Ashley Strong Smith, Heart-led intentional living
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To fall in love with yourself and your life is to awaken to the beauty that already lives within you.

It is choosing presence over perfection. Depth over distraction. And allowing your truest self to gently unfold through daily, intentional action.
This is a holistic approach to living with meaning, purpose, and devotion -- a return to what feels true, rooted, and alive within you.
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Here, we honor the slow, sacred work of remembering. Here, you are invited to create a life that feels like home.
If this introduction were in person, it would begin with a fully embracing hug. Followed by a deep breath, and a sincere, welcoming: "Hello, you’re here. You’re right where you need to be. You are seen. You are heard. You matter. And you belong, deeply."

​This is an invitation to pause, to feel held, and to step into a space where your truth is honored, your voice is valued, and your journey is fully supported.
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✨ You went from feeling disconnected from yourself to developing a strong sense of your values—and fully committed to living a life aligned with them?
✨ You went from feeling lost to being confidently curious, co-creating with your innate gifts, and stepping into your true purpose?
✨ Your questions started to have answers… and even more supportive, life-guiding questions began to arise?
✨ You went from being disconnected from your own dreams to being rooted in empowerment, equipped with tangible tools, tips, and daily practices that compound into major change, transformation, and the realization of your deepest dreams?
✨ You learned to fully connect with, listen to, honor, and ACT on the wisdom of your heart?
✨ You quieted the outside noise long enough to hear the clarity of your own inner voice?
✨ You showed up in the world in the most aligned, intentional, courageous expression of who you truly are?
✨ You felt completely in love with yourself and your life?
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How would your life be different?
What would it feel like to step fully into the next level of your journey?
And what if you knew you were only one step away from beginning?
Take the first step toward a life that feels aligned

Who I work with : 

I create spaces for women who have been holding a lot — their families, their work, their responsibilities — and somewhere along the way, they’ve lost touch with themselves.

The women I work with are often successful, capable, and deeply caring… and also tired, disconnected, or quietly wondering, Is this really my life?


My work is about helping them come home to their hearts. Through intentional practices, gentle tools, and deeply supportive containers, I guide women to slow down, listen inward, and reconnect with what truly matters to them — so they can begin to shape a life that actually feels like theirs.


​What lights me up most is watching a woman soften back into herself, remember who she is, and start making choices from that place of truth.

My approach : 

I believe in the power of co-creation, holding a safe, non-judgmental space for you to show up exactly as you are. I ask big, thought-provoking questions that lead to truthful reflection and guide you through meditations designed to connect you to your heart. This practice helps you reconnect with your values, deepest truths, innate gifts, and dreams.
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From there, I provide nurturing, intuitive guidance alongside tangible tools, tips, and resources so you can become rooted in empowerment. Together, we focus on taking small, intentional daily actions that compound over time, leading to meaningful transformation, profound change, and the realization of your dreams.
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Hello, I'm Ashley! 

I’ve spent nearly 15 years living in expansive inquisitiveness—asking life’s deepest questions and intentionally creating space to explore honest, vulnerable, and life-enhancing answers. This journey has brought me to a place of passion, purpose, intentionality, authenticity, vulnerability, and courage—a place where I finally feel I truly belong.

I am a multi-passionate woman: an entrepreneur holding space as an Intentional Living Coach, Author, Photographer, and Host of the Living an Intentional Life Podcast. I’m a fire-wife to a South African immigrant I met in Tanzania, a mom to a radiant six-year-old, and caretaker to two big puppies, a cat, a kitten, and four chickens. I call the mountains of Lake Arrowhead, California home, yet I am endlessly curious—an adventure seeker, connector, and traveler of this world, having lived in four countries, visited ten others, and explored fifteen U.S. states.

I am a pursuer of dreams and an unapologetically curious soul, letting the boundaries of curiosity know no limits. After all, we are limitless.
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Why I do What I do : 

I exist because you exist. I belong because you belong. When you rise, I rise. When you shine, I shine. We are all in this together.

For years, I lived in the “shoulds” and “supposed to’s” of life, spending my days wondering: if, when, how? I used to think, “Oh, that could never be me. Not in this lifetime. I’m not ______ enough.”

Until that was no longer my reality. I began living from a place of deep connection, courage, confidence, authenticity, and intention—building a solid foundation rooted in my values and creating a life of dreams, deeply lived and fully fulfilled, again and again.
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I truly believe that we all belong—so deeply—and that we all deserve—so fully. The more you shine your light, the more permission you give others to do the same. The more you share you with the world, the more another woman is inspired to step into her own courage and authenticity. And in doing so, we uplift and raise the vibration of us all.
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  • Welcome
  • About
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    • Retreat : Intentional Living Weekend Immersion
    • Heart-Centered Foundation
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