For women
Personal coaching
For overthinking, self-doubt, people-pleasing, perfectionism and feeling stuck. Online and 1:1 support to help you understand your patterns and take real steps forward.
Ashlie Walker · Personal coach & acting coach
Helping ambitious, sensitive women get out of their own way.
Coaching that brings together psychology, cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy and honest, practical support. For when you know you have more to give, and you're tired of overthinking, people-pleasing and waiting to feel ready.
Are you an actor? Meisner-based training, audition preparation and career coaching.
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Two ways to work with Ashlie
For actors
Acting coaching
For new actors preparing for drama school, working actors who feel stuck, and anyone whose nerves get in the way of truthful work. Meisner-based, honest and practical.
Personal coaching
From the outside it looks fine. Inside, you know you're holding back.
Many of the women Ashlie works with are capable, creative and self-aware — and still stuck in patterns like:
- Overthinking everything
- Self-doubt
- People-pleasing
- Weak boundaries
- Perfectionism
- Procrastination
- Fear of failure
- Imposter syndrome
- Stress and overwhelm
- Feeling stuck or unfulfilled
- Caring too much what people think
- Not knowing what's next
Underneath, there's usually something bigger: wanting more confidence, more freedom and more joy. Maybe it's work you're proud of or a business of your own. Maybe it's simply feeling at home in your own life.
The approach
A few things Ashlie believes
Not rules. Starting points that shape how she works with every client.
You don't have to be fixed first
You can start living well before you're completely "healed". Progress and difficult experiences can exist side by side.
Confidence follows action
Waiting to feel confident keeps you waiting. Confidence usually grows from taking small, imperfect steps, not the other way round.
Fear can come with you
As Ashlie puts it, being courageous isn't about getting rid of fear; it's about learning to work with it.
Kindness and responsibility
Self-compassion and personal responsibility work together. You'll feel understood, and you'll also be challenged.
Your version of success
Success and fulfilment look different for everyone. The aim is a life that fits you, not someone else's.
No one-size formula
Different people need different approaches, so the work is shaped around you rather than a script.
How it works
Psychology, practical tools — and a bigger picture
Ashlie's work draws on three things. Each one is clearly labelled, so you know which ideas are established psychology and which are part of her broader philosophy.
Psychology
Cognitive behavioural techniques
CBT looks at how thoughts, feelings, body sensations and behaviour feed into one another. It's one of the most widely researched approaches in psychology. Ashlie uses CBT-based techniques to help you notice and change unhelpful patterns.
Hypnotherapy
Cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy
Hypnosis is a state of focused, relaxed attention, not sleep and not mind control. In cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy it is combined with CBT methods, imagery and rehearsal. You also learn self-hypnosis to use on your own.
Coaching & philosophy
Action, intention and meaning
Coaching keeps the work practical: clear goals, honest feedback and accountability. Ashlie also brings in ideas like intention, energy and manifestation. These are part of her personal philosophy, not proven science, and you don't have to share them to get value from the work.
Signature programme
The Transformation Process
A self-paced online coaching programme combining hypnosis, CBT techniques and coaching. It's designed to be worked through over four to six months.
- Video lessons, meditations, self-hypnosis and practical exercises
- Tools for overthinking, self-sabotage, boundaries and confidence
- A private online community of women doing the same work
- Optional 1:1 coaching with Ashlie alongside the course
6 months access for £297.
About Ashlie
Trained in psychology. Shaped by a life on stage.
Ashlie started working as an actress at nine years old. She was an anxious introvert in a job that took a lot of courage. Her search for how people overcome fear led her to psychology and hypnotherapy. After more than 20 years as an actor and presenter, she began coaching others.
- First-class honours degree in Psychology (BSc Hons)
- Qualified clinical cognitive behavioural hypnotherapist (Dip Hypno-CBT)
- Trained in Strategic Intervention coaching (Robbins–Madanes)
- Years of teaching Meisner-based actor training in London and Finland
In clients' words
What working with Ashlie is like
Ashlie holds a space like nothing I’ve felt before. It’s unconditional love and holding you to the standard of your highest self.
Ashlie gives you the tools and puts all the agency and power in your hands. She truly believes in your power. It’s not about waiting for the next meeting with your therapist, it’s about having the power to change your life every moment of your day.
My inspiration is back, I feel less guilt and less pressure to achieve and yet I’m achieving so much more, and enjoying it. Recognising it. It has been a very important journey for me and I will use these tools for the rest of my life.
All I can tell you is that taking the leap with an open heart and working with Ashlie will be the best decision you could make. She has changed my life in more ways than I could ever thank her for, and I’m forever grateful for her.
Acting coaching
Stop performing. Start listening.
Meisner-based coaching for actors who want to get out of their heads and do truthful, responsive work.
Ashlie has trained, worked and taught extensively in Meisner Technique. She coaches new actors preparing for drama school, working actors who feel stuck, and professionals getting ready for a role, a casting or a new agent. Her psychology background helps with what so often gets in the way: nerves, self-consciousness and the need to be "good".
“Ashlie is an incredible director. She has a natural way of being on it, cutting through the bullshit and helping you find a way out of your comfort zone whilst holding a space where you feel safe to be vulnerable.”
Insights
Articles from Ashlie
Breaking Free from Self-Sabotage: A Guide for Women Who Feel Deeply and Overthink
Overthinking, perfectionism, procrastination and people-pleasing can all be forms of self-sabotage. Here's why it happens and how to start working with it.
How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome as a Creative
Why actors, artists and creative entrepreneurs are prone to imposter syndrome, and five practical ways to loosen its grip on your confidence.
The Power of Hypnotherapy and Self-Hypnosis
What hypnotherapy is (and isn't), how self-hypnosis works between sessions, and how Ashlie uses cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy techniques in her coaching.
Not sure where to start? Talk it through.
A free 30-minute call on Zoom or by phone. You'll get some clarity on what's in the way, and you can both see whether working together makes sense.