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Are You Really That Calm? A Conversation on Regulation, Breathwork & Being Human

In this episode of The Calm Collective, the roles flip—Colleen interviews Ashlee to explore a question she gets all the time: “Are you really that calm?”

Ashlee shares the real story behind her calm—how she once lived in constant survival mode, overwhelmed, reactive, and rushing through life without truly feeling present. She explains that calmness isn’t about never feeling stressed; it’s about learning to regulate the nervous system so you can respond rather than react.

Together, they discuss:

What calm actually means (and what it doesn’t)

How chronic stress becomes a way of being

Why…

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