Ep 190. Feeling Lost? The Daily Spiritual Practice That Brings You Back to Yourself, with Ash ButterssEp 190. Feeling Lost? The Daily Spiritual Practice That Brings You Back to Yourself, with Ash Butterss
Behind The Smile with Ash Butterss
Ash Butterss reflects on her Bali retreat and shares how simple daily spiritual practices like mantra, breathwork and rest can help you reconnect with yourself in recovery. The conversation focuses on letting go of perfectionism, listening within and starting small with consistent routines.
31:32•30 Aug 2026
Feeling Lost: Ash Butterss on the Small Daily Practices That Bring You Home
Episode Overview
- Spiritual practice (sadhana) is about consistent, intentional connection to self, not ticking more boxes on a to-do list.
- Rest is a right, not something to be earned through achievement or perfectionism.
- Simple tools like mantra, gentle breathwork and short meditations can be enough to start a daily practice.
- Awareness of your inner critic and practising nonviolence in self-talk can gradually shift long-held patterns.
- Start small and accessible with any new practice so it can become a sustainable part of recovery and daily life.
“The answers you're searching for are already within you.”
Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey? This episode follows Ash Butterss fresh from hosting a women’s retreat in Bali, reflecting on how spiritual practice can bring you back to yourself when you feel lost, burnt out or stuck on the hamster wheel of life. Ash shares how her life has shifted in six and a half years of recovery, moving from long hours in a corporate job to teaching yoga, breathwork and meditation.
She talks about “following the charm” – trusting unexpected paths, like a yoga teacher training she once did purely for herself that became central to her work and recovery. Much of the conversation centres on what she calls sadhana, a daily spiritual practice grounded in consistency and intention rather than perfection or performance.
You’ll hear about simple tools such as mantra with mala beads, gentle breathwork, yoga and stillness, all framed as ways to head home to yourself rather than fix what isn’t broken. As Ash puts it, “The answers you’re searching for are already within you.” She also shares emotional moments from the retreat: women (including her mum) crying for the first time in years, releasing guilt about rest, and realising they don’t have to earn the right to slow down.
Through journal prompts around rest, inner criticism and self-kindness, Ash shows how awareness of our inner dialogue can be the first step towards change. This episode will likely resonate with anyone in recovery who’s tired of chasing external achievements but nervous about sitting in stillness. Ash’s relaxed, honest storytelling and gentle humour make spiritual practice feel accessible, especially if meditation has seemed intimidating or woo-woo in the past.
If you’re feeling disconnected or burnt out, could a tiny, consistent daily ritual be your way back to yourself?
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