Living an Intentional Life Podcast
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.
Episodes
194 episodes
Navigating Solopreneurship in the Age of AI: Staying Grounded, Intentional & Aligned with Shilpa Lewis | Episode 193
In this conversation, I sit down with Shilpa Lewis—mindfulness-led AI strategist, meditation life coach, and host of the globally ranked podcast Omni Mindfulness™—to explore what it means to stay grounded, intentional, and aligned in t...
From Student to Teacher: Reclaiming the Parts I Silenced | Episode 192
There was a version of me I quietly put away.I told myself I was meant to be the student… not the teacher. That I wasn’t suited for that role. That part of me slowly went dormant—not because she left, but because I stop...
Designing a Life That Feels Like Mine: Choosing Alignment, Expansion & Intentional Living with Ali Hanson | Episode 191
In this conversation, I sit down with Ali Hanson—sustainability consultant, creator of The Mindful Edit, founder of Civic & Soil, and community builder behind Cultivate Carp—to explore what it really means to design a life that feels like y...
When Everything Feels Like It’s Falling Apart: How to Return to Yourself | Episode 190
What do you do when everything starts to unravel… all at once?In this episode, I share a very real and recent moment in my own life — navigating pneumonia, things breaking around me, a client canceling mid-contract, and the spiral of que...
Choosing Love Again: Healing Patterns, Finding Truth & Creating a Legacy in Partnership with Julia Woods of Beautiful Outcome | Episode 189
This conversation is one of the most powerful and honest I’ve had to date.Today, I’m joined by Julia Woods — couples coach, trainer, and founder of Beautiful Outcome — a woman who has spent over 20,000 hours helping couples truly see, he...
Coming Home to Yourself: The Courage to Be Seen & Supported | Episode 188
There comes a moment in your journey where you begin to hear yourself more clearly…and with that awareness comes a deeper invitation—to honor what’s emerging, to allow yourself to be supported, and to build the courage to be seen in it....
Building the Home Within: Living with Intention and Presence with Nina Aziz Justin, The Resilience Mentor | Episode 187
To live with intention is not always loud or dramatic—it’s quiet, steady, and deeply present.In this conversation with Nina Aziz Justin, we explore the art of inhabiting life fully: slowing down, turning inward, and trusting the inner co...
Seeds, Seasons, & Sacred Moments: Your Spring Intentional Living Guide | Episode 186
Spring is here — a season of renewal, growth, and gentle becoming.In this episode, I invite you to slow down, tune in, and notice the seeds quietly asking for your attention. Together, we explore what it means to live with intention this...
Metabolism, Mindset & Momentum: A Sustainable Path to Feeling Your Best with Jenny Ferrero of Jenny J Fitness | Episode 185
In this episode, I’m joined by Jenny Ferrero—Fitness Expert, founder of EmpowerU, and the voice behind Jenny J Fitness.This conversation weaves together metabolism, mindset, and momentum—exploring what it truly looks like to step out of ...
Building, maintenance + the call back to inspired action | Episode 184
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...
The Evolution of You: Intuition, Creativity & Becoming — with Kelsey Erickson, Founder of Everme & Co. | Episode 183
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 thoughtfu...
Non-Negotiables & Boundaries — A Return to Alignment | Episode 182
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 ...
A Return to Wholeness: A Candid Conversation on the Power of Somatic Healing with Ashley & Chelsea | Episode 181
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 syste...
Creating Space to Listen: Trusting Your Inner Voice & Building a Heart-Centered Life | Episode 180
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, t...
Soft, Seen & Sovereign : Holding your creativity, body & truth while building a personal brand with Kaysha van der Heyden | Episode 179
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...
Creating a Sanctuary: Boundaries, Rhythms, and Living Intentionally | Episode 178
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 t...
From Depletion to Alignment: Intentional living + planning with care | Episode 177
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 o...
From Fear to Faith: Learning to Trust Your Journey with Isabelle de Cuba of The Mindful Journal | Episode 176
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 yo...
Arriving, Not Rushing: Creating a Heart-Centered Foundation for the Year Ahead | Episode 175
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 betwe...
Happy Holidays & Top 10 Episodes of 2025 | Episode 174
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 th...
A Re-Introduction: The Intentional Becoming of Me (and an Invitation for You) | Episode 174
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...
Baroque & Beautiful: The Shame I Carried – and the Beauty It Formed with Crissy Medina of Medina Fine Pearls | Episode 173
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 e...
The Benefits of Intentional Living — Especially for the Multi-Passionate Soul | Episode 172
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 ...
Here’s to the magic we’ve created together… and to everything still unfolding | Episode 171
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 y...
Moving slow to go fast with Dr. Gabrielle Jones of Steady LLC | Episode 170
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 eve...