Well hello there! Today we wanted to check in with all of you, see how your summer is going, share a few exciting things with you as we move into the rest of the year, and encourage you to continue to show up and speak up for the things you want in life. This episode will serve as a reminder, that anything is possible sis - sometimes all you have to do is ask. And if you keep praying & working for it - you really will see your wildest dreams come true. Watch our latest episodes on YouTube here! Shop The Merch! Shop official Slay Girl Slay Podcast Merch! Follow Us: • Instagram • TikTok • Facebook The Slay Girl Slay podcast is an AshMedia production, hosted by Ashley Leggs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a very special episode, Ashley sits down with the award winning, NY Times Best Selling author of the Children of Blood & Bone series, Tomi Adeyemi. Tomi shares her creative process, reflects on how she found purpose in storytelling, the struggles & triumphs of writing her record breaking series, and the final installment of the trilogy Children of Anguish & Anarchy hitting shelves June 25th. Ashley & Tomi also talk about navigating rejection, conquering creative hurdles, and how to build your writing muscle. (For all of you aspiring authors out there!) Tune in for a heartfelt conversation about embracing your true self, the power of perseverance, and the importance of staying true to your creative process. Watch today's episode on Youtube here! Episode Timestamps: 05:10 Tomi discusses the concept of embracing your light in everyday activities 15:22 Tomi's journey from being defined by work to finding her purpose in storytelling 19:45 Challenges & surprises while writing Children of Anguish & Anarchy 30:12 Tomi on why storytelling is her true calling and needing privacy to create 37:40 Realizing the pattern of writing characters who didn't look like her 41:18 Not getting into the creative thesis at Harvard but choosing to work on her book anyway 46:03 Struggles with learning the craft of writing and pushing through despite setbacks 49:40 "Children of Blood and Bone" getting 63 rejections before hitting it big 53:28 How personal experiences shape the best stories 55:16 Advice to new writers about loving their writing and the importance of reading and writing consistently 57:44 Reflecting on what Tomi would tell her younger self with love and validation 58:53 Ashley's love for Tomi's work and excitement for what's next 01:02:15 The joy of connecting with fans and the upcoming movie adaptation with Paramount Shop The Merch! Shop official Slay Girl Slay Podcast Merch! Follow Us: • Instagram • TikTok • Facebook The Slay Girl Slay podcast is an AshMedia production, hosted by Ashley Leggs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Ashley shares how to transform your mindset with abundance affirmations & scriptures. She explains how practices grounded in both affirmations and biblical scriptures help create a mindset of plentifulness and gratitude. Today you'll be guided through various affirmations focused on prosperity, wealth, joy, and eliminating limiting beliefs around scarcity. Ashley also share her favorite scriptures that reinforce these affirmations, providing a spiritual foundation to help you embrace abundance and elevate your daily mindset. Today's affirmations are currently on YouTube here! Shop The Merch! Shop official Slay Girl Slay Podcast Merch! Follow Us: • Instagram • TikTok • Facebook The Slay Girl Slay podcast is an AshMedia production, hosted by Ashley Leggs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ashley sits down with social media superstar Jaz Turner, known for her inspiring content on TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram. Jaz delves into her journey from quitting law school to creating content full time, sharing valuable insights on maintaining authenticity, preventing burnout, and the power in telling your story. Jaz’s story will encourage you to embrace your individuality, and your passions but also motivate you to get serious about your self -care. Ashley & Jaz also talk about how to find your tribe in a crowded social media space, overcoming hardships, and how to stop doing things that don’t make you happy. Buckle up boo, if you’re looking to make a pivot in your life, or just trying to create cool & authentic content….this episode is for you.  Watch the full interview on YouTube, starting Wednesday June 5th here! Connect with Jaz Turner here! Episode Timestamps: 07:40 Navigating your internal & external identities in early adulthood 16:18 Taking pride in your achievements 17:42 Struggling with life's challenges and uncertainties, questioning whether on the right path or not 24:35 Building courage to take the next step in life 28:21 Embracing solitude, self-discovery and empowerment 37:50 How to connect genuinely with community through content creation 41:30 Consistency, creating fresh content, & the privacy balance for success 48:53 Excellent advice for overcoming fear of talking on videos 58:33 The TikTok ban & importance of detachment in a changing industry. 01:05:06 Sharing your story resonates with and inspires others to do the same Shop The Merch! Shop official Slay Girl Slay Podcast Merch! Follow Us: • Instagram • TikTok • Facebook The Slay Girl Slay podcast is an AshMedia production, hosted by Ashley Leggs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's giving SEASON 6 FINALE!! At the top of this season we told you how old you, can't solve new you problems. That old keys, do not open new locks. All of you have accomplished something this year, gotten your life to a new level - but may be looking around like, "what now?" If you're unsure on what to do next, feeling uncertain about your future, and you just don't know what to do - this episode was signed, sealed & delivered just for you boo. Be sure to come back June 3rd for BONUS summer episodes of the Slay Girl Slay podcast! We love you deep boo, thank you for another great season! Thanks To Today's Sponsors! Get 10% off your first month when you visit betterhelp.com/SLAY Shop The Merch! Shop official Slay Girl Slay Podcast Merch! Follow Us: • Instagram • TikTok • Facebook The Slay Girl Slay podcast is an AshMedia production, hosted by Ashley Leggs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Getting older is a blessing boo, not a curse. This week, Ashley gets into the age-old stigma surrounding aging, especially for women, and flips the script to celebrate our growth and wisdom. She shares personal anecdotes and empowering insights, reminding us of our value, no matter how old we are. Just because your biological clock is ticking, that doesn't mean it's a time bomb sis. Thanks To Today's Sponsors! Make everyday, payday…with EarnIn. Use code: SLAY under podcasts when you sign up! Shop The Merch! Shop official Slay Girl Slay Podcast Merch! Follow Us: • Instagram • TikTok • Facebook The Slay Girl Slay podcast is an AshMedia production, hosted by Ashley Leggs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is something that you do, all the time that helps you progress, and helps you stay consistent with your goals? This week, Ashley shares 4 random life hacks that completely changed everything for her.  In hopes that at least one of these life hacks can change the game completely for you too boo. Thanks To Today's Sponsors! Make everyday, payday…with EarnIn. Use code: SLAY under podcasts when you sign up! Timestamps: 00:00 Podcast continues after season break. 04:48 Struggling with expressing thoughts and emotions. 09:00 Stop being in a rush to peak in life. 11:50 Using an alter ego to adapt behavior. 17:37 Focus on yourself & let others focus on them. Shop The Merch! Shop official Slay Girl Slay Podcast Merch! Follow Us: Instagram TikTok Facebook The Slay Girl Slay podcast is an AshMedia production, hosted by Ashley Leggs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've done Hot Girl Summer, but what about a Whole Girl Summer? Where the entire summer you spend time doing things that make you feel whole as a woman? This episode Ashley talks about how to romanticize your summer this year, and how to be intentional about everything that you want to do. Setting themes for your summer, and starting new hobbies. She talks us through how to let go of old habits, old ways of doing things, and old seasons to embrace something new. Thanks To Today's Sponsors! Get 10% off your first month when you visit betterhelp.com/SLAY Shop The Merch! Shop official Slay Girl Slay Podcast Merch! Follow Us: Instagram TikTok Facebook The Slay Girl Slay podcast is an AshMedia production, hosted by Ashley Leggs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We don't have to be perfect, but we should all set some sort of standard for our lives. Standards for our business. Standards for our relationships, we could keep going. Think of one area of your life where you want to see change, and start there. This week, Ashley talks about why having standards in every area of your life is important, and encourages us all to rise up and meet every bar that we set for ourselves. Thanks To Today's Sponsors! Get 10% off your first month when you visit betterhelp.com/SLAY Download the EarnIn app and use the code SLAY under podcasts, when you sign up! Shop The Merch! Shop official Slay Girl Slay Podcast Merch! Follow Us: Instagram TikTok Facebook The Slay Girl Slay podcast is an AshMedia production, hosted by Ashley Leggs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

God can change your entire life in a heartbeat boo, and he can use whoever and whatever to do it. If you stick with your dreams, and remember that you aren't doing it alone, anything is possible sis. Your steps are already ordered. You just have to take them. Thanks To Today's Sponsors! Check out the new Clairol Textures & Tones designed with texture & color specialist, and created with you in mind! Shop The Merch! Shop official Slay Girl Slay Podcast Merch! Follow Us: Instagram TikTok Facebook The Slay Girl Slay podcast is an AshMedia production, hosted by Ashley Leggs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We get wrapped up in our everyday tasks, the to do lists, and the things we have to get done and we sometimes forget the mission. Sometimes you have to come back to the basics and remember why you even started what you're doing in the first place. On the days when you feel like you're not doing a good job within your business, your personal life, or chasing your dreams - remember God validated it, when He gave it to you. Remember what got you here in the first place. Follow Us: Instagram TikTok Facebook The Slay Girl Slay podcast is an AshMedia production, hosted by Ashley Leggs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We can be in such a hurry to get to the next level in our lives, that we miss the beauty in the moments that we currently have. This current version of who you are HAS to exist, so that the next version of yourself can thrive. You are always evolving boo and you will never have this version of yourself again. So maybe take a minute to pause, slow down, and be with her. Thanks To Today's Sponsors! Listen now to Black Stories, Black Truths from NPR – wherever you get podcasts. Shop The New Pod Merch! Follow Us: Instagram TikTok Facebook The Slay Girl Slay podcast is an AshMedia production, hosted by Ashley Leggs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If tomorrow, your favorite app disappeared, what would you do? In the event these algorithms change, the market changes, or the industry that you're in changes - can you still move forward with your dreams and the vision you have of your life? If the medium you use to run or market your business goes away, can you still move forward with your purpose. Today's episode is not to give you anxiety, but to hopefully get you to start thinking of different ways to do what you're already doing. To stop depending on one source of income, or one medium, to keep living the life of your dreams. Shop The New Pod Merch! Thanks To Today’s Sponsors! Visit betterhelp.com/slay to get 10% off your first month. Follow Us: Instagram TikTok Facebook The Slay Girl Slay podcast is an AshMedia production, hosted by Ashley Leggs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most of us, will not treat our own selves, like we would treat our very best of friends. We comfort our friends when they need us. We give them grace, and acceptance. We are ready to ride at dawn, whenever someone does them wrong. But we will not hold ourselves to that same regard. We're not saying your bestie doesn't deserve that kind of love, effort, & validation. We're saying that you deserve that kind of love, effort, & validation too. Thanks To Today’s Sponsors! Make everyday, payday…with EarnIn. Use code: SLAY under podcasts when you sign up! Follow Us: Instagram TikTok Facebook The Slay Girl Slay podcast is an AshMedia production, hosted by Ashley Leggs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We all have moments of doubt, feeling like we don't measure up or belong. But remember, you're in that room or sitting at that same table just like everyone else. Even if you feel out of place, don't run from it sis. Stand up straight, shoulders back and boobs up. Slide your credentials across the table, and don't be afraid to show people who THEY are in the room with. Thanks To Today’s Sponsors! Listen now to Black Stories, Black Truths from NPR – wherever you get podcasts. Follow Us: Instagram TikTok Facebook The Slay Girl Slay podcast is an AshMedia production, hosted by Ashley Leggs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You probably have a good idea you’re sitting on right now, but too busy thinking about how it’s going to work out, instead of just jumping in and trying it. Honestly boo, there's no way to tell how it's going to work - until you see it working. Don't be afraid to follow through on your ideas, and try them out. Get out of your head sis....and just do it. Thanks To Today’s Sponsors! Visit betterhelp.com/slay to get 10% off your first month. Eat clean without the hassle! Try Factor today and get 50% off when you use the code SLAY50. Try it here: factormeals.com/slay50 Visit waldenu.edu and take charge of your education at Walden University. Follow Us: Instagram TikTok Facebook The Slay Girl Slay podcast is an AshMedia production, hosted by Ashley Leggs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If tomorrow you want to pop out and do something brand new, get out of whatever box someone has put you in - do it boo. The moment you choose not to live your life by the standards that someone else has set for you, there is bound to be somebody who doesn't like it. Some people only want to see you doing as good as they are. But you know what sis? They don't have to like it. And you don't have to care. ** Android Users** You can stream the Slay Girl Slay podcast on several podcast apps for free if you're an android user! Amazon Music Spotify Podbean IHeart Radio Follow Us: Instagram TikTok Facebook The Slay Girl Slay podcast is an AshMedia production, hosted by Ashley Leggs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maybe self care, isn’t just the products and practices we use to make ourselves feel good, look youthful, and be our best selves. Maybe self care, is also learning how to not care so much about things that we can’t go back and change. Worrying about things that haven't happened yet. When we hold on to negativity, and things we can't control - our body is keeping score. And to be honest sis....it's not that deep. It was never...that deep. ** Android Users** You can stream the Slay Girl Slay podcast on several podcast apps for free if you're an android user! Amazon Music Spotify Podbean IHeart Radio Thanks To Today’s Sponsors! Make everyday, payday…with EarnIn. Use code: SLAY under podcasts when you sign up! Visit waldenu.edu and take charge of your education at Walden University. Follow Us: Instagram TikTok Facebook The Slay Girl Slay podcast is an AshMedia production, hosted by Ashley Leggs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If it's something you want, go get it. If it's something you want to try, go try it. You don't have to wait for other people to be on board, to do something you want to do. Even if you have to do it by yourself. Most of the time other people will choose what is best for them, their budget, and their timeline. You have to make sure you're doing what is best for you...too. Thanks To Today’s Sponsors! Visit waldenu.edu and take charge of your education at Walden University. Listen now to Black Stories, Black Truths from NPR – wherever you get podcasts. Follow Us: Instagram TikTok Facebook The Slay Girl Slay podcast is an AshMedia production, hosted by Ashley Leggs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you've managed to get yourself to this point in your life, just imagine what ELSE you can do? Where else can you go? If you can see it in your head sis, you can see it in real life. New chapters, are new beginnings and in this chapter - give yourself permission to dream bigger. Because where your energy goes, your focus grows. Put that energy on yourself this year sis. Let this be the year, you keep every promise you've made to yourself. Thanks To Today’s Sponsors! Visit betterhelp.com/slay to get 10% off your first month. Eat clean without the hassle! Try Factor today and get 50% off when you use the code SLAY50. Try it here: factormeals.com/slay50 Make everyday payday, with Earnin! Use the code: SLAY under "Podcasts" when you sign up! Visit waldenu.edu and take charge of your education at Walden University. Follow Us: Instagram TikTok Facebook The Slay Girl Slay podcast is an AshMedia production, hosted by Ashley Leggs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices