Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Allie Aschmann. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Hi Allie, thanks for joining us today. We believe kindness is contagious and so we’d love for you to share with us and our audience about the kindest thing anyone has ever done for you?

The kindest thing anyone has ever done for me was giving me a second chance at life, courtesy of my husband.
Twenty-one years ago, while pregnant with our daughter, I started experiencing serious complications including preeclampsia, high blood pressure, and recurrent bladder infections. At my 19-week appointment, we received the heartbreaking news that our baby girl’s growth was severely restricted due to my health issues. Further testing revealed that my kidneys were showing signs of decline.
After our daughter’s premature birth at 28 weeks, a biopsy confirmed I had chronic kidney disease caused by a condition called focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). In simple terms, it means the tiny filters in my kidneys were becoming scarred, and over time, it would progress and eventually lead to kidney failure. While there were preventative measures such as medications, low sodium diet, exercise, and staying hydrated, a transplant was inevitable.
In June 2021, I was officially approved for a transplant and placed on the UNOS transplant list. By that October, I had completed my evaluation and was accepted by the Mayo Clinic for care. The following May, after rigorous testing, I was fully cleared and just waiting for a donor.
The kidney waitlist can stretch between three and five years. Some family members stepped forward for testing, unfortunately, none were a match. Without any biological siblings, my chances of finding a living related donor were slim. But there was one small hope! My husband and I, along with both of our children, all happen to share the same blood type. The likelihood that all four of us having the same blood type is rare but not impossible it’s still a fun little family quirk.
My husband decided to get tested. After his own series of tests, and some minor bumps along the way, it was determined that he was a 98% match. Now, 98% sounds incredible (and it is!), but the Mayo Clinic gave us the option to explore their unique paired exchange, or kidney donation chain program.
This program matches living donors with recipients across multiple families to ensure the best possible outcome for recipients. In this case, my husband’s kidney went to a transplant candidate, and that person’s loved one, donated their kidney to me.
On December 27, 2023, my husband became a living donor, and I received the gift of life!
His selflessness was, without question, the kindest thing anyone has ever done for me.
But what stands out just as much as the transplant itself was the healing process we went through, together. It brought us closer. We leaned on each other, on our kids, and on our extended family. It was in those quiet moments where both of us were recovering…both stitched up and sore, found new strength in each other. Physical pain turned into emotional connection. And without realizing it, we became stronger than we’d ever been.
It was the most selfless, beautiful act of love.
I’m forever grateful. And yes, sometimes I let him win an argument here and there… because, after all, he let me win at life.

Allie, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

For most of my adult life, I worked on the corporate side automotive repair industry. It was stable, familiar, and something I struggled with but eventually found my footing, and creative outlet in Marketing. But deep down, I wasn’t fulfilled. It felt like something was missing. I kept pushing that feeling aside because life was busy; I had a husband, kids and a mortgage to pay. So, like so many of us, I didn’t believe I had the luxury of slowing down to figure it all out.
I had grown up carrying the weight of childhood trauma, navigating complex dynamics with both of my parents and eventually stepparents. And for a long time, I buried that pain, believing I had to be strong, high-achieving, and self-reliant just to survive. I didn’t realize how much I was holding until it all began to surface.
After my dad passed away, everything changed. The grief hit hard, as things went unsaid, and in the aftermath, I coped the only way I knew how. I gained a significant amount of weight and eventually became diabetic. My body was expressing the pain I was unable to convey.
It was during that time, when I was physically unwell and emotionally shut down that my dad came to me in a dream. It was clear and vivid; it was so much more than a dream. It was a visitation, and it saved my life.
Later, when I was told I would need to lose weight to qualify for a kidney transplant, it became even more clear that I couldn’t keep ignoring what I was carrying. The weight, the trauma, all of it. I lost over 110 pounds and started therapy, because the emotional weight was surfacing too. Without the armor of weight for protection, I was forced to face the trauma I’d spent a lifetime trying to outrun.
It was the beginning of real healing. Therapy was extremely helpful, but it wasn’t enough.
I found myself called toward spiritual work. I booked a Life Between Lives session and everything changed. I experienced profound healing and clarity. My dad and I reconnected and healed relationship inequities.
During my hypnotherapy training, I connected with my guides in such a clear and powerful way. They told me I was meant to share this work. That what I had experienced including the deep peace, the remembering, the release, it wasn’t just for me. It needed to be shared with others.
Still, I hesitated. I kept working in the corporate world until, in an unexpected but divine twist, I was laid off. It was painful. I was angry and resentful but in the end? It was a blessing. It was exactly what I needed. It forced me to stop playing small and finally give my energy and attention to the work I now know I was always meant to do.
Today, I help people do the same by reconnecting with their inner wisdom to help them release what’s holding them back and finally explore who they are on a soul level. And every time I guide someone through that process, I remember that part of myself who felt lost, grief-stricken, and waking up.
I do this work because I’ve lived it. I know what it’s like to feel lost, and the freedom in finding the way back to your soul-aligned self. And if I can help someone else feel any kind of healing, then all of it from the loss, the pain, and redirection makes it all worth it!

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

The biggest lesson I had to unlearn is that the things that happen to us or the labels we give ourselves (or are given) do not define us.
For a long time, I equated my kidney failure as personal failure. I punished myself by telling myself I was the illness. That somehow, I was broken. But I wasn’t a failure. I was a human being living with a failing kidney. That’s it. That distinction changed everything.
It helped me start separating who I am from what I’m going through. And it didn’t stop there.
For years, I thought my worth was wrapped up in what I did for a living. My identity was so tied to my role in the corporate world that when I was laid off, I felt completely lost. But I’ve come to understand that I’m not what I do. I’m a beautiful, whole person who does meaningful work but I am not the work itself.
Unlearning that has been one of the most freeing, healing, and necessary parts of my journey.

Can you tell us about a time you’ve had to pivot?

One of the biggest pivots in my life came when I was laid off from my corporate job in the aftermarket automotive repair industry.
The truth is, I had tried to leave that job before. I went on so many interviews and some felt incredibly promising, but they always ended the same way, with no offers. At the time, I didn’t understand it. I was doing everything “right,” and yet nothing was moving forward. Looking back now, I see that the Universe was trying to reroute me. It was saying, This is no longer your path.
Even still, when the layoff finally came, it hit me hard. I remember sitting in meditation not long after, still aching from the sudden ending, looking for answers and still wondering why no one from my former workplace had checked in on me. I felt discarded, forgotten, and worse, rejected. In that quiet moment of meditation, I received a vision.
I saw a building representing where I used to work. Then, suddenly, a tall white brick fence rose up around it. Heavy chains wrapped around the door. Large, heavy padlocks upon locks clicked shut. It was clear and symbolic. Spirit was showing me that this chapter of my life was over. There would be no going back.
That vision gave me peace. It felt like my guides were saying, You’re not meant to go through that door anymore because something far greater is waiting.
At that point, I had already experienced profound hypnosis sessions that had awakened something deep within me. During my training, I had connected with my guides, and they told me I was meant to start this business. They showed me that the healing I had received wasn’t just personal, it was meant to be shared.
So, in the wake of grief, rejection, and uncertainty, I made the most important pivot of my life. I chose to trust what I had seen, what I had felt, and what I knew deep down; that my purpose was no longer inside someone else’s company, it was within me, ready to unfold.
And that’s how New Leaf Hypnosis was born!

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