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Welcome back to the Shamelessly Ambitious Podcast and to day 26 of the Momentum Project! Today, I’m talking about how we can utilize our human design strategy to our advantage when it comes to creating a potent social media presence.   I'm not an expert or a professional in the human design world, but I went really deep into it for myself. Then, I went deep into it with all my clients and ess...

Welcome back to the Shamelessly Ambitious Podcast and to day 25 of the Momentum Project! Today, I have a simple but super important message for you: “You don’t have to force it!”    I’m sharing what you need to do to be the match to the most aligned clients, so they’ll come to you with ease, not force. Thanks for listening. Thanks for being here.   TOPICS DISCUSSED   How your luteal phase can be y...

I have created daily themes around my business, but I’ve also set them up in a way that feels good and honors my own internal energy and my cycle. So today, I'm going to share a behind-the-scenes of what I do personally in my business to get more of that focused energy. Welcome back to the Shamelessly Ambitious Podcast and to day 24 of the Momentum Project!    Remember, take what feels good,...

Welcome back to the Shamelessly Ambitious Podcast and to day 23 of the Momentum Project! Today, I’m talking about focused energy, the kind of energy that expands time so that you can get more done with less effort AND enjoy it all.    I’ll share with you about the trap I once fell into plus how I overcame it, and how you can too. Thanks for listening. Thanks for being here.   TOPICS DISCUSSED   Th...

Welcome back to the Shamelessly Ambitious Podcast and to day 22 of the Momentum Project! From the conversations I'm having behind the scenes with my clients, I have recognized that there's this massive pattern where women feel so stuck and trapped because they think there is only one way to do things.   Today, I’m talking about the fact that there is no right or wrong way to be successfu...

Welcome back to the Shamelessly Ambitious Podcast and to day 21 of the Momentum Project!   What would it look like if instead of utilizing pain to market, you painted a picture of possibility?   Today, I’m talking about a different way to market that will allow you to unlock even more inevitable success.    As I said in the episode, “This is by far one of the reasons why success has been so easy f...

Welcome back to the Shamelessly Ambitious Podcast – more importantly, Day 20 of the Momentum Project! A month of daily podcast episodes filled to the brim with free mentorship!   I am excited to answer a question that came through on Instagram when I asked what you desire to hear more of. Someone specifically reached out and said, “I want to know more ways to show up as my highest self even when l...

Welcome to day 19 of the Momentum Project! Today, I'm talking about the importance of transitions… the importance of shifting and changing our energy as we move from one thing to the next. If you’re not doing this, my friend, I’m afraid it might be costing you money. How? Tune in to learn more.   TOPICS DISCUSSED   Shifting your energy before moving to your next thing Focused energy vs. Scatt...

Welcome to day 18 of The Momentum Project! Today, we're talking about social media. Oh, social media. I think we all have this love-hate relationship with social media. But I do believe it's a big part of building a beautiful business.   So, finding our groove with it, and finding enjoyment in it, is a fundamental piece of finding success. And, that’s why we're talking about how to...

It’s day 17 of The Momentum Project and it’s all about clarity and confidence. These are buzzwords in the industry, I know. But I love these words, and today, I want to talk to you about where these two things are found – because you might be looking in the wrong places.    So, if you are deeply desiring more confidence & more clarity, I'm going to help you find them in two ways. Tune int...

Welcome to day 16 of the Momentum Project! In the last episode, we talked about embodiment. We talked about selling, serving, and embodying your offers – so business feels easy, fun, and truly aligned.    Today, I want to dig deeper into this concept of embodiment because to authentically embody, we need to be fully expressed. One of the best and most important practices of my entire business is t...

Wanna make more money? In this episode of the Shamelessly Ambitious Podcast – and day 15 of the Momentum Project – I’m talking about the three most important things that you could ever align to and find consistency in when it comes to your business: serve, sell, and embody. Ps. You’ll hear me say this, A LOT.   Every single day inside my business, I have these three non-negotiable standards, and t...

This episode is here to help you finally release expectations and all of the yuck that is associated with them. Welcome to Day 14 of The Momentum Project, a daily podcast series for the month of October & a part of the Shameless Ambitious Podcast!   Stop trying to determine what your success looks like in numbers and, instead, lean into the inevitable success that's a result of your highe...

Welcome to day 13 of the Momentum Project! We have had a lot of feminine conversations so far and it has been so powerful. But, I want to switch gears a little bit today and move slowly into the concept of business strategy – or better yet, aligned business strategy.    Because I refuse to build a business that steals from my life (this is an old narrative I carried around social media – oof, how...

Welcome back to the Shamelessly Ambitious Podcast, more specifically, the Momentum Project, a daily dose of mentorship with yours truly, Ash McDonald. I'm back and I'm here to tell you about my final ceremony. Night 3 of our Ayahuasca retreat was certainly a doozy. I had an out-of-body experience and at a certain point, it all felt like too much…too overwhelming. In fact, I had to call f...

It’s Day 11 of the Momentum Project and I’m talking about the second night of my Ayahuasca retreat. This was Ceremony number 2 and I’m giving you the behind-the-scenes of what I experienced and what I learned about rest & healing. As I said in the episode, “I believe that rest is where manifestation comes to life.”   Thanks for listening. Thanks for being here.   TOPICS DISCUSSED The fear I fe...

Welcome to day 10 of the Momentum Project! In this episode, I’m sharing in detail what happened during the first ceremony of our Ayahuasca retreat.   “So, on my first night, I essentially became paralyzed. I lost complete control of the movement and function of my body, which sounds incredibly terrifying. But I will tell you…” Curious for more? Tune into this episode to learn about this wild exper...

In this episode, I’m sharing why my husband and I decided to go on a 5-day Ayahuasca retreat in Costa Rica. Welcome to day 9 of the Momentum Project!   This experience was by far one of the most healing, incredible, mind-blowing experiences of my life. I'm not here to promote Ayahuasca by any means. I am here to share more about why I decided this was MY next step and to encourage you to alwa...

Welcome to day 8 of the Momentum Project! Today we are talking about FUCK YES energy, the kind of energy that just makes people so stinking excited to be a part of your life. So today, I’m revealing some of my favorite non-negotiable recurring rituals that have helped me to be more intentional with my life and energy.   As I said in the episode, “Having fuck yes energy is so much more than feeling...

Welcome back to the Shamelessly Ambitious Podcast – and specifically, the Momentum Project, a daily dose of mentorship for 30 days, with yours truly, Ash McDonald!   Today, I want to remind you to be mindful of what you're taking in. Take a really good look around, particularly at social media, and let's be honest and really get clear with this:   > Is there anything that you're...

Welcome to day 6 of the Momentum Project! This episode was definitely brought to you by popular demand. I am here to share my best digital nomad life lessons, so far…because I’m definitely still learning!   The truth is that it’s so easy to look at somebody like myself, this digital nomad traveling all over, and think, ‘What a life!’. But honestly? I still have the same struggles as I did before e...

Welcome back to the Shamelessly Ambitious Podcast – and specifically, the Momentum Project, a daily dose of mentorship for 30 days, with yours truly, Ash McDonald!   Today, we are talking about redefining the terms in our life that dictate our happiness. Success, balance, productivity, etc. There are so many words like this that we utilize daily without understanding what they mean to us. For this...

Welcome to day 4 of the Momentum Project! In this episode, we’re going there; we’re talking about MONEY – or better yet the ALIGNED STRATEGY AND ENERGETICS around money.   I always want to be an example of what the behind-the-scenes of a successful business gets to look like. And, what I've experienced – as a mentor and as a leader – in the coaching industry is that our strategy is meant to c...

Welcome to day 3 of the Momentum Project! In this episode, we’re going deep and talking about desire, clarity, and self-trust.    I get asked all the time, “What is your greatest strategy? How do you have the success that you do? What is the first thing that I should be doing?” And for me, it always comes back to constantly building self-trust.    As I said in the episode, “No matter how in tune y...

Welcome to day 2 of the Momentum Project! In this episode, I’m talking about the Affirmation-Confirmation Loop. In essence, this is the concept of first recognizing and validating the beliefs that you carry and then reframing them. It is a powerful tool from my days as a trained therapist that I still use in my own personal life & train my clients on.   As I said in the episode, “It's not...