Contemplative writing isn’t about grammar or punctuation.  It’s about embarking on a process of discovery, depth, and integration.  It’s about intentionally jump starting change when necessary, changing your perspective, and also shifting your relationship with change.  Listen and learn as Ashley and Leaf talk about the ins and outs of using writing prompts for reflection.  This technique helps you mindfully enhance the change process.  Using this tool will help you live with courage and choose peace.

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Many of us dislike our bodies.  We feed our bodies with unhealthy food, judgment, and shame.  Whether we grow up with bad habits or we ingest cultural messages about beauty, we start to wage war with ourselves.  What if it could be different?  Listen as Ashley talks with Mara Schiavocampo, ABC News Correspondent and author of Thinspired about how to make a shift.  Ironically, self-acceptance is the very place to begin.  Becoming friends with our bodies rather than adversaries allows us to make different choices regarding food, sleep and exercise.  Start your improved relationship today.

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Life doesn’t always seem to be moving forward. Even though we know that change is inevitable, it doesn’t always seem to be happening. We can feel completely stuck in any number of ways: with our relationship, our career, our finances, our physical health. Listen as Ashley talks with Carol Look who describes a simple and effective technique called “EFT: emotional freedom technique.” Also known as tapping, this daily practice could make the difference in your life between being stuck and flowing in an abundant river of life.

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Whether you are sick or well, you most likely visit a doctor or a dentist at least several times a year.  And if you have any medical concerns, you may have frequent tests, procedures, and even surgeries.  It is natural to experience some anxiety and fear as you face the uncertainties and vulnerabilities of all things medical.  However, it doesn’t have to be that way.  Listen as Ashley and Elvira discuss specific strategies to reduce your anxiety and increase your sense of empowerment.  Through “comfort talk” and “self hypnosis”, you can have a much better medical experience.

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What happens if you suddenly realize that you’re not living the life you were born to live?  What if you question your work, your marriage, your home and you realize that none of it reflects the authentic you?  Listen as Ashley talks with Lani McKinnon, a woman who recreated her life from the ground up.  Learn about how to orchestrate a life ‘makeover’, including life maps, life coaching, and heart whispers.  Find out how you can summon the courage to create a life that you truly love. 

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Raising children is a big part of many people’s lives – a journey that requires an enormous amount of love, time, energy, and attention.  So when the children spread their wings and fly, leaving you in an empty nest, what happens next?  Join Ashley and her guest Katrina Kenison as they discuss the aspects of loss, grieving, transformation, and opportunity that are all part of this process.  If you’re a ‘free bird’ and even if you’re not, you will learn that you’re not alone in navigating this important rite of passage.

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Have you ever felt like your life was drifting, meaningless?  Do you feel like a zombie going through the motions?  What might happen if you woke up?  Facing the fact that you won’t live forever can have a motivating impact on your days.  How might things change if you treated this year as the last year of your life?  What legacy might you be inspired to leave?  Find out the power of this approach as Ashley talks to Clint Arthur about his experience of waking up.

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If you have a love/hate relationship with food, listen to this program and learn how to create a nourishing relationship with the food that nourishes you.  Ashley and her guest, Denise Lamothe unpack eating disorders of all types as well as solutions for turning things around.  It’s never too late to have a better relationship with the food in your life!

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It doesn’t matter how old you are when a parent dies.  It hurts.  This person who either supported you throughout your life – or didn’t – made a huge impact on you.  When they exit the planet, it is a profound rite of passage.  Even though it’s part of the expected life cycle, it can still be a painful reality.  How do you cope?  How do you use your pain for new growth?  Join Ashley and her guest, Linda Schreyer to talk about parental loss and transcendent possibilities.

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Resilience is about coping gracefully with life’s circumstances.  You might say that resilience is actually key in embracing change, in working with the challenges in your life.  Because when it comes down to it, it’s not what happens in your life that matters most, it’s how you handle what happens.  Fortunately, there are simple ways to rewire your brain for optimal resilience, no matter what is going on in your life.  Learn from Ashley and her guest, Linda Graham, how to do just that.

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