Living an Intentional Life Podcast
Welcome to Living an Intentional Life Podcast! This is a space where in community, we find belonging. A place where you are deeply seen and heard. Ultimately connecting through the lens of intention. Creating intentional, incremental daily actions that enable us to root into who we are, expand deeper into our purpose, align with our truths and live out our wildest dreams. I’m your host, Ashley Strong Smith. In this lifetime, I’ve been honored to continuously live a life that is far beyond my dreams. Taking incremental intentional action every single day, that has compounded to major change and transformation. Each week, I share tangible tools, tips and resources to invite into your own life. Alongside meeting + getting a peek inside some of the most inspiring women intentionally living their truths! I truly believe that we are capable of bringing any dream into reality, of blooming the most vibrant lotus flower from trudging through thick mud, of honoring our deepest truth and being in full expression in this human experience as after all, we are limitless!
Episodes
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...
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 ...
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...
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 abou...
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.
Tog...
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 intervi...
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 car...
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 infl...
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 star...
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, a...
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...
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...
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 — a...
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.
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 laun...
Tune into this week's episode of "Living an Intentional Life Podcast" as I deep dive into "How intentionality leads to living an aligned + authentic life AND 5 ways to apply this to your life!"
Inspired by my weekend, I share :
- How I live with intention in my day-to-day
- What intentionality, authenticity and alignment really are and most importantly how they feel
- 5 ways to apply this to you...
Tuen into this week's episode of "Living an Intentional Life Podcast" for an intimate, raw and rad conversation with Monica Virga Alborno of Wand(HER)wild, "The Art of Surrender: Akashic Records and the Journey to Living Intentionally!"
About Monica :
Featured in Forbes, Glamour, and Business Insider, Monica Virga Alborno is a former Fortune 500 energy engineering executive turned entrepreneur...
Tune into this week's super fun episode of "Living an Intentional Life Podcast" as it's a RE-AIR FROM THE PASSION PURSUIT PODCAST where I had an honor to be interviewed by Haley!
The episode, "How to tune out the noise + stay true to the dreams on your heart : A conversation with Ashley Strong Smith," moves through :
- The importance of intentionality as a creative entrepreneur
- How to ba...
Tune into this week's episode of "Living an Intentional Life Podcast" as I deep dive into "How to keep moving forward when nothing seems to be supportive and helping!"
This episode is broken down into 3 parts :
- Ways to do the work :
- Within
- Inviting in your safe people + community
- Working with a coach or a professional
- Going on a retreat
- Tools that support it :
- Reflecting with on...
Tune into this week's episode of "Living an Intentioanl Life Podcast" as I deep dive into "Intentionality in cultivating being inspired and inspiring!"
This conversation is broken down into two parts - being inspired and inspiring :
Let’s start with being inspired
- Create clarity on what inspiration actually means to you
- For me, inspiration is when I am positively influenced by something...
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