Unapologetically Yours

Why “You Got This, Mama” Is Burning Women Out and What We Actually Need Instead

“You got this, mama.” It sounds supportive -  but for so many women, it actually lands as isolating, silencing, and deeply abandoning. In this solo episode of Unapologetically Yours, Ashley Logan unpacks why the “you got this, mama” culture makes her furious, and how it quietly trains women to carry everything alone while disappearing from their own lives.
Ashley speaks candidly about motherhood, burnout, creativity, nervous system regulation, boundaries, and the slow, courageous work of coming home to yourself. She shares personal stories from early motherhood, the moment she realized she had stopped singing to her children, and how reclaiming her creative life became a turning point not just for her - but for her kids.
In this episode, you’ll hear about: 
Why “you got this, mama” actually reinforces isolation and burnout
How self-abandonment became normalized in modern motherhood
The connection between creativity, embodiment, and being a present parent
Why modeling a full, alive life as a mom matters more than doing everything “right”
Simple ways to reconnect with your body, desires, and truth
… and so much more! 
 
A note from Ashley:
This episode came from a deep frustration with how pressure gets disguised as encouragement. How often women are told “you got this” when what they actually need is support. I keep noticing how much loneliness lives inside that expectation, and how much we lose when we stop asking for help and start carrying everything alone. My hope is that this episode helps you question where pressure has replaced care in your life, and reminds you that strength does not come from doing it all yourself, but from letting yourself be held.
 
Connect with Ashley:
Instagram @ashleydlogan
Website https://ashleylogan.com/
 
Have a topic or guest you’d love to see featured on the Unapologetically Yours podcast? Send us an email: podcast@unapologeticallyyours.com

The Year of the Snake: Shedding Old Skins, Sacred Endings & Coming Home to Myself

Welcome back to Season 3 of Unapologetically Yours! This is a season that is starting off on the back end of massive transformation: a divorce finalized, a business merger, a beloved nanny’s goodbye, and a woman learning to trust that shedding can be sacred. In this solo season 3 opener, Ashley pulls back the curtain on the endings, beginnings, and wild timing that have reshaped her life over the past few months.  
 
Ashley Logan is a writer, storyteller, and spiritual wayfinder, as well as an entrepreneur, mother of three, and host of the Unapologetically Yours podcast. She spent years running Yakkety Yak, a Chicago-based content marketing agency that grew to 30+ employees and nearly $4M in revenue, serving purpose-driven brands around the world. After walking through divorce, parenting three young kids, and navigating a major business merger with The David James Agency, Ashley is redefining what leadership, motherhood, and creative work look like on her own terms.  
 
In this episode, you’ll hear about: 
What 2025 as the Year of the Snake is revealing about shedding, embodiment, and awakening
How Ashley’s divorce process finally came to an end—on the same day as her business merger
The emotional impact of saying goodbye to a nanny who loved her children like family
Shifting from full-time agency CEO to a part-time role and more present everyday motherhood
Creating space for writing, podcasting, events, and the creative work that feels most alive
Welcoming change without bypassing the grief, fear, and tenderness that come with it
… and so much more! 
 
A note from Ashley:
This episode is a love letter to anyone standing at the edge of a big decision. I won’t sugarcoat the chaos - there’s grief, rage, holy exhaustion, and a hundred tiny goodbyes baked into seasons like this. But I’m also noticing the quiet ways I’m being held: the extra toilet paper stacked, the kids’ laughter on weekday afternoons, the way my body exhales when I clear a closet or say no. My hope is that my story gives you permission to trust your own timing, your own body, your own knowing - especially when the path ahead doesn’t look “practical” from the outside.  
 
Connect with Ashley:
Instagram @ashleydlogan
Website https://ashleylogan.com/
 
Have a topic or guest you’d love to see featured on the Unapologetically Yours podcast? Send us an email: podcast@unapologeticallyyours.com

The Power of Retreat Experiences with Genevieve Deely

What happens when women step away from their everyday roles and responsibilities… and step into deep rest, reflection, and real connection?
 
In this special episode, Ashley is joined by sound healing practitioner and Reiki master Genevieve Deely, her co-facilitator for the upcoming Restore Retreat, happening this September just outside of Chicago. Together, they share a heartfelt conversation about the power of retreat spaces, what it really means to be held, and why this work matters – especially for mothers, working women, and anyone navigating grief, burnout, or major life transitions.
 
In this episode, you’ll hear about:
What makes retreats so transformative
How sound healing, Reiki, and nature help us return to ourselves
The difference between taking a break and truly being witnessed
What to expect from the Restore Retreat (and who it’s for)
… and so much more! 
 
Learn more about the Restore Retreat at https://ashleydlogan.com/retreat 
 
Connect with Genevieve:
Instagram @gendeely
Website https://channelofyourpeace.com/ 
 
Connect with Ashley:
Instagram @ashleydlogan
Website https://ashleydlogan.com/
 
Have a topic or guest you’d love to see featured on the Unapologetically Yours podcast? Send us an email: podcast@unapologeticallyyours.com

Healing From The Hustle: The Power of Stillness

What happens when your greatest strength also becomes your greatest opportunity for growth?
In this soulfully honest mini episode, Ashley Logan shares her journey of learning to slow down in a life built on speed. As a high-achieving entrepreneur, mother of three, and multi-passionate creative, Ashley has always been able to juggle it all – and do it fast. But on her journey towards deeper alignment and presence, she’s discovering that the real work lies in stillness.
In this episode, you’ll hear about:
Why our greatest strengths can also be our blind spots
What it really takes to slow down and feel
How her new morning ritual came to life
The importance of showing up for yourself before the world
… and so much more! 
 
This episode is a love note to anyone wired for hustle but yearning for peace. 
It’s not about doing more. It’s about being more present. And that might just be the most radical thing of all!
 
Connect with Ashley:
Instagram @ashleydlogan
Website https://ashleydlogan.com/
 
Have a topic or guest you’d love to see featured on the Unapologetically Yours podcast? Send us an email: podcast@unapologeticallyyours.com 

Music, Motherhood, and Using Your Voice with Heidi Rojas

There's something magical that happens when a woman finally stops apologizing for taking up space and starts creating from the fire in her soul. Heidi Rojas knows this magic intimately - she turned her most vulnerable moments into medicine that's now healing millions around the world.
In this episode of Unapologetically Yours, host Ashley Logan sits down with artist, songwriter, author, and mother of two, Heidi Rojas. Heidi is a proud first-generational Latina, mother of two, and creative first living in Los Angeles. 
 
When Heidi's viral lullaby "The Feelings Song" crossed Ashley's Instagram feed, it stopped her in her tracks. Here was a woman who didn't just survive life's messiest moments - she alchemized them into art. Heidi shares the incredible journey behind the song that now has over 7.5 million views, and how answering the call to authentic expression at 37 became an act of rebellion that changed everything.
But this conversation goes so much deeper than one viral moment. Heidi opens up about the identity crisis that sparked her music career, losing herself in early motherhood, and the profound realization that changed everything: "God has chosen me to be a portal of life." Her anthem "Madre Creator" isn't just a song - it's a declaration of the divine feminine power within every woman.
Ashley and Heidi dive into the beautiful, messy work of creating from the soul while confronting cultural narratives around suppression and silence. They explore how showing up authentically doesn't just change your own life - it shifts your entire community, and creates ripple effects that heal generations.
 
You’ll hear about:
✨What it’s really like raising boys in a world that tells them not to cry
✨ How our biggest challenges often carry our greatest gifts
✨Why music can say what words sometimes can’t
✨The magic of lullabies, rituals, and little moments that turn into big healing
✨How showing up for your kid can also mean reparenting yourself
✨Why the messiest moments often lead to the most meaningful art
…and so much more! 
 
This episode isn't just for parents or musicians - it's for anyone doing the tender, brave work of feeling more, honoring their voice, and bringing healing to the world. Heidi's story is proof that when we answer the call to authentic expression, even when it feels vulnerable, the impact can be massive.
 
Connect with Heidi Rojas:
Instagram @heidirojasmusic 
I Am Enough Instagram @iamenoughsoyfuerteya
Website https://www.heidirojas.com
 
Connect with Ashley Logan:
Instagram @ashleydlogan
Website https://ashleydlogan.com/
 
Have a topic or guest you’d love to see featured on the Unapologetically Yours podcast? Send us an email: podcast@unapologeticallyyours.com

Clearing Clutter and Creating Calm with Megan Flynn

Let’s face it. Most of us are overwhelmed with stuff. In our super consumer-driven culture, we can become literally overcome with our things. And that overwhelm impacts more than just our living space—it lives rent-free in our peace. 
 
It’s nothing to be ashamed of. As our world has evolved
 
If you want organization in your home, but without the overwhelm that often comes with organizing, this episode is for you! Yes, it is possible to create a calm, clean environment even when your house and life feels chaotic. This conversation is NOT about being “neat” or becoming a minimalist – it’s about honoring your nervous system, your story, and the ways your environment either holds you or is holding you back.
 
In this episode, Ashley is joined by Megan Flynn – founder of Live Simply Home Organizing – for a conversation that redefines what it really means to clear space in your home and your life.
 
Megan brings a deeply empathetic and non-judgmental lens to home organizing, drawing from her 17 years of nonprofit leadership and a degree in sociology. She’s helped countless families find peace and balance within their homes by uncovering the emotional and energetic weight clutter can carry.
 
In this episode, you’ll hear about:
✨ The trauma behind the clutter
✨ Why we hold onto things we don’t even like
✨ How to move through shame, perfectionism, and fear when decluttering
✨ What our physical spaces reveal about our nervous systems
✨The sacred act of reclaiming your space – and your story
… and so much more! 
 
Megan shares insights not just as a professional organizer, but as a busy wife, mom of two, and business owner who understands the real-life chaos many of us live in, and how to create calm within it.
 
This episode is for anyone who’s ever felt overwhelmed by their home – and is ready to create a space that feels like an anchor, not a burden!
 
If you’re in Chicago, Megan’s your girl. But no matter where you live, this episode will inspire you to shift your relationship to your space in a whole new way.
 
Connect with Megan Flynn:
Instagram @LiveSimplywithMeg
Email info@livesimplywithmeg.com
Website https://www.livesimplywithmeg.com/
Facebook
 
Connect with Ashley Logan:
Instagram @ashleydlogan
Website https://ashleydlogan.com/
 
Have a topic or guest you’d love to see featured on the Unapologetically Yours podcast? Send us an email: podcast@unapologeticallyyours.com

Redefining Freedom and Liberation with Lauryn Henley

What if the freedom you’ve been chasing… isn’t actually freedom at all?
 
In this episode, Ashley sits down with spiritual teacher, truth-teller, and liberation guide Lauryn Henley to explore what it really means to live freely, from the inside out. Together, they discuss the difference between freedom and liberation, and why true freedom can’t exist without interdependence, belonging, and wholeness.
 
Lauryn shares how her journey from educator to spiritual leader revealed the deeper systems, both internal and collective, that keep many of us stuck in patterns of burnout, overgiving, and survival. She shares her framework for creating a life (and a world) where every being can thrive.
 
You’ll hear about:
Why “freedom” as we know it isn’t enough
What it means to live in interdependence
The spiritual shift from force to power
How codependency and hyperindividualism keep us disconnected
The real work of building lives – and businesses – rooted in liberation
… and so much more! 
 
Connect with Lauryn Henley:
Instagram @laurynhenley
LinkedIn Lauryn Henley
Lead For Liberation
 
Connect with Ashley Logan:
Instagram @ashleydlogan
Website https://ashleydlogan.com/
 
Have a topic or guest you’d love to see featured on the Unapologetically Yours podcast? Send us an email: podcast@unapologeticallyyours.com 

Why Every Entrepreneur Needs a Mentor with Bruce Taylor

What if mentorship could transform not just individual businesses, but entire communities? 
After a 40-year banking career, we introduce you to Bruce Taylor, a figurehead in Chicago business. Taylor has made it his mission to help uplift the next generation of leaders through 1:1 mentorship programs that are changing the landscape of the Chicago business community for the better.
 
In today’s episode, Taylor, former president of Cole Taylor Bank and founder of The Next Level Exchange, shares the principles of effective mentorship, why questions are more powerful than advice, and how creating economic opportunity lifts everyone up.
 
Oh, and Bruce just so happens to be Ashley’s mentor, too. In this candid conversation, they talk about what effective mentorship for entrepreneurs really looks like—and why great mentors don’t give advice, they ask better questions. Because, let’s face it, entrepreneurship is emotional…and sometimes lonely.
 
In this episode, you'll hear about:
✨ How to build an effective mentor-mentee relationship
✨ Why giving advice often backfires (and what to do instead)
✨ The keys to creating economic opportunity in overlooked communities
✨ How mentorship changed Bruce's approach to parenting adult children
✨ The power of being a "sponge" when building a business
✨ What it really takes to start and grow a successful venture
✨ How Bruce built The Next Level Exchange from scratch into a platform that has paired nearly 300 mentors and mentees
… and so much more! 
 
Connect with Bruce: 
LinkedIn
Email: btaylor@taylorpartnerssbr.com
Website: http://www.Nextlevelexchange.org
 
Connect with Ashley:
Instagram @ashleydlogan
Website https://ashleydlogan.com/
 
Resources Mentioned
The Next Level Exchange
Chicago Urban League
Sunshine Enterprises
Women's Business Development Center
 
Have a topic or guest you’d love to see featured on the Unapologetically Yours podcast? Send us an email: podcast@unapologeticallyyours.com 

Art and Elevation with Gary Green

What if creativity was the key to connection, healing, and legacy?
In this episode of Unapologetically Yours, Ashley Logan sits down with artist, curator, entrepreneur, and cultural connector G. Green to explore the deeper purpose of art—not just as something to be admired, but as a powerful force for belonging, truth-telling, and cultural change. 
From growing up on the South and West Sides of Chicago to curating a historic exhibition inside the Willis Tower, G shares how he’s used creativity as a tool for survival, expression, and bridge-building. He opens up about the elitism in the art world, the lack of access for Black artists, and the need to create new spaces instead of waiting to be invited in.
G. Green is the founder of Nobodies A Nobody—a platform, brand, and movement rooted in the radical belief that everyone matters. Through storytelling, fashion, and community-centered art, he’s connecting people across difference and challenging the status quo of who gets to be seen, remembered, and celebrated.
 
What You’ll Hear in This Episode:
✨ G’s journey from the streets of Chicago to founding global creative platforms
✨ How art can create access where there’s been exclusion
✨ Why representation in public spaces matters more than ever
✨ How legacy, healing, and storytelling are all part of the creative process
✨ What it means to create representation instead of waiting for a seat at the table
✨ The origin of Nobodies A Nobody and what it means to keep people’s stories alive
✨ The deep truth behind: “Every hero starts with her”
✨ How we can disrupt industries and shape culture by telling true stories
 
Whether you’re an artist, changemaker, or someone searching for your place in the world — this episode will remind you that your story matters, your voice belongs, and that creativity just might be the bridge that brings us all home.
 
Connect with G. Green:
Instagram @ggreen.art
Instagram @svngrnart
Instagram @nobodiesanobody
SVNGRN website
Nobodies a Nobody website
 
Connect with Ashley Logan:
Instagram @ashleydlogan
Website https://ashleydlogan.com/
 
Have a topic or guest you’d love to see featured on the Unapologetically Yours podcast? Send us an email: podcast@unapologeticallyyours.com

S*x Magic, Grief, and Healing with Dr. Laura Berman

What if your greatest heartbreak was the gateway to your greatest transformation?
 
In this intimate and soul-shaking episode of Unapologetically Yours, Ashley Logan sits down with world-renowned sex and relationship therapist Dr. Laura Berman for an intimate and unapologetic conversation on grief, embodiment, and the magic that can emerge on the other side of devastation.
 
After the tragic and widely publicized loss of her son, Laura found herself broken open. But from the ashes of that grief, she discovered something unexpected: a return to the body, to pleasure, to deep spiritual intimacy—and the birth of her newest book, Sex Magic. Together, Ashley and Laura explore how trauma disembodies us, how culture teaches women to give but not receive, and how reclaiming our sensual power is not just healing—it’s revolutionary.
 
Dr. Berman brings 30+ years of expertise to the table—she holds a PhD from NYU, is a New York Times bestselling author of nine books, a USA Today columnist, and host of the acclaimed podcast The Language of Love. You may know her from The Oprah Winfrey Show, but in this episode, she’s more raw, real, and radiant than ever.
 
Whether you’re navigating grief, craving deeper connection, or ready to feel more alive in your own skin, this conversation is an invitation to return to your body, reclaim your truth, and receive the life and love you deserve.
 
You’ll hear about: 
✨ How devastating grief cracked Laura open
✨ The alchemy of loss and grief, and how it can awaken something sacred
✨ What no one tells you about trauma, the body, and why so many of us are disconnected from pleasure
✨ The raw truth about being a woman who receives, feels deeply, and dares to come fully alive
✨ Why your sensuality is not just sacred—it’s your superpower
✨ And the exact moment Laura knew: “I’m never going to be the same again… and that’s the gift.”
 
Connect with Dr. Laura Berman:
Instagram @drlauraberman 
TikTok @drlauraberman 
Website https://drlauraberman.com/
Grief Healing Collective 
Dr. Laura’s Book: Sex Magic 
 
Connect with Ashley Logan:
Instagram @ashleydlogan
Website https://ashleydlogan.com/
 
Have a topic or guest you’d love to see featured on the Unapologetically Yours podcast? Send us an email: podcast@unapologeticallyyours.com