Ashley’s Substack Podcast

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wannabewisdom.substack.com<br/><br/><p>Hi Loves,</p><p>I’m starting something new here: sending theta therapy sessions directly to your inbox.</p><p>This is...

<p>One of the things I care most about is helping people go deeper in their storytelling and create from a place that feels fully alive. That’s the heart of what I do here on Wannabe Wisdom.</p><p>But I also love...

<p>The part of business we don’t talk about enough is the part happening inside us.</p><p>In this Live, Dennis Berry and I talked about emotional intelligence, but really we were talking about the inner skills...

<p>In this live conversation, Kristi Keller 🇨🇦 (HomeBody(ish) Magazine and Unstack Substack) and I untangle the myth that you’re supposed to have one clean, consistent “voice” online. Especially on Substack, where...

<p>The first thing I ever published was about a dead mouse floating in a toilet.</p><p>I remember staring at it longer than I should have. Not because I was deciding what to do. But because something inside me had...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wannabewisdom.substack.com<br/><br/><p>Hi, friend.</p><p>I’ve spent the last couple weeks putting together my first digital product, and I’m excited to...

<p>Writing and publishing form a kind of tightrope. You listen to your gut about what’s ready to share, but you also try not to freeze in the paralysis of perfectionism.</p><p>On Friday night, I went to the touring...

<p>Hi friends,</p><p>This Canadian Thanksgiving, I was grateful for something we rarely toast: free speech—the chance to say what I believe about love, creativity, politics, or the weird mystery of being alive—without...

<p>This week, I had an epiphany: failure is worth it.</p><p>Last week, I was sitting at my laptop on a grey Tuesday morning, staring at my Substack dashboard and wondering if I was delusional. I’d just spent three days...

<p>My husband was away. The dog had already been walked, fed, and pooed. I didn’t have any classes to teach. On the calendar: one morning call and a dance class at night. Ten glorious, uninterrupted hours. When does...

<p></p><p><p>Unsplash, 2025</p></p><p>I woke up yesterday with low, depressed energy. It was Sunday, and I hadn’t written anything to post on Monday. Maybe Saturday’s wine stole Sunday’s energy. Two glasses can send me...

<p></p><p><p>Alexander Grey, Unsplash, 2018</p></p><p>Last week I completely fell off my usual routines. Barely a social post, no Substack draft ready to publish Monday, and a recycled barre routine (with Mr. Jones by...

<p><p>Credit: Unsplash</p></p><p>I keep wanting to write this as an essay but honestly it feels more like a rant, like I just need to spit it out first. I’ve been tempted to write about genocide. Or maybe not genocide...

<p><p>The Yukon Theatre rewired my brain in the ’80s and ’90s with films like Edward Scissorhands, Alive, My Girl, Forrest Gump, Romeo + Juliet, and Seven (just to name a few).</p><p>Photo credit: Ken Wuschke, Aug 2025...

<p>Hi friends,</p><p>My conversation with poet, author, photographer, and philosopher of the heart, Ulrich Schaffer, was one of those rare, quietly electric hours that I know I’ll return to again and again. We talked...