Let me ask you this: How do you handle the darkest chapters of your life? How confident do you feel in navigating these periods? These periods happen for every single one of us, and yet these are skills few of us were ever taught – They aren’t valued by our society, and many of us end up feeling totally lost when we have to navigate the toughest chapters of life. Today I’m talking about why walking through painful times in our lives feels even harder now than at other period of history, how these skills can make life so much easier, and I invite you to join me as we start exploring this terrain together.

00:00 Preview

00:21 Welcome

1:15 The challenges of this chapter of history

5:52 Why I’m starting a new series on darkness skills

9:43 Why we need these even when we’re doing fine

13:03 Why most of us struggle with this

14:40 Why this is one of the best skillsets out there

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S3 Ep9: Healing from Depression

If you’ve ever struggled with depression, then you already know what a terribly dark and difficult place it is to live in. This week I’m sharing my personal story with depression, how it propelled me onto my healing path, and my biggest learnings from it all. I’m sharing everything I’ve learned from those difficult years: the root causes of my depression, what was required to heal from it, and how it acted as the catalyst for growth into the person I am now.

0:59 – My story with depression

6:31 – How depression became my origin story for healing

7:03 – Part 1: Root causes of my depression

12:35 – Part 2: What it took to healing from depression

19:16 – What the darkness often really is

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I’ve had an epiphany – and I’m sharing it here!!

I’ve been healing for years, but just this week I had a lightbulb moment about how we become wired for self-abandonment – and the magical way we can repair! Find a cozy chair and join me as we explore a theory about self-abandonment that I haven’t heard anyone else talk about – what’s really happening underneath the surface and the critical process that can heal this at its roots.

0:59 – The connection between victimhood and self-abandonment

5:03 – What self-abandonment really means (what’s happening inside our consciousness)

9:36 – Getting through something doesn’t make you stronger…unless!

10:52 – THIS is the key to healing self-abandonment

12:42 – THANK GOODNESS for triggers!!

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Over the last 8 years of healing, I’ve made my share of mistakes – all painful in their own ways, but all deeply instructive. In this episode, I’m sharing five of the biggest ones I’ve made, how they humbled and shaped me, and ultimately helped me grow. If you’re on your own healing path, I hope these might help you avoid falling into the same traps – or at least know you’re not alone in the winding, imperfect, and humbling journey of healing!

0:48 – #1 Believing one day I’d be “healed” and life would be easy
4:38 – #2 Trying to remember everything I learned
6:44 – #3 Fearing that the darkness inside was too much for me
9:31 – #4 Worrying I would never heal enough to be at peace
13:08 – #5 Believing that a healing path is the best way to live

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Trying to stay sane during this intense chapter of history? This week I'm sharing the fascinating, dualistic state that helps me stay sane right now. Grab a cup of tea and join me for this juicy exploration of how peace coexists with fiery passion, how humans can occupy two states at once, and how our visioning fuels the creation of the new reality that's arriving. Do you have a vision for the new world? :)

1:16 – This chapter of history is when we’re dreaming up everything anew
2:03 – Duality Part 1: Feeling at peace with how things are
5:44 – Duality Part 2: Refusing to accept that things must be the way they are
8:38 – The fuel that propels the new into reality
10:08 – Our capacity to occupy two “oppositional” states at once (How cool!)

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Struggling with anxiety? This week I discuss one common root cause of chronic anxiety: early life trauma. While modern medicine often treats chronic conditions as though they are permanent, I’ve personally found the opposite: that they can meaningfully improve under our care, if only we can identify the root cause. Join me to learn how early life trauma rewires our brains, why this potentially primes us for chronic anxiety, and – most importantly – how knowing this empowers us to repair our nervous systems and reduce our anxiety.

2:45 - The problem with how doctors treat chronic conditions

5:54 - Is early life trauma the root cause of chronic anxiety?

9:15 - Why the brain doesn’t care WHAT happened – only whether it could cope

10:52 - How trauma rewires the brain – and how this primes us for anxiety

17:10 - Yes, this can heal!!

19:07 - We are not broken – we just need care

20:26 - Techniques for healing

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Curious about what sparked this season of Live at Your Edge? In this more personal episode, I share the inner experiences that sparked the rebirth of Live at Your Edge after it was dormant for almost 2 years. Grab a cup of tea and hang out with me as I reflect on the past year, an epiphany that changed everything, and why I LOVE being here with you.

• How my reasons for doing this project have changed (2:32)
• The (hilarious) epiphany that changed everything (9:12)
• Why I have to “build the airplane in the air” (17:22)
• How I want to show up, and why I love being with you :)

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When life gets hard, it’s easy to feel pulled into survival mode – coping, pushing through, getting by.

In this episode, Ashley reflects on what has helped most during the toughest chapters of her life. She shares four practices that have helped her move beyond survival and exhaustion – and call in more light, resilience, and creativity. What might it look like to move from coping into something more sustaining?

• 4 techniques that actually help me in hard times (1:30)
• Practice #1: When dark emotions come, let them in (2:42)
• When shame and judgement come up (and they probably will!) (7:59)
• Practice #2: Find opportunities for self-expansion (15:02)
• Practice #3: Embody the temporary nature of everything (18:18)
• Practice #4: Go outside! (23:34)

For more on Havening technique, check out these episodes:

S1 E5 – Navigate the Road to Healing

S2 E2 – 3 Must-Haves for Healing

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