Struggling with anxiety? This week I discuss one common root cause of chronic anxiety: early life trauma. While modern medicine often treats chronic conditions as though they are permanent, I’ve personally found the opposite: that they can meaningfully improve under our care, if only we can identify the root cause. Join me to learn how early life trauma rewires our brains, why this potentially primes us for chronic anxiety, and – most importantly – how knowing this empowers us to repair our nervous systems and reduce our anxiety.

2:45 - The problem with how doctors treat chronic conditions

5:54 - Is early life trauma the root cause of chronic anxiety?

9:15 - Why the brain doesn’t care WHAT happened – only whether it could cope

10:52 - How trauma rewires the brain – and how this primes us for anxiety

17:10 - Yes, this can heal!!

19:07 - We are not broken – we just need care

20:26 - Techniques for healing

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Curious about what sparked this season of Live at Your Edge? In this more personal episode, I share the inner experiences that sparked the rebirth of Live at Your Edge after it was dormant for almost 2 years. Grab a cup of tea and hang out with me as I reflect on the past year, an epiphany that changed everything, and why I LOVE being here with you.

• How my reasons for doing this project have changed (2:32)
• The (hilarious) epiphany that changed everything (9:12)
• Why I have to “build the airplane in the air” (17:22)
• How I want to show up, and why I love being with you :)

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1KID1PVeroE_j7MK8r9vLg

When life gets hard, it’s easy to feel pulled into survival mode – coping, pushing through, getting by.

In this episode, Ashley reflects on what has helped most during the toughest chapters of her life. She shares four practices that have helped her move beyond survival and exhaustion – and call in more light, resilience, and creativity. What might it look like to move from coping into something more sustaining?

• 4 techniques that actually help me in hard times (1:30)
• Practice #1: When dark emotions come, let them in (2:42)
• When shame and judgement come up (and they probably will!) (7:59)
• Practice #2: Find opportunities for self-expansion (15:02)
• Practice #3: Embody the temporary nature of everything (18:18)
• Practice #4: Go outside! (23:34)

For more on Havening technique, check out these episodes:

S1 E5 – Navigate the Road to Healing

S2 E2 – 3 Must-Haves for Healing

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1KID1PVeroE_j7MK8r9vLg