Why Divinely Made?
Why Now?

“FREEING YOURSELF WAS ONE THING, CLAIMING OWNERSHIP OF THAT FREED SELF WAS ANOTHER”
- TONI MORRISON

This quote from Toni Morrison has been a constant reminder to live your authentic truth and to live it fully. In a world where we are told who we are, forced into boxes and labels, and challenged to do great things despite injustice; the greatest thing we can do is discover our authentic selves and fully commit to being and caring for that person with our every breath.

That’s why I made Divinely Made. If you’re learning new things about your identity, trying to understand life experiences, wanting to live into your worth with power, or simply need intentional space for care, you’re in the right place!

Divinely Made is space for us to navigate these important areas so that we might live into our greatest selves and community.

WHY NOW?

We all have a rare essence that we bring into this world. When there is space for us to navigate, heal and nurture it, we become better for ourselves and the world.

Divinely Made charges us to be intentional about being supportive, open to conviction, and dedicated to change. If we can’t admit there’s work to do & that we all can do better, no one or nothing else will ever be “worth it.”

When you’re trying to build something new, you have to do something different. Something radical.
Something Divinely Made…

Ashley Reid (she/her) is an invested advocate, equity trainer & facilitator, spiritual coach, writer, and community worker who brings a diverse wealth of experience and knowledge in community building, equity and inclusion culture building, and spiritual care.  

Being deeply invested in the communal justice and restoration of those oppressed in society, she has utilized her facilitation skills around restoration care as a form of social justice, and equity work in various communities  in Marin County, CA, Trenton, NJ, and the Washington, D.C. metro area.

A Trenton, NJ native, Ashley holds her Bachelor of Science in Print Journalism from North Carolina A&T State University, Master of Arts in Management from Wake Forest School of Business, Master of Divinity from San Francisco Theological Seminary, and is in the process of becoming a certified Spiritual Director through the Chaplaincy Institute Interfaith Seminary. She currently lives in the DC Metro area with her adventurous tuxedo cat named Samson.