How do you feel about change? When it’s just you? When it involves others? What makes you willing to leap? What stops you from changing? In this episode we explore our comforts with the unknown, how our thoughts and ego get in the way, how our beliefs seem to be the slowest thing to change & what we do about that. 

In this episode we talk about how Ashley thinks about expectations and what she sees as 3 types of expectations: spoken expectations from others, subconscious expectations from others, our own expectations. Throughout the podcast we also talk about the difference between expectations & giving looking at it all in day-to-day life (partnership, friendship, love, and business). 

In this episode we talk with Christina Orfanakos from Grace North Psychotherapy about the different types of attachments styles to help us understand ourselves, relate to others, and view the world. This discussion opened our eyes to why we behave the way we do, why we think the way we do, and where our beliefs are rooted from to help us consider new ways of thinking, being, & living. 

If you had to write a friendship profile (like a dating profile but to find friends) what would you put on it?In this episode we talk about what we need and like in relationship. It's not always easy to be in relationship and sometimes this starts with getting really clear about what you like, what you want, and then finding the courage and strength to share that with others. 

It's easy to regulate yourself when things are going well in our lives but what happens when you're in an emotional or chaotic time of your life? Are you able to self-regulate and tap back into your personal power or does it all go out the window?In this episode we talk about how easily our bodies can be put into fight or flight, Polyvagal Theory, and how we can regulate our nervous system to be able to access our emotional intelligence even in hard times. 

We often think about what is missing or not working. It is easy to feel what is off but how often do you take the time to tune into what feels really good. In this episode, we talk about what fills our cup and the things we do to keep our selves taken care (as much as we can). Tune in to get some ideas of how you can carve out time and find more things that feel good for you and let us know of some of the ways that you fill your own cup (we are always looking for new ideas). 

What if all your thoughts were projected on a loud speaker.........In this episode we talk about peeling back our emotional onion and Crystal's desire to be done with the fucking onion and her realization that there can be a nesting doll of onions. We talk about relationships, attachments, and our interanl dialogue of what we think others think of us, and the unconscious elevator music that can allow our minds to run like wild fire and create chaos in our emotional state. We consider what is real and what may be a response to trauma or past experience and take a look at the tools to help pull ourselves out of our auto-pilot responses and shift how these feelings show up in your body.  

In this episode we talk about what it was like for Ashley to go through her first Ayahuasca experience in Costa Rica. We take a look at how she made the decision to go, what her intention was through the experience, and how the medicine guided her to a deep anchoring and love within herself that still cannot be explained. Both Ashley & Crystal talk about what it feels like to step into all of who we are without questioning & the armour we wear in life to protect ourselves from being seen and felt by others fully. 

In this episode discuss what has been coming up in Crystal's world and how March Break sent her into an EMOTIONAL WAVE, what she's doing about it, and how far she's come in her own growth & evolution. We look at how important it is to do the things that fill your cup and explore the steps Crystal will use to come through this (and future) emotional waves so she can continue to feel proud of how she leads herself in her life. 

OOF!! This one is hard. Forgiveness is not easy. In this episode we share a story when Ashley writing forgiveness letters sent Crystal into a tizzy and what realizations came from that. You'll hear us share how we feel forgiveness is a gateway to healing. It's not easy but it can help us release the person from our energy and be part of the letting go process. We invite you to consider how long you have been carrying the hurt, injustice, unfairness, the anger, rage, sadness, and disappointment those moments bring and whether you are ready to release them and stop carrying them into your future.