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Shamelessly Ambitious I Helping Ambitious Women Prevent Burnout + Create Nervous System First Success in Business, Motherhood, & Life
Shamelessly Ambitious is an honest, grounding, and vulnerable podcast for ambitious, emotionally intelligent women who are done proving themselves, tired of living in constant high-functioning burnout, and craving a life and business that actually feel good.
Hosted by Ash McDonald—therapist, nervous-system-first business mentor, and speaker this show blends clinical expertise with lived experience to deliver nervous system tools, embodied strategies, and radical permission so you can expand your capacity, root into emotional steadiness, and build sustainable success that supports your whole life.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, stretched too thin, caught in productivity guilt, or stuck running on stress, this podcast meets you where you are—with therapeutic insights, embodied practices, and heartfelt stories that create real shifts. Whether you’re navigating motherhood, entrepreneurship, or the messy middle of redefining success, each episode helps you slow down, regulate, and return to a felt sense of safety in your body.
With over a decade of experience at the intersection of therapy and leadership, Ash pulls back the curtain on what really works—offering grounded guidance you can apply in real life.
What you’ll hear:
- Honest conversations about burnout recovery, nervous system regulation, and redefining success
- Somatic tools, meditations, and practices that build inner safety and capacity
- Stories of motherhood, mom-life, ambition, and the courage to create a life and business that feel rich and real
If you’re asking the following questions, you’re in the right place:
- How do I stop tying my worth to productivity?
- How do I know if I’m experiencing high-functioning burnout and what do I do about it?
- How do I balance motherhood and leadership without losing myself?
- How do I calm my body when I feel overwhelmed or overstimulated?
This is the podcast for when you’re ready to reclaim peace, expand what you can hold, and create success that doesn’t cost you yourself. Tune in and take the next step toward a regulated, rooted, and deeply fulfilling life.
Shamelessly Ambitious I Helping Ambitious Women Prevent Burnout + Create Nervous System First Success in Business, Motherhood, & Life
153. (Bonus Episode) Sealing Energy Leaks Meditation
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Hi friend. I wanted to drop in with a little surprise… something special outside our regular Tuesday episodes. This bonus meditation is one of the most-loved practices inside The Regulated Woman, my signature program designed to help you live, lead, and create from a regulated nervous system.
This short guided practice will help you seal your energy leaks, call your power back, and ground yourself when you’re feeling scattered or drained. Because sometimes it’s not what we’re doing that exhausts us, it’s where we’ve left our energy behind.
Take a few quiet minutes, pop in your earbuds, and let this be your moment to come home to yourself.
TOPICS & TANGENTS:
• Why we feel “tired for no reason”: energetic leaks and emotional residue
• How to recognize where your energy is escaping (overthinking, pleasing, proving)
• The visualization: golden light, energetic recall, and sealing your field
• Gentle somatic grounding through breath and body awareness
• Returning to wholeness: protecting your peace without closing your heart
POINT OF THE STORY:
Your energy is sacred. Every time you bring it back to yourself, you strengthen your capacity for presence, peace, and power.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
• The Regulated Woman — my signature program for nervous system-first living
→ Includes a full Regulation Library of meditations, visualizations, and breathwork sessions
→ Available as a Self-Paced Experience or Live Experience with monthly therapeutic calls
• Practices also inside The Regulated Woman:
– Midday reset for overwhelm
– Meditation for when you feel rushed
– Walking meditations for calling in support, safety, and abundance
MORE ABOUT ASH
I am the definition of duality — I swear like a sailor and break rules like it’s my job, but I also hold incredible space for my clients and work my ass off to help them achieve the success they’re after. But I'm also here for the non-preneur woman, too. My background in counseling gives me a unique perspective on what it means to show up, serve, & create connection for those who feel like they've never belonged before.
LINKS:
- Become the Regulated Woman
- Get emails that feel like your best friend (if your best friend was a therapist and actually told you the truth).
- Use code BB20 to get The Burnout Breakthrough for only $7
- Follow me on IG (dropping in once a quarter for updates & gossip)
- Website: ashmcdonaldmentoring.com
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- Therapeutic Mentorship
- Business Therapy (therapy + strategic mentorship) ...