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The New Ashla Podcast: Cultivating Consciousness through Inner Work and Self-Mastery

The New Ashla Podcast: Cultivating Consciousness through Inner Work and Self-Mastery

By: Justin V Gates and Michael Perry
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Season Two of The New Ashla Podcast explores consciousness, inner work, and spiritual discipline as foundations of emotional healing and personal authority. Through grounded conversations on awareness, identity, unconscious patterns, and attention, we examine how inner training shapes character and behavior. Rooted in Jungian psychology and the Path of Ashla, this season offers a serious psycho-spiritual path toward self-mastery, integration, and embodied change without shortcuts or illusion.Justin V Gates and Michael Perry Personal Development Personal Success
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  • From Survival to Creation: Meeting Crisis Through the Light

    From Survival to Creation: Meeting Crisis Through the Light
    Jun 25 2026
    Get the Episode Companion Guide Here!In this episode of The New Ashla Podcast, Justin V. Gates and Michael Perry explore how crisis can either collapse us into survival or awaken a deeper creative power within us.Crisis has a way of revealing what has been leading beneath the surface. When pressure rises, fear can take over, old patterns can return, and the nervous system can move into panic, control, or avoidance. But crisis can also become a doorway. It can sharpen clarity, reveal courage, interrupt old patterns, and call forth a version of us that knows how to respond instead of simply react.Drawing from the teachings of Ashla, this conversation reframes crisis as a test of awareness, alignment, and self-mastery. Not because suffering is good, but because even in difficulty, the Light can reveal the next right step. Justin and Michael discuss how fear can become either panic or courage depending on where we aim it, why not every moment deserves our full alarm, and how to keep truth, purpose, and Light as the target when life becomes uncertain.This episode is a reminder that crisis does not have to become collapse. With awareness, discernment, and aligned action, pressure can become creative power, fear can become courage, and difficulty can become a doorway into transformation.Key topicsCrisis as a reveal of inner strength and patternsThe role of fear and old patterns in crisisHow faith and trust influence our responsePractical exercises for managing crisis energyThe importance of self-awareness and responsibilityGet the book here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/4ADHZyA⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/NewAshla⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/JustinVGates⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@justinvgates?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@KnightsofAwakening⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@TemplumLumis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.newashla.comTakeawaysCrisis reveals our true self and dormant patterns.Fear can either collapse us or fuel our growth.Maintaining awareness and trust guides us through crisis.Companion guides help reflect and integrate lessons.Facing crisis with courage transforms challenges into opportunities.Keywords: survival to creation, crisis and healing, turning fear into courage, creative power, spiritual growth, self mastery, emotional regulation, crisis response, nervous system, fear and anxiety, conscious response, Ashla, New Ashla Podcast, Justin V Gates, Michael Perry, the Light, the Force, Luminari, shadow work, inner work, spiritual alignment, crisis as a doorway, fear into courage, awareness, discernment, purpose, right action, personal transformation, emotional resilience, healing through crisis, pressure and growth, faith in crisis, walking in the Light
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    39 mins
  • When Death Comes Close: Grief, Gratitude, and the Sacred Work of Living

    When Death Comes Close: Grief, Gratitude, and the Sacred Work of Living
    Jun 23 2026

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    In this episode of The New Ashla Podcast, Justin V. Gates and Michael Perry explore what happens when death stops being an abstract idea and becomes something real enough to change how you see your life.

    After discovering that one of the arteries in his heart was roughly 95% blocked, Justin shares the emotional and spiritual impact of undergoing a stent procedure, facing mortality, and learning how to return to life after a serious health scare. This conversation is not only about the medical event itself, but about the deeper questions it awakened: What happens when you realize your body is not invincible? How do you process the possibility of leaving people behind? How do you grieve what could have happened while still being grateful for the life that remains?

    Justin and Michael discuss anticipatory grief, the fear of being absent from those who still need you, the empathic weight of feeling everyone else’s fear and love, and the strange spiritual tension of knowing death is not the end while still honoring the human ache of separation.

    Through the teachings of Ashla, this episode becomes a reflection on grief, gratitude, mortality, and the sacred responsibility of living. Death may not be the end, but life is still holy. The body still matters. Love still matters. Presence still matters. And when death comes close, the invitation is not to live in fear, but to live more honestly, more fully, and more awake.

    This is a conversation about the warning, the wound, the gratitude, and the Light that remains.

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    Key topics

    • Confronting mortality and its emotional impact
    • The role of purpose and legacy in life
    • The importance of gratitude during health crises
    • How near-death experiences shift perspectives
    • The connection between health, mindset, and spirituality

    Takeaways

    • Facing death can deepen our appreciation for life and loved ones.
    • Gratitude illuminates the grief and fear, providing clarity and peace.
    • Living in alignment and purpose can transform our experience of mortality.
    • Unfinished conversations and relationships are amplified when mortality is near.
    • The body is not invincible, but the soul's invincibility offers comfort.

    Keywords: brush with death, near death experience, health scare, heart stent, blocked artery, mortality, grief, gratitude, anticipatory grief, fear of death, spiritual reflection, life after health scare, healing journey, emotional healing, Ashla, New Ashla Podcast, Justin V Gates, Michael Perry, the Light, the Force, grief and gratitude, sacred living, spiritual growth, living after the warning, death and dying, mourning, empathy, health and spirituality, heart health, choosing life, inner peace, life is sacred
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    48 mins
  • When Independence Turns Into Isolation | Avoidant Attachment Explained

    When Independence Turns Into Isolation | Avoidant Attachment Explained
    Jun 18 2026
    Episode CompanionAvoidant Attachment | Attachment Series Part 2You’ve always been fine on your own. You handle things. You don’t ask for much. You don’t burden people.But somewhere along the way, “I’ve got it” became a wall.In this episode of The New Ashla Podcast, Michael Perry and Justin Gates explore avoidant attachment: how it forms, what it protects, and how it can quietly turn independence into isolation.Avoidant attachment is not coldness. It is not a lack of love. It is often a survival strategy built by people who learned that needing others was unsafe, disappointing, inconvenient, or unreliable.Michael and Justin break down how avoidant attachment shows up in relationships, why closeness can feel threatening, and how people can begin opening up without losing themselves in the process.Topics Covered:What avoidant attachment is really protectingWhy independence can become emotional armorThe difference between emotional regulation and suppressionHow avoidant attachment shows up in relationshipsWhy closeness can feel like losing autonomyThe anxious-avoidant relationship dynamicHow logic, stoicism, achievement, and self-control can become shieldsLearning to ask for help without feeling weakBecoming both strong and openKey Takeaways:Avoidant attachment is not an absence of love or need. It is often a learned form of self-protection.Being able to survive alone is not the same thing as being healed.Independence is healthy when it is a choice, not when it becomes a wall.Avoidant people often care deeply, but learned not to express it because vulnerability once felt unsafe.Connection does not have to mean losing yourself. Healthy love expands who you are rather than erasing you.Healing starts with small moments of honesty, trust, and allowing yourself to receive support.Exercise: One True ThingThink of someone in your life you trust, even a little.This week, tell them one true thing something real about how you feel, what you are struggling with, or what you actually need.It does not have to be big. It just has to be true.Say something you would normally keep to yourself, handle alone, or avoid mentioning. Then notice what happens in them — and in you.Affirmations:I am strong enough to ask for help.Letting people in does not mean losing myself.My needs are not a burden. They are part of being human.I can be close to someone and still be whole.I am learning that vulnerability is not weakness. It is the door to everything I actually want.Journaling Prompts:When did you first learn that needing people was not safe? What happened, and what did you decide about yourself or others because of it?Is there something you have been handling alone that you could let someone else into, even partially? What stops you?What would it mean for your life if being close to someone did not require giving something up? What might become possible?Sound Bites:“Being able to survive alone is not the same as being healed.”“Independence becomes armor.”“You can be strong enough to stand on your own and open enough to receive love.”“Letting people close does not mean becoming weak. It means giving yourself what you needed all along.”Keywords: avoidant attachment, attachment styles, anxious avoidant trap, emotional intimacy, relationship healing, self-protection, vulnerability, emotional regulation, independence, interdependence, healing relationships, self-awareness, nervous system, love and autonomy, New Ashla Podcast, Path of AshlaConnect: Michael Perry | Justin GatesFollow: TikTok | New Ashla
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    34 mins
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