Welcome to The Ash Files: The Unhinged Reality of Scaling a Creative Empire

Ashlee Cox • November 1, 2025

Hey Script-Breakers,


Let’s be honest. 


You’re here because you’re tired of the curated "I woke up at 5 AM and manifested a million dollars" façade. 


You're a creative, an author, an entrepreneur, and the reality of your life is probably closer to a hot mess than a perfectly-filtered aesthetic.


You feel like a Ghosting Gremlin one day, paralyzed by perfectionism the next, and then you have a full-blown financial crisis in Aisle 7 of the grocery store.


 Meanwhile, you're trying to figure out why a simple manifestation exercise only showed you how good you are at self-sabotage.


I see you. Because that's my life, too.


The entrepreneurial journey is not a straight line to success; it's a messy, hilarious, terrifying rollercoaster. 


The Ash Files is where the real tea is poured. 


It’s my personal, paid chronicling of the emotional, financial, and mental battlefield that is the creative life.


 It's the full behind-the-curtain reality I can't post anywhere else.


Inside The Ash Files, You Will Immediately Unlock:

The Creative Paralysis


I’m a Ghosting, Editing Gremlin, Look Away: The confession of why I ghosted my entire social circle to finish my book, and the ugly truth about what happens when creation takes over.

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The Money Showdown


Just Me vs. My Money Shame in Aisle 7 (It Got Deep, Y’all): The emotional battle that went down between my wallet and my self-worth next to the gluten-free flour.

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The Mental Maëlstrom


The Time I Stopped Myself From Overthinking: The three-phase process and the mental hack I used to override a full-on anxiety attack and regain control over my mind.


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The Perfectionism Trap


My Manifestation Experiment Showed Up My Perfectionism: How a simple manifestation exercise proved I was actively rejecting the abundance I was asking for because it wasn't "perfect" enough.


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The Hilarious Chaos


My Spider Nemesis is a Speedster, and I’m Losing My Mind: The absolute unhinged chaos of trying to maintain your Zen when a rogue spider turns your house into a survival reality show.


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If you’ve ever felt like your creative dream is simultaneously the best and worst decision you’ve ever made, then you belong here. 


This is your permission slip to be messy, honest, and wildly successful anyway.


Join the inner circle. The real story starts now.

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