Dr. Ashley’s Trap House Remedies

07/02/2025

✨ Breaking Silence. Keeping Our Healing in Motion. ✨

July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, and we carry the legacy of Bebe Moore Campbell by refusing to let silence win.

Through my Health in Motion project, I show up in the places that hold us — Black-owned barbershops, parks, churches — with blood pressure checks, stress relief workshops, and opioid overdose prevention education. Because our health should live where we live.

Through Black Candlelyte Therapy, we take that care deeper — blending soul rituals, tarot, yoga, and conversation to help us Reclaim, Release, Restore, and Rise. We remind each other that healing is not something we visit once — it’s something we practice daily.

This month, I’m leaning into consistency, guided by the energy of the Knight of Cups — the quiet messenger of devotion and flow. The Knight teaches me that consistency isn’t about perfection — it’s about moving forward, heart first, even when it’s hard.

So here’s what I’m carrying into July:
✨ Consistency in asking, “How’s your heart today?”
✨ Consistency in showing up where healing is needed.
✨ Consistency in breaking stigma and silence, one conversation at a time.

Our goals remain the same:
🫶🏾 Reduce opioid harm.
🫀 Lower stroke risk.
🧘🏾‍♀️ Care for our mental health with intention and love.

Bebe planted seeds for us — and every small act of care waters them. Every heart check, every real conversation, every candle we light together keeps her vision alive.

💙 May our hearts stay open. May our healing stay in motion. May our cups stay full.

🔗 nami.org/bebemoore

06/29/2025

✨ Serenity Sunday: The Serenity Cycle Check-In ✨

I’m bringing back something I used to do on Sundays but had stopped — a moment to pause and check in with myself.

It all started with opening my new Faith journal — one page turned into a morning at the coffee shop, where I found some serenity and created this check-in process to feel into what my soul needs today.

This week, I went through a 6-day fence beautification project that introduced me to the power and meaning of Adinkra symbols. That project became a peaceful practice and helped me tap back into a part of myself I’ve been missing.

Today, I’m connecting with two symbols for Serenity and two for Gratitude:

🕊️ Serenity
• Fawohodie — Freedom, independence, and peace.
• Adwo — Quietness, peace, and calm.

💛 Gratitude
• Nyame Nti — “By God’s Grace,” symbolizing trust in divine sustenance.
• Dwennimmen — The ram’s horns, symbolizing humility, strength, and gratitude for balance.

🌱 Faith
• Nyame Dua — “Tree of God,” representing God’s protection and blessing — a sacred altar for faith.

I also pulled the Wheel of Fortune card today — a reminder that life is always turning, and we get to choose how we show up for ourselves in the cycle.

The Serenity Cycle:
1️⃣ Faith — Open your heart to trust. (Nyame Dua)
2️⃣ Courage — Face the day with bravery.
3️⃣ Gratitude — Soften and appreciate. (Nyame Nti & Dwennimmen)
4️⃣ Acceptance — Let go of what you can’t control.
5️⃣ Rooted — Ground yourself in your truth.

“Healing starts with awareness. Take this moment to breathe, reflect, and honor where you are in the cycle. Your soul knows.” — Dr. Ashley

For me, Gratitude is where I’m at in the cycle today. Where are you?

Take a moment. Check in. Write it down. Speak it out loud. Carry it with you into the week ahead.

06/19/2025

🖤❤️💚 Juneteenth.
A sacred reminder that freedom is more than a date on the calendar — it’s a living practice. A daily devotion to healing, remembering, and rising.

Today, I honor the legacy of those who survived what tried to destroy them.
I honor their faith, their fight, their brilliance.
And I continue their work by:

📿 Holding space for collective healing.
🌱 Prescribing rest, resistance, and ritual.
🕯 Lighting candles for our joy, not just our survival.
✊🏽 Reclaiming Black wellness as a birthright — not a luxury.

Let Juneteenth remind us:
We are the dream. We are the evidence. We are still becoming free.

05/07/2025

Swipe through 5 Harm Reduction Tips from The Traphouse Pharmacist—because healing starts with truth, not shame. This is apart of the Health in Motion: Drug Awareness series, rooted in real talk, real tools, and radical care for our people.

Catch me LIVE every Wednesday at 9 PM for Traphouse Conversations—where we break down harm, healing, and health with no filter.

Tag someone who needs this.

05/07/2025

01/06/2025

You never know how your blessings are going to flow.

I was blessed with a fresh start in 2025 and decided to embrace it.

No looking back, just moving forward.

Cheers to looking better , feeling better and elevating to levels I’ve never imagined.

Abracadabra ✌🏾