The Calm Collective - a wellness podcast for women

About The Calm Collective - a wellness podcast for women

Co-hosted by Ashlee Livingstone and Colleen Kurtz, experts in wellness, stress management, and finding your calm. Stress is a normal part of life, but the chronic effects don’t have to be. Join us for raw, relatable conversations as we explore how everything is connected—mind, body, and even the powerful mind-gut connection. We’ll share simple, practical tools to help you move out of survival mode and transform your wellness. The Calm Collective is your space to pause, breathe, and realign. Ready to feel more calm and in control? Tune in weekly for your wellness.

Publisher

AshLiving

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 Mar 2025

Latest episode

29 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

81 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Oct 2026

   Building Your Village with Dot Rock

   How often do you find yourself trapped in the hyper-independent mindset of "If I want it done right, I have to do it myself" or "I should be able to handle all of this on my own"? Whether you're a business owner, a parent, or both, carrying every single responsibility yourself isn't a badge of honor, it's an express train to complete burnout and feeling completely alone. This week on The Calm Collective, Colleen and Ashlee welcome Dot Rock, CPA, host of The Power of Oxygen 1st podcast, and founder of Dot Rock Consulting, for a deeply transformative conversation on the art of asking for and receiving support. Dot shares her incredible personal journey as a single mother and pilot who survived a plane crash, an event that forced her to radically reassess her life, embrace therapy, and learn how to build an authentic support village. Together, they break down the control issues and fear that keep high-achieving women isolated, and show how receiving help creates meaningful community rather than weakness. Colleen, Ashlee, and Dot explore: The Hyper-Independence Trap: Unpacking the toxic beliefs that convince us we have to carry everything alone. The Art of Asking and Receiving: Why support doesn't always require a big budget and how neighbors, community exchanges, and delegation can restore your breathing room. The Plane Crash Turning Point: Dot’s personal story of survival, therapy, and learning to shift her perspective from feeling completely alone to recognizing the village around her. Overcoming the Control Issue: How high-achieving women can release the urge to micromanage every task and create equal, supportive exchanges with others. Measuring the ROI of Help: How to evaluate the true time, energy, and financial impact of getting help in your business and daily life. Dot Rock, CPA, is the founder of Dot Rock Consulting, creator of Fire with Grace™, and host of The Power of Oxygen 1st podcast. Known as the "Velvet Hammer" and "Hiring Whisperer," she brings two decades of finance, HR, and executive leadership expertise to helping business owners resolve the people's issues stealing their oxygen and helping women put that oxygen back to scale their lives first. Take the Oxygen Leak Quiz™: Identify what’s stealing your time, energy, and breathing room with this free 5-minute quiz at dotrockconsulting.com/quiz (https://www.dotrockconsulting.com/quiz) Download the Support + Breathe ROI Calculator: Weigh the time, energy, and financial impact of getting help at dotrockconsulting.myflodesk.com/hiring-calculator (https://dotrockconsulting.myflodesk.com/hiring-calculator) Connect with Dot: @dot_rock_ (https://www.google.com/search?q=https://www.instagram.com/dot_rock_) Dot Rock (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dotrock) Website: dotrockconsulting.com (https://www.dotrockconsulting.com/) Connect with us on Instagram - we love to hear your feedback: ⁠Ashlee⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/ashlee.livingstone/) & ⁠Colleen⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/colleen_mindfullynourished/) And we encourage you to share this with one person you know who could benefit from this conversation.

2. 

   22 Oct 2026

   Choose Your Hard: Why Personal Growth is Never Easy (And Why That’s OK)

   In this spicy solo episode, Ashlee cuts through the noise of the wellness industry to address a fundamental truth: staying stuck in your current, exhausted patterns is hard, but doing the intentional work to change them is also hard. The difference is that one hard leaves you perpetually drained, while the other builds long-term peace, vitality, and resilience. Ashlee breaks down how to audit your daily, automatic pathways, from your late-night scrolling to your speech patterns and family dynamics and shows you how to strategically redistribute your energy. If you've been putting off making a change because you're waiting for it to feel effortless, this episode will give you the reality check and motivation you need to stop choosing convenience over growth. Connect with us on Instagram - we love to hear your feedback: ⁠Ashlee⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/ashlee.livingstone/) & ⁠Colleen⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/colleen_mindfullynourished/) And we encourage you to share this with one person you know who could benefit from this conversation.

3. 

   15 Oct 2026

   Controlling vs In Control

   This week on The Calm Collective, Colleen and Ashlee dive deep into the root of control: why our nervous systems equate total control with safety, and how our fear of the unknown keeps us trapped in a false sense of security. Colleen shares her own real-life struggle with trying to control her schedule and health, while Ashlee shares how fear makes her want more control with her son and how for them both, that rigidity ended up creating the exact stress they were trying to avoid. Together, they unpack the vital distinction between being controlling out of fear versus being in control of your own baseline, boundaries, and internal dialogue. If you’re ready to stop white-knuckling your day and start building true internal safety, this episode offers a compassionate roadmap to dropping the weight of micromanagement and making room for genuine ease. Connect with us on Instagram - we love to hear your feedback: ⁠Ashlee⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/ashlee.livingstone/) & ⁠Colleen⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/colleen_mindfullynourished/) And we encourage you to share this with one person you know who could benefit from this conversation.

Who has been a guest on The Calm Collective - a wellness podcast for women

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Kimberly Roy
• Maurice Thibodeau
• Dr Jennifer Schlueter
• Kristina Hudson
• Kristi Simons

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

82

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

71

Social presence

0

YouTube

63

Engagement

32