Ash is joined by brand and marketing strategist Kaitlyn David for a real, refreshing conversation about building a marketing strategy that actually fits your life (kids, pivots, puppy chaos and all) without lighting yourself on fire in the process.

TOPICS WE EXPLORE:
• The hidden cost of go go go marketing and why it eventually stops working
• How your environment impacts your nervous system and your business
• Why September can be its own kind of energetic chaos for moms
• The difference between aligned marketing and fix it forcing energy
• Recognizing when you're launching from pressure instead of desire
• What happens when your body starts paying the bills for overdoing it
• How to hold steady through uncertainty without spiraling
• Rituals and reminders that help you stay grounded when you dont know whats next
• Why core values create guardrails that protect your energy and your brand
• Using human design to build a marketing strategy that actually fits you
• Permission for fluidity without using it as an excuse
• The difference between discomfort that helps you grow and misalignment that drains you

POINT OF THE EPISODE:
Marketing should not cost you your health, your presence, or your peace. When you build a strategy around your real capacity, your values, and your actual energy, you stop forcing results and start creating sustainable momentum that you can maintain in real life.

MENTIONED:
• Kaitlyn David website
• Instagram: Flourish with Kaitlyn

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I am the definition of duality — I swear like a sailor and break rules like it’s my job, but I also hold incredible space for my clients and work my ass off to help them achieve the success they’re after. But I'm also here for the non-preneur woman, too. My background in counseling gives me a unique perspective on what it means to show up, serve, & create connection for those who feel like they've never belonged before.

LINKS:

• Become the Regulated Woman
• Get emails that feel like your best friend (if your best friend was a therapist and actually told you the truth).
• Use code BB20 to get The Burnout Breakthrough for only $7
• Follow me on IG (dropping in once a quarter for updates & gossip)
• Website: ashmcdonaldmentoring.com

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• Therapeutic Mentorship
• Business Therapy (therapy + strategic mentorship)
• ...

A sneak peek behind the scenes of The Regulated Woman, dropped right in the middle of the Energy Is Everything series because money is, in fact, energy. In this bonus, we’re reframing wealth as something neutral, dynamic, and always in motion and exploring the small energetic shifts that make money feel safer to receive, spend, and circulate through your life.

TOPICS WE EXPLORE:
• Money as neutral energy, not a moral measure
• How your thoughts and emotions shape your relationship with money
• The river metaphor: where you’re gripping, hoarding, or damming the flow
• Why “high vibration” isn’t the goal, gratitude and trust are
• Spending with intention as an energetic investment
• Receiving without guilt, shame, or resistance
• How to build safety with money so it feels welcomed with you
• Practicing neutrality to remove the emotional charge and create more space
• Opening more “channels” for wealth through micro shifts and awareness

POINT OF THE EPISODE:
Money is always moving and your relationship with it determines how easily it can flow into and through your life. When you shift from fear and tight control into trust, gratitude, and neutrality, you create safety for wealth to circulate and expand.

MENTIONED:
• The Regulated Woman (this episode is a sneak peek behind the scenes)
• Exercise: list the emotions you associate with money and imagine neutrality
• Visualization: money arriving from unexpected places and noticing what your body does

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I am the definition of duality — I swear like a sailor and break rules like it’s my job, but I also hold incredible space for my clients and work my ass off to help them achieve the success they’re after. But I'm also here for the non-preneur woman, too. My background in counseling gives me a unique perspective on what it means to show up, serve, & create connection for those who feel like they've never belonged before.

LINKS:

• Become the Regulated Woman
• Get emails that feel like your best friend (if your best friend was a therapist and actually told you the truth).
• Use code BB20 to get The Burnout Breakthrough for only $7
• Follow me on IG (dropping in once a quarter for updates & gossip)
• Website: ashmcdonaldmentoring.com

Work with me 1:1

• Therapeutic Mentorship
• Business Therapy (therapy + strategic mentorship)
• ...

In this conversation, Kelly Sinclair (self-proclaimed “accidental tech nerd”) pulls back the curtain on what happens when your business strategy doesn’t match your actual energy — and how human-first AI can become a tool for regulation, clarity, and sustainable visibility (without feeding the algorithm or burning yourself out).

We talk about grief, hustle conditioning, generator energy, and the shift from performative marketing to strategic visibility — plus the 10-minute-a-day habit that helps you build momentum one simple action at a time.

TOPICS WE EXPLORE:

• The difference between performative visibility vs. strategic visibility
• How human design can change the way you make decisions in business
• Using AI as an interactive tool for momentum
• Why “trying harder” is often the biggest energetic leak
• How unprocessed grief and suppressed emotions eventually show up in your work
• Protecting your energy by getting off the content hamster wheel
• The 10-minute-a-day visibility habit (and why consistency matters more than intensity)
• Building trust in business in an AI-saturated world
• “AI to help you human better” — the integrity-first approach to using AI

POINT OF THE EPISODE:
AI isn’t here to help you do more faster, it’s here to help you protect your energy so you can show up more intentionally, build trust, and take strategic action without living in urgency. Visibility doesn’t require burnout, and momentum doesn’t require the algorithm.

MENTIONED:

• Kelly’s 90-Day Visibility Sprint Starter Kit (30+ strategic visibility moves + tracking tools)
• Kelly’s website
• Instagram
• Kelly’s podcast: Entrepreneur School

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I am the definition of duality — I swear like a sailor and break rules like it’s my job, but I also hold incredible space for my clients and work my ass off to help them achieve the success they’re after. But I'm also here for the non-preneur woman, too. My background in counseling gives me a unique perspective on what it means to show up, serve, & create connection for those who feel like they've never belonged before.

LINKS:

• Become the Regulated Woman
• Get emails that feel like your best friend (if your best friend was a therapist and actually told you the truth).
• Use code BB20 to get The Burnout Breakthrough for only $7
• Follow me on IG (dropping in once a quarter for updates & gossip)
• Website: ashmcdonaldmentoring.com

Work with me 1:1

• Therapeutic Mentorship
• Business Therapy (therapy + strategic mentorship)
• ...

We’re continuing The Energy Is Everything Series and today I’m sitting down with my friend Danielle Laura, an energy mastery teacher and Human Design guide for conscious leaders who are here to use their gifts to make the world better… without sacrificing themselves in the process.

In this episode we talk about energetic hygiene, the hidden places energy leaks show up (even in “self-care”), and why the solution isn’t more rest. We also get into Human Design as a roadmap for regulation.

This one is for the woman who keeps pouring into a cup that has a hole in the bottom… and is ready to stop leaking her life force.

TOPICS WE EXPLORE:

• Why rest doesn’t restore energy when you’re never fully present
• Hidden energy leaks inside productivity and self-care
• Overgiving, access, and energetic boundaries
• Human Design as a tool for understanding energetic alignment
• Not-self themes and how they signal burnout early
• Micro-shifts that rebuild safety and presence
• Energetic hygiene as a daily practice, not a lifestyle overhaul

POINT OF THE EPISODE:
Energy isn’t lost in one big moment, it leaks slowly through small, unexamined patterns. When you learn how to recognize those leaks and respond with simple, embodied shifts, regulation becomes sustainable instead of exhausting.

MENTIONED:

• Danielle’s website
• Danielle on Socials: Instagram, Facebook, Linkedin, Podcast, TikTok, Substack
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I am the definition of duality — I swear like a sailor and break rules like it’s my job, but I also hold incredible space for my clients and work my ass off to help them achieve the success they’re after. But I'm also here for the non-preneur woman, too. My background in counseling gives me a unique perspective on what it means to show up, serve, & create connection for those who feel like they've never belonged before.

LINKS:

• Become the Regulated Woman
• Get emails that feel like your best friend (if your best friend was a therapist and actually told you the truth).
• Use code BB20 to get The Burnout Breakthrough for only $7
• Follow me on IG (dropping in once a quarter for updates & gossip)
• Website: ashmcdonaldmentoring.com

Work with me 1:1

• Therapeutic Mentorship
• Business Therapy (therapy + strategic mentorship)
• ...

This bonus episode is an unfiltered reflection on what happens when the identity that once fueled your ambition no longer fits. I share openly about the messy middle of personal evolution, the quiet unraveling that followed slowing down in my business, and the unexpected ways that space reshaped my marriage, my sense of self, and my relationship with support.

This is not a story of resolution or arrival. It’s a story of transition, grief, surrender, and learning how to lean when hyper-independence has been your survival strategy for decades.

TOPICS WE EXPLORE:

• When ambition outgrows the identity that built it
• Hyper-independence and the fear of relying on others
• Slowing down without knowing what comes next
• How space in business can create space in marriage
• Letting go of being the provider as a core identity
• Grief, friendship loss, and the death of former selves
• Learning how to be held without shame

POINT OF THE EPISODE:
Sometimes growth doesn’t look like expansion… it looks like stopping. This episode is a reminder that ambition can evolve, identity can soften, and allowing support may be the most energetically expansive thing you ever do.

MENTIONED:

• The Energy Is Everything series (6 Episodes)

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MORE ABOUT ASH
I am the definition of duality — I swear like a sailor and break rules like it’s my job, but I also hold incredible space for my clients and work my ass off to help them achieve the success they’re after. But I'm also here for the non-preneur woman, too. My background in counseling gives me a unique perspective on what it means to show up, serve, & create connection for those who feel like they've never belonged before.

LINKS:

• Become the Regulated Woman
• Get emails that feel like your best friend (if your best friend was a therapist and actually told you the truth).
• Use code BB20 to get The Burnout Breakthrough for only $7
• Follow me on IG (dropping in once a quarter for updates & gossip)
• Website: ashmcdonaldmentoring.com

Work with me 1:1

• Therapeutic Mentorship
• Business Therapy (therapy + strategic mentorship)
• ...

Today we’re continuing The Energy Is Everything Series with a conversation that hits a nerve for so many high-achieving women: visibility, identity, and the energetic cost of hiding.

I’m joined by Renee Bowen — photographer, trauma-informed coach, and the kind of woman who makes you feel seen just by being in the room with her. We talk about what it really means to be “seen” (and why that can feel terrifying), how motherhood can blur your identity until you can’t find yourself anymore, and how neutrality is the bridge between being reactive and becoming sovereign.

This episode is for the woman who feels exhausted not because she’s doing too much… but because she’s doing too much of what isn’t true.

TOPICS WE EXPLORE:
• Why “not being seen” is one of the biggest energy leaks
• The visibility wound: where it starts and how it shows up
• Identity outside of motherhood, roles, and performance
• The cost of living for the male gaze (and how to unwind it)
• How anxiety, trauma, and nervous system dysregulation shape your choices
• Being called “selfish” when you stop martyring yourself
• What it means to get neutral — and why it changes everything
• Removing sensory charge (sound/color/story) to access objectivity
• Social media as energetic input (and how fast it drains you)
• Reclaiming self-trust without outsourcing your healing

POINT OF THE EPISODE:
When you’re hiding (even subtly, even “for good reasons”) you’re leaking energy. Healing the visibility wound isn’t about being louder online… it’s about becoming safe enough in your body to be honest, to take up space, and to live as you without needing permission.

MENTIONED:
• Renee’s website
• Renee on Instagram
• Renee’s podcast: Tried and True with a Dash of Woo
• Free hypnosis for anxiety

If this episode lit something up inside you, if you felt called out, softened, or seen... that’s not random. That’s your body telling the truth. And this series is your invitation to listen.

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MORE ABOUT ASH
I am the definition of duality — I swear like a sailor and break rules like it’s my job, but I also hold incredible space for my clients and work my ass off to help them achieve the success they’re after. But I'm also here for the non-preneur woman, too. My background in counseling gives me a unique perspective on what it means to show up, serve, & create connection for those who feel like they've never belonged before.

LINKS:

• Become the Regulated Woman
• Get emails that feel like your best friend (if your best friend was a therapist and actually told you the truth).
• Use code BB20 to get The Burnout Breakthrough for only $7
• Follow me on IG (dropping in once a quarter for updates & gossip)
• Website: ashmcdonaldmentoring.com

Work with me 1:1

• Therapeutic Mentorship
• Business Therapy (therapy + strategic mentorship)
• ...

Welcome to the very first episode of The Energy Is Everything Series — a six-part conversation series all about protecting your energy, expanding your capacity, and building a life and business that actually feel sustainable in your body.

In this opening episode, I’m joined by the brilliant and wildly honest Heather Chauvin for a raw, grounded conversation about identity fatigue, impossible standards, and the invisible ways women are bleeding energy in the name of success, motherhood, and safety.

This is not a “do more, try harder” conversation. It’s about reverse engineering the life you want by starting with how you want to feel, and letting that guide your choices, boundaries, and identity… even when it disrupts everything you’ve been taught.

TOPICS & TANGENTS:
• Why energy is the real currency behind success
• Reverse engineering your life from how you want to feel
• Identity fatigue and the cost of impossible standards
• Survival mode vs. aliveness
• How women enable their own exhaustion to stay safe
• The hidden energy leaks in motherhood and ambition
• Co-regulation, support, and learning how to be held
• Why balance is a myth rooted in perfectionism
• Emotional repair as a daily practice
• Letting go of performative strength
• Choosing embodiment over hustle
• Reclaiming feminine power without bypassing reality

POINT OF THE STORY:
You don’t need to become someone new to create the life you want… you need to stop abandoning yourself to maintain an identity that’s draining you. When you reverse engineer your choices from how you want to feel, your energy returns, your boundaries clarify, and your life begins to align without force.

MENTIONED:

• Dying to Be a Good Mother- Book
• Follow Heather Chauvin
  • Instagram
  • Emotionally Uncomfortable Podcast

This episode sets the tone for the entire Energy Is Everything Series. If you’ve been exhausted, over-functioning, or quietly wondering why success doesn’t feel the way you thought it would, then this conversation is your invitation

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MORE ABOUT ASH
I am the definition of duality — I swear like a sailor and break rules like it’s my job, but I also hold incredible space for my clients and work my ass off to help them achieve the success they’re after. But I'm also here for the non-preneur woman, too. My background in counseling gives me a unique perspective on what it means to show up, serve, & create connection for those who feel like they've never belonged before.

LINKS:

• Become the Regulated Woman
• Get emails that feel like your best friend (if your best friend was a therapist and actually told you the truth).
• Use code BB20 to get The Burnout Breakthrough for only $7
• Follow me on IG (dropping in once a quarter for updates & gossip)
• Website: ashmcdonaldmentoring.com

Work with me 1:1

• Therapeutic Mentorship
• Business Therapy (therapy + strategic mentorship)
• ...

Happy New Year, my love. This bonus episode is a gentle but honest conversation about what so many of us unconsciously bring into a new year: intensity, pressure, and the belief that healing only counts if it hurts.

In this episode, I’m naming something I’ve lived, witnessed, and had to unlearn myself… the tendency to create struggle in the name of growth. The idea that if it’s not hard, painful, or dramatic, it must not be real healing. I want to offer you a different path as we step into 2026.

This is an invitation to choose integration over resolution, embodiment over force, and safety over intensity. Healing doesn’t have to break you to work.

TOPICS & TANGENTS:
• New Year energy and the addiction to intensity
• Masochistic healing and why we believe struggle equals worthiness
• The nervous system’s attachment to pain as proof
• Why healing doesn’t only “count” if it hurts
• Integration as the most powerful form of healing
• Embodiment over endless learning and fixing
• Self trust as the real root of transformation
• Daily micro healing versus massive emotional overhauls
• Seasonal wisdom and honoring winter energy
• Slowing down without falling behind
• Why burnout often comes from trying to heal “correctly”
• Letting safety, not force, lead your growth

POINT OF THE STORY:
Healing isn’t meant to be punishing. The real work isn’t in how much you can endure, but in how deeply you can integrate what you already know. Transformation happens when your body feels safe enough to embody change… not when you push yourself to the edge trying to prove you’re worthy.

MENTIONED:
• Episode 164: My 2026 Planning Process (Structure That Creates Freedom)

If you’re feeling the urge to sprint into this year, let this episode be your permission slip to slow down. You can’t rush what’s already meant for you. Integration is where the magic lives.

Happy New Year 🤍

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I am the definition of duality — I swear like a sailor and break rules like it’s my job, but I also hold incredible space for my clients and work my ass off to help them achieve the success they’re after. But I'm also here for the non-preneur woman, too. My background in counseling gives me a unique perspective on what it means to show up, serve, & create connection for those who feel like they've never belonged before.

LINKS:

• Become the Regulated Woman
• Get emails that feel like your best friend (if your best friend was a therapist and actually told you the truth).
• Use code BB20 to get The Burnout Breakthrough for only $7
• Follow me on IG (dropping in once a quarter for updates & gossip)
• Website: ashmcdonaldmentoring.com

Work with me 1:1

• Therapeutic Mentorship
• Business Therapy (therapy + strategic mentorship)
• ...