awaken. heal.
lead.
Lead with energy and intuition so you can have an even greater impact - without depleting yourself!
Ashley Barnes
Poet-Author | Speaker | Leadership Coach/Mentor
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As the world around us becomes more complex, many of us are feeling a sense of unrest, a pull, a primal desire to scream into the Universe, “This is not what I signed up for. I can’t do this anymore. Something has to change!”
If we're really honest with ourselves, we've had a desire since we were very young to make a difference, to lead in some way. And yet, as life pulled us in different directions, that desire gave way to a sense of responsibility, practicality, and even fear.
But now, the pull is getting harder and harder to ignore. And despite the messages that have kept us playing small up until now...
WE'RE CHOOSING TO HEED THE CALL.
Despite the conditioning that has led us to overvalue productivity and undervalue rest, driving us to expend our precious well-being putting everyone else first and neglecting our own needs in the process.
Despite feeling so different and misunderstood that we’ve perfected the art of "fitting in" and doing it “by the book”, knowing it was unfulfilling but not knowing what or how to do it differently.
Despite the messages that have steered us away for so long from our own deep, inner knowing about what’s right for our unique vision, leaving us to feel unsafe and out of touch with our own bodies, minds, and souls.
Despite the fact that we can’t yet see what this work looks like, how we will make a living doing it, or how we will even get there - just that we know we have to do something different, NOW.
Though we may not see it yet, as women, have the power and capacity innately within us to birth a new paradigm of being for everyone, most especially ourselves. We feel it deep within.
We have the ability to break out of the boxes that we have contorted ourselves into, restricting our natural gifts, talents, and vision. This is what we've come here to do.
We can create calm from the chaos, fueled by the desire to be, do, and have MORE than what we’ve allowed for ourselves up until now. This is our birthright.
We are able to remember that it’s not only safe to show up in all aspects of our lives as the sensitive, passionate souls that we are – it’s essential. For ourselves, our families, our places of work, our communities, and each other.
This is the work of visionary women like you.
AND THIS IS WHERE I COME IN.
I am a Bridge, a Light
A Connector of worlds
Translating Love into suffering hearts
For the journey home,
Through the darkness, through the pain
Through the nights that seem to never end,
Let the healing begin
I GUIDE WOMEN TO AWAKEN THE LEADER INSIDE
Leadership is more than the tired old top-down, productivity-based, corporate paradigm of "being in charge". Modern leadership is holistic - it encompasses the work of both DOING and BEING. It aligns with the energy of EMPATHY, BALANCE, and INTUITION and looks like:
Taking the promotion
Transferring to another role
Leaving a toxic boss
Starting a career in a new industry
Writing a book
Leaving a toxic relationship
Speaking up
Setting boundaries
Running a business
Serving on a board
Engaging in activism
Writing a blog
Saying no
Deciding to heal
Facing fears
Trusting our inner knowing
WE ARE ALL LEADERS!
Now is the time for us to navigate through these feelings of unrest and our desire for more so we can clear a pathway to the transformation we want to create for ourselves and for the world.
Now is the time for us to activate and trust our intuition so we can find a deeper alignment with who we are on a deep soul level and create forward momentum and lasting change.
Now is the time for us to motivate ourselves to open the door to what else is possible and lead the change we want to see, from the inside out, one woman at a time.
