Over the last 8 years of healing, I’ve made my share of mistakes – all painful in their own ways, but all deeply instructive. In this episode, I’m sharing five of the biggest ones I’ve made, how they humbled and shaped me, and ultimately helped me grow. If you’re on your own healing path, I hope these might help you avoid falling into the same traps – or at least know you’re not alone in the winding, imperfect, and humbling journey of healing!

0:48 – #1 Believing one day I’d be “healed” and life would be easy
4:38 – #2 Trying to remember everything I learned
6:44 – #3 Fearing that the darkness inside was too much for me
9:31 – #4 Worrying I would never heal enough to be at peace
13:08 – #5 Believing that a healing path is the best way to live

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Trying to stay sane during this intense chapter of history? This week I'm sharing the fascinating, dualistic state that helps me stay sane right now. Grab a cup of tea and join me for this juicy exploration of how peace coexists with fiery passion, how humans can occupy two states at once, and how our visioning fuels the creation of the new reality that's arriving. Do you have a vision for the new world? :)

1:16 – This chapter of history is when we’re dreaming up everything anew
2:03 – Duality Part 1: Feeling at peace with how things are
5:44 – Duality Part 2: Refusing to accept that things must be the way they are
8:38 – The fuel that propels the new into reality
10:08 – Our capacity to occupy two “oppositional” states at once (How cool!)

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Struggling with anxiety? This week I discuss one common root cause of chronic anxiety: early life trauma. While modern medicine often treats chronic conditions as though they are permanent, I’ve personally found the opposite: that they can meaningfully improve under our care, if only we can identify the root cause. Join me to learn how early life trauma rewires our brains, why this potentially primes us for chronic anxiety, and – most importantly – how knowing this empowers us to repair our nervous systems and reduce our anxiety.

2:45 - The problem with how doctors treat chronic conditions

5:54 - Is early life trauma the root cause of chronic anxiety?

9:15 - Why the brain doesn’t care WHAT happened – only whether it could cope

10:52 - How trauma rewires the brain – and how this primes us for anxiety

17:10 - Yes, this can heal!!

19:07 - We are not broken – we just need care

20:26 - Techniques for healing

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Curious about what sparked this season of Live at Your Edge? In this more personal episode, I share the inner experiences that sparked the rebirth of Live at Your Edge after it was dormant for almost 2 years. Grab a cup of tea and hang out with me as I reflect on the past year, an epiphany that changed everything, and why I LOVE being here with you.

• How my reasons for doing this project have changed (2:32)
• The (hilarious) epiphany that changed everything (9:12)
• Why I have to “build the airplane in the air” (17:22)
• How I want to show up, and why I love being with you :)

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When life gets hard, it’s easy to feel pulled into survival mode – coping, pushing through, getting by.

In this episode, Ashley reflects on what has helped most during the toughest chapters of her life. She shares four practices that have helped her move beyond survival and exhaustion – and call in more light, resilience, and creativity. What might it look like to move from coping into something more sustaining?

• 4 techniques that actually help me in hard times (1:30)
• Practice #1: When dark emotions come, let them in (2:42)
• When shame and judgement come up (and they probably will!) (7:59)
• Practice #2: Find opportunities for self-expansion (15:02)
• Practice #3: Embody the temporary nature of everything (18:18)
• Practice #4: Go outside! (23:34)

For more on Havening technique, check out these episodes:

S1 E5 – Navigate the Road to Healing

S2 E2 – 3 Must-Haves for Healing

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Have you ever been told you should conquer your fears?? In this week's episode, Ashley explains why conquering fear doesn't work and what we can do instead. Join Ashley to learn about ways we can work directly with our fears to process and release them, and create more peace in our bodies.

1:35 Why "conquering" fear by facing it doesn't really work

4:36 The only way to truly transform fear

7:06 Practice #1: Creating safety in our bodies (5 ways to do this)

13:13 Practice #2: Amplifying our fear (and how to embody it)

17:17 Practice #3: Mentally living out our fears (the power of our imaginations)

20:03 Why this works

Check out the episodes below for more info on these topics:

S1, Ep3 – Feel Safe with Any Emotion
S2, Ep2 – 3 Must-Haves for Healing

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Welcome back!! Join Ashley for season 3, where we're zeroing in on human evolution at both the personal and collective levels. Join Ashley for today's discussion about how we can orient to life during this era of massive change in the human collective.

1:16 Why right now feels so intense

3:06 Why the "fall apart" is exactly what we need

4:47 We don't have as much control as we think -- but this is actually good!

7:33 Why our brains hate uncertainty so much

9:45 The significance of 2026-2027

10:43 Why staying connected with a high perspective is so important right now

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This month Ashley discusses how our emotions and physical bodies are not separate but one in the same. Join Ashley to learn how emotional healing heals the body, how detoxifying the body clears out old emotions, and how we can attain the most freedom in our lives by healing both ways.

• The difference between intellectual knowing and experiential knowing (2:32)
• How emotional healing can heal the body (5:11)
• How physical healing can release and heal old emotions (8:22)
• Why the physical and emotional realms are really all the same thing (13:36)
• We get to heal BOTH ways (16:26)
• We have the potential to be some of the happiest, healthiest humans who have ever lived (19:28)

Links
Deep Tissue Cleansing with Natalia Rose
https://nataliarose.com/what-is-deep-tissue-cleansing/

Quantum Entanglement
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/quantum-entanglement-isnt-all-that-spooky-after-all1/

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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 restore feeling all your feelings (12:37)
• Phase 1 – Emotional De-Armoring (13:24)
• Phase 2 – Emotional Purging (20:16)
• Phase 3 – Emotional Freedom (26:49)
• Here’s why feeling your feelings can help this planet (32:09)

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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)
• #2 Radical self-honesty (15:10)
• #3 Permission to feel ALL your feelings (21:21)
• Why feeling your feelings is the opposite of what we normally do (26:19)
• Why your feelings are so important and how they will unblock your life (30:42)
• Why you should create a practice space in your house (35:12)
• Why you have to “build the airplane in the air” to grow these skills (38:06)

Check out our previous episodes for more info on these topics:

Radical self-honesty
      Season1, Episode 1 – How to See What You Can’t See

Separation of the Higher Self & Inner Child
      S1, Ep3 – Feel Safe with Any Emotion
      S1, Ep 12 – When You Lose Hope

Calming the nervous system & creating a meditation practice
      S1, E3 – Reveal Your Hidden Emotions

Havening technique
      S1, Ep 5 – Navigate the Road to Healing

Creating safety & navigating healing
      S1, Ep16 – Battling Our Inner Dragons

Resources:
Lauren's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@emotional-answers

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