What does it mean to heal our relationship with being seen?

In Part 2 of The Visibility Wound, Ashleie turns inward and explores what healing can look like when we stop waiting for the outside world to give us permission to be who we are.

Drawing from her own experiences, she reflects and shares how she has actively worked to heal her relationship with visibility, vulnerability, worth, and authenticity—and the realization that this healing is ultimately an internal job.

Because sometimes the permission we've been waiting for isn't coming from an audience, a partner, a leader, a client, a community, or the people we love.

It's ours to give ourselves.

This episode explores vulnerability with yourself, reconnecting with your core truth, letting go of the need to perform an identity, and creating space for the person beneath the roles, expectations, and protective versions of yourself.

Through the symbolism of the Sun, Ashleie reflects on what it means to reconnect with the deepest, most authentic expression of who you are—not who you've learned you need to be in order to be accepted, successful, impressive, or loved.

And ultimately, the question isn't simply “How do I allow myself to be seen?”

It's:

“Can I give myself permission to be?”

Journal With Me

At the end of the episode, Ashleie invites you to sit with two questions:

Who am I when nobody is watching?

and

If nobody validated this part of me, would I still believe it was valuable?

You don't need to have immediate answers. Let the questions work on you.

Because healing the visibility wound may not be about becoming more visible.

It may be about becoming more you, and trusting that your being has value before anyone else witnesses it.

Permission to be isn't something someone else gives you. It's something you give yourself.

Bio

Love Ashleie Elaine is the founder of The Ashleie Elaine Podcast, a sacred space for entrepreneurs, creatives, healers, and helpers to align with purpose and build evidence-based, sustainable programs rooted in spiritual wellness and integrity.

She's a Master of Public Health student at Rutgers (Urban Public Health, MCH certificate) and founder of AEI, a Maternal and Child Health Equity Systems firm. Her work bridges public health, trauma-informed care, and systems building — grounded in 20+ years in behavioral health and 1,000+ hours of Yoga Teacher certification, taught nationally and internationally.

At her core, Love is a builder working toward healing and equity for Black and Latinx families. She's the author of Married to Trauma, a poetic memoir and healing workbook, and host of The Ashleie Elaine Podcast. A mother, storyteller, and world traveler, her work helps others break patterns, reclaim their power, and live on purpose.

📲 IG: @LoveAshleieElaine

🌐 Linktree: linktr.ee/SoulworkwithLove 🎧 Podcast: The Ashleie Elaine Podcast (available on all podcasting platforms)

Visibility vs. Validation

What happens when being seen becomes tied to our sense of worth and how we receive validation?

In this episode, Ashleie Elaine explores the complicated relationship between visibility and validation and how the desire to be seen can quietly become a desire to be confirmed, affirmed, or proven worthy.

The conversation moves through entrepreneurship, leadership, creativity, and connection, examining the ways our relationship with visibility can shape how we build, lead, create, and relate to others.

What happens when we create something, and nobody responds? When we lead but don't receive recognition? When we share ourselves but secretly need the audience to tell us that what we're offering matters?

And on the other side of visibility: what happens when we hide?

When ego becomes armor. When we curate a version of ourselves that feels safer than being fully known. When being visible doesn't necessarily mean we're being authentic.

This isn't a conversation about becoming less visible or caring less about recognition.

It's about learning to separate being seen from being validated.

Because we can want to be witnessed, celebrated, understood, and known—and still know that our worth doesn't depend on someone else's ability or willingness to see it.

“I can desire to be seen without needing your seeing to determine my worth.”

And maybe that's where the healing begins.

Questions to unpack shared within the episode:

• Do I want to be witnessed or validated?
• What happens when nobody acknowledges something I've done?
• Do I feel less valuable when something isn't recognized?
• Am I creating because I value the creation—or because I want someone to notice?
• Can something be meaningful even if nobody sees it?

Ashleie Elaine is the founder of The Ashleie Elaine Podcast, a sacred space for entrepreneurs, creatives, healers, and helpers to align with purpose and build evidence-based, sustainable programs rooted in spiritual wellness and integrity.

She's a Master of Public Health student at Rutgers (Urban Public Health, MCH certificate) and founder of AEI, a Maternal and Child Health Equity Systems firm. Her work bridges public health, trauma-informed care, and systems building — grounded in 20+ years in behavioral health and 1,000+ hours of Yoga Teacher certification, taught nationally and internationally.

At her core, Love is a builder working toward healing and equity for Black and Latinx families. She's the author of Married to Trauma, a poetic memoir and healing workbook, and host of The Ashleie Elaine Podcast. A mother, storyteller, and world traveler, her work helps others break patterns, reclaim their power, and live on purpose.

📲 IG: @LoveAshleieElaine 🌐 Linktree: linktr.ee/SoulworkwithLove 🎧 Podcast: The Ashleie Elaine Podcast (available on all podcasting platforms)

In this episode of Stories as Medicine, Ashleie sits down with her longtime friend Siah for a powerful conversation about resilience, healing, and purpose. Siah shares her journey from Liberia to the United States, reflecting on the trauma, homelessness, and cultural challenges that shaped her path. Together, they explore how adversity can become fertile ground for purpose, leading Siah to create Victors in Christ, an organization dedicated to empowering children in Liberia through education, counseling, and community support. This intimate dialogue weaves together themes of spiritual timing, personal healing, and the courage required to transform pain into meaningful action for the next generation.

Siah Stevens is the founder of Victors In Christ, a nonprofit dedicated to restoring hope and strengthening families through faith, compassion, and community support. Born and raised in Monrovia, Liberia, she immigrated to the United States at the age of fifteen and has since devoted her life to serving others, supporting and healing communities, advocating for social justice, and working to build a more inclusive world. She is a woman of faith, a mother, and a leader who is passionate about empowering people to heal from the roots of their pain so they can grow into the vines of their strength and purpose.

To help support the mission of Victors in Christ in Liberia, email Siah at [email protected]

Victors in Christ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/share/1MWh3bMN95/?mibextid=wwXIfr

📲 IG: @SoulworkwithLove 🌐 Linktree: linktr.ee/SoulworkwithLove

🎧 Podcast: The Ashleie Elaine Podcast (available on all podcasting platforms)

a conversation with Sara Aljneibi on tending to the inner garden — beauty as embodiment, ritual as healing, and returning to the body in a world that profits off our disconnection.

Sara Aljneibi is an artist, ritualist, medicine woman and embodiment guide with roots stretching from the Arabian peninsula to Northern England and Europe.

Passionate about feminine mysticism and women’s rites of passage, Sara’s work bridges ancient wisdom, with our modern lives and future potential. She guides Shamanic ceremonies and transformative processes through rituals, breathwork, and embodiment practices rooted in love, pleasure and abundance. Her work is centered around the intelligence of the body as a conduit and an inseparable part of nature. Weaving with the elements and working intimately with flowers, plants and trees as teachers, guides and allies.

Her deepest joy is walking with women to their fullest potential. Empowering them to lead a sovereign life from a place of grounded and integrated presence. Guiding the journey back to their original blueprint and supporting them inhabit their own bodies, minds, hearts and energy.

Founder of the Black Tent, an Arabian rite of passage immersion. Sara continues to offer immersive retreats around the world including online offerings and on-ground workshops. Her yearly in person Black Tent immersion invites women from all over the world to deepen their roots and embody their sovereign power.

https://www.hawasara.com/

Black Tent in person retreat for women in the UAE on 21-24 March 2026.

https://www.hawasara.com/black-tent-2026

📲 IG: @SoulworkwithLove 🌐 Linktree: linktr.ee/SoulworkwithLove 🎧 Podcast: The Ashleie Elaine Podcast (available on all podcasting platforms)

In this episode, Love talks about the importance of leadership embodying their whole self and how it helps attract the clients they are called to serve. The parts of you that you call shame or are scared to be vulnerable with are the very parts of you that your soul client needs. Save time and money by being authentic with your whole self!

Current services:

Soulful Strategy & Vision Alignment consulting

https://aeistudios.my.canva.site/soulvision

Meditation + Energy Cleanse session

https://buy.stripe.com/4gM8wOaqua5W4i2btneUU04

Virtual Heal Shop: Yoga Nidra + restorative yoga session , February 21st, 2026. https://buy.stripe.com/9B6cN47ei7XOcOy7d7eUU05

About Love Ashleie Elaine: Love Ashleie Elaine is the founder of Ashleie Elaine Inc., a sacred space partnering with entrepreneurs, creatives, healers, and helpers globally to align with their purpose and build evidence-based, sustainable programs rooted in spiritual wellness and integrity. Through this work, she provides guidance that ensures visionary efforts are not only impactful but built to stand the test of time.

She is a Master of Public Health student at Rutgers University, pursuing Urban Public Health with a certificate in Maternal and Child Health, and a member of the University Senate. Love’s work sits at the intersection of public health, trauma-informed care, and holistic systems building, with over 20 years of experience in behavioral health supporting children and families. A 500-hour experienced yoga teacher, she has taught nationally and internationally and developed early-intervention curricula using yoga and somatic practices as behavioral and emotional support tools for children ages 3–5, an age group she believes shapes the trajectory of lifelong health and wellbeing.

At her core, Love is a builder with a long-term vision to create a Perinatal and Early Childhood Comprehensive Healing Center that integrates research, ancestral wisdom, and community-based practice to support Black and Latinx families. She is the author of Married to Trauma, a poetic memoir and healing workbook, and the host of The Soul Work Podcast—a space for somatic healing, body wisdom, and soulful transformation. A mother, storyteller, speaker, and world traveler, Love’s work empowers others to break patterns, reclaim their power, and live with purpose.

📲 IG: @SoulworkwithLove 🌐 Website: linktr.ee/SoulworkwithLove 🎧 Podcast: The Ashleie Elaine Podcast (available on all podcasting platforms)

Growth isn’t linear—and freedom often comes through disruption. In this episode, Ian shares how trauma became a catalyst for healing, spiritual awakening, and planting a new life rooted in land, purpose, and truth. To connect with Coach Lewis follow him here:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Coachlewis215/

Ig: https://www.instagram.com/coachlewis215/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@coachlewis215

Current services with AEI:

Soulful Strategy & Vision Alignment consulting

https://aeistudios.my.canva.site/soulvision

About Love Ashleie Elaine: Love Ashleie Elaine is the founder of Ashleie Elaine Inc., a sacred space partnering with entrepreneurs, creatives, healers, and helpers globally to align with their purpose and build evidence-based, sustainable programs rooted in spiritual wellness and integrity. Through this work, she provides guidance that ensures visionary efforts are not only impactful, but built to stand the test of time.

She is a Master of Public Health student at Rutgers University, pursuing Urban Public Health with a certificate in Maternal and Child Health, and a member of the University Senate. Love’s work sits at the intersection of public health, trauma-informed care, and holistic systems building, with over 20 years of experience in behavioral health supporting children and families. A 500-hour experienced yoga teacher, she has taught nationally and internationally and developed early-intervention curricula using yoga and somatic practices as behavioral and emotional support tools for children ages 3–5, an age group she believes shapes the trajectory of lifelong health and wellbeing.

At her core, Love is a builder with a long-term vision to create a Perinatal and Early Childhood Comprehensive Healing Center that integrates research, ancestral wisdom, and community-based practice to support Black and Latinx families. She is the author of Married to Trauma, a poetic memoir and healing workbook, and the host of The Soul Work Podcast—a space for somatic healing, body wisdom, and soulful transformation. A mother, storyteller, speaker, and world traveler, Love’s work empowers others to break patterns, reclaim their power, and live with purpose.

📲 IG: @SoulworkwithLove 🌐 Website: linktr.ee/SoulworkwithLove 🎧 Podcast: The Ashleie Elaine Podcast (available on all podcasting platforms)

Your story has the power to help heal or harm others. How you heal matters.

In this episode, Love talks about the importance of healing as a leader and how your story has the power to help, heal, or harm others.

Current services:

Soulful Strategy & Vision Alignment consulting

https://aeistudios.my.canva.site/soulvision

Meditation + Energy Cleanse session

https://buy.stripe.com/4gM8wOaqua5W4i2btneUU04

Virtual Heal Shop: Yoga Nidra + Restorative yoga February 21st, 2026 11am-12:30pm https://buy.stripe.com/9B6cN47ei7XOcOy7d7eUU05

Ready to start your podcast and share your voice and your story with the world? Join me on the greater podcasting platform RSS to start today! The Ashleie Elaine Podcast is an RSS affiliate.

https://rss.com/?via=Soulworkwithlove

About Love Ashleie Elaine: Love Ashleie Elaine is the founder of Ashleie Elaine Inc., a sacred space partnering with entrepreneurs, creatives, healers, and helpers globally to align with their purpose and build evidence-based, sustainable programs rooted in spiritual wellness and integrity. Through this work, she provides guidance that ensures visionary efforts are not only impactful but built to stand the test of time.

She is a Master of Public Health student at Rutgers University, pursuing Urban Public Health with a certificate in Maternal and Child Health, and a member of the University Senate. Love’s work sits at the intersection of public health, trauma-informed care, and holistic systems building, with over 20 years of experience in behavioral health supporting children and families. A 500-hour experienced yoga teacher, she has taught nationally and internationally and developed early-intervention curricula using yoga and somatic practices as behavioral and emotional support tools for children ages 3–5, an age group she believes shapes the trajectory of lifelong health and wellbeing.

At her core, Love is a builder with a long-term vision to create a Perinatal and Early Childhood Comprehensive Healing Center that integrates research, ancestral wisdom, and community-based practice to support Black and Latinx families. She is the author of Married to Trauma, a poetic memoir and healing workbook, and the host of The Soul Work Podcast—a space for somatic healing, body wisdom, and soulful transformation. A mother, storyteller, speaker, and world traveler, Love’s work empowers others to break patterns, reclaim their power, and live with purpose.

📲 IG: @SoulworkwithLove 🌐 Website: linktr.ee/SoulworkwithLove 🎧 Podcast: The Ashleie Elaine Podcast (available on all podcasting platforms)

Your story isn’t a period. It’s a comma. What’s happened to you is real—but it isn’t where you end.

In this episode, Love dives into healing our stories and talks about how we get stuck in our stories and how to get unstuck, how the power of our narratives and stories show up in how we live day to day and that we are allowed to rewrite our story at any given moment!

1) How we get stuck in “what was” and “what should’ve been.”

2) The power of narrative: we don’t choose what happens, but we do choose how we hold it.

3) Rewriting your story as ongoing, alive, still unfolding.

Current services:

Soulful Strategy & Vision ALignment consulting

https://aeistudios.my.canva.site/soulvision

Meditation + Energy Cleanse session

https://buy.stripe.com/4gM8wOaqua5W4i2btneUU04

Virtual Heal Shop: Yoga Nidra + Restore session on February 21st 11am est https://buy.stripe.com/9B6cN47ei7XOcOy7d7eUU05

https://rss.com/?via=Soulworkwithlove

About Love Ashleie Elaine: Love Ashleie Elaine is the founder of Ashleie Elaine Inc., a sacred space partnering with entrepreneurs, creatives, healers, and helpers globally to align with their purpose and build evidence-based, sustainable programs rooted in spiritual wellness and integrity. Through this work, she provides guidance that ensures visionary efforts are not only impactful but built to stand the test of time.

She is a Master of Public Health student at Rutgers University, pursuing Urban Public Health with a certificate in Maternal and Child Health, and a member of the University Senate. Love’s work sits at the intersection of public health, trauma-informed care, and holistic systems building, with over 20 years of experience in behavioral health supporting children and families. A 500-hour experienced yoga teacher, she has taught nationally and internationally and developed early-intervention curricula using yoga and somatic practices as behavioral and emotional support tools for children ages 3–5, an age group she believes shapes the trajectory of lifelong health and wellbeing.

At her core, Love is a builder with a long-term vision to create a Perinatal and Early Childhood Comprehensive Healing Center that integrates research, ancestral wisdom, and community-based practice to support Black and Latinx families. She is the author of Married to Trauma, a poetic memoir and healing workbook, and the host of The Soul Work Podcast—a space for somatic healing, body wisdom, and soulful transformation. A mother, storyteller, speaker, and world traveler, Love’s work empowers others to break patterns, reclaim their power, and live with purpose.

📲 IG: @SoulworkwithLove 🌐 Website: linktr.ee/SoulworkwithLove 🎧 Podcast: The Ashleie Elaine Podcast (available on all podcasting platforms)

In this episode, Love Ashleie Elaine shares with us when it's time to start building community for our brand, business, and intervention. We can be a one-man band, and elevation comes when we allow someone in to help guide us and hold us. You can do it alone, but you’ll get there faster, stronger, and with more joy if you don’t.

1. Why isolation keeps programs small and slow; how aligned community energy amplifies impact.
2. How mentorship, peer accountability, and collective energy help turn ideas into systems.
3. Creating a container for support: weekly check-ins, group calls, shared practices.

Current services:

Soulful Strategy & Vision Alignment consulting

https://aeistudios.my.canva.site/soulvision

Meditation + Energy Cleanse session

https://buy.stripe.com/4gM8wOaqua5W4i2btneUU04

Virtual Heal Shop: Yin + Yoga Nidra session

https://buy.stripe.com/9B6cN47ei7XOcOy7d7eUU05

About Love Ashleie Elaine: Love Ashleie Elaine is the founder of Ashleie Elaine Inc., a sacred space partnering with entrepreneurs, creatives, healers, and helpers globally to align with their purpose and build evidence-based, sustainable programs rooted in spiritual wellness and integrity. Through this work, she provides guidance that ensures visionary efforts are not only impactful but built to stand the test of time.

She is a Master of Public Health student at Rutgers University, pursuing a degree in Urban Public Health with a certificate in Maternal and Child Health, and a member of the University Senate. Love’s work sits at the intersection of public health, trauma-informed care, and holistic systems building, with over 20 years of experience in behavioral health supporting children and families. A 500-hour experienced yoga teacher, she has taught nationally and internationally, developing early-intervention curricula that utilize yoga and somatic practices as behavioral and emotional support tools for children aged 3–5, an age group she believes significantly influences the trajectory of lifelong health and wellbeing.

At her core, Love is a builder with a long-term vision to create a Perinatal and Early Childhood Comprehensive Healing Center that integrates research, ancestral wisdom, and community-based practice to support Black and Latinx families. She is the author of "Married to Trauma," a poetic memoir and healing workbook, and the host of "The Soul Work Podcast," a space for somatic healing, body wisdom, and soulful transformation. A mother, storyteller, speaker, and world traveler, Love’s work empowers others to break patterns, reclaim their power, and live with purpose.

📲 IG: @SoulworkwithLove 🌐 Website: linktr.ee/SoulworkwithLove 🎧 Podcast: The Ashleie Elaine Podcast (available on all podcasting platforms)

In this episode, Love Ashleie Elaine gives insight into reworking your previous ideas and building strategy for them. It’s cool wanting to create change, but now you need a plan for it so it can flow and create ease and expansion. In this episode:

1. Inspiration vs implementation: ideas without structure die before they’re born.
2. What a “birthing plan” is: your blueprint to move ideas from thought → action → impact.
3. How to start small but structured: steps, milestones, and accountability systems.

Current services:

Soulful Strategy & Vision ALignment consulting

https://aeistudios.my.canva.site/soulvision

Meditation + Energy Cleanse session

https://buy.stripe.com/4gM8wOaqua5W4i2btneUU04

Virtual Heal Shop: Yin + Yoga Nidra session https://buy.stripe.com/9B6cN47ei7XOcOy7d7eUU05

About Love Ashleie Elaine: Love Ashleie Elaine is the founder of Ashleie Elaine Inc., a sacred space partnering with entrepreneurs, creatives, healers, and helpers globally to align with their purpose and build evidence-based, sustainable programs rooted in spiritual wellness and integrity. Through this work, she provides guidance that ensures visionary efforts are not only impactful, but built to stand the test of time.

She is a Master of Public Health student at Rutgers University, pursuing Urban Public Health with a certificate in Maternal and Child Health, and a member of the University Senate. Love’s work sits at the intersection of public health, trauma-informed care, and holistic systems building, with over 20 years of experience in behavioral health supporting children and families. A 500-hour experienced yoga teacher, she has taught nationally and internationally and developed early-intervention curricula using yoga and somatic practices as behavioral and emotional support tools for children ages 3–5, an age group she believes shapes the trajectory of lifelong health and wellbeing.

At her core, Love is a builder with a long-term vision to create a Perinatal and Early Childhood Comprehensive Healing Center that integrates research, ancestral wisdom, and community-based practice to support Black and Latinx families. She is the author of Married to Trauma, a poetic memoir and healing workbook, and the host of The Soul Work Podcast—a space for somatic healing, body wisdom, and soulful transformation. A mother, storyteller, speaker, and world traveler, Love’s work empowers others to break patterns, reclaim their power, and live with purpose.

📲 IG: @SoulworkwithLove 🌐 Website: linktr.ee/SoulworkwithLove 🎧 Podcast: The Ashleie Elaine Podcast (available on all podcasting platforms)

Ready to start your own podcast and share your voice?

https://rss.com/?via=Soulworkwithlove