Follow along as I share my story about how suicide forever changed my life 💔

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Come as you are. You owe it to yourself to become everything you’ve ever dreamed of being. Self love will get you there. Self love will heal your wounds, empower you to live your best life, revive you and open you up to be your most authentic self. Self love is the key to your mental, physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. It might feel hard to love yourself sometimes, but trust me it is harder to not love yourself. Let these words of affirmation support you on your journey and guide you into a deeper sense of self love. Let these words help you remember your power. 

Join me for this incredible conversation with one of my good friends Maria, who is the Founder of the Movement Shop. The Movement Shop offers workout apparel and athleisure-wear for every body and everybody. The offer sizes ranging from XS - 5XL, because movement comes in all sizes.

Follow along to learn more about Maria's life and healing journey as get deep into how she has been working to release her fears and live life through her intuition. 

Check out her apparel: www.themovementshop.com and use the code 'selflove' to receive 15% off your order. 

In life it gets easy to blame ourselves, timing or other people for our circumstances. It's the idea that if it can be labeled, it can be controlled. Following along as Ashley explores what our lives could look like without blame? This is a great episode if you are looking to challenge the narrative of something difficult that you are going through. Oftentimes, by just shifting our perceptions on things it can leave us feeling more empowered. Give it a try... and take a listen!

In 2008, yoga came into Amber's life at a time of desperation and deep depression where she had no purpose or desire for life. Through the profound transformation that transpired and continues to evolve in her life, Amber's mission became clear: She continues to study yoga and learn more about herself so that she is able to better serve her students and give back to yoga what yoga has continuously and unconditionally given her for the last 10 years. 

www.instagram.com/amberhagberg

www.facebook.com/groups/yogaforinnerpeace

How to Proactively Teach Your Child(ren) How to be Confident and Self Aware With Our Guest Rachna Patel the Founder of OH-KS!

Rachna Patel is the founder of OH-KS, which offers tools, for children ages 4 and up, to learn about themselves and the world. Her interactive workbooks help to make learning come to life teaching kids how to better understand themselves (like their emotions) and teaches them healthy ways to cope. Her company offers proactive way to teaching kids how to show up as their best selves. 

A note from Rachna:

"To give you some background, the company was inspired by my 2 children.  I wanted to teach them all the tools they could use to do or be whatever they desire. I had worked a lot on my personal development, because for as long as I can remember, I struggled with confidence and self-esteem.  As a result of those struggles, I missed out on so many wonderful opportunities, and did not end up living the life that I wanted for me. As I learned the tools and skills, I made up my mind that whenever I had children, they would have these skills, tools, support, that I did not have. I looked for other resources aimed at children, but it was hard to find something that kept them engaged. So I started using the science I knew, the tools I learned, and made it as engaging as possible for them to learn these life skills. Before I knew it, I realized this was becoming a part of who they were. From there on my kids were always talking about how the magic inside them was helping them with challenges, feeling good, being kind, loving themselves, and so much more.  This made me realize that if my children benefitted from this information so much, then so many other children could also use this program to help them out. It was at that point I came to understand that all these years of work, research, as well as trial and error with my children, needed to be shared with the world. Thus, the Power Up Your Magic program was created, and OH-KS was born.

My goal is to reach as many children as possible worldwide with this program. The end goal being that they will have the foundation and exposure to all the skills to feel good from within, so that they fall in love with themselves to do or be anything they desire."

Our perspective holds so much power. We always have the power to transform something hard into something that better serves us. That is our power. Follow along as I talk about transforming grief into something beautiful. I reflect on my journey with grief after losing my dear Aunt this last year. Take a listen and let me know what you think! 

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Leigah is an elementary teacher in St. Paul, a holistic health educator, a Mama Glow trained Birth and Postpartum Doula, and offers embodiment classes through a dance-based movement system, called Qoya, honoring the self that is wise, wild, and free. Leigah is a boss at nurturing herself and helping others to do the same, by practicing daily habits, rituals, and routines that promote connection to mind and body and spirit. In Leigah's mind, self-care is not an option, but rather life support! To learn more about Leigah check out her instagram @leigah.locke 💗

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With everything going on the world... it’s hard not to stay up late at night and think!

Before I gained some life changing perspective, my thoughts were consumed with fear. I mean let’s be real... we are living in a time where we are being exposed to a lot of bad 🤬 that is going on (and has been going on). 

I have recently been able to transform my fear into hope, love and action. This new awareness has been empowering and life changing. I am now using my story and perspectives to help others. To be the voice that they may feel they don’t have. ️

Tonight, I decided to use my busy mind towards action again and recorded my newest podcast episode - Your Awareness Can Change the World... That is Your Power! I talk a lot about my perspective on mental health, God, and current events that are going on in the world right now. Again, my words are meant to be just perspective. I don’t deem anything I say as the answer, but merely my understanding of myself and the world. I am human, just like you. I likely may say things wrong or mispronounce words, but my message has love and hope which I think we all need more of. Please take a listen and let me know what you think!

Hard Conversations Don't Need to Be Scary. A Talk With My Daughter About Being Each Other's Advocates. Follow along as I talk some real talk with my daughter. 

Studies by David Finkelhor, Director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center, show that:

• 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 20 boys is a victim of child sexual abuse;

According to a 2003 National Institute of Justice report, 3 out of 4 adolescents who have been sexually assaulted were victimized by someone they knew well.

https://victimsofcrime.org/child-sexual-abuse-statistics/