Owning your power sounds empowering until you realize it also means releasing what was never yours to carry.

Amy and Ashley continue with a deeply honest conversation about permission, power, and the difference between responsibility and over-responsibility. Together, they explore what happens when high-achieving, people-first leaders build lives around control, survival, and fixing everything, then realize the real work is learning what is actually theirs to own.

From childhood patterns and medical burnout to journaling, asking better questions, and receiving help, Amy and Ashlee unpack how power becomes clearer when we stop trying to prove our goodness and start trusting our relationship with ourselves. This episode is a grounding reminder that owning your power is not about carrying the whole world. It is about choosing your next honest step.

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Key Takeaways:

• Owning power means releasing what is not yours.
• Over-responsibility can disguise itself as leadership.
• Power begins with awareness, choice, and small steps.
• Asking for help is a powerful act.
• Self-trust reveals where your true power lives.