We’re taught to chase perfection—to get it right, to be good, to hold it together. But perfection is rarely about excellence. More often, it’s about fear: fear of being seen, fear of being judged, fear of being too much or not enough. In this conversation, we explore how perfectionism forms, how it shows up in our work, parenting, relationships, and self-image, and what it costs us emotionally and spiritually.

This episode is an invitation to soften.

To release the pressure to perform.

To return to your humanity.

To remember, you don’t need to earn your right to exist.

We talk about:

• How perfectionism forms in childhood
• Why “being perfect” is a survival pattern, not a personality trait
• The emotional exhaustion of constantly managing how others see you
• What happens in the body when we begin to let perfection go
• The freedom found in being seen as we truly are

If you’ve ever felt like you’re holding your breath in your own life, this conversation is your reminder:

You are allowed to exhale.

In this conversation, Dawn is joined by Dottie and Ashley for a deeply honest discussion about what it really means to grow up in a dysfunctional family system—and how we often mistake survival patterns for love.

Because when love is mixed with control, silence, caretaking, or unpredictability, we learn to protect ourselves in ways that once kept us safe—but eventually keep us small.

This episode gently names those patterns with compassion, curiosity, and clarity, so we can begin to heal without blaming ourselves or our families.

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Boundaries aren’t walls—they’re bridges to deeper connection. In this heartfelt conversation, Dawn sits down with co-leaders Dottie and Ashley to explore what boundaries really mean in the healing journey. Together, they unpack how saying “no” can actually create safety, trust, and love—both for ourselves and the people we care about.

They share personal stories of people-pleasing, resentment, and guilt, and how learning to honor their own needs changed everything—from their relationships to their health. This episode is an empowering reminder that boundaries aren’t selfish—they’re sacred.

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Therapist and coach Dawn Bouillion is joined by Ashley and Dottie for a raw, healing conversation about reclaiming your voice and rewriting your story. Together they explore how trauma shapes identity, how vulnerability leads to freedom, and why your truth matters. If you’ve ever felt unseen or silenced, this episode reminds you: your story has power—and speaking it can set you free.

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In this powerful final chapter of Ashley’s story on Not That Girl Anymore, host Dawn Boillon and Ashley return to the heart of healing—the moment a woman finally realizes she matters.

After years of anxiety, exhaustion, people-pleasing, and religious conditioning, Ashley uncovers the deeper roots of her pain. Through therapy, self-discovery, and faith re-imagined, she learns that healing isn’t a single moment—it’s a lifelong relationship with herself.

Ashley shares how:

• Anxiety became her body’s alarm system calling her back to self-care and compassion.
• Boundaries turned into sacred protection for peace, purpose, and emotional safety.
• Childhood wounds and church conditioning shaped her identity—and how she broke free.
• Perfectionism and people-pleasing kept her small, and how letting go created space for creativity, art, and joy.
• Art and therapy helped her reconnect to the little girl within, transforming pain into purpose.
• Safe community and authentic friendships became the medicine that rewired her nervous system and her beliefs about love.

Now an artist and future therapist, Ashley is helping others do the same—teaching women that self-awareness, support, and compassion aren’t luxuries, they’re lifelines.

This final part of Ashley’s three-part series is a testimony to the courage it takes to face your story, rewrite the patterns, and finally live from your truth. It’s an invitation to remember that healing is holy work—and that joy, creativity, and connection are waiting on the other side.

Therapy | Faith Deconstruction | Religious Trauma | Anxiety Recovery | Boundaries | Inner Child Healing | Women’s Empowerment | Authentic Faith | Motherhood | Art as Healing

🎧 Listen now to rediscover your voice, your worth, and your power.

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What does it look like to take your power back after a childhood of trauma, religious control, and silence? In Part 2 of this powerful conversation, Ashley Woodard shares how she began to reclaim her voice, rebuild her sense of self, and walk the long road of healing with tenderness, truth, and tenacity.

If you’ve ever felt unseen, unworthy, or unsure where to begin your healing — this episode will remind you what’s possible.

In this episode:

• How Ashley began healing after childhood abuse and narcissistic control

• Deconstructing harmful religious beliefs and finding a more loving view of God

• Grieving the childhood she never got to have

• Learning to let others show up for her

• The sacred power of giving your inner child a voice

This is a story of reclamation — one that will speak directly to the part of you that still hopes for freedom.

In this powerful episode of Not That Girl Anymore, host Dawn Bouillion sits down with artist and future therapist Ashley Woodard to share her courageous journey of surviving religious trauma, family abuse, and the struggle of growing up in a home filled with control, violence, and silence.

This is part one of Ashley’s story, where she bravely reveals what it means to grow up in survival mode, wrestle with faith, and carry the hidden scars of trauma. Her honesty reminds us that healing begins with telling the truth.

✨ If you’ve ever struggled with religious trauma, childhood abuse, or the ache of not being seen, this conversation will make you feel less alone.

#trauma, #narcissistic, #religious trauma,

Spiritual anxiety isn’t a sign of weak faith—it’s a trauma response. In this powerful solo episode, Dawn unpacks the difference between religious trauma and the fear-based patterns it leaves behind. From rapture panic to scrupulosity (religious OCD), she shares her story and offers a new lens of love, healing, and truth. You are not broken—you’re healing. And you are not that girl anymore.

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