Ep. - 37. Ego, You Are Not the Enemy

Ep. 40 - Seven Generations Back

My prayer for you is that you walk away from today’s episode with a deeper understanding of what survival really is, how it has shaped your lineage, & why so much of what you carry did not begin with you. And… that you begin to see this time of chaos not just as overwhelming, but as an opening. To feel, to understand, & to consciously shift what has been passed down through generations. In this episode I’m sitting with something I think about often…. how many of us are moving through this world running nervous system patterns that were passed down for literal generations. Patterns built for survival. And what it looks like to finally tend to what was never tended to before. This one is for anyone who has ever wondered why they feel the way they feel — and is ready to understand that so much of what they’re carrying didn’t begin with them. In this episode we explore: * Why survival is a full-body orientation — not just about food, water & shelter * How our nervous systems adapt & what gets passed down through generations * A profound moment from a class with Rachelle Seliga of Innate Traditions & what 300 people discovered about how far back intact communities go in their lineages * Why so many of us never received the inner maps we needed * What it means to tend to your inner child & your lineage * The practice of holding multiple truths, yes, that hurt me. And… they didn’t have the capacity. * Why this work is not about blame, it is about tending * What it looks like to become an ecosystem within yourself * A simple practice to bless your ancestors & honor yourself A practice to try: On a walk or at the start of your day bless your ancestors. Thank them. Give gratitude for everything they endured, carried & survived. And honor yourself for being the one who is willing to feel it, see it, & transform it. If this resonated with you: 💛 Leave a review, it means so much & helps this work reach more people 💛 Share this episode with someone who is ready to understand what they’ve been carrying 💛 Tag me on Instagram, I love hearing what lands for you Connect with me: 📱 Instagram: @reclaimwithin [https://www.instagram.com/reclaimwithin] 🌐 Website: reclaimwithin.co [https://reclaimwithin.co/] 📝 Substack: reclaimwithin.substack.com [https://reclaimwithin.substack.com/] 📩 Email: reclaimwithin@gmail.com Ready to go deeper? Become a paid subscriber at reclaimwithin.substack.com [https://reclaimwithin.substack.com/] to join my monthly live Zoom calls where we gather & work towards Reclaiming Within together. Paid subscribers will also be the first to know when the Building Inner Kingdoms course launches. Within Love, Ash Get full access to Reclaim Within: Remember You are Sacred at reclaimwithin.substack.com/subscribe [https://reclaimwithin.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Ep. 39 - The Consciousness Revolution Starts Within

My prayer is that you’ll walk away feeling empowered to step out of autopilot, live with greater intention, & connect to your True Self, while also understanding the collective impact of conscious living. Consciousness is one of those concepts that, once you begin to grasp its depth & implications, shifts everything about how you see the world & your place within it. In this episode I’m sitting with what consciousness actually is, what it does to the structures & stories we’ve accepted as just the way things are, & why the inner awakening of enough individuals has the power to shift the entire collective field. This one is for anyone who has been living on autopilot & is ready to remember who they actually are underneath everything that’s been layered on top. In this episode we explore: * What consciousness actually is at its core — & why it’s revolutionary * Why most of us live on autopilot & why that is not a character flaw * Why you are not your thoughts — you are the awareness behind them * How consciousness invites us to question the narratives, roles, & identities we’ve inherited * Why your inner work doesn’t just change your life — it changes the field around you * The reweaving process & what it looks like to bring curiosity & compassionate attunement to our conditioning * Why the real revolutionary potential lives in inner awakening, not external systems * Why the peace & clarity you’re looking for has never been out there A line to sit with after listening: The moment you can notice it, you are no longer inside it. You are at the beginning of freedom. If this resonated with you: 💛 Leave a review — it means so much & helps this work reach more people 💛 Share this episode with someone who is ready to step out of autopilot 💛 Tag me on Instagram — I love hearing what lands for you Connect with me: 📱 Instagram: @reclaimwithin [https://www.instagram.com/reclaimwithin] 🌐 Website: reclaimwithin.co [https://reclaimwithin.co/] 📝 Substack: reclaimwithin.substack.com [https://reclaimwithin.substack.com/] 📩 Email: reclaimwithin@gmail.com Ready to go deeper? Become a paid subscriber at reclaimwithin.substack.com [https://reclaimwithin.substack.com/] to join my monthly live Zoom calls where we gather & work towards Reclaiming Within together. Paid subscribers will also be the first to know when the Building Inner Kingdoms course launches. Within Love, Ash Get full access to Reclaim Within: Remember You are Sacred at reclaimwithin.substack.com/subscribe [https://reclaimwithin.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Ep. 38 - We Are Living Through a Renaissance

Ep. 38 - My prayer for you is that this episode helps you recognize this time as a turning point, in both personal & collective consciousness, so you can meet it with greater trust, clarity, & intention. We are living through one of the densest periods of human history. So much has shifted, so quickly, that it can feel as though the ground keeps moving beneath our feet. But this is not random chaos. This is the atmosphere of a renaissance. In this episode, I’m sitting with what this moment in history is actually asking of us, why so much is falling apart, what the rare Saturn-Neptune-Aries alignment means for collective consciousness, and why the hunger so many of us are feeling for real connection is not a coincidence. It is a sign of something new being born. This episode is for anyone who has been feeling the weight of this time & is looking for a reframe, one that moves from fear into trust, from reaction into co-creation. In this episode we explore: * Why this moment in history is not random chaos — it is the atmosphere of a renaissance * What the last renaissance can teach us about what we’re living through now * The rare Saturn-Neptune-Aries alignment & why it has always coincided with major turning points in human consciousness * Why things are falling apart — and why that is an invitation, not a punishment * The hunger for real connection rising beneath the surface of our culture * How to become a story maker & co-creator of what comes next * Why this is a pinnacle year — one we will look back on as a turning point A question to sit with after listening: How do we participate in the coming together, instead of only reacting to the collapse? If this resonated with you: 💛 Leave a review — it means so much & helps this work reach more people 💛 Share this episode with someone who needs a reframe on this moment in time 💛 Tag me on Instagram — I love hearing what lands for you Connect with me: 📱 Instagram: @reclaimwithin [https://www.instagram.com/reclaimwithin] 🌐 Website: reclaimwithin.co [https://reclaimwithin.co/] 📝 Substack: reclaimwithin.substack.com [https://reclaimwithin.substack.com/] 📩 Email: reclaimwithin@gmail.com Ready to go deeper? Become a paid subscriber at reclaimwithin.substack.com [https://reclaimwithin.substack.com/] to join my monthly live Zoom calls where we gather & work towards Reclaiming Within together. Paid subscribers will also be the first to know when the Building Inner Kingdoms course launches. Within Love, Ash Get full access to Reclaim Within: Remember You are Sacred at reclaimwithin.substack.com/subscribe [https://reclaimwithin.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Ep. - 37. Ego, You Are Not the Enemy

Ep. 37 - My prayer for you is that you learn to stop fighting the parts of yourself you were taught to distrust. That you find your way — slowly & tenderly — back to wholeness. Not the wholeness that looks polished & certain from the outside, but the real kind. The kind that has room for all of you. In this episode, I’m talking about something I don’t hear discussed enough in healing & spiritual spaces… the demonizing of the ego, and why I think that’s its own kind of trap. We talk about the large spectrum most of us are living on, the prayer that has become one of my most consistent allies, and why the ego guided by the soul doesn’t need to be silenced, it needs to be led. With love. With wisdom. This episode is for anyone who has ever been told to transcend the ego, eradicate it, or rise above it & felt like something about that didn’t quite sit right. In this episode we explore: * Why demonizing the ego is its own form of fragmentation * The book that stopped me in my tracks & brought me back to this understanding: Return of the Bird Tribes by Ken Carey * The two extremes of the ego spectrum — and why neither one leads us home * The simple prayer I return to whenever fear creeps in or my ego pulls me somewhere that doesn’t feel aligned * How fear moves through the collective & why our signals of calm & soul connection matter just as much * What it looks like when the ego becomes an ally rather than an obstacle The prayer I share in this episode: Ego, I am grateful for your service. AND I need you to remember that you are here to serve my soul. You are here to be in service to the Creator. Not to guide me by fear, but to follow the wisdom of my spirit. A question to sit with after listening: Where in your life has the ego been left in the driver’s seat — and what might it look like to gently redirect it back to its rightful place? If this resonated with you: 💛 Leave a review, it means so much & helps this work reach more people 💛 Share this episode with someone walking a path of healing & integration 💛 DM me on Instagram, I love hearing what lands for you Connect with me: 📱 Instagram: @reclaimwithin [https://www.instagram.com/reclaimwithin] 🌐 Website: reclaimwithin.co [https://reclaimwithin.co/] 📝 Substack: reclaimwithin.substack.com [https://reclaimwithin.substack.com/] 📩 Email: reclaimwithin@gmail.com Ready to go deeper? Become a paid subscriber at reclaimwithin.substack.com [https://reclaimwithin.substack.com/] to join my monthly live Zoom calls where we gather & work towards Reclaiming Within together. Paid subscribers will also be the first to know when the Building Inner Kingdoms course launches. Within Love, Ash Get full access to Reclaim Within: Remember You are Sacred at reclaimwithin.substack.com/subscribe [https://reclaimwithin.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Ep. 36 - The Great Awakener Is Here: Are You Open Enough to Receive It?

Ep. 36 - My prayer for you is that you never stop being a student of your own becoming. That you stay soft enough to be shaped by Life, & brave enough to let what you thought you knew be undone, again & again & again. In this episode, I’m sitting with something that keeps coming back to me & relates so much to the karmic lessons we are heading into with Uranus in Gemini, something simpler & harder than we might expect… If you feel the calling to be part of the awakening shift happening on this Earth right now, I think the answer lives here: Stay humble. Stay curious. We talk about what happens the moment we feel like we’ve got something figured out… spiritually, emotionally, somatically & why that’s actually the moment we begin to close. We explore the beautiful & sometimes distorted impulse to be in service, what it means to birth something genuinely new, & how the people who trigger us most are often carrying the most honest medicine for us. In this episode we explore: * Why the moment you feel like you’ve “arrived” is actually the moment you begin to close * The subtle distortion that can live inside the impulse to serve * Why openness, not expertise, is the most healing thing we can offer right now * How curiosity & humility are the advanced work, not the beginner work * The teachers we don’t recognize & why the ones who trigger us most are often our greatest teachers to find our unconscious maps * What staying open & staying curious actually looks like in practice A question to sit with after listening: How do we stay open to all the teachers in our lives, especially the ones who don’t arrive looking like teachers? If this resonated with you: 💛 Leave a review — it means the world & helps this work reach more people 💛 Share this episode with someone who is walking a path of healing & service Within Love, Ash 📱 Instagram: @reclaimwithin [https://www.instagram.com/reclaimwithin] 🌐 Website: reclaimwithin.co [https://reclaimwithin.co] 📝 Substack: reclaimwithin.substack.com [https://reclaimwithin.substack.com] 📩 Email: reclaimwithin@gmail.com [reclaimwithin@gmail.com] Ready to go deeper? Become a paid subscriber at reclaimwithin.substack.com [https://reclaimwithin.substack.com] to join my monthly live Zoom calls where we gather & work towards Reclaiming Within together. Paid subscribers will also be the first to know when the Building Inner Kingdoms course launches. Get full access to Reclaim Within: Remember You are Sacred at reclaimwithin.substack.com/subscribe [https://reclaimwithin.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]