Ashley Loren

Finding a Shoe that Fits – The Tender Fear of Becoming Someone You’re Not

Uncomfortable Shoes to Fill Have you heard of abundance blocks before? It’s the idea that ridiculously simple but hidden thoughts can quietly hold us back from what we say we want.   As strange as it sounds, shoes were an abundance block for me.   The epiphany hit me in therapy last week—naturally, but not because my

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The Choice I Swore I’d Never Make and Why It Changed Everything

Self-improvement Obsession I used to be really into the manifesting mindset. Maybe you’ve heard of the idea: if you just change your thoughts, you can attract anything—perfect partners, your dream car, abundant cash. I’m not here to debunk the law of attraction, but let’s just say it wasn’t working for me, even though I was

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Here and Now: The Transformative Power of Dailyness

Here and There It feels as if this is all of life: That we rush out to “there,” rather than being “here,” because somehow we are afraid of losing what is “here” if we’re not focused on “there.” Yet when we focus on “there,” we have already lost “here.” At the beginning of this year, I did a rune reading

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Ditching the Grind: The Unexpected Path to Doubling My Income

The Reverse Midlife Crisis That Changed Everything Around my 40th birthday, I had what I can only call a reverse midlife crisis. I woke up one day and realized I was living a life I never actually chose. At the tender age of 20, I had made one misaligned decision after another, reacting instead of

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Rewriting the Motherhood Memo: What I Gave My Children When I Finally Chose Myself

It’s Mother’s Day 2025, and the social media posts I appreciate most are the ones that acknowledge how complex this day can be for those who have mothers, are mothers, wanted to be mothers, never wanted to be mothers, or lost their mothers. In other words… everyone I know. I have a mother I cherished,

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