Mindset Mastery with Julissa Edwards

What No One Tells You About Building a Career in Entertainment with Ashley Hearon-Smith

Julissa Edwards Season 3 Episode 3

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What does it really look like to chase a dream for decades without guarantees?

In this honest and deeply human conversation, Ashley shares what it’s like to build a career in entertainment over 20 years. From constant reinvention and unpaid creative labor to rejection, burnout, manifestation, and betting on yourself anyway. 

Together, we talk about courage, resilience, marriage, money, validation, and what it means to keep going when things take much longer than expected.


Main topics:

  • Pivoting careers and embracing being a multi-hyphenate creative
  • The emotional toll of long-term entrepreneurship and entertainment careers
  • Rejection, resilience, and learning not to internalize “no”
  • The hidden reality of unpaid creative labor and hustle culture
  • How relationships and supportive partners impact career longevity
  • Manifestation, belief systems, and investing in yourself
  • Therapy, mental health, and navigating identity through work
  • Creating joy and content in a heavy, overwhelming world


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