The comments on my last post are mind blowing... so I just wanted to quickly follow up with a few things that we can start doing now that are small but I’m convinced they can have a huge impact:

LIFESTYLEAshley DoroughDecember 20, 2019body positivity, body acceptance, body image, plus size, health, mental healthComment

SELF LOVE UPDATE AFTER BABY #2

It’s been 2.5 months since I had Pearl Jo, and I’m finally starting to feel kind of normal. With that also comes the normal anxiety and the self love/body image struggles. To be honest, it really doesn’t have anything to do with having children. I mean… SURE. I’ve gone through the pain and heartache of losing the body that you thought you knew so well to pregnancy and having to adjust not once, but twice to a new and different body.

But these issues have been with me since I was young and long before having children.

Dear 2019 Body

Dear 2019 body,
Maybe I’ll fit into these clothes again this year, and maybe I won’t. Either way... I promise to love you just the same as I did a year ago when this photo was taken.
I promise not to spend the entire month of January stressed about starting a new diet or changing you in any way.

LIFESTYLEAshley DoroughJanuary 1, 2019New years, plus size, health, postpartum, self care, self love, mombodComment

WHAT TO EXPECT AT YOUR FIRST BARRY'S CLASS

Hi, I'm Ashley, and I used to be afraid of working out. I would see my friends go to these classes at fitness boutiques and think "I would be SO out of place there."

LIFESTYLEAshley DoroughJanuary 23, 2018barrys, bootcamp, fitness, nutrition, health, love yourself challenge, house of dorough, body positive, self love, workoutComment

CHALLENGE: ARE YOU REALLY LOVING YOURSELF?

I'm afraid I've done all of you a disservice. I haven't been truthful. I've been preaching "self-love" on this blog for awhile, and to my defense I thought I had reached a point of loving myself. But here's the thing... I haven't been taking care of ME. If I've been neglecting ME, then how is that an act of self love? It's not.

Here's the deal - I have not felt like myself in two years.

LIFESTYLEAshley DoroughOctober 30, 2017fitness, health, healthjourney, mentalhealth, bodypositive, loveyourselfComment

A CHEMICAL FREE EXFOLIATING MASK

I am the first to admit that I have NEVER been good at taking care of my skin. I sleep in my makeup most of the time, forget to follow through with any sort of routine, etc etc. I know - it's terrible. Don't judge.