Live at Your Edge

This month Ashley does a deep dive into feeling your feelings (yes, all of them!), and discusses how someone can move from being emotionally blocked to having full emotional freedom. Join Ashley to learn the 3 phases of emotional healing, what to expect during each phase, and what it feels like to emerge on the other side.

• Why is feeling your feelings so important for us? (1:41)
• Why we’re all a little bit numb (6:53)
• 3 phases to r...

This month Ashley shares 3 essential things we need to heal emotionally. Tune in to learn the foundational principles for healing any pain points in your life, where to find free resources for building these skills, and how these 3 skills can completely transform your life for the better.

• Why all of us have trauma and why it’s a GOOD thing (3:57)
• There are 3 basic things you need to heal (10:36)
•  #1 Safety within yourself (11:22)
• #...

In this first episode of Season 2, Ashley discusses the idea that human beings are innately wired to connect with the sacred, universal energies that make up the unseen realms. Join Ashley to understand why sacred experiences don’t have to be spiritual or religious in nature, but in fact can be the most basic, essential experience of being intensely present in a human body – and why this can be so critical for our well-being.

• Is...

It’s the Season 1 Finale! Ashley shares her own perspective on why it’s so hard to trust ourselves, even when our body’s signals about a situation are loud and clear. Tune in to hear Ashley’s story behind the creation of this show, how our bodies speak to us when it’s time for a change, and why it’s imperative that we stop second guessing ourselves.

• The backstory behind the creation of this show (3:39)
• What it can feel like when ...

Ashley and Lauren discuss some of the more challenging chapters of healing, and why healing can feel so scary and isolating at times (but it doesn’t have to!). Tune in to learn about how healing has cosmic implications beyond ourselves, why self-healing education is crucial, and the one thing you need to safely heal anything on your own. 

• What the purging phase of healing can look like (3:43)
• Why some problems can’t be solved unt...

Ashley talks about the way we handle transitions and endings, and some of the skills that may help transitions feel easier and more complete. Tune in to learn why taking pauses to sit fully in the feeling of change and uncertainty, saying proper goodbyes, and allowing ourselves to fully experience our sense of sadness over endings can completely transform the way we feel during the biggest change points in our lives.

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Ashley and Lauren do a deep dive into handling difficult emotions like disappointment. Tune in to look “under the hood” of some of our most unpleasant emotions, to learn how our emotions point directly to our wounds, and to understand why healing is essential before we can put our past behind us.

 In this episode

• What’s really underneath disappointment (4:24)
• The 8 unpleasant human emotions (9:13)
• What your adult reaction to a diff...

Ashley shares how her relationship to her work and creativity are shifting as our collective society re-evaluates what is sustainable and best for us. Tune in to hear about how the old paradigm of WORK = STRUGGLE is falling apart and how the new paradigm of following what we enjoy is becoming the new standard.

In this episode

• The old stories that say work is hard and defines our worth (2:40)
• How we are re-imagining our relationshi...

Ashley and Lauren talk about what it’s like to lose hope sometimes when you’re traversing a long and arduous healing path. Tune in to learn how powerlessness wounds can block us from making progress, how powerlessness is connected to rage, and what to do when you find yourself feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or hopeless.

In this episode

• Episode highlights (1:11)
• Ashley and Lauren’s experiences with losing hope (4:19)
• The struggle of li...

Ashley talks about energy leaks and shares a surprising example from her own life. Tune in to learn about why energy leaks show up in our lives, how they can negatively impact us, and how to clear them away from your life.

 In this episode

• What energy leaks are and why they happen (0:14)
• A personal example from Ashley’s life (2:18)
• What happens when you plug the leaks (4:08)
• How to identify energy leaks in your own life (5:19)
• Why mi...

Ashley and Lauren talk about why it is essential to have a powerful context for understanding our lives, and how a contextual framework like astrology can help us to maintain a big picture perspective and distill meaning from our experiences. Tune in to learn about why having a powerful context is so critical to finding meaning and happiness, how we benefit from letting go of our attachment to understanding everything, and why cont...

Welcome to 2023! Ashley discusses a way to reframe and embrace the idea of being “good enough” as an antidote to exhaustion and perfectionism. Tune in to learn the root cause of perfectionism, why perfectionism is so destructive to our well-being, and how to navigate the boundary between giving enough and giving too much of yourself.

In this episode

•  How we can re-define what “good enough” means to us (0:55) 
• The root causes of pe...

Ashley and Lauren discuss how our wounds disrupt the flow of energy in our bodies, and why this affects our health and happiness. Tune in to learn all about your energy body, why your root chakra is so important to your well-being, and a secret root cause behind chronic pain and illness. 

In this episode

• What are the chakras (0:30)
• Why the first chakra is the most important to heal (4:18)
• A secret root cause behind chronic pain and...

Ashley talks about our relationship to the seasons and why we often struggle emotionally in the winter. Tune in to learn about the energies held within each season, why our relationship to the seasons is so important for our happiness and fulfillment, and ways to lean into the deep, reflective potency of the winter.

In this episode

• The unique energies held by the four seasons (2:22)
• Why our relationship to the seasons is so import...

Ashley and Lauren discuss common defenses that may come up during healing, and the process of reclaiming parts of yourself that were discarded in childhood. Tune in to learn about defenses to look out for, why attachment trauma is at the root of so many wounds, why shame is likely to come up during healing, and a powerful tool for moving difficult emotions.

In this episode

• Defenses that often come up during healing (3:49)
• What anx...

Ashley talks about a conversation with her husband that showed her how we can still still be in pain over who we used to be. Tune in to learn why our ability to love and accept every moment of who we’ve been in our lives can profoundly impact our happiness and relationships today, and one idea for how to expand this capacity.

In this episode

• Becoming a new parent can be a good opportunity to heal old wounds (1:10)
• Conve...

Ashley and Lauren discuss the art of allowing unprocessed emotions to arise by calming the nervous system. Tune in to learn how to do a daily nervous system reset and discover why resetting the nervous system encourages unprocessed emotion to come to the surface for healing.

In this episode

• Why our modern lifestyles take a toll on our nervous system (3:28) 
• The key to uncovering deeper emotion is calming the nervous syst...

Ashley discusses a technique that makes it easier to process difficult emotions. Tune in to learn how to feel safe with any emotion, and how this skillset can dramatically improve your quality of life and speed up healing.

In this episode:

• How our adult consciousness can create a safe space within us for the child part of us to feel anything that comes up (2:20)
• Why this skill can enhance our quality of life (3:17)
• Why blocking neg...