238: The powerful ripple effect of having honest conversations with the people in our lives and how to confront AND receive confrontation with courage with Ashley Johns

<p><strong>SHOW NOTES:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’ve all experienced those uncomfortable conversations. Either as the person initiating the conversation and delivering tough feedback or as the person on the receiving end. Although no one really wants to have these conversations there is absolutely a way that we can move through them with compassion for the other person and as a result allows each person to grow individually and together. When we set the go aside we are actually able to connect on a much deeper level. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ashley Johns is the Founder of the Lifestyle Brand Fierce Forward & the Fierce Forward Jewelry, meaningful jewelry to feel fierce. She's been in business for 9 years and loves waking up and getting to create her fiercest life, helping women realize how fierce and limitless they really are! </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She hosts the Fierce Forward Podcast, a podcast dedicated to women stepping into their leadership in themselves, life and business. She curates the Fierce Forward Box, a monthly jewelry & self-growth subscription box that's centered around a theme plus an exclusive piece of jewelry to help you grow and keep moving forward fiercely each month. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This year she realized she can't and doesn't want to do it alone anymore and so she started building a team and is so proud to now employ a small team of women to contribute and grow Fierce Forward so it can reach and impact more women! More recently she welcomed her husband full time at Fierce Forward and is so excited about what the future holds!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /> <br /></span></p> <p><strong>In this episode we talk about:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Stepping fiercely forward </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Living in your truth and recognizing w