Welcome to the Crab Shack

I didn't plan this episode. I didn't plan any of it, honestly.

I didn't plan to be sitting in my garden in my hippie zero shoes recording my first episode in over a month and a half. I didn't plan to become the Christian education and youth and children's ministry director at our local church. I didn't plan for any of the shifts that have happened in the last ten months — the ones you may have already felt if you have been here for a while.

But here I am. Finally home. And I am so ready to bring you along.

What This Episode Holds

• Why Ashley has been quiet for the last month and a half — and what she has been coming home to in the meantime
• The shift that has been building for almost a year and what finally coming home to God, her husband, her kids, her community, and herself actually feels like
• How a feral, F-bomb dropping woman became a church director — and why that is the least surprising thing in the world when you know her whole story
• Letting go of the polished performance and showing up from the garden, from the wicker chair, from the real
• What the Crab Shack is, where this podcast is headed, and why the mission has never been more alive
• The truth about grace — why she is done declaring it and finally just living it
• What radical responsibility actually looks like when you stop trying to beat everyone else's narrative and finally come home to your own

Who This Episode Is For

• The woman who has felt the shift in Ashley and wanted to understand what changed
• The woman who has been keeping herself chained up while calling it discipline or loyalty or love
• The woman who is afraid to say the G word out loud but feels something pulling her toward it anyway
• The woman who is done with polished and ready for real
• The mother who is building something and needs to hear that none of it disqualifies her — it qualifies her

"I am not extraordinary. I am just an ordinary girl living out her extraordinary purpose. And we all have the power, the strength, the grace within us to do that."

RESOURCES + CONNECTION:

Find Ashley on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsashleycrabb/

Download the Tell My Story Firestarter: https://ashley-crabb.mykajabi.com/opt-in

Book a Vibe Check Call with Me: https://calendly.com/itsashleycrabb/30min