Meeting Your Soul in Another Body: The Connection That Changed Everything with Ashley McCabe

What happens when you meet a friend and your body recognizes them before your mind can understand why?In this episode, Reiki practitioner and art teacher Ashley McCabe takes us into the exact moment she met the person she describes as “the other half of her soul.” She shares the psychic sensations, immediate knowing, and synchronicities that made this friendship feel like she was meeting her soul in another body.We explore how disconnected Ashley felt from her own soul before meeting this person and how that disconnection had been showing up in her relationships, creativity, body, and everyday life. She reveals what she saw in this friend that felt like looking directly at herself, what the connection cracked open inside her, and the first parts of her old life that began falling apart afterward.Ashley opens up about her Kundalini awakening, Saturn return, cycle syncing, communication through dreams, and the strange synchronicities that appeared throughout this chapter of her life. We also discuss the book Journey of Souls, the veil of the in between, psychic sensations, and the possibility that some connections reach far beyond what we can logically explain.But how do you know whether an intense connection is truly soul-deep or actually a trauma bond? Ashley shares how she began discerning the difference, what it cost her to remain disconnected from herself, and whether she ever confused the person who awakened her with the source of the awakening.We talk about the fear of losing the person who reflected you back to yourself, and the fear that without them, you might also lose the version of yourself they helped you discover. Ashley shares the first signs that your soul may be trying to redirect your life, why that redirection can require you to outgrow people, and how Reiki can help you hear your own truth beneath fear, conditioning, and other people’s expectations.Ultimately, Ashley realized that this friendship hadn’t given her a soul. It had reflected her own soul back to her.Do we meet “our soul in another body” so we can keep that person forever, or so we can finally recognize who we have been all along?If anxiety or anxious attachment keeps showing up in your relationships, even when love is there, your body may still be living in the past. I am an anxious attachment specialist & trauma informed somatic coach who helps people heal their anxious attachment using somatic healing & nervous system regulation.I have 4 spots open for 1:1 somatic support for people who are ready to reduce their anxiety/anxious attachment patterns. Somatic work helps your nervous system release old survival patterns that were formed before you had words, patterns like fear of abandonment, constant scanning, or feeling like you have to hold everything together to stay loved.When your body feels safe, connection no longer feels like something you have to earn.Book your free discovery call here to see if we’re a good fit to work together: https://calendly.com/freedomwithvalerie/discovery-callConnect with Ashley on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleysartapothecary/Connect with Ashley on Tik tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ashleysartapothecary4Check out Ashley's website and products here: https://www.ashleysartapothecary.com/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAcGRvZgJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA85MzY2MTk3NDMzOTI0NTkAAaclkuPPZZRTl20vWdmYYtBiQ1t0KS8YNkmEEpNFWIIES1LY4SXOhS1Ksiv3jg_aem_xU7BdtLUqWUcrtNP_7Uxoghttps://www.instagram.com/healwithval/