The Voice of Ash
The Voice of Ash is a podcast for high-functioning women who are tired of performing their lives and ready to come home to themselves.
Hosted by shadow work coach Ashley LaButte, this space is where emotions become wisdom, self-betrayal turns into self-trust, and healing goes deeper than mindset shifts. Through raw conversations, embodiment practices, personal stories, and powerful reflections, you will learn how to stop abandoning yourself, become friends with your shadow instead of fighting it, and make grounded choices that align with who you truly are. Not who you were taught to be.
The Voice of Ash represents what rises after everything false burns away.
Ash is what remains after transformation (the truth, the clarity, the real self beneath the masks). This podcast is about finding your voice after survival, after people-pleasing, after living for everyone else. It is the sound of becoming who you actually are. This journey is not perfect and is messy.
If you are emotionally intelligent, self-aware, and ready to stop living on autopilot, this is where your rebirth begins.
Transformation isn’t loud.
It is honest. It is embodied. It is powerful.
Welcome to The Voice of Ash. Where you rise from what no longer serves you and step into who you are becoming.
The Voice of Ash
What a Boudoir Shoot Taught Me About My Body
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For years Ashley told herself she'd do a boudoir photo shoot after she lost the weight. Then one day she asked herself a question that changed everything: does my body not deserve it right now?
In this short, spicy, and surprisingly moving episode, Ashley shares the story of finally booking the shoot — stretch marks, curves, rolls and all — and what she saw when she looked at the photos afterward. Spoiler: she didn't recognize herself. In the best possible way.
She gets honest about a lifetime of body struggles starting at age six, the unhealthy goal-setting, the body dysmorphia she didn't have a name for, and why she now believes her body's weight has been protecting her all along. And she makes the case — passionately — for every woman to stop waiting for the "right" body before treating herself like the queen she already is.
In this episode:
- Why she almost waited until she lost 100 pounds to book the shoot
- The moment she asked herself "does my body not deserve this?" — and what came up
- How boudoir photographers pose your body in ways that will genuinely shock you
- Learning to admire her curves, her rolls, and her body exactly as it is
- The connection between how you treat yourself and the partner you attract
- Why your body deserves celebration right now — not someday