Meet Ashley Spang
Fresh Starts Concepts, LLC
Ashley offices at:
She offers mediation services to families in locations they are most comfortable with.
She primarily offers mediation for marital dissolution, blended family conflict, and prevention needs.
Office Hours: Willing to be flexible, including nights and weekends - please email Ashley.
Ashley's Perspective
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I grew up in a blended family, went through a divorce, and now have a blended family. I grew up in rural Wisconsin, lived in very rural Alaska through my 20s, and have lived in Minnesota for over a decade, both inner-city and rural. I'm a coffee and kombucha snob; I love cooking, baking, fishing, and hiking. I nerd out about how our brain works under stress and trauma, and I look at most everything through an entrepreneurial lens.
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As an INTJ and an Enneagram type 5, studying people, mentoring, and deep-diving come very naturally to me. Every life and situation is unique, and no "one size fits most" approach exists.
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My goal in our time is for everyone to feel heard. Most mediation experiences are facilitative like I experienced - but had I experienced restorative, I know I would have walked away without so much resentment for my former spouse - I felt like I had to "give in" to move on through the process and I was left so frustrated and fearful.
Mediation Practice & Credentials
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I am Qualified for Rule 114 Neutral for Family Alternative Dispute Resolution by the
Minnesota Supreme Court.
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Next year I will be beginning my Master's degree in Cognitive Behavior Analysis.
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I have a network of pastors and county advocates in seven Minnesota counties that I regularly meet with.
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I have experience with abuse, trauma, and blended family life (both as a child and parent).
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I have personal experience with divorce and dissolution mediation with a child.
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I am a single mother of an elementary-aged child and a bonus parent to my longtime partner's two teenage children.
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I have personal experience as a person with a loved one in addiction and professional experience mentoring peers experiencing addiction, trauma, abuse, mental disability, and grief.
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I promise everyone will feel heard, seen, safe, and listened to while leaving with a plan that fits all parties well without feeling like just giving up. Our kids and loved ones are worth it.