We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Ashley Kennedy . We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Ashley below.

Ashley, appreciate you joining us today. So, naming is such a challenge. How did you come up with the name of your brand?

The name Zentry reflects my mission to assist my clients with cultivating sacred energy and experiences into their world. It’s a combination of the words Zen and Triangle. Zen represents the aura and atmosphere you can expect from an energy healing session or a jewelry piece. Try (Triangle) represents my lifelong obsession with triangles and the number three.

Ashley, 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?

Hi my name is Ashley and I am the owner of Zentry. At Zentry we offer transformative energy healing (Reiki) as well as high quality healing focused jewelry.

I created Zentry based on my passion for crystals, natural healing and to help people along their spiritual journey. It all started after a visit to my local crystal store. I noticed a flyer for a Reiki energy healing session. It had an extensive list of benefits and I knew it would help me with where I was in life. After that first session I was mesmerized and determined to learn more AND I had to spread the word about the profound changes I experienced after one session. If you ask anybody that has had reiki done they will tell you that first experience can be life changing. Thats how the energy healing portion of the business was created.

With my newfound love of crystals I found that I wanted to always have them around me. I would typically end up putting them in my bra but then I would look like I had 7 nipples so I knew something had to change. I decided to start making jewelry that would allow me to keep my crystals close to me while also displaying the beautiful crystal as well. I started researching the different properties in the metals and noticed how it created a beautiful synergy with the crystals. I had a few friends and family reach out to me to create custom jewelry using specific crystals and metals and thats how my jewelry business came to be.

Can you open up about a time when you had a really close call with the business?

Zentry has definitely had a near death moment. The business was definitely on life support and I was trying to determine if I wanted to pull the plug on it completely. It was around the summer of 2020 and as we all know Covid made a special guest appearance in everyone’s life. I was riddled with anxiety about what this pandemic meant to everyday life and I just didn’t have the physical energy or mental space to continue with the business. Through extensive therapy to assist my anxiety and the support from my family, I was able to find the resilience to move forward with my business. I’m so grateful for that moment because it reignited my love for my craft. I know that I can’t fix the pandemic and all the mayhem that it bought, but I know I can help one person at a time. With one energy healing or one piece of jewelry I am doing my part to bring beauty into this world.

How did you build your audience on social media?

I built my audience on social media by sharing my love and crystals and all things spiritual. The best advise I can give for building a social media presence is to be authentic and genuine with your audience. People can always recognize when someone is heartfelt, honest and it inspires them to be the best version of themselves.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.itszentry.com
• Instagram: www.Instagram.com/ItsZentry
• Facebook: www.Facebook.com/itszentry