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The Transformative Power of Working Directly with Your Ancestors — and How It Can Set You Free to Walk Your Own Path

The Transformative Power of Working Directly with Your Ancestors — and How It Can Set You Free to Walk Your Own Path

Discover the transformative power of working directly with your ancestors to heal generational trauma, reclaim your personal power, and align with your soul’s purpose. This essay explores why modern self-help tools often fall short—and how true ancestral healing requires conscious connection with your lineage. Learn how to break inherited patterns, awaken your gifts, and walk a path that’s fully your own. This is for pattern-breakers, legacy builders, and spiritual seekers ready to go deeper.

Ashley JohnsApril 22, 2025Comment

New Year Prep: The Truth

New Year Prep: The Truth

I'm crystal clear about my 2024, are you? I started clearing, gestating and nurturing it this summer (if you remember my emails about Summer of SHIFT) and now, here we are. Soon to cross the threshold into a new portal of time, space and influence.

Personal Development, Ash's Journey/JournalAshley JohnsDecember 27, 2023Self-worth, Self-leadership, women empowerment, New YearComment

Let's talk about it: Money, Women and Victimhood 💜 (Taraji's breakdown)

Let's talk about it: Money, Women and Victimhood 💜 (Taraji's breakdown)

Chasing, efforting, fighting and trying to prove yourself will always be a subconscious way of participating in your own destruction and demise. Some unpopular, but deeply thought out thoughts about the Black Woman x Equal Pay conversation,

Personal Development, Divine Ancestral Feminine, Ancestral HealingAshley JohnsDecember 23, 2023Celebrity, Self-worth, Self-leadership, Equity, Women's Rights, women empowerment, Self-respect, IndustryComment

The Balanced Creational Woman's Manifesto™ (v1)

The Balanced Creational Woman's Manifesto™ (v1)

The Balanced Creational Woman is who I was born and always meant to be. I'm so sure you have your own version of her inside you too.

Ancestral Healing, Personal Development, Divine Ancestral FeminineAshley JohnsMarch 1, 2023Elevate Mastermind, womanhood, creational woman, balanced woman, level up your lifeComment

Full Circle vs Full Spectrum | Living in Personal Freedom

Full Circle vs Full Spectrum | Living in Personal Freedom

That's what this work, my life, this space is all about ya'll. Read this blog post to learn more.

Personal Development, Ash's Journey/JournalAshley JohnsSeptember 26, 2022destination, journey, reflections, personal power, personal freedom, hometown, roots, family healing, leadershipComment

How to Find Belonging In Life By Communicating With Your Ancestors | Whole Lineage Healing™

How to Find Belonging In Life By Communicating With Your Ancestors | Whole Lineage Healing™

What if I told you the root cause of your feelings of loneliness and not quite belonging or having any deep connections actually lies in your ancestry? Let's work on that together in this blog.

Ancestral HealingAshley JohnsJune 8, 2022belonging, community, sisterhoodComment

How To Stop Second-Guessing Yourself And Lean Into Your Ancestral Power

How To Stop Second-Guessing Yourself And Lean Into Your Ancestral Power

What if I told you the secret to getting every single thing that you want in this next chapter of life can come to you if you will let go of control in this next chapter of life? Sounds wild, right? This blog is for you.

Ancestral Healing, Personal DevelopmentAshley JohnsJune 2, 2022self-doubt, confidence, personal growth, women empowerment, Start HereComment

A Guide to Ancestral Lineage Healing [Repair Your Whole Family Tree]

A Guide to Ancestral Lineage Healing [Repair Your Whole Family Tree]

You are the generational pattern breaker in your family, right? I want you to learn how to work with your ancestors so that you can actually heal your whole lineage and break these patterns. Join me.

Ancestral HealingAshley JohnsMay 26, 2022Start HereComment

Can Family Trauma Be Inherited? (Ancestral Healing Approach)

Can Family Trauma Be Inherited? (Ancestral Healing Approach)

Have you heard about mother wounds and father wounds? This blog is all about why you should be looking beyond your parents and your grandparents to heal inherited mother and father wounds in your whole lineage.

Ancestral HealingAshley JohnsMay 18, 2022Start HereComment

What is Ancestral Healing? (8 Approaches You Can Take)

What is Ancestral Healing? (8 Approaches You Can Take)

So why is ancestral healing important and what is it anyway, right? It really comes down to all humans to have belonging, love, purpose, understanding, and ultimately, healing, and to increase the quality of our lives as the generation moves forward. But when we don't do healing, that ain't happening, right?

Ancestral HealingAshley JohnsMay 9, 2022Start HereComment

what can happen when you take a breath

what can happen when you take a breath

A lot can happen in the moment of a breath. You can open the email you’ve been dreading. The phone can ring to break your concentration. Someone can tell you the news you’ve been waiting on for a long time.

Ashley JohnsNovember 10, 2021Comment

a few words about lineage, love, and falling in love again

a few words about lineage, love, and falling in love again

In 2016 I fell in love again. This time with a guy I met while living in Bali. He was just like I like 'em—taller than I, muscular (but not too much), chocolate brown, "soft aggressive" as I like to call it, kind hearted, cool minded, and super down to earth.

Ashley JohnsNovember 10, 2021Comment

wanna know what's healing in all of us?

wanna know what's healing in all of us?

I spent yesterday afternoon into early evening having my first in-person meeting with an internet friend, turned client, turned member of my team.

Ashley JohnsNovember 10, 2021Comment

is it a curse or is it learned behavior?

is it a curse or is it learned behavior?

9 out of 10 inquiries I receive for ancestral healing work include some version of the phrase "family curse" or "something deeper blocking me and I don't know what" in them.

Ashley JohnsNovember 10, 2021Start HereComment

The "Dream it, Heal it into Existence" Recipe

The "Dream it, Heal it into Existence" Recipe

I got word from a dear friend that's she's engaged, after meeting her husband-to-be two days ago, and will be tying the knot in a week's time and couldn't wait to tell me!!!

Ashley JohnsNovember 10, 2021Comment

How to break out of conformity and create your own freedom

How to break out of conformity and create your own freedom

Each week I drop a fresh sharpie marker and stack of post-it notes in my office's ensuite bathroom so I can jot down my thoughts and words received from spirit as I move about my day.

Personal DevelopmentAshley JohnsNovember 10, 2021personal freedom, break patternsComment

how to take an inch and make it 5 miles

how to take an inch and make it 5 miles

I’ve noticed that what stops a lot of people from getting into the depths of ancestral connection and healing is the fear of what will be revealed about them, their lineage and family of origin.

Ashley JohnsNovember 10, 2021Comment

it's not your fault AND you have to take responsibility

it's not your fault AND you have to take responsibility

When I was 8 years old, I made a conscious decision that had already been decided well before I was conceived. We were heading to Savannah, Georgia for a church revival, traveling caravan style with our play-family…

Ancestral HealingAshley JohnsOctober 23, 2021Comment

release your expectations

release your expectations

The number #1 reason you need ancestral healing work RIGHT NOW is because when you truly know who you are, accept where and who you come from, clear repeating patterns that keep you stagnant and in imposter syndrome, and reclaim your lineage powers…

Ancestral HealingAshley JohnsSeptember 13, 2021Comment

The #1 reason you need ancestral healing

The #1 reason you need ancestral healing

The number #1 reason you need ancestral healing work RIGHT NOW is because when you truly know who you are, accept where and who you come from, clear repeating patterns that keep you stagnant and in imposter syndrome, and reclaim your lineage powers…

Ancestral HealingAshley JohnsMarch 26, 2021Comment