The Good Energy Project Mission
To spread as much good energy in world as possible — person by person, day by day — by helping people find and use their own good energy as they navigate the numerous transitions we face on in our life journey – particularly in midlife.
The Good Energy Project Vision:
That all humans are:
- Living and working in their zone of genius* by understanding and using their superpowers
- Feeling good about themselves and their ability to create a fulfilling life aligned to who they are
- Feeling less fear and more love – 1st for themselves, then life, and their fellow humans
- Learning how to live THEIR best lives, AND
- How to let others live THEIR OWN best life
- Feel confident in who they are and in their ability to make enough $$ to support themselves and their families
Feel more connected to themselves and the world around them in a way that makes them more compassionate and empathetic
About Me
Hi, I’m Ashley, founder of The Good Energy Project — and someone who knows firsthand what it feels like to have life flip upside down in an instant.
The Short Version:
When my 20-year relationship ended just 10 weeks before the world shut down for COVID, I found myself alone Googling:
“How to not F up your kids in a divorce.”
What followed was a wild, disorienting ride through grief, learning to co-parent, ADHD realizations, trying to figure out what what “I” want now for the rest of my life – when it had been ‘We’ for so long; continuing my search for purpose and work that actually fit with who I am; navigating dating, dating apps, and new relationships in midlife. trying to stay upbeat and positive so my kids wouldn’t be so traumatized by what seemed like a sinking ship in our immediate and global lives.
Along the way, I learned I wanted to help other mid-lifers in transition, including single moms with ADHD, ride the transition roller coasters with their hands in the air — not white-knuckled — and rise from the ashes like a damn phoenix.
We are not on this planet to suffer. I’ve learned life is meant to be LIVED and enjoyed! It’s a choice – YOUR choice.
Let’s go find your good energy and have some fun!
The Full Story
My parents were happily married for 37 years, until my dad passed at 65. I knew nothing about divorce — and looking around, I didn’t see any examples of single moms who were thriving.
What I saw was stress, survival mode, and a lot of resentment. I knew I didn’t want that to be my story.
So I made a decision:
If I couldn’t find an example to follow, I’d become my own example.
I would choose my own adventure. I would be my own hero.
Then came COVID — and with it, a quiet I didn’t ask for, or know what to do with after not being alone for 20 years, especially as an extrovert.
Half the time I was completely alone, without my kids. So I read. I listened. I studied. I tried to understand ADHD, divorce, co-parenting, solo parenting, middle-age dating, and how to build a career that didn’t stress me out and drain the complete F-ing life out of me.
One book hit me hard: The 5 Regrets of the Dying.
I started asking:
- What kind of life would I want to look back on from my deathbed?
- What would I regret if I didn’t change?
- What kind of mother, woman, and human did I WANT to be?
I realized I didn’t want to stay stuck in anger or resentment. I didn’t want to model bitterness to my kids.
So I focused on what I could control: my thoughts, my energy, and my intention to create something better.
No, my story didn’t go the way I thought it would.
But once I accepted my reality — what is, not what should have been — I could start writing the next chapter. On my terms.
I wanted to show my kids what resilience looks like.
How to find silver linings in hard moments.
How to lead with kindness, even when it’s hard.
How to stay curious, hopeful, and real.
(And no — we don’t nail it every day. But those are the targets.)
Now, several years into this journey, I’m proud of the humans we’re all becoming — me, my kids, and yes, even my ex (sometimes 😉). We’re learning to let things go. To laugh more. To appreciate and be grateful for everything we do have, because the universe give us more of what we what we focus on and are grafeul for.
Why I Started The Good Energy Project
I’ve learned so much about what it takes to navigate big, messy, beautiful life transitions — and I want to help other people do the same. Especially those of us navigating the ups and downs of midlife, and particularly single moms with ADHD, because that intersection is a lot and one I know well.
Looking around I also couldn’t ignore the fact that our country is undergoing some significant growing pains that come with change that is never-ceasing in life. There is a lot of fear underneath those growing pains. Of the unknowns that come with something new and different, of losing control, and deep down a fear of being unworthy and alone.
Convincing people to change their minds about issues that have been so strongly programmed through impressive, insidious marketing would not be helpful.
Instead of focusing on the differences among us, I want to encourage people to focus on creating and spreading good energy in their day-to-day lives and in striving toward larger goals they have. And in the process learn how things in their life improve and their wishes, prayers, manifestations come to life.
Before this chapter of my life, I spent two decades as a consultant helping federal and state government clients solve complex problems and navigate the changes in large organizations when a major shift happens.
My job was to help clients figure out:
- Where they are now
- Where they want to go
- And how to get there — clearly, collaboratively, and strategically
Now, I do that same work — but for women (and men) in transition periods of life.
In 2024, I left my consulting career to pursue the work I’ve felt called to do for years:
Helping women — especially single moms with ADHD — define their own story, reclaim their power, and design a life that actually fits them.
None of us will ever have all of the answers, but by staying curious about ourselves and what is really important to us in life, we prioritize and create a life that fills our good energy bucket – so much that it spills over and spreads good energy to those around us.
I earned my coaching certification from an ICF-accredited organization, building on decades of mentoring and coaching clients, colleagues, and friends.