Living an Intentional Life Podcast

By Ashley Strong Smith

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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.


Episode Date
Trusting the Process of Life: How Unexpected Challenges Can Lead You Home to Yourself with Alison Bell | Episode 197
Jun 09, 2026
Intentionality in Every Area of Life: Building an Aligned & Authentic Life | Episode 196
Jun 02, 2026
A Return to Rhythm: You’re Not Inconsistent — You’re Cyclical with Grace Van Bodhi of YinKIND | Episode 195
May 26, 2026
Italy, Friendship & the Feeling of Infinite Possibility (a peek inside my trip to Italy) | Episode 194
May 21, 2026
Navigating Solopreneurship in the Age of AI: Staying Grounded, Intentional & Aligned with Shilpa Lewis | Episode 193
May 12, 2026
From Student to Teacher: Reclaiming the Parts I Silenced | Episode 192
May 05, 2026
Designing a Life That Feels Like Mine: Choosing Alignment, Expansion & Intentional Living with Ali Hanson | Episode 191
Apr 28, 2026
When Everything Feels Like It’s Falling Apart: How to Return to Yourself | Episode 190
Apr 21, 2026
Choosing Love Again: Healing Patterns, Finding Truth & Creating a Legacy in Partnership with Julia Woods of Beautiful Outcome | Episode 189
Apr 14, 2026
Coming Home to Yourself: The Courage to Be Seen & Supported | Episode 188
Apr 07, 2026
Building the Home Within: Living with Intention and Presence with Nina Aziz Justin, The Resilience Mentor | Episode 187
Mar 31, 2026
Seeds, Seasons, & Sacred Moments: Your Spring Intentional Living Guide | Episode 186
Mar 24, 2026
Metabolism, Mindset & Momentum: A Sustainable Path to Feeling Your Best with Jenny Ferrero of Jenny J Fitness | Episode 185
Mar 17, 2026
Building, maintenance + the call back to inspired action | Episode 184
Mar 10, 2026
The Evolution of You: Intuition, Creativity & Becoming — with Kelsey Erickson, Founder of Everme & Co. | Episode 183
Mar 03, 2026
Non-Negotiables & Boundaries — A Return to Alignment | Episode 182
Feb 24, 2026
A Return to Wholeness: A Candid Conversation on the Power of Somatic Healing with Ashley & Chelsea | Episode 181
Feb 17, 2026
Creating Space to Listen: Trusting Your Inner Voice & Building a Heart-Centered Life | Episode 180
Feb 10, 2026
Soft, Seen & Sovereign : Holding your creativity, body & truth while building a personal brand with Kaysha van der Heyden | Episode 179
Feb 03, 2026
Creating a Sanctuary: Boundaries, Rhythms, and Living Intentionally | Episode 178
Jan 27, 2026
From Depletion to Alignment: Intentional living + planning with care | Episode 177
Jan 20, 2026
From Fear to Faith: Learning to Trust Your Journey with Isabelle de Cuba of The Mindful Journal | Episode 176
Jan 13, 2026
Arriving, Not Rushing: Creating a Heart-Centered Foundation for the Year Ahead | Episode 175
Jan 06, 2026
Happy Holidays & Top 10 Episodes of 2025 | Episode 174
Dec 23, 2025
A Re-Introduction: The Intentional Becoming of Me (and an Invitation for You) | Episode 174
Dec 16, 2025
Baroque & Beautiful: The Shame I Carried – and the Beauty It Formed with Crissy Medina of Medina Fine Pearls | Episode 173
Dec 09, 2025
The Benefits of Intentional Living — Especially for the Multi-Passionate Soul | Episode 172
Dec 02, 2025
Here’s to the magic we’ve created together… and to everything still unfolding | Episode 171
Nov 25, 2025
Moving slow to go fast with Dr. Gabrielle Jones of Steady LLC | Episode 170
Nov 18, 2025
Intentionality in the Rest of 2025 — How to Holistically Support Yourself (+ Others) | Episode 169
Nov 11, 2025
How to hold yourself accountable ( + 6 steps to invite into your life daily) | Episode 168
Nov 04, 2025
The Sacred Reset + The Intentional Ignition: Rhythms for Living on Purpose | Episode 167
Oct 30, 2025
Leaning Into God's Purpose For My Life with Tammy Zelez of The mUse Magazine | Episode 166
Oct 28, 2025
How Intentionality Leads to an Aligned, Authentic Life + 5 Ways to Apply It | Episode 165
Oct 14, 2025
The Art of Surrender: Akashic Records and the Journey to Living Intentionally with Monica Virga Alborno of Wand(HER)wild | Episode 164
Oct 07, 2025
How to tune out the noise + stay true to the dreams on your heart : A conversation with Ashley Strong Smith (RE-AIR FROM THE PASSION PURSUIT PODCAST) | Episode 162
Sep 30, 2025
How to Keep Moving Forward When Nothing Feels Supportive | Episode 161
Sep 23, 2025
Intentionality in Cultivating Being Inspired and Inspiring | Episode 160
Sep 16, 2025
Permission to Be Who You Know You Are with Bianca Whaley (Of Earth and Moon) | Episode 159
Sep 09, 2025
A Holistic Approach to Intentionally Following the Nudges to Change Seasons (+ A Peek Inside My Process) | Episode 158
Sep 02, 2025
Free Workshop : Creating a Heart-Centered Foundation | Episode 157
Aug 26, 2025
Moving Through the Mess: A Journey of Clarity and Contentment with Dr. Christine Coleman, PhD, LMFT | Episode 156
Aug 19, 2025
I “Graduated” Therapy After Nearly 6 Years + Here’s Where I Find Myself | Episode 155
Aug 12, 2025
How to Intentionally Be With the Season You’re In | Episode 154
Aug 05, 2025
If You Believed Anything Was Possible… What Would You Create? with Haley Thomas of The Passion Pursuit | Episode 153
Jul 29, 2025
38 TRUTHS as I Turn 38 | Episode 152
Jul 22, 2025
How to stop just existing + start truly living REPLAY from The Secrets of a Supermom Show | Episode 151
Jul 15, 2025
The Bigger You Get in Business (+ Life), the More You Have to Say NO to Get More YES’s with Alyssa Lang of Magnetic Profits | Episode 150
Jul 08, 2025
Intentionality in Your Environments, Spaces + Home (+ 9 Questions to Root Into) | Episode 149
Jul 01, 2025
Longer Days, Summer Nights – Intentionality in the Changing of the Seasons | Episode 148
Jun 24, 2025
From Out of the Ashes to a Woman Full of Fire with Alicia Baca Rush | Episode 147
Jun 17, 2025
Moving Through Change + Transformation and How to Intentionally Support Yourself | Episode 146
Jun 10, 2025
Do You Really Know Yourself? 8 Questions to Root Into What Makes You, You | Episode 145
Jun 03, 2025
How I Found My Light with Mindy Kaya, Spiritual Coach | Episode 144
May 27, 2025
A Guide to Being With Yourself: 14 Intentional Practices + Rituals to Embrace All of You | Episode 143
May 20, 2025
Eight Steps to Curate a Life That You Love | Episode 142
May 13, 2025
Mindful Parenting with Hunter Clarke-Fields, #1 Best Selling Author of Raising Good Humans | Episode 141
May 06, 2025
Living with Intention Does Not Equal Having It All Figured Out (+ 8 Questions to Ask Yourself Along the Way) | Episode 140
Apr 29, 2025
14 of My Favorite Tools in My Tool-Belt This Season | Episode 139
Apr 22, 2025
From the Grey Area of Life with Katie Jacobson, Artist | Episode 138
Apr 15, 2025
10 Intentional Actions I Took to Honor My Truth + Come Back Home to Myself | Episode 137
Apr 08, 2025
Enjoy the Transition into Spring: Plant Your Seeds, Write Your Book, Ignite Your Garden | Episode 136
Mar 25, 2025
Trusting Your Inner Compass: Living Intuitively with Dana Whitby, Creator of The Inner Compass Oracle | Episode 135
Mar 18, 2025
Get real real with what's real : finding the balance between honoring the season you’re in and softening the planning of the next | Episode 134
Mar 11, 2025
BONUS : [REPLAY] Embracing polarities during the seasons of life with FLOW from Omni Mindfulness Podcast | Episode 133
Mar 06, 2025
Intentional Listening with LD Nicola, Nationally Acclaimed Singer | Episode 132
Mar 04, 2025
The power of intentionality : Stop waiting for your life to be what you want it to be, make it what you want now | Episode 131
Feb 25, 2025
What it feels like to live an intentional life with Marcy Browe of Marcy Browe Photography | Episode 130
Feb 18, 2025
Move from the should’s and supposed-to’s of life into deep knowing, inspiration and the want to’s of life | Episode 129
Feb 11, 2025
Trust Your Heart, Follow Your Inner Guidance with Patricia J Crane, Ph.D. of Heal Your Life Training | Episode 128
Feb 04, 2025
Connecting your heart + mind : two foundational practices to living a more heart-centered life | Episode 127
Jan 28, 2025
Pursuing Dreams with Bri Geeski, Marketing agent and lifestyle blogger | Episode 126
Jan 23, 2025
Staying grounded in yourself when there is chaos around you! | Episode 125
Jan 21, 2025
A Ball of Yarn with Jennifer Lyons, Life Coach for the Sober Curious | Episode 124
Jan 14, 2025
Slow seasons are for planting seeds : How I ended 2024 + am beginning 2025 | Episode 123
Jan 07, 2025
Happiest of Holidays + New Year - See you in 2025!
Dec 23, 2024
Between Heaven and Earth: Learning how to say yes to life with Andrea Bordelon of Vitalogy Health, LLC | Episode 121
Dec 17, 2024
What DOING needs to be done so the BEING can be felt? | Episode 120
Dec 10, 2024
Embrace every part of you + shine with Denise Jarvie - Soul Coach, Mentor, and Writer | Episode 119
Dec 03, 2024
INTRODUCING... The Intentional Living Collective | Episode 118
Dec 01, 2024
Houses, Immersion, Mexico, Grief, Oh My - Healing + Hustling : A life update | Episode 117
Nov 26, 2024
How to end the year even more aligned + intentional than you started it | Episode 116
Nov 19, 2024
Life after Loss with Anna Melendez of The Fresh Pursuit | Episode 115
Nov 12, 2024
Changes I’ve made + practices I’ve strengthened after moving through one of the deepest valley’s + hardest seasons | Episode 114
Oct 29, 2024
Trust in your vision, even in uncertainty with Chelsea Horton of Healing Embodied | Episode 113
Oct 22, 2024
Our yearly international family trip - Brixham + London, United Kingdom | Episode 112
Oct 15, 2024
You have to know yourself to BE yourself with Claire Campagna | Episode 111
Oct 08, 2024
THREE foundational pieces to living an intentional life! | Episode 110
Oct 01, 2024
Use these 6 steps to create a roadmap for your most aligned + intentional season yet | Episode 109
Sep 24, 2024
When life is lifeing … 14 tools to try on when you’re in the thick of it | Episode 108
Sep 17, 2024
We are currently in a "State of Emergency" in the "Line Fire"
Sep 10, 2024
How not to second guess your intuition with Caitlin Durning of Meraki Media Management | Episode 106
Sep 03, 2024
Honor these 5 truths to create synergy in your schedule! | Episode 105
Aug 27, 2024
Take Control, or Lose it. The Woman's Wealth Transfer with Rose Macias of How Money Works Learning Center | Episode 104
Aug 20, 2024
Just existing or fully living? Honoring + elevating your present truth! | Episode 103
Aug 13, 2024
Inner child work + how to incorporate it into your life with Maria Feng | Episode 102
Aug 06, 2024
37 Truths + Rules to Live By (as I celebrate my 37th birthday) | Episode 101
Jul 30, 2024
How to do the work to create the life you want! | Episode 100
Jul 23, 2024
Believe in the light within you with Melissa Carter of Mystical Melissa | Episode 99
Jul 16, 2024
Life Update : Surprise, we bought a new house + moved! | Episode 98
Jul 09, 2024
Are you Living an Intentional Life? REPLAY from The End in Mind Podcast | Episode 97
Jul 02, 2024
8 Ways to Root Yourself in the Present Moment | Episode 96
Jun 25, 2024
Are You Living Your Life for Yourself or for Others with Connie Betz of Conz Pro | Episode 95
Jun 18, 2024
What happens when you lose yourself to your dream (and 7 tools to find her again)! | Episode 94
Jun 11, 2024
From Victim to Power with Hannah Lorain, Intuitive Generational Cycle Healing Coach | Episode 93
Jun 04, 2024
8 Ways to intentionally root down after traveling (and the what, how + why) | Episode 92
May 28, 2024
My journey + how it brought me onto the path of intentional living | Episode 91
May 21, 2024
It's all Figure-Outable with Dharma Shakti of Yogalution Movement | Episode 90
May 14, 2024
How to set goals, create the space to regularly check-in with + realize them | Episode 89
May 07, 2024
Living Intentionally through the Lens of Astrology with Rena Valentino | Episode 88
Apr 30, 2024
Intentionality + Intentional Living = Living Your Dream Life | Episode 87
Apr 23, 2024
From Courage to Intention : The Why Behind Re-Branding | Episode 86
Apr 16, 2024
Living an Intentional Life Podcast INTRO | Episode 85
Apr 10, 2024
Rewild Your Life with Lea Pickard, Nontoxic Living Expert | Episode 84
Apr 09, 2024
14 Tools to Invite into Your Life to Support Yourself through Transitions + Changing of Seasons | Episode 83
Apr 02, 2024
My Morning Pages Practice AND Writing Ideas + Topics to Support Yours | Episode 82
Mar 26, 2024
Vulnerability and it's Key to Unlocking Courage Within with Ashley Bennett of Live Life Reiki Studio | Episode 81
Mar 19, 2024
How to Honor your Definition of Courage + Living Courageously in this Season | Episode 80
Mar 12, 2024
Small Action Every Single Day Leads to Change + Transformation | Episode 79
Mar 05, 2024
Living 100% Fully Alive with Courage with Kate Swoboda of Your Courageous Life | Episode 78
Feb 27, 2024
Courageously Listen, Connect + Follow the Signs from the Universe… | Episode 77
Feb 20, 2024
Loving Courageously : Meeting my South African Husband while Teaching English in Mafia Island, Tanzania | Episode 76
Feb 13, 2024
How to Soften While Simultaneously Pursuing Your Goals? | Episode 75
Feb 06, 2024
[BONUS] Opening up to Possibility : REPLAY from Being All of You Podcast | Episode 74
Feb 01, 2024
How to Honor + Support Yourself Being Multi-Passionate Entrepreneur + Woman | Episode 73
Jan 30, 2024
Meeting Yourself with Compassion in the Midst of Uncertainty with Haylee LaRose | Episode 72
Jan 23, 2024
How to Find Your Equilibrium When You Feel Like you Keep Getting Knocked Off It! | Episode 71
Jan 16, 2024
Investing in your Courage with Kim of Clementine Rosebud | Episode 70
Jan 09, 2024
Reflection + Connection : Reviewing 2023 and Igniting 2024 with a Heart-Centered Foundation | Episode 69
Jan 03, 2024
Happiest of Holidays Courageous Soul
Dec 28, 2023
The Courageous Pursuit of Purpose Over Perfection with Erica Akingboye | Episode 68
Dec 19, 2023
Courageously Asking Yourself the OPPOSITE Question | Episode 67
Dec 12, 2023
Leaning into Uncertainty to Manifest the Life you Desire with Allison Henderson | Episode 66
Dec 05, 2023
What is an Expansion and Date Day & Why do I Schedule them Regularly? | Episode 65
Nov 28, 2023
Embracing the Courage to Live Fully Aligned with Lynn Turcotte-Schuh of Radiant Joy Motherhood | Episode 64
Nov 21, 2023
16 Tips to Stay Committed & Connected to Living an Intentional, Authentic and Courageous Life | Episode 63
Nov 14, 2023
[BONUS] The Magic of Living A Courageous and Curious Life : REPLAY from Finding Flow State Podcast
Nov 08, 2023
Get out of Your Own Way & Start Living in Flow as Your Most Authentic Self with Steph of Finding Flow State | Episode 61
Nov 07, 2023
My Trip to New Zealand & The SIX Tools I Used to Ground Back Down | Episode 60
Oct 31, 2023
Check-In : How can you support yourself in the last quarter of the year? | Episode 59
Oct 18, 2023
Freedom is in Harnessing Your Truth with Niccole Hendrickson, Co-Owner of KALO Fitness | Episode 58
Oct 10, 2023
Celebrating ONE Year of The Living Courageously Podcast - 10 Lessons I've Learned | Episode 57
Oct 03, 2023
Answers Come to Those Who Take Action with Elizabeth Hartke, Founder Luminary Leadership Co. | Episode 56
Sep 26, 2023
You’ve Created a Heart-Centered Foundation, NOW WHAT? | Episode 55
Sep 19, 2023
I Lost Myself AND Found Myself in 12 Months with Erika Howell | Episode 54
Sep 12, 2023
How I Move Stagnant Energy into Inspired Energy | Episode 53
Sep 05, 2023
Love Yourself Enough to Transform Your Life with Ash Rucker | Episode 52
Aug 29, 2023
Vivid Vision Day : Creating the Space and Time to Work on Yourself and Business | Episode 51
Aug 22, 2023
Follow the Signs with Brooke Frame | Episode 50
Aug 15, 2023
Do Something For YOU (that the rest of the world knows nothing about) | Episode 49
Aug 08, 2023
Dancing Along Your Edge with Sarah D'Angelo, CEO of The Embodied Woman | Episode 48
Aug 01, 2023
BONUS : Honoring Your JOURNEY, Mid Year Check-In | Episode 47
Jul 27, 2023
Honor THIS Season of What it Means to Live Courageously | Episode 46
Jul 25, 2023
Living Life Fully Expressed with Shanna Mota | Episode 45
Jul 18, 2023
36 Things as I Turn 36 - I Want My Daughter to Know | Episode 44
Jul 11, 2023
Freedom Within Boundaries, Spontaneity Within Structure | Episode 43
Jun 27, 2023
Embracing a Bold Life with Claudia Whitney, Life + Business Coach for Women | Episode 42
Jun 20, 2023
How to Keep Moving Forward, Even When You Don't See Results | Episode 41
Jun 13, 2023
Detach, Connect and Make that First Step with Kimberly DeShields-Spencer | Episode 40
Jun 06, 2023
Life in this Moment : Honoring my Journey and Definition of Courage | Episode 39
May 30, 2023
How to Love Courageously with Eryin Lesli, Love Coach | Episode 38
May 23, 2023
15 Truths I Know in this Moment About Living Courageously | Episode 37
May 16, 2023
Mutual Awakening & The Paradigm of Shared Unity with Patricia Albere, Founder of Evolutionary Collective | Episode 36
May 09, 2023
My Trip to Lisbon, Sintra and Porto Portugal - PART 2 | Episode 35
May 03, 2023
My Trip to Lisbon, Sintra and Porto Portugal - PART 1 | Episode 34
May 02, 2023
Limitations Create Possibilities with Deanna Kitchen of The Growing Kindness Project | Episode 33
Apr 25, 2023
Maneuvering Change, Adaptability and Resilience | Episode 32
Apr 18, 2023
Doing the Work and Reaching your Goals with Kayla Durck, Fitness Trainer | Episode 31
Apr 11, 2023
Needing to Take Action, but you're Stuck in Analysis Paralysis & Imposter Syndrome | Episode 30
Apr 04, 2023
Quarter Year Check-In : Where are YOU in this Moment? | Episode 29
Mar 30, 2023
Listen to the Stirrings of Your Heart with Erin Schrader of Living in Yellow | Episode 28
Mar 28, 2023
Transforming Fear into Courage through Action | Episode 27
Mar 21, 2023
Unbecoming: Finding a Path Back Home to Who You Really Are with Trish Taylor | Episode 26
Mar 14, 2023
Fight or Flight : 5 Lessons I Learned While Maneuvering a Blizzard | Episode 25
Mar 07, 2023
Choosing to Heal and Grow through Practicing Self-Compassion with Elana Morgulis, LMFT, E-RYT | Episode 24
Feb 28, 2023
8 Questions to Answer to Build a Heart-Centered Foundation for a Courageous, Intentional & Dream Life | Episode 23
Feb 21, 2023
Jumping and Growing your Wings on the Way Down with Brooke Torres | Episode 22
Feb 14, 2023
How to Breakdown Your Goals into Bite Size Pieces | Episode 21
Feb 07, 2023
Dream it, Design it, Live it! How to Begin Living your Next Level Life Today with Diana Long | Episode 20
Jan 31, 2023
Invitation to Reconnect, Recalibrate & Realign your Weeks, Months and Year | Episode 19
Jan 24, 2023
Why Connection is your #1 Currency with Megan Moran, The Mompreneur Guide | Episode 18
Jan 17, 2023
Start by Putting on Your Hiking Boots | Episode 17
Jan 10, 2023
You Can't Make This $h!t Up with Donna Bond, M.A. | Episode 16
Jan 03, 2023
All Things Can Coexist : Reflections on Lessons from 2022 | Episode 15
Dec 27, 2022
Deleting the Word "Impossible" from Your Vocabulary with Laura Grier, Adventure Photographer | Episode 14
Dec 20, 2022
5 Ways to Get YOU Through the Ebbs | Episode 13
Dec 13, 2022
Sleeping with Lions: A Year in Tanzania with Lee Anne McIlroy | Episode 12
Dec 06, 2022
Honoring our Unique Mountain Ridges with its Dynamic Peaks and Valleys | Episode 11
Nov 29, 2022
Feeling, Sensing & Knowing - That is ALL Intuition with Carrie Stiers, Psychic Medium | Episode 10
Nov 22, 2022
Courage in Action, Part 2 - What Would YOU do if YOU Jumped | Episode 9
Nov 15, 2022
Do Not Give Up! | Episode 8
Nov 08, 2022
Know your Voice, Honor your Instinct with Dr. Gabrielle Jones | Episode 7
Nov 01, 2022
10 TOOLS I use weekly to stay grounded, connected, inspired & motivated | Episode 6
Oct 25, 2022
Courage in Action Part 1 - A Look Inside This Past Year! | Episode 5
Oct 18, 2022
7 Ways to Create an Intentional and Courageous Roadmap for your Week | Episode 4
Oct 11, 2022
10 Courageous Acts in 10 Years | Episode 2
Oct 09, 2022
Stop caring about what others think and focus on how you feel | Episode 3
Oct 09, 2022
My Journey - What brought me to this moment | Episode 1
Oct 06, 2022