Ashley from Ladies Get Paid

Earn better. This is for anyone who has ever wondered who they’d be without their job title. I vomited on the bus. Not the grand entrance I’d imagined for a wellness retreat designed to “heal, restore, and revive” me for the next season of my life. But there I was, winding through the Tennessee hills, coffee sloshing in my empty stomach, losing it completely before we’d even arrived. If I’d known what was coming, I might have taken it as a warning. But looking back now, I wonder if it was…

Earn better. This is for anyone who wants something desperately but can’t seem to follow through. It’s 2am and I’m staring at the ceiling, running through the list in my head. Five projects. Five unfinished screenplays and book manuscripts sitting in Google Drive in various stages of almost-done. Every single one matters to me. Every single one feels urgent and important and mine. And yet. When I have time to work on them — those precious hours when the kids are occupied and my inbox is quiet…

Earn better. This is for anyone who’s trying to make money from what they love—and it’s not working. You’re watching your credit card balance climb. Your Kickstarter sits at 26% funded with just 17 days left. People keep telling you “the money will follow” and “just believe in yourself,” but those words start to feel like accusations. Like if you can’t make this work, it’s because you didn’t want it badly enough. My grandfather used to say, “Love what you do and you’ll never work a day in…

Earn better. If everyone who opened my emails gave $5 to my Kickstarter, I could stop bothering you about it 😉 🙏 I’ve been feeling the itch lately. You know the one—it starts as a pebble in your shoe, barely noticeable. Then it becomes a rock. It’s not something you can name exactly. More of an absence. A wondering. A wandering. Typically, I just work harder, trying to override it with more to-dos. But the universe has a way of staging aggressive interventions. Mine came in the form of a…

Earn better. I’ve been sending free weekly emails for years. If you’ve received value, please consider contributing $5. I’ve been crowdfunding for two weeks now and after spending five hours straight individually emailing people yesterday, let’s just say I’ve learned a lot about how to ask people for money. And more importantly, how to not feel awkward doing it. Yes, even me, Ms. Ladies Get Paid, can feel uncomfortable even when it’s for something I believe in as much as The Practice. But…

Earn better. I need to raise $28,000. I’ve only done $3,618. I’s almost a week into my Kickstarter campaign, and that funding bar is barely moving. My first thought: “This is failing!” Which immediately spiraled into: “I’m a failure!” There it was—that old, familiar trap. The one where a project’s performance becomes an indictment of my worth as a person. My body contracted. My creativity shut down. I could feel myself shrinking into a spiral of self-doubt I knew all too well. So I did what I…

Hey Reader, I need to be transparent with you about where The Practice Kickstarter campaign stands right now. Yesterday’s launch had incredible energy, but we hit an unexpected roadblock. Some “backers” pledged thousands of dollars… then tried to scam me for money before pulling their fake pledges. (Watch the full story at the 3:30 mark in today’s update video – it’s wild.) Here’s the reality: After these setbacks, we’re at $2,327 of our $28,000 goal with 40 days left. But here’s what keeps…

Earn better. For over a decade, I’ve coached thousands of women to get raises, promotions, and dream jobs. And every single one—without exception—was battling the same invisible enemy. Not their qualifications. Not their experience. Not even their circumstances. The false stories they told themselves about what they were capable of and what they deserved. “I’m not ready yet.” “I need to work harder.” “Everyone else has it figured out.” “I should be grateful for what I have.” These aren’t…

Earn better. Let’s start with the part I’d rather not tell you: I’m currently $50,000 in debt. Even writing that sentence makes my chest tighten a little. Not because I’m ashamed (well, sometimes), but because it brings up the same old script I’ve been working hard to rewrite: You’re failing. You’re irresponsible. You should be further along by now. Sound familiar? Every now and then, I still have flare-ups—moments when the anxiety spikes and I find myself yelling across the kitchen, “I’m so…

A digestible deep dive into a better work-life Really Good Work Advice Hey friend, Happy Monday 🤗 As a reminder, I’ve moved this newsletter over to Substack (and renamed it!) but in order for you to have full-access, you’ll need to take the following steps: Subscribe to Substack (I lowered the price!) Email me a copy of your receipt I’ll cancel your subscription to Really Good Work Advice In one week, if I still haven’t heard from you, I’ll assume you don’t want to receive any emails at all…