The Wound is the Gift with Joy Smith

I’m releasing this episode a day early—because I can feel how much it’s needed right now. So many of us are moving through deep cycles of light and shadow, expansion and contraction. You are not alone. On May 1st, I experienced a full day of Oneness—pure Light, complete Presence, a deep remembering of the true Self. And then, the next day… my skin broke out, my digestion slowed, my energy dipped. It felt like a crash—but it wasn’t. It was a contraction. The natural exhale after the inhale. In this episode, I share the lived rhythm of spiritual awakening through the lens of Samsara—the spiral of life, death, and rebirth that pulses through every breath, every moment, every phase of our journey. I speak on Shiva and Shakti, the inhale and exhale of Consciousness, and why you’re not going backwards when things feel low after a spiritual high. This is the path of Quantum Manifestation—not a linear rise, but a sacred rhythm. A return to Truth through both the opening and the closing. The Light and the body. You are not broken. You are remembering. Episodes to listen to and reference for more information:  * Healing In and Through the Body (Why So Much is Coming Up Right Now) * Quantum Weight Release, Remembering Presence + Dissolving the Illusion of Separation  * The Afterglow of Eclipse Season * * * *  Book an Akashic Records Reading with Ashley Notes from the Episode Walk Home to Oneness with us in GUIDED  | new month to month membership Shop our workshops | 20% off with ALIGNED at checkout Follow @alnwithin on IG  ALN | Stillness SPOTIFY Playlist  ALN | Flow SPOTIFY Playlist

6 Mai 1h 4min

This month’s Akashic guidance invites you to see the beauty in the full experience — the storm, the rainbow, and everything in between. It’s a remembrance that what you witness outside is a reflection of what lives within. There is no separation. All is One. In this episode, I share the channeled Akashic guidance for May, reflect on the moon cycles and energetic shifts this month brings, and tell a personal story of how the bees—once again—are guiding me deeper into love, softness, and the Truth of our interconnectedness. * * * *  Book an Akashic Records Reading with Ashley Notes from the Episode Walk Home to Oneness with us in GUIDED  | new month to month membership Shop our workshops | 20% off with ALIGNED at checkout Follow @alnwithin on IG  ALN | Stillness SPOTIFY Playlist  ALN | Flow SPOTIFY Playlist

30 Apr 57min

In this special episode, I begin by sharing the origin of GUIDED—how it came to be as a retreat that never ends, a space where we walk Home to Onenss together in community, truth, and love. Then I’m joined by our GUIDED sister Lindsey for a heartfelt conversation on releasing labels, parenting highly sensitive children, navigating the school system, and choosing peace over drama. Get your kleenex if you're a mother - there's an emotional moment of such deep love and Truth. Finally, I reflect on the deeper magic unfolding with our home, land and retreat space - a quantum path that's not making any sense at all but is absolutely perfect within it's unfolding.  * * * *  Book an Akashic Records Reading with Ashley Notes from the Episode Walk Home to Oneness with us in GUIDED  | new month to month membership Shop our workshops | 20% off with ALIGNED at checkout Follow @alnwithin on IG  ALN | Stillness SPOTIFY Playlist  ALN | Flow SPOTIFY Playlist

23 Apr 1h 53min

What an eclipse season! Did you also feel like it was an intense spiritual detox and you're not the same person you were before? In today's episode I deep dive into this, the energetics of it, everything that I have expierenced health wise, cycle syncing, my new love for Pilates and so much more. I start the episode with some unexpected magic that brings me to tears. It's a good one! Enjoy xx * * * *  Book an Akashic Records Reading with Ashley Notes from the Episode Walk Home to Oneness with us in GUIDED  | new month to month membership Shop our workshops | 20% off with ALIGNED at checkout Follow @alnwithin on IG  ALN | Stillness SPOTIFY Playlist  ALN | Flow SPOTIFY Playlist

16 Apr 1h 9min

When our GUIDED sister Sofia told me that she fully released the anger that she had been carrying for years by doing a simple practice that we shared with her, immediately I knew how important it was to bring her on the show to share her story. And it's not like she has her entire day to spend sitting in meditation or something - not at all. She is a mother to three small children, one being a newborn, has a lot on her plate and says in this episode that she just falls asleep if she does a Line Activation, she's so tired. So how did she do it? Tune in to find out.  * * * *  Book an Akashic Records Reading with Ashley Notes from the Episode Walk Home to Oneness with us in GUIDED  | new month to month membership Shop our workshops | 20% off with ALIGNED at checkout Follow @alnwithin on IG  ALN | Stillness SPOTIFY Playlist  ALN | Flow SPOTIFY Playlist

9 Apr 1h 44min

Welcome APRIL! In today's episode you will hear me share channeled guidance from the Akashic Records as well as a little look at the energy of the month ahead. I also share some contemplating for you to experience, something to take all of this guidance deeper and apply it to your own life. How can you allow yourself to be held this month? Enjoy this beautiful episode!  * * * *  Book an Akashic Records Reading with Ashley Notes from the Episode Walk Home to Oneness with us in GUIDED  | new month to month membership Shop our workshops | 20% off with ALIGNED at checkout Follow @alnwithin on IG  ALN | Stillness SPOTIFY Playlist  ALN | Flow SPOTIFY Playlist

2 Apr 52min

In today's episode of the podcast, I am joined by Tanya, our GUIDED sister, to share her powerful story of transformation that she's experienced within her 10 months in GUIDED. Yes -- you can tell from the title that she's moved through quantum weight release, but this episode is about so much more than that. It's about remembering presence, releasing control, softening into the body as it is and moving with love.  She shares how this experience has impacted her entire life, not just her physical body. I also share an update on my health, some openings that I have had, how much I love Pilates and and more. Enjoy!  * * * *  Book an Akashic Records Reading with Ashley Notes from the Episode Walk Home to Oneness with us in GUIDED  | new month to month membership Shop our workshops | 20% off with ALIGNED at checkout How to do a Line Activation (complete with emptying exercise) Follow @alnwithin on IG  ALN | Stillness SPOTIFY Playlist  ALN | Flow SPOTIFY Playlist Leave us a loving review and get 20% off your first month (of a six month or year-long membership) in GUIDED or 20% off a single workshop. Send a screenshot of your review to hello@alnwithin.com. Offer only available for new members.

26 Mar 1h 50min

The Equinox is tomorrow and the energy is high! Can you feel it? Not only is the season changing, but we are right in the thick of eclipse season, two retrogrades and this season is about flowing with the unknown, planting seeds without clinging to outcomes. In today's episode of the podcast, Ashley first talks about the changes that we are presented with right now and how to flow without attachement. The second part of the episode is dedicated to the Equinox and provides you with some pointings and contemplations to take this time deeper. Enjoy!  * * * *  Book an Akashic Records Reading with Ashley Notes from the Episode Walk Home to Oneness with us in GUIDED |20% off first month with GUIDED at checkout Shop our workshops | 20% off with ALIGNED at checkout How to do a Line Activation (complete with emptying exercise) Follow @alnwithin on IG  ALN | Stillness SPOTIFY Playlist  ALN | Flow SPOTIFY Playlist Leave us a loving review and get 20% off your first month (of a six month or year-long membership) in GUIDED or 20% off a single workshop. Send a screenshot of your review to hello@alnwithin.com. Offer only available for new members.

19 Mar 1h 4min