The Healing Underground with Ìyá Ashley

Episode 12 - What Is Freedom, Really?

Freedom isn’t just political — it’s embodied. In this season finale, Ìyá Ashley reflects on mental health + healing as liberation: the freedom to rest without guilt, love without fear, and choose how you heal. She invites listeners to carry what they’ve remembered into their next chapter with sovereignty and courage. Healing is the freedom fight. And you are already a part of it. ✨ Looking for everyday mental health support? Text 886-886 or visit www.mindright.io/join to connect with nonclinical emotional support partners through MindRight Health. 🔗 Connect with Ìyá Ashley + The Healing Underground Community: Instagram: @iya_ashley / @healingundergroundpod TikTok: @iya_ashleyy / @thehealingundergroundpod Twitch: @iya_ashley YouTube: @iya-ashley

Episode 11 - You Are the Medicine

You were never broken. Ìyá Ashley reminds us of an ancient truth shared across spiritual traditions: the medicine is already within you. Drawing from Ifá and other wisdom systems, she explores how colonialism, capitalism, and patriarchy impact our healing journeys. ✨ Looking for everyday mental health support? Text 886-886 or visit www.mindright.io/join [http://www.mindright.io/join] to connect with nonclinical emotional support partners through MindRight Health. 🔗 Connect with Ìyá Ashley + The Healing Underground Community: Instagram: @iya_ashley / @healingundergroundpod TikTok: @iya_ashleyy / @thehealingundergroundpod Twitch: @iya_ashley YouTube: @iya-ashley

Episode 10 - Beyond the Spectrum: Honoring Neurodivergent Wisdom

What if neurodivergence isn’t something to fix — but something to honor? Ìyá Ashley is joined by Latrel Dortch, founder of the Holistic Brain Center, to explore autism and neurodivergence through a spiritual and holistic lens. Together, they challenge dominant medical narratives and uplift neurodivergence as gift, intuition, and wisdom. This conversation invites us to listen more deeply — not just to children, but to spirit itself. ✨ Looking for everyday mental health support? Text 886-886 or visit www.mindright.io/join [http://www.mindright.io/join] to connect with nonclinical emotional support partners through MindRight Health. 🔗 Connect with Ìyá Ashley + The Healing Underground Community: Instagram: @iya_ashley / @healingundergroundpod TikTok: @iya_ashleyy / @thehealingundergroundpod Twitch: @iya_ashley YouTube: @iya-ashley

Episode 9 - Decolonizing Healing: Who Gets to Feel Whole?

Healing has become an industry — but who does it actually serve? Ìyá Ashley interrogates the wellness economy, performative self-care, and systems that decide who is allowed to feel safe, soft, and whole. She offers grounded questions to help listeners discern whether healing spaces truly honor their identity, culture, and spirit. Decolonizing healing is not about aesthetics. It’s about dignity, alignment, and truth. ✨ Looking for everyday mental health support? Text 886-886 or visit www.mindright.io/join [http://www.mindright.io/join] to connect with nonclinical emotional support partners through MindRight Health. 🔗 Connect with Ìyá Ashley + The Healing Underground Community: Instagram: @iya_ashley / @healingundergroundpod TikTok: @iya_ashleyy / @thehealingundergroundpod Twitch: @iya_ashley YouTube: @iya-ashley

Episode 8 - The Role of African Spirituality in Healing & Liberation

Why are African spiritual traditions so often erased, feared, or whispered about with shame? In this deeply personal episode, Ìyá Ashley shares her journey into African Traditional Religions (ATRs) and her initiation into Ifá. She explores Òrìṣàs, destiny, ancestral communication, and what it means to reclaim spiritual practices that survived colonization. These are not lost traditions. They are living systems — still calling us home. ✨ Looking for everyday mental health support? Text 886-886 or visit www.mindright.io/join to connect with nonclinical emotional support partners through MindRight Health. 🔗 Connect with Ìyá Ashley + The Healing Underground Community: Instagram: @iya_ashley / @healingundergroundpod TikTok: @iya_ashleyy / @thehealingundergroundpod Twitch: @iya_ashley YouTube: @iya-ashley