Shadow Work / Self Mastery / Regulation / Integration / Art
art is a byproduct. the work is you.
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A 3 month Container for burned out Artists Ready to stop living in the shadows
This is for you, if...
You know you love this. Whatever this is for you. The camera. The brush. The pen. It’s the (sometimes literal) lens you see the world through.
You're passionate about it, actually.
But when you prep to start creating, the feeling arises.
You know the one.
That icky sticky tension in your heart space that feels anything but positive. You feel exhausted. Creatively blocked. Wondering if you're really all that good at this and why the passion that started it all feels like a distant memory.
You consume the courses. Buy the tools. Follow the artists you admire.
But something feels off.
You've even developed language to excuse it: Burnout. Anxiety. Imposter syndrome.
But nothing actually changes because it has nothing to do with talent or technique.
It's not even a mindset issue.
Respectfully, and I say this with all the love I can muster, it's a you issue.
The truth is, your art can only go as deep as you're willing to go.
And you're still reading, so something in you already knows that.
So, here we are.
If you were a fly on the wall of our onboarding calls, you would hear us explain ad nauseum that the pictures we take for people are not actually the point.
The point is to have the experience. To create the memory.
And the pictures are merely a (pretty freaking rad) byproduct of that.
Rooted is a container that offers a similar premise - to become fully of ones self with the bi-product of creating better art.
And when you choose to break down the walls you've so securely built around your persona for the entirety of your existence:
Your art hits the next level.
Your client experience improves.
Your whole life changes.
This isn’t a crash course in how to do things just like some other photographer does things in order to have the same success and be just like them.
This is a study of self. Of getting in touch with your innate authority so you can do things like YOU do things in order to have the kind of success only YOU can create for yourself and to be just like YOU.
No masks involved or facades to uphold because you're freaking free, now.
If you were a fly on the wall of our onboarding calls, you would hear us explain ad nauseum that the pictures we take for people are not actually the point.
The point is to have the experience. To create the memory.
The pictures are merely a (pretty freaking rad) bi-product of that.
So I'm going to tell you the same thing. Because there is a version of you that creates from a place so full, and so steady that the work comes through you with such ease it can be felt through the screens of total strangers. Rooted exists to make that state of capacity your baseline.
Because when you choose to break down the walls you've so securely built around your persona for the entirety of your existence:
Your art hits the next level
Your client experience improves.
Your whole life changes, actually.
This isn’t a crash course in how to do things just like some other photographer does things in order to have the same success and be just like them.
This is a study of self. Of getting back in touch with your own damn knowing so you can do things like YOU do things in order to have the kind of success only YOU can create for yourself and to be just like YOU.
No masks involved or facades to uphold because you're freaking free, now.
Transform your work from the inside out
stop romanticizing the chaos.
root down. rise clean. create.
the tortured artist is a myth. your best work comes from walking through the wreckage. forward and honoring.
the tortured artist is a myth. your best work comes from walking through the wreckage. forward and honoring.
The Goodie Bag
This isn't just another course to be taken or workshop to attend.
This is life-expanding soul work.
This isn't just another course to be taken or workshop to attend. Here's what's waiting inside.
This is soul work.
the library
Office hours
the collective
the homework
Think living room over classroom vibes.
A space to be witnessed,
cheer people on, get cheered on yourself,
discover, ask questions, gain perspective.
This is a community that understands the path
because they’re walking it, too.
Shadow work is not for the faint of heart. The thing of it is - I've been down this road, and I am here to act as your guide. I can't (and won't) do it for you, but you don't have to do it alone, either.
So bring your questions, ideas, and doubts and we'll talk through it all with honesty and love in our live sessions.
This only works if you work it. You'll be asked to show up for yourself. Maybe for the first time. Excavation goes beyond consumption alone, so yeah, you're going to have some homework. No need for flashbacks to middle school pop quiz panic (or if that breaks you out in a cold sweat, maybe we should we go there?)... Just a commitment to action.
This is your map for inner work.
A curated library of video and audio educational content to guide you through shadow work, nervous system regulation, self mastery, and creative integration.
Sequenced with intention.
Accessible on your timeline.
Built to return to.
Office hours
Monthly challenges
EXclusive PERKS
LIKE WHOA
Push your creative boundaries and see your work shine, with opportunities for growth and recognition.
Bring your questions, ideas, or even your doubts—we’re here to talk through it all with honesty and love in our live sessions.
A trusted referral network, community feedback forums, discounted mentor sessions, submission help, portfolio reviews, sales page teardowns -- we have everything you need to grow as an artist and entrepreneur.
This is your map for inner work.
A curated library of video and audio educational content to guide you through shadow work, nervous system regulation, self mastery, and creative integration.
Sequenced with intention.
Accessible on your timeline.
Built to return to.
the library
Video Tutorials
Office hours
Monthly challenges
EXclusive PERKS
LIKE WHOA
Push your creative boundaries and see your work shine, with opportunities for growth and recognition.
A trusted referral network, community feedback forums, discounted mentor sessions, submission help, portfolio reviews, sales page teardowns -- we have everything you need to grow as an artist and entrepreneur.
Bi-weekly Lessons and insights straight from our hearts to yours, featuring not only our expertise but also conversations with seasoned photographers and industry pros.
Shadow work is not for the faint of heart. The thing of it is - I've been down this road, and I am here to act as your guide. I can't (and won't) do it for you, but you don't have to do it alone, either.
So bring your questions, ideas, and doubts and we'll talk through it all with honesty and love in our live sessions.
Video Tutorials
Office hours
EXclusive PERKS
LIKE WHOA
A trusted referral network, community feedback forums, discounted mentor sessions, submission help, portfolio reviews, sales page teardowns -- we have everything you need to grow as an artist and entrepreneur.
Think living room over classroom vibes.
A space to be witnessed,
cheer people on, get cheered on yourself,
discover, ask questions, gain perspective.
This is a community that understands the path
because they’re on it, too.
Bi-weekly Lessons and insights straight from our hearts to yours, featuring not only our expertise but also conversations with seasoned photographers and industry pros.
Bring your questions, ideas, or even your doubts—we’re here to talk through it all with honesty and love in our live sessions.
the collective
Video Tutorials
Office hours
the homework
Bring your questions, ideas, or even your doubts—we’re here to talk through it all with honesty and love in our live sessions.
This only works if you work it. You'll be asked to show up for yourself. Maybe for the first time. Excavation goes beyond consumption alone, so yeah, you're going to have some homework. No need for flashbacks to middle school pop quiz panic (or if that breaks you out in a cold sweat, maybe we should we go there?)... Just a commitment to action.
"I hear you.. like little art angels on my shoulder telling me to lean in and trust my gut!
I think of y'a'll so much!"
"I hear you like little art angels on my shoulder telling me to lean in and trust my gut! I think of y'a'll so much!"
— Lila Callie —
Wedding and Family Photographer
I built a bridge for myself and I'm here to show you how to build your own.
Hi, I'm Ashley
I know what it's like to shrink ones self
I was the person who couldn't be seen.
People pleasing was my safety. Shrinking was my strategy. And my body was just there keeping score through channels of chronic illness, dis-ease, and a nervous system that only required a pin to drop in order to fully combust.
I couldn't see my worth. I felt guilt over charging for the investment I made into my work. I was stuck in loops I didn't even know I was creating.
Until I realized I was the one dictating all of it.
I was the person who couldn't be seen.
People pleasing was my safety. Shrinking was my strategy. And my body was just there keeping score through channels of chronic illness, dis-ease, and a nervous system that only required a pin to drop in order to fully combust.
I couldn't see my worth. I felt guilt over charging for the investment I made into my work. I was stuck in loops I didn't even know I was creating.
Until I realized I was the one dictating all of it.
And that was the turning point.
that was the turning point
AND how to rise
Now, after a lot of recalibration, I can see my loops before they take over. I know how to regulate. I know when to look deeper. I've rebuilt my business from the inside out - and the emergency bathroom rest stop detours en route to a job to accommodate a frazzled nervous system are few and far between.
I've read the books. Invested and completed the courses. Sat in the fire of my own shadows and risen from the ashes.
And now I'm passing on everything that actually changed things. Not because I have it all figured out, but because I understand the terrain. I know where the drop-offs are that nobody warns you about.
This goes beyond theory (though we'll for sure develop an understanding in order to grow).
I teach the bridge I built to get myself to the other side.
And I'm here to point out where the supplies are stored so you can build yours, too.
We use maps,
as opposed to scripts
There is no single path into yourself. So I'm not going to sit here in the comfy yellow chair that takes up residence in the corner of my office and pretend the way is straight and narrow.
Inside Rooted, we draw from a range of frameworks that act as doorways rather than doctrine. They provide a way of looking at yourself that might finally make something click when nothing else has.
The gateways in look different for everyone.
We'll draw from human design, astrology, somatic work, shadow work, and even a little quantum theory.
Don't worry. You don't need to speak the language. I'll translate. You just need to be open to the avenues and ready to look within.
After Rooted, you can expect to see yourself through a cleaner lens.
You stop shrinking in the consultation and over-explaining your pricing or emailing "just checking in!" when what you mean is please want me. Because you already know your worth isn't up for a vote.
Social media looks less like like scrolling other photographers' feeds at midnight and wondering what's wrong with your work. You're finally able to admire other people work without spiraling about how you compare because you know your voice.
You stop undercharging and overdelivering out of fear and instead create the energetic space to receive what your work deserves (and what you deserve simply because you exist).
Speaking of pricing - you're now able to raise yours to meet your standards of living without bracing for rejection because you know what you're worth and rejection based on price is not about you. Taking 3 days to recover emotionally from hitting send on a pricing guide is no longer your story.
Tee-hee. Yea, I know the camera pun is bad, but sometimes a girl just has to unleash her inner hot dad..
You're able to walk into a session and hold space for your clients without your own shadows clouding your vision. Sessions stop feeling like auditions and start feeling like collaborations.
The blocks that felt debilitating start to reveal themselves as what they actually are - unprocessed fear in the form of a bear wearing a fancy red beret. And once you see that, you can't unsee it. Which means you can move through it instead of around it, forever.
An artist who creates work that couldn't have come from anyone else because you've found yourself in it again and let go of the version of you that took pictures to earn love or the one that built a whole brand around being palatable. The you that picked up a camera because something in there had to come out.
That one.
They're still in there.
Rooted is how you find your way back.
"Ashley and Ben are some of the only educators in the wedding world I would pay to learn from. They are so genuine in their approach and with their message. There’s been more than a few times when I’ve listened to them teach that I have cried my eyes out. They have so much knowledge to give back to the community."
— Brandi Potter —
Destination Wedding Photographer and Educator
THE WAY IN
3 months. 3 options.
All three paths lead to the same destination.
The difference is how much of me you want alongside you.
3 months. 3 options. All three paths lead to the same destination. The difference is how much of me you want alongside you.
everything in the portal. plus me, in your pocket, within 24-48 hours because.. boundaries.
for the person who wants to go deep, fast, with direct access to me. everything in the portal, private voxer access, responses within 24-48 hours, plus one monthly hour-long private call.
the guide
the holding
The portal
the foundational experience
includes voxer access
includes voxer access + monthly 1:1
$2222
includes everything you need to do this work
video + audio teachings, excavation guidance (aka homework), 2 group calls/month, community access, and a hefty library or resources.
$1444
$360/month
for 3 months
billed once
billed once
limited to 3 people
limited to 7 people
Got Questions?
as opposed to milk.
Three months. Three portals. Each one building on the last.
Portal 1 — The Understanding. We start at the root. Audio and video teachings that walk you through why shadow work matters and how your subconscious mind has quietly been running the show this whole time. This is where the lights come on.
Portal 2 — The Reprogramming This is where we go deep. I'll give you multiple access points - the ones I've found to work (because the gateways can look different for everyone) for locating your shadows, acknowledging what's there, and relaunching with the sparkle sparkle light. It's the glow up from the bottom up.
Portal 3 — The Integration The other side. This is where we find our footing on the new timeline we've built and learn how to actually live there. Because doing the work is one thing. Staying there is another.
Each portal comes with homework as a form of guidance that will meet you in your real life in order to spark the journey back to where your limiting beliefs began, meet them, and move forward anew.
And woven throughout all three is what might be my favorite part of the whole thing: an extensive resource library. Guided meditations, somatic movement practices, nervous system tools, books I've actually read and returned to, and the programs and healers I've trusted with my own journey. It's everything I wish someone had handed me — in one place, curated with intention.
Have no fear. Office hours will be recorded AND you'll get a chance to ask your question via the community chat. All questions can be submitted ahead of time so we (points to rambly self) can stay on track and get to everyone.
Time is a construct. This course is made to be self-paced WITH support from the community and myself, but I get it. Life is life is life. If you don't finish "in time," consider that maybe, you're right on time. You'll have access to the recordings and homeworks even after we've parted ways so you can continue to do the work beyond any predisposed time constraints.
No. And also — if you're in therapy, keep going. This work and therapeutic work can absolutely coexist.
Rooted is not a clinical container and I am not a licensed therapist (though I do have a degree in social work if we're counting chickens) What I am is someone who has done the work. I've sat in the fire, rebuilt my nervous system from the inside out, and came out the other side with a roadmap.
What we do here is experiential and educational. We explore the patterns, beliefs, and walls that are showing up in your art and your business — and we do it through the lens of someone who has lived it, not just studied it.
If you are in active crisis or feel you need clinical support, please seek it. That is wisdom, not weakness.
But if you're a functioning, self-aware human who knows something is in the way and is ready to look at it honestly? You're in the right place.
Honestly, if you're new to the photo industry, please, come right on in and take a seat. This is where you'll build a tremendous foundation for success. I WISH I knew what I know now when I was a little fledgling photographer.
This is honestly about so much more than the photos we take. It's actually more inner work than even is art-work, but the ways in which we water our roots will directly affect what is able to come out of us and how much we enjoy the process.
So this is for the newbies and the well-seasoned. Shadow work does not discriminate.
Honestly? Less than you think on the logistics side and as much as you're willing to give on the part that actually matters.
The video and audio content is broken into intentionally digestible pieces so you can sit and marinate in the info. Not because we're dumbing it down. You'll consume something and then life will hand you the perfect opportunity to practice it. That's the design.
Each month includes two group calls, and if you're in The Holding, your monthly private call is in addition to those.
But here's the real answer to this question - the work that changes you doesn't happen on one call or digging to the heart of one limiting belief. It happens as we live, which doesn't come with a time stamp.
What Rooted gives you is the framework to recognize the identifying moments and actually do something with them rather than white knuckling your way through wondering why nothing changes.
This isn't a three month program you complete and set on the shelf to collect dust. It's where you learn the process. And that goes with you forever.
Three months. Three portals. Each one building on the last.
Portal 1 — The Understanding. We start at the root. Audio and video teachings that walk you through why shadow work matters and how your subconscious mind has quietly been running the show this whole time. This is where the lights come on.
Portal 2 — The Reprogramming This is where we go deep. I'll give you multiple access points - the ones I've found to work (because the gateways can look different for everyone) for locating your shadows, acknowledging what's there, and relaunching with the sparkle sparkle light. It's the glow up from the bottom up.
Portal 3 — The Integration The other side. This is where we find our footing on the new timeline we've built and learn how to actually live there. Because doing the work is one thing. Staying there is another.
Each portal comes with homework as a form of guidance that will meet you in your real life in order to spark the journey back to where your limiting beliefs began, meet them, and move forward anew.
And woven throughout all three is what might be my favorite part of the whole thing: an extensive resource library. Guided meditations, somatic movement practices, nervous system tools, books I've actually read and returned to, and the programs and healers I've trusted with my own journey. It's everything I wish someone had handed me — in one place, curated with intention.
Have no fear. Office hours will be recorded AND you'll get a chance to ask your question via the community chat. All questions can be submitted ahead of time so we (points to rambly self) can stay on track and get to everyone.
WHAT IF I MISS THE OFFICE HOURS?
Time is a construct. This course is made to be self-paced WITH support from the community and myself, but I get it. Life is life is life. If you don't finish "in time," consider that maybe, you're right on time. You'll have access to the recordings and homeworks even after we've parted ways so you can continue to do the work beyond any predisposed time constraints.
WHAT IF I DON'T FINISH IN TIME?
No. And also — if you're in therapy, keep going. This work and therapeutic work can absolutely coexist.
Rooted is not a clinical container and I am not a licensed therapist (though I do have a degree in social work if we're counting chickens) What I am is someone who has done the work. I've sat in the fire, rebuilt my nervous system from the inside out, and came out the other side with a roadmap.
What we do here is experiential and educational. We explore the patterns, beliefs, and walls that are showing up in your art and your business — and we do it through the lens of someone who has lived it, not just studied it.
If you are in active crisis or feel you need clinical support, please seek it. That is wisdom, not weakness.
But if you're a functioning, self-aware human who knows something is in the way and is ready to look at it honestly? You're in the right place.
IS THIS THERAPY?
Honestly, if you're new to the photo industry, please, come right on in and take a seat. This is where you'll build a tremendous foundation for success. I WISH I knew what I know now when I was a little fledgling photographer.
This is honestly about so much more than the photos we take. It's actually more inner work than even is art-work, but the ways in which we water our roots will directly affect what is able to come out of us and how much we enjoy the process.
So this is for the newbies and the well-seasoned. Shadow work does not discriminate.
I'M A BEGINNER, IS THIS RELEVANT?
Honestly? Less than you think on the logistics side and as much as you're willing to give on the part that actually matters.
The video and audio content is broken into intentionally digestible pieces so you can sit and marinate in the info. Not because we're dumbing it down. You'll consume something and then life will hand you the perfect opportunity to practice it. That's the design.
Each month includes two group calls, and if you're in The Holding, your monthly private call is in addition to those.
But here's the real answer to this question - the work that changes you doesn't happen on one call or digging to the heart of one limiting belief. It happens as we live, which doesn't come with a time stamp.
What Rooted gives you is the framework to recognize the identifying moments and actually do something with them rather than white knuckling your way through wondering why nothing changes.
This isn't a three month program you complete and set on the shelf to collect dust. It's where you learn the process. And that goes with you forever.
HOW MUCH TIME WILL THIS REQUIRE?
This isn’t about following formulas, nor is it just another course or group - it’s about finding the courage to look within in order to build the capacity to create work that could only come from you.
This container functions as a space to nurture the artist, not just the art. Expect honesty, depth, the occasional terrible pun, and to emerge a more in tune and powerful version of yourself.
The work that moves people comes from the person who has moved themselves.
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if something in you is saying yes, that's your inner knowing. trust it.
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