Sarah Cassidy is the author of Swaddled: Sage Stories to Wrap Mothers in Love, a book that collects the true stories of 12 women navigating the profound, and profoundly under-supported, transition into motherhood. When I met her, I felt instant connection and recognition—and at ease. Because she was actually telling the truth about what it means to become a mother…and she had the courage to write it down.

What I love most about Sarah is that she’s a type-A, prepare-for-everything kind of woman who was still completely blindsided by new motherhood. She read the books. She organized everything. And then her son arrived and she felt like she’d disappeared. And no one warned her that it was going to happen!

So she decided to be the voice who names that sacred, brutal and beautiful in-between space of unbecoming of who you were before motherhood, and becoming all that you are.

This conversation is for every mother who has ever whispered, or screamed into a pillow, “I don’t feel like myself,” and every woman who is about to.

In this episode we explore:

• Why “with every baby, a new mother is born,” and why we prepare for everything except that

• The liminal space between unbecoming and becoming, and why that disorientation is not a sign that something is wrong

• How a single honest exchange from another mother can land differently than all the advice in the world

• What Sarah actually experienced in those early feeding hours, and the formula bottle she hid in the wastebasket

• The three core messages woven through Swaddled: you are not alone, you are already the perfect mother for your baby, and your life will come back to you

• Why telling the truth about motherhood—the hard, raw, messy truth—is the very thing that rebuilds the village

• How the commercialization of motherhood has hijacked the real initiation, and what it would look like to dismantle it

There’s something in this conversation that I think will crack something open for you, whether you’re in the thick of new motherhood right now, decades past it, or somewhere in between. Your body remembers, your wisdom counts, and when you speak the truth of your experience, you might just become someone else’s lifeline.

Connect with Sarah Cassidy:

• Sarah’s Book: Swaddled

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swaddled.by.sarah/

• Website: https://www.swaddledbysarah.com/

• Join the Swaddled Community: https://www.swaddledbysarah.com/community

Connect with me, Ashley Logan:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleydlogan

• Website: https://ashleydlogan.com

• Substack: https://substack.com/@ashleydlogan

Allison is an Executive Coach and Founder of The D Tales Podcast - a podcast dedicated to sharing real divorce stories and expert insights for anyone contemplating a split, navigating the process, or rebuilding life on the other side. Before she ever hit record, she spent years in management consulting, then interviewed over 50 people anonymously about their own experiences with divorce. What kept surfacing across all of it: the hardest part isn’t the legal process. It’s everything that happens before and after.

I got to know Allison over recent months and felt an immediate kinship. She was also gracious enough to have me on The D Tales Podcast (link in the show notes - go listen here!), and this conversation picks up where that one left off.

We went deep on what it actually feels like to sit inside a marriage that isn’t working - the years of quiet questioning before a single word gets said out loud, the shame that makes people white-knuckle through it alone, and the well-meaning things friends say that land all wrong. Allison is also a self-proclaimed data nerd, so she shares what the research and data keep showing: that life on the other side is almost always better than people could imagine. .

Whether this episode finds you in the middle of a hard season in your relationship, supporting someone you love through one, or simply trying to understand an experience that’s far more common than we talk about - this conversation is an honest one.

In This Episode We Explore:

• Why the contemplation phase - not the legal process - is the hardest part for most people navigating divorce

• The three things well-meaning friends say that don’t help, and what actually does

• What the data and the stories both keep showing about life on the other side of divorce

• The difference between solitude and loneliness, and why you can feel more alone inside a marriage than living on your own

• How nervous system regulation (or the lack of it) shapes the decisions we make in our most pivotal moments

• What rebuilding actually looks like: new cities, new careers, new relationships with yourself

Connect with Allison Kahler:

• The D Tales Podcast: https://www.thedtalespodcast.com/

• Instagram (The D Tales Podcast): https://www.instagram.com/thedtalespodcast

• Instagram (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/allisonjkahler

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonkahler/

• Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thedtalespodcast

• Website: https://www.allisonkahler.com/

Connect with me, Ashley Logan:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleydlogan
Website: https://ashleydlogan.com
Substack: https://substack.com/@ashleydlogan

I showed up puffy. That’s the only word for it. Burnt out in my body in a way that was visible on my face.

That weekend I did breathwork for the first time and felt something crack open. I did a sound bath and learned how to actually meditate. I did something called gateless writing—I’d been a writer my whole life but I’d never written from that place before. I went into a Temazcal with a shaman and sweated my ass off and then swam naked in the ocean at sunset.

And the grief I’d been carrying finally moved. I came home, recharged, connected to myself and was clear about what my life needed to look like.

And some of the women from that retreat are still some of the closest people in my life. They’ve been guests on this show. We still cheer each other on.

What made all of this possible was the retreat container. A shared experience under a shared set of values, where a skilled facilitator sets clear expectations.

Since then, retreats and weekend workshops have become non-negotiable for me. I have a high appetite for learning and growth and connecting with people who are living differently than I am. And I’ve learned that we have a tendency to get insular—to forget how much is out there, how many people there are who can add color and texture to our lives if we say yes to being in the room with them.

Which brings me to why I recorded this episode: I’m hosting two retreats this year and I am so excited about both of them.

The first is The Restore Retreat, September 25–27 in Potosi, Wisconsin. It’s located in a stunning mansion on 175 acres overlooking the Mississippi River—old-growth forest, hiking trails, a pond, an indoor pool with a jacuzzi. Incredible food prepared for you. Breathwork and sound bath. Real free time. And a whole range of accommodations from private suites with balconies and jacuzzi tubs down to bunk rooms, so there’s a way in at different price points. It’s about three hours from Chicago. Think of it as a girls’ weekend where you don’t have to make a single decision—you just get to be there.

Learn more about the Restore Retreat here.

The second is Ignite, January 28–February 1 in Sayulita, Mexico. This retreat is all-in—private bungalow with a balcony, airport transportation, a chef for every meal, horseback riding on the beach, salsa dancing, restorative yoga and breathwork, and real unstructured time that belongs to you. You fly into Puerto Vallarta and from that moment, you don’t have to think about a single detail.

Learn more about the Ignite Retreat here.

In This Episode We Explore:

• What a retreat container actually is, and why the structure makes it feel so safe to finally let your guard down

• The difference between a vacation and a retreat, and why one restores you while the other just exhausts you somewhere new

• My first retreat experience in Tulum—the grief I carried in, the clarity I came home with, and the women I’m still close with today

• Why getting outside your insular bubble is one of the most underrated things you can do for your growth

• What happens when you give yourself permission to set down your load for a few days—to your body, your nervous system, and yes, apparently, sometimes your fertility

If not these retreats, I hope this episode inspires you to say yes to something for you this year. That solo trip, that class, that weekend that scares you just a little. You can trust yourself.

The people in your life will survive without you for a few days. They might even be better for it. And so will you.

Connect with me, Ashley Logan:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleydlogan
Website: https://ashleydlogan.com
Substack: https://substack.com/@ashleydlogan

It starts with creating spaciousness.

I can’t emphasize enough how hard it is for someone who is burned out, depleted, over-scheduled to show up for the people right there in their community who are in need. It’s very hard to make a meal for someone who’s just had a baby when you have kids in sports until 9 p.m. It’s hard to make that phone call when you are absolutely tapped out. It’s hard to even have that level of awareness of when someone needs an extra moment of your time when you have to run from one thing to the next.

I’m so guilty of this. I am an entrepreneur with so much to accomplish in each and every single day. And I’m also a mother of three little kids. And I also have a huge desire to show up for the people in my community. That’s where it starts. Truly, the biggest difference you can make is right there in your own life, in your own community, and in how you show up.

So that’s what we’re talking about today. Finding ways to actually create that spaciousness, to create more capacity–so that you can really show up in a way that can make an impact.

In This Episode We Explore:

• How many of us have said yes—in the last week, month, year—to doing something we didn’t want to do, and how those “should” statements drain your life force

• Why it’s okay to say no, and how to shift to “I’d love to help and I can do this” when no feels too hard

• Your breath—inhale, hold, exhale—and how just a second to breathe settles your nervous system as you transition from one activity to the next

• Why starting your day by reaching for your phone is a great way to just mess with your nervous system, and the one app setting Ashley never bypasses

• Moving your body to move stuck energy, because that stuck energy can create frustration, disconnect, and we are all energetic beings processing emotions every single minute

• Those moments of spaciousness in between transition—pulling into the driveway, sitting in your car—and why you don’t need to feel guilty about the moments you take for yourself

When we take care of ourselves and our bodies in even the most small, basic ways, it creates more space, more capacity. Suddenly you have time to make dinner for the neighbor, to talk on the phone with a friend who’s going through something, or to notice when someone needs an extra moment of connection without having to run to the next thing.

Women are the culture centers of our families and our communities. We are the ones who organize, we are the ones who create dinners and run the social calendars. And when we have the spaciousness to show up and connect, that is how we change communities. That is how we bring more good, more love, more affection into the world.

And that is what the world is needing so much right now.

Change starts within us. It starts within you.

Connect with me, Ashley Logan:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleydlogan
Website: https://ashleydlogan.com
Substack: https://substack.com/@ashleydlogan

And that’s exactly what we’re talking about in today’s episode. I’m joined by Chiara Mecozzi - an Argentine-American visual artist and creator of Fuerza Cruda, a body of work exploring women’s relationships with their bodies and the internal dialogue that shapes how we see ourselves.

Chiara and I met because a friend of mine, Stephanie Redlenner (go listen to her episode if you haven’t yet), shared her work with me. I saw this beautiful Argentinian woman moving, painting, and creating these raw, powerful reflections of the female body, and I was instantly drawn in.

After following her for about a year, I reached out, took a cab ride to Brooklyn, New York, showed up at her brownstone… and got naked. Literally (although, maybe not in that exact order).

But the reason I went was simple: I wanted to love my body. I wanted to feel connected to my body.

What unfolded was a healing experience. It felt like liberation. Chiara created this sacred space for me to truly feel safe in my own body… and from that place, feel empowered in it.

But this conversation is about so much more than that experience.

In this episode, we go deep into what it actually looks like to come back into your body after years of disconnection, shame, and conditioning.

Chiara shares her journey from abuse, self-abandonment, and external validation… to using art as a tool for healing, rewiring, and radical self-love. What started as photographing her own body through discomfort and grief became a full-body reclamation, and now, a movement helping women do the same.

This episode is about remembering that you have a choice, learning to feel safe in your body again, and what becomes possible when you stop shaming… and start choosing yourself.

​​We also explore:

• How shame and conditioning disconnect us from our bodies

• The “pick me” pattern and why it runs so deep

• Art, photography, and creative expression as tools for healing

• What it actually feels like to be seen without judgment

• The difference between discomfort and misalignment

• Why safety in your body changes everything - your relationships, your boundaries, your life

And maybe most importantly… what it feels like to say, “this is me,” and mean it.

I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed the conversation with Chiari!

If this resonates with you, please reach out to us. We’d love to hear from you.

Connect with Chiari Mecozzi:
Instagram: @chiaramecozzi
Email: art@chiaramecozzi.com
Website: www.chiaramecozzi.com
Substack: art@chiaramecozzi

Connect with me, Ashley Logan:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleydlogan
Website: https://ashleydlogan.com
Substack: https://substack.com/@ashleydlogan

There’s a dinner that Stephanie Redlener hosts that sounds simple on the surface. Women come together. There’s food on the table. And the rule is: you can’t serve yourself. You have to ask.

Not vaguely, not “whatever’s closest.” Specifically. The piece of chicken that looks the most delicious to you. The exact amount of potatoes. The juice on top.

The first time I sat at that table, I was floored by how hard it was. Not only that, but I was amazed at the ripple effect that followed into the rest of my life.

Stephanie Redlener is a feminine leadership coach, embodiment expert, and founder of the Women’s Leadership Collective. She’s spent years working with thousands of women—business leaders, entrepreneurs, creatives—helping them reconnect with their desire, their bodies, and the life force most of us have been conditioned to ignore.

In This Episode, We Talk About:

• Why women are brilliant at giving and terrible at receiving—and why that matters

• Bragging as a tool: how celebrating yourself gives others permission to do the same

• The Maserati in the garage—Stephanie’s analogy for the pleasure capacity most women have completely forgotten about

• Two pathways to pleasure: moving toward what feels good, and moving through what’s blocking it (grief, rage, numbness)

• The swamping practice: a 3-song embodiment method that moves you through your full emotional range

• How 1% more pleasure in everyday life creates a completely different trajectory

• Why embodied women make better decisions and trust their intuition more

Women have been taught to shrink, to settle, to be grateful for whatever lands on their plate without asking. This conversation is an invitation to stop doing that. Whether you’re a founder, a mom, an executive, or someone who just wants to feel more alive—there is something in Stephanie’s work that will remind you what’s yours.

Connect with Stephanie Redlener:
Website: https://www.stephanieredlener.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephanieredlener/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-redlener-8940bb4/

Connect with me, Ashley Logan:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleydlogan
Website: https://ashleydlogan.com
Substack: https://substack.com/@ashleydlogan

Resources Mentioned:

• Pussy by Mama Gena (Regina Thomashauer)

• Mama Gena - The School of Womanly Arts

• Lioness

• Sensual Prayer for Your Desire

Sometimes the realization happens in small increments. Sometimes it gobsmacks you. But *many* women will wake up to realize that they need to change something and they can’t unknow it, they can’t unsee it, they can’t unfeel it.

So, then what?

In this episode of Inner Alchemy, I sit down with somatic coach Diane Miller for a conversation about the courage it takes to change your life. We explore nervous system regulation, motherhood, identity shifts, relationships, and the pressure many women feel to keep pushing forward even when their bodies are asking them to slow down.

We take an honest look at what it means to simplify, reconnect with yourself, and begin building a life that actually feels aligned from the inside out.and it starts with the smallest shifts.

In this episode we explore:

• Why nervous system regulation is foundational to change

• The hidden cost of constantly pushing through burnout

• How simplifying your life can create more clarity and freedom

• Identity shifts that happen through motherhood and life transitions

• What it looks like to build a life that truly feels like yours

Inner Alchemy is about transformation from the inside out.

If you are someone who has worked hard to build a life and still feels like something inside you is asking for more truth, more alignment, and more connection to yourself, this conversation is for you.

Connect with Diane Miller:
Website: https://freeyourwildcoaching.com/
Email: diane@freeyourwildcoaching.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freeyourwildcoaching

Connect with me, Ashley Logan:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleydlogan
Website: https://ashleydlogan.com
Substack: https://substack.com/@ashleydlogan

And then, almost as strangely as it stopped, it started again. There was no ceremony, no collective moment of reflection, no real acknowledgment of what we had just lived through as human beings. One day we were bleaching our groceries, wondering if it was safe to hug our parents, making impossible decisions for our families with almost no information. And then one day the masks came off and life sort of slid back to normal.

I think about that a lot…and it bothers me.

Because you don’t live through a global pandemic and simply return to normal. And we skipped the part where we actually acknowledged what we went through collectively.

That’s why I wanted to record this episode.

Not to relitigate the politics of COVID. Not to debate what decisions were right or wrong. But to do something that I think we desperately needed as human beings: to be witnessed in our grief.

Because if we don’t process it, it doesn’t disappear. It stays in the body.

This episode isn’t about blaming anyone. It’s about recognizing something that changed all of us, and offering a small moment of collective acknowledgment that we never had.

You navigated fear, uncertainty, and impossible decisions for the people you love. And you did the best you could.

If this episode stirs something in you, I invite you to sit with it. Maybe journal about what that time was like for you. Maybe share your story. Maybe simply take a moment to acknowledge what you carried during that time.

Because your experiences matter.

And sometimes the most powerful form of healing is simply being seen.

Welcome Home,

Ashley

Connect with me, Ashley Logan:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleydlogan
Website: https://ashleydlogan.com
Substack: https://substack.com/@ashleydlogan

And for a long time, I lived almost entirely in my head.

I was thinking, planning, solving, producing, and doing. Building a company, raising three kids, showing up for everyone around me…

From the outside, my life looked full and successful.

But inside my body, something felt deeply off.

My nervous system was fried. I was anxious all the time. I couldn’t sleep. I felt disconnected from myself in a way I didn’t know how to explain.

And the strangest part was, I didn’t realize at the time just how far away from myself I had drifted.

That realization is part of what led to the evolution of this show.

Many of you have been listening since this podcast was called Unapologetically Yours. That show was about reclaiming your voice and living a life that is true to you.

Inner Alchemy is the next chapter of that conversation.

Because reclaiming your life starts by shifting your mindset and speaking your truth. But it also is about learning how to turn pain into wisdom, disconnection into embodiment, and burnout into clarity.

That process - the process of turning what you’ve lived through into something that transforms you - is what I mean when I say inner alchemy.

And for me, that journey started with something very simple.

Learning how to reconnect with my body.

“If you’re constantly overriding your body’s yeses and your body’s nos, you’re not attuned. You’re not embodied.”

This solo episode marks the beginning of this new chapter of the podcast and explores one of the most important foundations of inner alchemy: nervous system regulation and embodiment.

Because if you can’t hear your body, it’s very hard to hear your truth.

In this episode, I talk about:

• Why Unapologetically Yours evolved into Inner Alchemy

• How nervous system dysregulation shows up in everyday life

• Why so many women aren’t operating with an aligned body/mind/spirit

• The hidden cost of constant achievement

• What burnout actually feels like in the body

• Navigating entrepreneurship as a woman in male dominated environments

• The identity shifts that come with motherhood and leadership

• Why nervous system regulation is foundational for creating a life that feels aligned

My Key Takeaways From This Episode:

1. Inner alchemy begins with awareness.

Transformation doesn’t happen by forcing yourself to think differently. It begins when you become aware of what your body has been holding all along. Burnout, grief, trauma, and stress all live in the nervous system. When we create space to listen, those experiences can begin to move instead of staying stuck.

2. Living in your head disconnects you from your truth.

Many of us were taught to value thinking, performing, and producing over feeling. Over time, that disconnects us from our instincts. When you lose connection with your body, you lose connection with some of the most important guidance you have.

3. Your nervous system is the foundation of healing.

Burnout comes from operating in survival mode for too long—while ignoring and constantly overriding our body’s natural cues, like needing to rest and reset.. Somatic practices - things like breathwork, meditation, sound healing, and writing - help regulate the nervous system so you can restore equilibrium in your body. .

4. Reconnection starts with stillness

Inner alchemy doesn’t require a complicated healing routine. Some of the most powerful shifts begin with simple practices: walking without headphones, taking a few deep breaths, spending time in nature, or creating quiet space to listen to your thoughts. The goal isn’t perfection. The goal is reconnection.

5. When you reconnect with your body, everything changes

When you trust your body again, decision-making becomes clearer. You start noticing what feels aligned and what doesn’t. You stop living from pressure and obligation and begin living from truth. That shift changes how you lead, how you parent, how you create, and how you move through the world.

I want to be honest about something.

Reconnecting with your body isn’t always easy.

For many of us, there were reasons our bodies stopped feeling like safe places to be.

Trauma. Grief. Experiences we never had the space to process.

For me, learning somatic practices like breathwork, meditation, sound healing, and writing wasn’t about becoming a different person.

It was about coming home to myself.

Slowly rebuilding trust with my body.

Learning how to listen again.

And realizing that the answers I had been searching for externally were already inside me.

That’s the heart of Inner Alchemy.

The process of transforming your life starts by reconnecting with the truth that already lives within you.

If you’ve been feeling burned out, disconnected, or like the life you built doesn’t quite feel like yours anymore, I hope this episode reminds you of something important:

Your body hasn’t forgotten who you are.

Sometimes it just needs the space to speak again.

Connect with me, Ashley Logan:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleydlogan

• Website: https://ashleydlogan.com

• Substack: https://substack.com/@ashleydlogan

Welcome Home,

Ashley

On paper, everything looked right. I had built and grown a multi-seven-figure marketing agency. I was raising three beautiful children. I had the kind of life that, if you asked most people, would look like success.

But inside, I felt like I was dying.

I was tired in a way that sleep couldn’t fix, I was busy in a way that left no room for joy, and I had this knowing that somewhere along the way, I had drifted away from myself.

One day something stopped me in my tracks. It hit me. I realized I had stopped singing. I had stopped writing. I had stopped expressing the parts of me that once made me…me.

I had built a life that worked for everyone else, but I was nowhere to be fucking found. It was lonely. And painful. And I kept asking myself, “How did I get here?” I started talking to other women about their experiences, and what I discovered is that so many of us are asking the exact same questions, start with:

Is this it?

Women all around me were hanging on by a thread—going through the motions with packed schedules, never-ending to-do lists, and endless expectations…So many of us became so good at showing up for everyone else that we forgot how to show up for ourselves. And one of the hardest parts of this journey was realizing there wasn’t really a roadmap for what to do next.

So I decided to become the mirror I needed. As I found healing tools that resonated, I decided to do the training. So basically, for the last six years, I have done a deep dive into everything from meditation, breathwork, reiki and sound healing to Gateless Writing and Equine Assisted Coaching. I found teachers who inspired me and decided to make sure that any woman who was going down the path of seeking, remembering, awakening, or reclaiming, that they would not be alone. During those years, I bent time in ways I couldn’t have imagined. There is so much more to learn, and even more to share.

That’s why I created the Inner Alchemy show.

Some episodes are solo reflections where I share my own experiences and the somatic tools that have helped me along the way. Other episodes feature conversations with teachers, creatives, healers, and thinkers who have shaped my path.

Together we’ll explore things like:

• How to reconnect with your body and intuition

• Somatic practices that help regulate your nervous system

• Releasing the stories and patterns that no longer serve you

• Creativity as a path to healing

• The intersection of ambition, motherhood, and identity

• What it means to live a life that is truly aligned with who you are

I’m not here because I have everything figured out. I’m here because I’ve walked this path and know that first the universe hits like a feather…and then like a brick. And if I can help someone else feel less alone with the brick hits, then my whole journey will have been worth it.

So whether you’re here because you’re burned out, curious, searching, or simply ready to reconnect with yourself, I’m so glad you’re here.

Welcome to Inner Alchemy.

Welcome home.

Ashley Logan

Connect with me, Ashley Logan:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleydlogan
Website: https://ashleydlogan.com
Substack: https://substack.com/@ashleydlogan

In this episode of Unapologetically Yours, Ashley Logan sits down with Bijou Finney, psychedelic coach and integration alchemist, for a conversation that cuts straight to the bone of what so many women are quietly carrying: the relentless weight of performing in a world that was never designed for them.

Bijou Finney is a psychedelic coach and integration alchemist who specializes in visionary life design for conscious entrepreneurs, couples, and women who are ready to come alive. After nearly a decade of building and running a successful video production company while pushing herself to the edge of what her nervous system could hold, Bijou found her way to plant medicine and never looked back. Today she helps women, men, and couples reconnect to their authentic self through intentional plant medicine work, somatic healing, and the radical act of learning to feel again.

"Your true authentic self is a regulated nervous system. Your true authentic self is your brain with the correct narratives. And everything else is damage. It’s distortion. It’s trauma. It’s a program that’s not yours." - Bijou Finney

In this episode, Ashley and Bijou explore:

- How plant medicine supports nervous system healing and helps women begin to autocorrect the narratives that were never theirs to carry

- How the patriarchal template has extracted women to the point of depletion, and why this burnout is not a personal failing but a systemic design

- What it looks like to take your first baby steps back to yourself, from an Epsom salt bath to eventually setting the boundaries that change your life

- Bijou's work with couples and why supporting women back into fullness is one of the most profound gifts a partner can give

- How to live on the full spectrum of your feminine expression, including the parts of you that have been tolerated away

- Why women will be the ones to lead this shift, and what it means to answer that call right now

...and so much more!

A Note from Ashley:

This conversation with Bijou touched something real in me. I came to plant medicine through my own unraveling, through years of running a business that extracted everything from me and a marriage that eventually couldn't hold the truth of who I was becoming. What Bijou brings is an invitation to stop lying to yourself. To listen to what your body has been trying to tell you for years. The medicine was the mirror I didn't know I needed. If you've been feeling the pull, this episode is for you.

Connect with Bijou Finney:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mushroommamasita 

Website: https://www.mushroommamasita.com 

Connect with Ashley Logan:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleydlogan 

Website: https://ashleydlogan.com

Email: hello@ashleydlogan.com

Podcast Instagram: @unapologeticallyyourspodcast

In this episode of Unapologetically Yours, Ashley sits down with Misty McCray for one of the most powerful conversations she's ever had, a story of resilience that spans from a federal prison sentence to salvation, somatic healing, and finding the courage to live unapologetically. 

Misty McCray is a storyteller, mother, and embodied movement guide. What I appreciate most about Misty is her willingness to evolve, release identities that no longer served her, and trust her inner authority. When she's not creating or guiding, she's mothering her son and herself, soaking up sunlight, walking barefoot on the earth, journaling, dancing, singing, practicing yoga, and gathering with friends to celebrate life as it unfolds.

In this episode, you'll hear about:

- Misty's arrest at 24 and the moment she felt relief, knowing this was her reset

- The 10 years she spent in federal prison and how she showed up with purpose inside

- The women she met behind bars who became her teachers and soul sisters

- Reentering society, becoming a mother, and navigating survival mode for nearly two     decades

- Why motherhood stripped her in ways prison never could

- The spiral of healing and how growth is never linear

- Finding her inner authority after society tried to cage her freedom

- How your higher self has always been holding you, even in your darkest moments

- What it means to live unapologetically when the world doesn't understand

... and so much more!

A note from Ashley:

When Misty told me that the day US Marshals surrounded her house was the day she felt relief, I knew this was a conversation that would break people open. Misty’s story about her journey surviving a federal prison sentence teaches us about what happens when you surrender to what you don't understand. This conversation reminded me that freedom isn't a place, it's a practice. And sometimes the thing that breaks you is the thing that births you into the truest version of yourself. Misty's higher self has been holding her all along, and listening to her story, I hope you feel yours holding you too.

Connect with Misty McCray:

Instagram: @shebecametheway

Facebook: Misty McCray

Email: shebecametheway@gmail.com

Website: shebecametheway.com (coming soon)

Connect with Ashley Logan:

Instagram: @ashleydlogan

Website: ashleydlogan.com

Email: hello@ashleydlogan.com

Podcast Instagram: @unapologeticallyyourspodcast

Resources Mentioned:

Human Design

• The biblical parable that teaches us about recognizing the help that's already here

• Why no one is coming to save you (and why that's actually empowering)

• The roles we play in our lives and how older versions of ourselves make choices we're still living with

• How to find agency even when your time and energy are largely accounted for

• The concept of "glimmers” - tiny moments of joy that can anchor you through the hardest seasons

• How Ashley pulled herself out of burnout by starting with Epsom salt baths and her favorite earrings

• Why living in a state of joy changes everything, even when circumstances don't

… and so much more!

It isn't about fixing your life or making drastic moves. It's about tuning in and understanding how to stay present throughout all the ups and downs, and learning to trust yourself again.

A Note from Ashley:
This episode is so close to my heart because I lived it. I know what it's like to feel stuck in a life you built with an older version of yourself. I know what it's like to wait for permission that never comes. And I know what it feels like to finally take that first step, even when it's terrifying.

The truth is, no one is going to come up to you and say, "Hey, you're burned out. Here's what you should do." Or, "Hey, you know that book you wanted to write? Here's the pen. Start going." You are the one who gets to choose. And if that feels heavy right now, start small. Find one glimmer. One small thing that brings you joy. And let that be the foundation.

You are here to do something. When you find that thing that lights you up, when you have that seed that's implanted in your mind, only you get to decide when you take that first step. Speaking from experience, just taking that one step can change it all.

Thank you for being here.

Connect with Ashley:
Instagram @ashleydlogan
Website https://ashleydlogan.com/

Have a topic or guest you'd love to see featured on the Unapologetically Yours podcast? Send us an email: podcast@unapologeticallyyours.com

After merging her multi-seven figure marketing agency in September 2025, Ashley is stepping fully into her purpose: helping women remember who they are through somatic healing, conscious leadership coaching, and full-body transformation work.

In this episode, Ashley talks about:

• The weight of building a business by masculine rules and the toll it took on her body

• Her journey through burnout and back to herself through breathwork, sound healing, and somatic practices

• Why women need a different pace that honors the 28-day cycle, not the 24-hour masculine rhythm

• The moment she realized her purpose was to be the mirror for other women that she never had

• What Inner Alchemy Studio provides: one-on-one coaching, breathwork, sound healing, equine therapy, retreats, and cohorts for high-performing women

… and so much more!

Join the Inner Alchemy Newsletter to be the first to hear about upcoming events and experiences: https://inneralchemy.studio

A Note from Ashley:

I believe it is my job on this planet to help women remember who the fuck they are. Not as someone who has it all figured out, but as someone who has walked through the fire and can be your friend side by side for whatever you're navigating. For so long, I didn't have a mirror - a woman who was fully embodied in her home life, her work life, what she wanted to create. I realized how much I needed that mirror, and then I realized it's my purpose to be that for others.

Inner Alchemy Studio is about transmuting all of it - the good, the bad, the trauma, the beauty, the joy, the pain, the sorrow - into wholeness. Because all parts of you are beautiful. All parts of you deserve to be seen, and there is so much room for your dreams in this world, without the burnout, without the self-doubt.

I’m so excited and grateful to have you on this journey with me! 

Connect with Ashley Logan:

Inner Alchemy Studio: https://inneralchemy.studio
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleydlogan
Website: https://ashleydlogan.com
Email: podcast@unapologeticallyyours.com

Have a topic or guest you’d love to see featured on the Unapologetically Yours podcast? Send us an email: podcast@unapologeticallyyours.com

If you've ever stayed silent because you were afraid of the consequences, if you've ever watched something wrong happen and didn't know if speaking up was worth the risk, this episode is for you.

In this episode of Unapologetically Yours, Ashley Logan shares her raw, unscripted thoughts and experiences about the courage it takes to use your voice when fear tries to silence you, what we're willing to tolerate in our own communities, and how to build connection instead of division in a time when it feels like the world is tearing itself apart.

In this episode, you'll hear about:

• What happens when advocacy and speaking up comes with real cost to your safety and livelihood

• How to navigate feeling unsafe in your own community for using your voice

• The rise of divisive language and what it means for our ability to connect with our neighbors

• How to tell the difference between fear-driven beliefs and love-driven action

• Why examining what we tolerate in our communities matters for the bigger picture

• How to have civil discourse that builds bridges instead of burning them

• What it means to find courage when you're genuinely afraid of the consequences

• Why we have more in common as humans than we have differences, and how to remember that

• How to teach the next generation about humanity even in the hardest circumstances …and so much more!

A note from Ashley: I spoke from my heart in this episode, without a script, without an agenda. I share in the grief of anyone who was deeply shaken by the killing of Renee Good. I am her. We all are. No one wants to be shot for trying to do the right thing. This is a time that calls for radical introspection about what it means to be a good neighbor, what it means to show up in your community, and what it means to create a country that is safe, accepting, warm, and joyous for our children. I'm afraid of speaking up, but I can't not speak up - because what I'm willing to tolerate here is what I'm willing to tolerate everywhere.

Connect with Ashley:

Instagram @ashleydlogan

Website https://ashleylogan.com/

Have a topic or guest you’d love to see featured on the Unapologetically Yours podcast? Send us an email: podcast@unapologeticallyyours.com 

In this solo episode of Unapologetically Yours, Ashley Logan shares her personal journey that led her out of chronic overfunctioning and postpartum burnout, and into the world of sound, breathwork, and somatic healing.

This episode isn’t about “fixing” your body or chasing another wellness trend. It’s about listening and learning how to hear your body’s yeses and nos and honoring them, without guilt.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• Why burnout is often a nervous system issue, not a motivation problem

• How constant override disconnects us from intuition, creativity, and joy

• What somatic practices actually do (and what they don’t)

• Why stillness is the foundation of regulation

• How trauma and grief live in the body and why they need space to move

• The difference between fear and misalignment

• Why coming home to your body can change everything, including how you mother, lead, and live

…and so much more!

A note from Ashley:

If your body has not felt like a safe place to live, I want you to hear this clearly. You are not broken. Disconnection is often a survival strategy, something your system learned because it did not feel safe to stay present. This episode is an invitation to come back gently. Not with another program to perfect and not with more pressure. Just with stillness, listening, and the smallest acts of honoring what your body is already telling you. That is where the shift begins.

Connect with Ashley:

Instagram @ashleydlogan

Website https://ashleylogan.com/

Have a topic or guest you’d love to see featured on the Unapologetically Yours podcast? Send us an email: podcast@unapologeticallyyours.com

In this solo episode, Ashley Logan breaks down seven leadership lessons inspired by Taylor Swift and the creation of the iconic Eras Tour. From trusting your vision to leading with grace, gratitude, and unapologetic power, this conversation is a love letter to women who are here to build something meaningful.

Ashley reflects on Taylor’s evolution as a leader, and how her willingness to live, learn, and lead out loud offers a roadmap for entrepreneurs, creatives, and leaders who are done playing small.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• Trusting yourself when your vision feels “too big”

• Building teams that believe in you

• Holding a bold vision when others doubt it

• Gratitude, grace, and compensation as leadership tools

• Why raising the bar helps everyone rise

A note from Ashley

Watching the Eras Tour felt like witnessing what happens when feminine leadership is fully embodied. Taylor didn’t shrink. She didn’t apologize. She trusted herself, trusted her people, and set a standard so high that everyone around her rose with her. That’s the kind of leadership that doesn’t just build success - it changes culture. This episode is an invitation to trust your magic, even when no one else fully understands it yet.

Connect with Ashley Logan:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleydlogan

• Website: https://ashleydlogan.com

Resources Mentioned:

• Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

• The Making of the Eras Tour Docu-Series

In this week’s episode of Unapologetically Yours, I sit down with Meg Sylvester, artist, facilitator, and someone who has been an important mirror and mentor in my life for many years. I have admired Meg since we first met 25 years ago in college, and have watched her continue to grow and shed her skin. 

What I respect most about Meg is her willingness to evolve in public, to release identities, step away from titles, and tell the truth about what it costs to keep performing. She does not position herself above others. She walks beside them. That distinction matters.

After the death of her father, Meg experienced a profound internal shift. Grief stripped away performance and awakened her creative voice in a new way. Not to teach, impress, or lead, but simply to express. In this conversation, we explore what “I am enough” actually means when it is no longer an affirmation, but a lived reality.

Together, we talk about what happens when you stop trying to be impressive, stop needing to be seen a certain way, and start letting yourself exist, without agenda.

In this episode, we talk about:

• What "I am enough" really means and how Meg's understanding of it completely shifted after her father's death 

• Learning to be unimpressive and releasing the need to perform or prove your worth 

• How grief awakened the artist in Meg and gave her permission to express without agenda 

• Why mentors and facilitators are not on a higher plane and don't have life figured out (they just have a skill) 

• The somatic, cathartic power of creative expression and why it's not reserved for "real artists" 

• Living life without titles, identities, or the pressure to be something you're not 

• How to choose mentors who walk beside you, not ahead of you

A note from Ashley:

I wanted to share this conversation because I see so many people, especially women, carrying the quiet pressure to be exceptional in order to be worthy. Meg’s willingness to live without titles or performance challenged me in a way that felt both confronting and freeing. This episode is not about becoming someone new. It is about letting go of what you no longer need to prove. If you have been questioning who you are beyond your roles, your work, or how you are perceived, I hope this conversation helps you come back to yourself with more honesty and less force.

Thank you for being here.

Connect with Meg Sylvester:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megansylvesterh
Website: https://megsylvester.com

Connect with Ashley Logan:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleydlogan
Website: https://ashleydlogan.com

Have a topic or guest you’d love to see featured on the Unapologetically Yours podcast? Send us an email: podcast@unapologeticallyyours.com 

Ashley shares how her own spiritual awakening unfolded: the stillness that came before change, the boundaries that protected her truth, and the small, courageous steps that ultimately reshaped her life. She explores what it means to trust yourself when doing so may unravel identities, relationships, and structures that once felt safe.

This episode is for anyone who feels the deep, unsettling knowing that something is no longer aligned, and is learning how to listen without rushing, bypassing, or blowing their life up overnight.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• What a dark night of the soul actually feels like in real life

• How burnout and misalignment show up in the body before the mind

• The role of stillness in spiritual awakening

• Boundaries as a form of self-trust and integrity

• Taking grounded, embodied action instead of bypassing

… and so much more!

It isn’t about fixing your life or making drastic moves. It’s about tuning in and understanding how to stay present throughout all the ups and downs, and learning to trust yourself again.

A Note from Ashley:

I wanted to share this episode with you because I know what it feels like to realize that the life you’re living no longer fits who you are. This episode comes from a very real chapter of my life. A season where I had to slow down enough to listen, brave enough to tell myself the truth, and patient enough to take one small step at a time. There was grief in that process, there was loss, and there was also a deep remembering of who I am beneath the roles, expectations, and rules I had been living by. I hope it stirs something in you, too! Thank you for being here.

Connect with Ashley:

Instagram @ashleydlogan

Website https://ashleylogan.com/

Have a topic or guest you’d love to see featured on the Unapologetically Yours podcast? Send us an email: podcast@unapologeticallyyours.com 

Ashley speaks candidly about motherhood, burnout, creativity, nervous system regulation, boundaries, and the slow, courageous work of coming home to yourself. She shares personal stories from early motherhood, the moment she realized she had stopped singing to her children, and how reclaiming her creative life became a turning point not just for her - but for her kids.

In this episode, you’ll hear about: 

• Why “you got this, mama” actually reinforces isolation and burnout

• How self-abandonment became normalized in modern motherhood

• The connection between creativity, embodiment, and being a present parent

• Why modeling a full, alive life as a mom matters more than doing everything “right”

• Simple ways to reconnect with your body, desires, and truth

… and so much more! 

A note from Ashley:

This episode came from a deep frustration with how pressure gets disguised as encouragement. How often women are told “you got this” when what they actually need is support. I keep noticing how much loneliness lives inside that expectation, and how much we lose when we stop asking for help and start carrying everything alone. My hope is that this episode helps you question where pressure has replaced care in your life, and reminds you that strength does not come from doing it all yourself, but from letting yourself be held.

Connect with Ashley:

Instagram @ashleydlogan

Website https://ashleylogan.com/

Have a topic or guest you’d love to see featured on the Unapologetically Yours podcast? Send us an email: podcast@unapologeticallyyours.com