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
She Never Left: Understanding Your Inner Child and the Unmet Needs Running Your Life
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Ever had a reaction that felt way too big for what actually happened? Spiraled because someone didn't text back? Gone completely silent in conflict instead of speaking up? Felt guilty for resting? That's not just you being dramatic — that's your inner child. And she's still in there, still waiting to be heard.
In this episode Ashley completes the shadow work trilogy she's been building over the last few weeks — the shadow is what got buried, projection is where it leaked out, and the inner child is who buried it and why. She breaks down what the inner child actually is, how unmet needs from childhood quietly run the show in your adult relationships and reactions, and how to start giving that younger version of yourself what she always needed.
The episode closes with a gentle guided visualization to meet your inner child — have a journal nearby.
In this episode:
- What the inner child actually is and where she comes from
- Why your nervous system still reacts like a kid even when you're an adult
- Five ways your inner child shows up in your adult life — abandonment fears, people pleasing, shutting down in conflict, needing reassurance, and guilt around rest
- Why this is NOT about blaming your parents
- How the shadow, projection, and inner child all connect together
- Ashley's love-hate relationship with her own inner child — and the grace she gives her
- A short guided visualization to meet your younger self
- Two simple practices to start building a relationship with your inner child today