High Heels Higher Standards

Are you actually tired… or is your lifestyle optimized for a version of you that no longer exists?

In this episode of High Heels, Higher Standards, Heidi and Ashley introduce the concept of a Lifestyle Audit — a powerful personal growth tool designed to help ambitious women realign their schedule, habits, environment, and energy with the woman they’re becoming.

Because wellness isn’t just about workouts, green juice, or meditation.

Is your “self-care” actually helping… or just helping you survive burnout?

In this episode of High Heels, Higher Standards, Heidi and Ashley break down the real difference between aesthetic self-care and disciplined self-respect — and why high-achieving women need to stop confusing exhaustion with ambition.

If you’re a driven woman juggling career, leadership, family, and high personal standards — but still feeling tired, resentful, ...

Wellness isn’t self-care. It’s strategy.

In this episode of High Heels, Higher Standards, Ashley interviews Heidi to reframe wellness as a deliberate system that supports ambitious women, not a reaction to burnout. This conversation is for high-performing women who are done normalizing exhaustion and ready to design lives that actually sustain success.

Together, they break down why constant recovery is a sign of a broken system, how ...

January is loud.
Declarations. Reinventions. “New year, new me” energy everywhere.

In this episode of High Heels, Higher Standards, we’re doing something different. Instead of chasing more goals, we’re talking about choosing wisely—and why focus, not frenzy, is the real power move this year.

As we close out January, Ashley turns the mic toward co-host Heidi for a grounded, strategic conversation about priorities, restraint, and i...

What if joy wasn’t something you waited for—but something you intentionally designed?

In this intimate and expansive episode of High Heels, Higher Standards, Ashley sits down solo with her dear friend Doctor Kirsten Phillips for a conversation about building a life that actually feels like yours. One rooted in curiosity, community, intentional joy, and the courage to follow desire without needing it to make sense to anyone else.

This...

What if you’re not broken—just exhausted from trying to be palatable?

In this deeply honest January episode of High Heels, Higher Standards, Heidi and Ashley opt out of "New Year New Me" and fix-yourself culture that tells women they’re perpetually unfinished. As part of our Goals, Not Resolutions series, we’re challenging the idea that growth has to come from self-criticism, endless healing, or constant self-editing.

Ashle...

January doesn’t have to be about reinvention.
It can be about regulation, steadiness, and coming back to yourself.

Join us for our Goals, NOT Resolutions Series in this quietly rebellious episode of High Heels, Higher Standards, Ashley and Heidi dismantle the pressure to “start over” in January and offer a radically calming alternative: stabilization instead of transformation.

If you’re feeling tired, slow, emotionally tender, or...

This New Years Eve ditch the dramatic resolutions and enter 2026 with clarity, confidence, and champagne. 🥂 In this vibrant New Year’s episode of High Heels, Higher Standards, Heidi and Ashley redefine what it means to set goals in a way that ambitious, growth-minded women actually achieve. If you’re searching for “personal growth,” “personal development goals,” or “how to set meaningful goals,” this episode is your fast track to ...

Home for the Drama-Days: How to Deal with Family and Keep Your Cool at Family Holiday Gatherings (Without Matching Chaos)

The holidays are here and so are the opinions, comments, old stories, and emotionally charged casseroles.

In this laugh-out-loud episode of High Heels, Higher Standards, Ashley and Heidi tackle one of the most universal December dilemmas: going home to family dynamics that haven’t evolved… even when you have.

If yo...

Surviving Difficult Guests: You Can Light the Candles and Hold Your Boundaries, Martha Stewart Would Approve

Hosting holiday guests should feel elegant, warm, and maybe a little glamorous… but let’s be honest: sometimes it feels like emotional survival. In this hilarious, practical, high-glam guide to holiday hosting, Ashley and Heidi break down how to handle difficult guests, family dynamics, boundary breakers, and chaotic energy —...

Emotional Hangovers During the Holidays: Coping with the holiday rush and the post party come down

Ever wake up the day after a holiday party feeling emotionally drained, overstimulated, or low-key regretful — even if you had “fun”? Welcome to the emotional hangover, babe. In this raw, cozy-glam holiday episode, Ashley and Heidi unpack the mental fog, post-party crash, family triggers, and loneliness that hit when the glitter settle...

If this is your first holiday, thanksgiving or Christmas without toxic family, a draining partner, or the chaos you grew up with, this episode of High Heels, Higher Standards is your permission slip to protect your peace, protect your energy, and romanticize spending the holidays solo for the softest December of your life. 

In “Untangling the Tinsel: Spending the Holidays Alone Without the Toxic Ones,” hosts Ashley Werner and Heidi ...

Why does spending time with powerful, aligned women make you feel more confident, creative, and unstoppable? In this episode of High Heels, Higher Standards, hosts Ashley Werner and Heidi Hushak break down the science, psychology, and strategy behind what they call The Girl Gang Effect — the transformative power of female friendship.

This conversation blends neuroscience with real-life girl talk, revealing how supportive women liter...

Ever notice how one night of girl talk can leave you feeling lighter, calmer, and more grounded — even if nothing in your life has changed? Turns out, that’s not just emotional — it’s science.

In this funny, cozy, and research-backed episode of High Heels, Higher Standards, hosts Ashley Werner and Heidi Hushak break down the neurochemical power of female friendship — why talking with your girlfriends literally lowers stress, boosts ...

Not every soulmate is romantic. Some wear high heels, carry iced coffee, and show up exactly when you need them most. In this heartfelt and empowering episode, Ashley and Heidi explore the concept of friendship soulmates — the women who change your life and arrive through divine timing.

Together, they unpack the psychology and soul behind female connection:

• What makes a “friendship soulmate” and how to recognize one
• Why female fri...

Black Cat or Golden Retriever? Every woman has had a golden retriever phase,  over-texting, over-giving, over-analyzing, chasing validation instead of embodying self-worth. But that era is over. In this empowering episode, Ashley and Heidi dive deep into “Black Cat Energy,” the art of magnetic feminine confidence, emotional regulation, and the psychology of attraction.

Learn how to stop chasing love, friendship, and success, and sta...

In this powerful and deeply thought-provoking episode of High Heels, Higher Standards, hosts Ashley Werner and Heidi Hushak uncover the real history behind the witch hunts — and how the same systems of fear, control, and silencing that once burned women at the stake still echo in modern culture today.

This episode goes beyond history to explore the psychology of power, the erasure of feminine intelligence, and the modern reclamation...

Ever walk out of a meeting, happy hour, or family dinner feeling completely drained? You might’ve just met an emotional vampire. In this episode of High Heels, Higher Standards, Heidi Hushak and Ashley Werner break down the science and spirituality behind energy drain—and how to protect your personal power from toxic people, workplace burnout, and emotional exhaustion.

The Science: Learn how mirror neurons, cortisol co-regulation, a...

What if you could literally change your life just by shifting your energy? In this powerful episode of High Heels, Higher Standards, hosts Heidi Hushak and Ashley Werner explore the transformative truth behind the phrase “Everything is Energy.”

From the science of neural pathways and mirror neurons to the spiritual practices of grounding and energy clearing, this episode bridges neuroscience, spirituality, and self-awareness in a wa...