Living an Intentional Life Podcast
Welcome to Living an Intentional Life Podcast — a space for women who are remembering their hearts, reclaiming their energy, and creating lives that actually feel like home.
This is a place where you don’t have to perform, push, or prove — a place where you are met in your truth, your tenderness, and your becoming.
I’m your host, Ashley Strong Smith, and I believe that the deepest transformation doesn’t come from doing more — it comes from living with intention and listening more deeply to who you really are.
Each week, I share honest conversations and supportive tools you can gently try on in your own life — invitations to come back to your heart, trust your inner knowing, and create a life that supports your nervous system, your dreams, and your wholeness.
Here, we honor growth that is rooted, not rushed. We honor boundaries, embodiment, and the quiet wisdom of your own heart. You’re not here by accident. You’re here because something in you is ready for more — more truth, more softness, more alignment, more belonging.
So take a breath… and let yourself arrive.
Living an Intentional Life Podcast
I Lost Myself AND Found Myself in 12 Months with Erika Howell | Episode 54
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"If the thing that is keeping you up at night, if you haven't gone for it yet, do it!
Figure out a way to do it AND go for it and don't think twice about it.
If there is something you can't stop thinking about. You have to go for it.
There is no better time than now. Women are strong enough to figure it out and wear a lot of different hats, especially mothers.
If it's something you really want to do, you'll find time for it. And you can pour your hear and soul into it.
AND it will be successful because YOU did it!"
I Lost Myself AND Found Myself in 12 Months with Erika Howell | Episode 54
Tune into this week's episode for a very raw insight into of mama of three, Ericka' Howell and her journey of postpartum depression into lunching three businesses in ONE year!
About Erika Howell :
I love helping other mothers find their purpose outside of motherhood. Showing mothers “CAN have both”. You can provide financially and still be a kick ass mama.
3x national champion from the University of Oregon for Acrobatics and Tumbling. Met my husband Drew there, he played football. We have 3 kids. Iris, Forrest, Rain. We live in Temecula CA on a homestead in wine country. My husband is a fireman and I am a stay at home mother who runs several businesses from my phone during my babies nap times.
Connect with Erika:
- Erika's Instagram
- MUU - Moms Uniform United (clothing brand)
- MUU Instagram
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- Companion Workbook and Guided Mediations for Honoring Your Journey, Mid Year Check In!
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