Ep. 44 - Triggers Are Not The Problem, They are the Path

My prayer for you is that you stop running from the things that lit you up. What if on the other side of that all-lit-up, heart-pounding, nervous-system-on-fire feeling is ALL of your power?In this episode, Ash reframes triggers not as interruptions to your life, but as the path itself — sacred invitations and maps showing you exactly where you’re still gripping an old story drawn by fear & survival, and where your next layer of embodied empowerment lives.IN THIS EPISODE:* Why we’ve had triggers backwards — they’re not something to manage, fix, or heal away from. They ARE the treasure.* The trigger is rarely about what you think it’s about — the person didn’t create the sore spot, they just found it. If it lights you up, there’s something there to learn. If there wasn’t, it would feel neutral.* The difference between the Ego and the Soul: Ego defends & deflects in milliseconds to stay safe. Soul pauses and gets curious.* The life-changing practice: Pause + Curiosity. Learning to pause long enough to let the Soul speak, so you can ask what is this here to teach me?* Why wanting to stop getting triggered creates blind spots — Life will keep offering you the next layer of growth. This is the Life path.* How your edges — where you contract, react & want to run — are maps to how your nervous system operates and how to hold more voltage.TIMESTAMPS / CHAPTERS:00:00 - The prayer: stop running from what lites up your nervous system 01:30 - We’ve had it backwards 03:30 - The map: where you keep giving your power away 05:30 - You can’t just talk about the work 07:00 - The new question: not “how do I make this stop?” but “what is this here to show me?” 08:30 - The honest medicine & Ego vs. Soul 10:00 - The Practice: Pause long enough for Soul to speak 11:30 - Your edges are the mapA NOTE FROM ASH:Staying curious enough to look. Staying humble enough to receive what we find. That is the advanced work.The triggers are not the obstacle to your becoming. They are the path to your empowerment.WORK WITH ME:I currently have 3 openings for a 3-month, one-on-one container to dive deep into exactly this work — finding what is keeping you stuck from your most potent, empowered self.This work is now offered on a sliding scale / donation-based with three tiers to keep it accessible.* Individuals: 3x a month for 3 months* Couples: 5-6x a month for 3 monthsPlus, when you become a paid subscriber, you’re invited to my live monthly Zoom call at the end of every month where we gather to do this collective work of Reclaiming Within.Email me for details: reclaimwithin@gmail.comWithin Love, Ash Get full access to Reclaim Within: Remember You are Sacred at reclaimwithin.substack.com/subscribe