to be one big traumatic event in my life and the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back, which led to the creation of On the Bright Side LLC. It seemed like before I had enough time to process one, I was hit with another. Through fitness, spirituality, mindset tools, community service, supplements, nutrition, and counseling, I began to heal. In many ways, I am still healing and getting a little better one day or step at a time. 

On the Bright Side LLC provides resources and stories to enable you and demonstrate how investing more into your emotional and physical health can help you and your community. I’ve been diagnosed with melanoma twice. Reflecting upon my own mortality and the possibility that my time with my family and friends could be much shorter than the average lifespan, I made a choice to do everything possible to maximize and enrich the time with them, optimize my physical and mental health, and leave a legacy of resilience and a blueprint of perseverance, to receive and give the most out of this life you possibly can. To maximize your relationship with God. Hopefully, how I navigate my challenges sets a good example for others and gives them hope that in spite of the hardships they face, there is a silver lining.... a "Bright Side." 

If you are at a point in your life like I was, unhappy and ready for a change, maybe questioning how the heck you got here, we hope and encourage you to make that change. In order to make significant and lasting change in your life, you have to begin to understand what shaped your mindset that led to your actions, that got you to where you are. There's a good chance you'll have to dig deeper than recent events.  You might have to dig into your childhood.   I've personally discovered that I've learned how to mask, numb, and compartmentalize a lifetime full of "trauma" that I've never fully dealt with. After embarking on that journey into my past, having a conversation with the young man and boy I used to be, forgiving him for the “mistakes” he’s made, I’ve found myself on a much more effective path and a mindset more effective at tackling the challenges that life brings, producing the outcomes I want, and ultimately bringing more personal peace and less conflict. 

Regardless of the traumas you've experienced, you can persevere. Within those hardships are valuable lessons that build resiliency and provide us with the tools for success. In the end, you must be accountable for your own actions and your place in life. Whether or not I knew how to deal with the challenges I faced, where I ended up is 100% a result of how I reacted to them. That’s both humbling and empowering. I am not perfect, and personal development is a lifelong journey.  The moment you think you have it all figured out, life will humble you, and show you just how much more there is to learn.  With every skill learned, there is an infinite amount more to choose to start another journey on.    But, I believe that truly living, is not sitting around waiting for things to come to you, reacting to life...it's making your life.  It's learning to love the journey with all of its peaks and valleys, hardships and triumphs.  Perhaps most importantly, it's learning to love the journey together as a community, facing the challenges that we all face together, side by side to celebrate each other's wins and to walk beside each other in our times of darkness or loss.

I will be sharing more details of my personal experiences as On the Bright Side LLC evolves, first and foremost, for my children, my wife, and family, and our community. I’d like to share the tools I’ve used, sharing the experts I’ve learned from and their insight into the health and wellness field, as well as your stories of triumph and resiliency. I hope we can enable others who face health and wellness challenges to realize they can change the aspects of their life that they are unhappy with, be more at peace, and in a better position to serve others and have a meaningful impact in our community. It’s an exciting journey and while it's not free of reservations and challenges, it’s backed by the belief that you never fail until you give up and no matter how small your strides are so long as they are in the right direction you are on the path to success. Thank you for taking the time to learn about me. I’m looking forward to partnering with you to make a positive impact on our communities!

Adam McCaa 

On the Bright Side LLC.

Last updated 6/14/2025