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Welcome to Living an Intentional Life Podcast — a space for women who are remembering their hearts, reclaiming their energy, and creating lives that actually feel like home.
This is a place where you don’t have to perform, push, or prove — a place where you are met in your truth, your tenderness, and your becoming.
I’m your host, Ashley Strong Smith, and I believe that the deepest transformation doesn’t come from doing more — it comes from living with intention and listening more deeply to who you really are.
Each week, I share honest conversations and supportive tools you can gently try on in your own life — invitations to come back to your heart, trust your inner knowing, and create a life that supports your nervous system, your dreams, and your wholeness.
Here, we honor growth that is rooted, not rushed. We honor boundaries, embodiment, and the quiet wisdom of your own heart. You’re not here by accident. You’re here because something in you is ready for more — more truth, more softness, more alignment, more belonging.
So take a breath… and let yourself arrive.
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Send a text Life moves in seasons — building, resting, maintaining, and expanding. In this episode, I share my personal journey of slowing down, stepping into maintenance, and discovering the quiet pull toward more: more expression, more alignment, more of what makes life feel alive. We explore: The difference between maintenance and stagnationHow to notice when rest becomes comfortRecognizing the signs that it’s time to move againPractical tools for integrating growth, presence, and inspired...
Send a text In this expansive and heart-led conversation, I sit down with Kelsey Erickson, founder of Everme & Co., intuitive leadership coach, depth psychologist, 3x author, and guide for one-of-a-kind creative souls. Kelsey works with thoughtful overthinkers, recovering control freaks, and visionaries who long to “let go and let it flow” — but aren’t quite sure how. Her signature philosophy, Intuition + Action = Magic, offers a grounded and accessible way to lead a Creatively Designed L...
Send a text In this episode of Living an Intentional Life Podcast, we explore what it truly means to create a life rooted in alignment and self-trust. Burnout is not a failure. It is information. At the beginning of this year, I found myself walking in the forest feeling exhausted, depleted, and out of alignment. I had been operating from the energy I thought I needed — pushing forward, striving, and doing more — but what I actually needed was to recalibrate and reclaim. This conversation is ...
Send a text In this deeply moving and first-of-its-kind episode, Ashley sits down with Chelsea Horton, the somatic therapy practitioner who guided her through a 3.5-month intensive that profoundly changed the way she understands her body, her nervous system, and her healing. Together, they share a raw, honest conversation about what somatic healing truly looks like — beyond the buzzwords and into the lived experience. Ashley opens up about discovering her trauma responses, sitting with ...
Send a text What happens when you finally slow down enough to hear yourself? In this deeply personal episode of Living an Intentional Life, Ashley shares what unfolded when she created space at the beginning of the year — space to breathe, to walk in the forest, and to listen to the quiet, persistent voice within. Feeling exhausted, deflated, and disconnected from the energy she wanted to carry forward, Ashley began to receive clear inner guidance: to step away from social media, release alco...
Send a text In this episode of Soft, Seen & Sovereign, I sit down with Kaysha van der Heyden of Branding by Kaysha for a deeply honest conversation about what it really means to be visible in a creative life — without losing yourself in the process. To live with intention, for me, means listening to the quiet signals. The subtle yes in your body. The gentle no you keep ignoring. The inner knowing that doesn’t always make sense, but never leads you astray. This conversation is an invitatio...
Send a text What if your life could feel like a sanctuary—not just on retreat, but in the everyday? In this episode, I share why I’m stepping away from social media for the month of February—not as an escape, but as an act of intentional love. From that place, I invite you into a deeper conversation about what it means to create a life that truly supports your energy, your nervous system, and your truth. I talk about how sanctuary isn’t a place you go—it’s a relationship you build with your t...
Send a text So many of us try to plan what’s next from a place of exhaustion—asking ourselves to move forward when our cups are already empty. In this episode, I’m inviting you to pause. To honor the season you’re actually in, rather than the one you think you should be in. We explore what it means to practice intentional living when energy feels low, clarity feels distant, or life has been asking more of you than you’ve had to give. Instead of pushing or fixing, this conversation offers a ge...
Send a text Life moves in seasons—times of planting, blooming, and rain. Each stage carries its own lessons and its own beauty. In this episode, I sit down with Isabelle de Cuba of The Mindful Journal to reflect on what it means to trust your journey—to honor the seeds you’ve planted, to hold the vision you’ve asked for, and to move forward even when fear shows up. Living intentionally isn’t about perfection or certainty. It’s about pausing, noticing, and asking yourself: “Does this feel alig...
Send a text What if the new year wasn’t something you had to rush into—but something you were invited to arrive in? In this episode of Living an Intentional Life, we slow things down and gently step into the threshold between what has been and what’s becoming. I’m sharing reflections from my own end-of-year ritual—rooted in presence, embodiment, and deep listening—and inviting you to consider a different way of beginning again. Together, we’ll explore what it means to create a heart-centered ...
Send a text As this year winds down, I’m overflowing with gratitude for this community — for you. Thank you for showing up for your growth, your healing, your intentions, and your dreams. Every message, share, download, and moment you’ve invited me into this year has meant the world. To celebrate, here are the Top 10 Episodes of 2025 that resonated most with our community — a mix of 5 soul-led solo episodes and 5 inspiring interviews to guide you into living with clarity, intention, and align...
Send a text This is not just the final solo episode of 2025 — it’s a threshold. In this deeply personal and heart-led episode of Living an Intentional Life, I take a moment to re-introduce myself — to you, to this community, and to the woman I’ve become after walking through one of the most transformative seasons of my life. As this podcast marks three years since its ignition, I reflect on who I was when it began, the dreams I carried, the identity I was reaching for, and the version of succ...
Send a text On this episode of the Living an Intentional Life Podcast, I sit down with Crissy Medina of Medina Fine Pearls for a heartfelt conversation about transforming shame into strength, wisdom, and beauty. Together, we explore how the experiences that weigh us down can also become the source of our most profound growth — when approached with intentionality, self-compassion, and reflection. We dive into: How shame can influence our patterns and decisions without controlling our livesPrac...
Send a text In today’s episode, I’m sharing a deeply personal story — my story — and the thread that has carried me through every chapter of my life: intentional living. From studying Africana Studies in college… to leaving a stable career at PBS to teach English in Tanzania… to meeting my husband, navigating 3.5 years of long-distance, building a life across continents, and eventually rooting in the mountains… to starting and expanding my business into photography, coaching, podcasting, retr...
Send a text To every single soul who has crossed paths with my work this year… thank you. ✨To my coaching clients—both 1:1 and inside The Collective—thank you for trusting me with your hearts, your growth, your expansion, and the parts of yourself you’re still learning to love. Holding space for your evolutions is one of the greatest honors of my life. 🌱 To those who have sat with me in workshops, gatherings, and cacao ceremonies—thank you for your presence, your openness, your willingness ...
Send a text In this episode of the Living an Intentional Life Podcast, we’re joined by the wise and grounded Dr. Gabrielle Jones for a conversation about one of the most overlooked parts of intentional living: the art of moving slow so you can eventually move fast. We talk about the deep inner work: checking in with your why, cultivating patience, honoring the pull to pause, and making decisions with God at the center—even when it feels uncomfortable, unfamiliar, or downright challenging. Dr....
Send a text Tune into this weeks episode of "Living an Intentional Life Podcast" as I deep dive into "Intentionality in the Rest of 2025 — How to Holistically Support Yourself (+ Others)!" As we move into the final stretch of the year, this episode is your invitation to pause, breathe, and come home to yourself. With less than two months left in 2025, it’s time to reflect, realign, and move with intention — not urgency. This is a grounding conversation about what it means to live intentionall...
Send a text In this week’s episode of Living an Intentional Life Podcast, we’re exploring what it truly means to hold yourself accountable — not from a place of pressure or perfection, but from awareness, reflection, and self-love. Together, we’ll root into reflection questions to help you understand where you are right now, clarify what season of life you’re in, and identify what you’re being called to be held accountable for — and why. I’ll share how I personally use my “Fall in Love with Y...
Send a text Tune into this week’s bonus episode of “Living an Intentional Life Podcast” as I dive into “The Sacred Reset + The Intentional Ignition: Rhythms for Living on Purpose!” Inspired by how I spend my Sundays in sacred reset and my Mondays intentionally igniting my week, this episode invites you to anchor into your own rhythms—ones that create clarity, presence, and purpose in your every day. Want a peek into how this unfolds in real life? 🌿 Follow along on Instagram, where I’m sharing...
Send a text Tune into this week’s episode of Living an Intentional Life Podcast as I have the absolute honor of sitting in soulful conversation with Tammy Zelez, creator of The mUse Magazine. Together, we deep dive into what it truly means to “Lean Into God’s Purpose for My Life” — as Tammy shares her powerful journey of: 🌿 Rooting down after a cross-country move from Arizona to New York 🗞️ Embarking on the first year of launching her beautiful publication, The mUse Magazine 🙏 Using faith as ...
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This podcast is a gentle reminder to come back home to yourself. To design a life that you love, thanks for sharing Ashley.