The Good Trade's Founder AmyAnn Cadwell
You can count on Ashley Neese to be right alongside you in the trenches and doing the work of self-growth.
With a newly published and immediate best selling book out earlier this year, she doesn’t purport to have it all figured out. Her candor is what makes her both motivating and inspiring: she’s come a long way, and yet she isn’t a finished product. She approaches self-growth with vigilance, dedication, and honesty so she can be more fully in relationship with her partner, baby boy, herself, clients, and the world.
Ashley teaches Breathwork. There are so many reasons Breathwork is a powerful modality, but it’s beauty is in it’s universality: as humans, we are all here — breathing — for the entirety of our lives. It’s accessible to all people, at all stages, from all backgrounds, races, classes, and belief systems. It is a practice that puts the individual in control of their journey toward healing, growth, and transformation.
In talking to Ashely it’s clear her endless inquisitiveness is what brought her to this profoundly simple and transformative work. She isn’t one for topical fixes but wants to get to the root. Breathwork is just that — if you are breathing well, you have a strong foundation and everything else is the icing on the cake. If you aren’t, your efforts are built on shaky ground.
What would Ashley like everyone to know upon crossing her path? That we all deserve to feel safe in our bodies, plain and simple. What does safe feel like? The ability to be and stay fully, wholly present, no matter what is happening around you. And with that, please meet Ashley Neese...
MEET ASHLEY NEESE
sun/moon/ rising signs:
Aquarius/Pisces/Scorpio
HUMAN DESIGN:
Generator
enneagram:
7 with a 4x5 wing
ideal lunch as a 5-year-old:
Sloppy Joe's with corn on the cob and a glass of whole milk
ideal lunch TODAY:
Steamed leafy greens, roasted yams, fermented burdock root, avocado, gomasio, sprouted wild rice, roasted chicken thigh or soft cooked eggs
self-care as an entrepreneur
a book that has meaning to you:
Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication by Oren Sofer. Getting clear on my unconscious communication patterns has been an essential component of learning how to re-parent myself, become a clearer channel for communication and has helped me tremendously in setting and keeping boundaries. I’ve struggled with communicating face-to-face with family members, friends, and partners. While I have done so much work in this area of my life, since becoming a parent I’ve had to step up and assert myself even more in my communication style and take a deep look at where I’m still afraid, where I’m projecting and where I am holding judgment. Practicing the tools in this book has given me so many opportunities to forge new pathways not only in my brain but in my relationships as well.
what brings you joy + pleasure?
I love hearing Solomon laugh, it brings me a kind of joy I’ve never known before. He laughs with his full body and doesn’t hold back at all. He laughs with a wild abandon that lights up a room and it is so very special to witness his joy. These days what brings me pleasure is really simple. Cuddling with Nic in the evening. Taking an extra long shower. Getting a massage. Enjoying a fully ripe avocado.