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
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 stopped believing in her.
And yet… she never left.
In this episode, I share the journey of returning to a part of myself I once silenced—and what it felt like to finally say a full-body yes to ste...
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 your own.
Ali’s journey is one of intentional evolution.
After selling two hospitality businesses, she found herself at a threshold—choosing not certainty, but alignment. Not a p...
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 questioning everything I’ve been building.
It was one of those moments where nothing felt in control.
And in the middle of it all, I heard something simple:
just stop.
This episode is an in...
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, hear, and understand one another.
But this conversation goes far beyond tools and communication.
It’s about the truth of what happens when love alone isn’t enough.
Julia vulnerably shares...
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.
In this episode, I’m sharing what it looks like to come home to yourself in a real and present way—through curiosity, through support, and through honoring the parts of you ...
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 compass that guides every choice.
We talk about:
- How intention lives both in the big picture and the smallest moments.
- Choosing alignment over approval, integrity over momentum, and l...
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 season — to nurture not only the life you’re building, but the moments that will one day become your memories.
From my favorite spring rituals — morning pages with coffee outside, fr...
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 extremes and into a way of living that deeply supports your body, your energy, and your life.
We talk about building strength not just physically, but hormonally and emotionally…
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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 what makes life feel alive.
We explore:
- The difference between maintenance and stagnation
- How to notice when rest becomes comfort
- Recognizing the signs that it’s time to move...
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 thoughtful overthinkers, recovering control freaks, and visionaries who long to “let go and let it flow” — but aren’t quite sure how. Her signature philosophy, Intuition + Action = Magic, off...
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 myself walking in the forest feeling exhausted, depleted, and out of alignment. I had been operating from the energy I thought I needed — pushing forward, striving, and doing more — but what I actua...
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 system, and her healing.
Together, they share a raw, honest conversation about what somatic healing truly looks like — beyond the buzzwords and into the lived experience. Ashley op...
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, to walk in the forest, and to listen to the quiet, persistent voice within.
Feeling exhausted, deflated, and disconnected from the energy she wanted to carry forward, Ashley began to receive cl...
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 sen...
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 sanctuar...
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 gi...
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 ab...
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.
T...
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 inter...
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 c...
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