Women are so often taught that gratitude and desire can’t coexist. That if you want more, you must not appreciate what you have. That ambition is a threat. That desire is dangerous. That wanting more makes you ungrateful.
But the truth is this: Gratitude isn’t the opposite of wanting more. Gratitude is what prepares you to receive more.
In today’s episode, Ashley breaks down the difference between survival gratitude (the kind women inherit to stay small) and embodied gratitude (the kind that expands you). She shares her own story of how motherhood, identity, spirituality, and desire collided — and how women can reclaim the truth about wanting more.
Inside this episode, you’ll explore:
• Why women are conditioned to treat desire as a threat
• The difference between survival gratitude and embodied gratitude
• How gratitude can ground you instead of shrink you
• Why desire is a sign of alignment, not selfishness
• How abundance begins with noticing the pull toward what’s next
• The role of spirituality, intuition, and identity in desire
• How daily gratitude rituals shift your capacity to receive
• Why wanting more isn’t discontent — it’s becoming
If you’ve ever felt guilty for wanting more — more space, more purpose, more fulfillment, more abundance — this episode will meet you right where you are.
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