Oct. 16, 2025

Ashley on Divine Guidance and Decision Making: Look for the Hell No

In this episode, Ashley shares a powerful framework for discerning decisions in life and business one rooted in her faith.

Instead of always searching for the perfect “yes,” she learned to pay close attention to God’s “no.” When things feel blocked, off, or unsettled, it’s often divine redirection not failure. Ashley recalls a moment of praying through every possible objection before stepping into her next season of business, and how peace came not from certainty, but from trust.

This is a grounded and personal conversation for anyone who leads by faith and is seeking clarity in the midst of big decisions.

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Ashley: he said, you know, for me, a lot of times, um, God doesn't tell me yes.

He tells me, hell no. So look for the hell no. Mm-hmm. Look for the closed doors. Look for the, the places where he's saying. No, either it's not for you or it's not the right time. And so I'm like, okay, I think I can do that. And so I really went to the Lord and gave him every, like all the things I could think of, all the objections that I could think of.

And every time I would kind of be like, oh yeah. Oh, what about that? He would always bring up, but, but what about this like. This could be a way around that, or this could be a way that I provide, ​