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."
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The pressure to have your "mind right" for the New Year is real - especially throughout social media. It's the 2nd week of January, and I just now feel like the fog is started to clear and I'm ready to focus. I see you, 2018. I see you. And I have a lot of goals.
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A little bit of a love story - Wes and I got to experience the place we got married in almost 5 years ago!
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UPDATE: It's been about 5 weeks since I started my LOVE YOURSELF challenge. When I started this blog, I promised to be nothing but real. Here's how everything has REALLY been going.
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Yeah... me neither. And you know what? I don't think I've ever been that size. That's right... I skipped it. I literally went from like a size 14 in girls to a size 8 in women's overnight. Or that's what it felt like at least.
The first time I ever even thought twice about my size was in my 2nd grade class. A bunch of us kids were instructed to all sit down in...
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When E was two weeks old, we were in the cardiac intensive care unit waiting for the infection in her bloodstream to clear. It wasn't clearing. To say we were worried is an understatement.
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Christmas and Holiday season is my favorite time of year, hands down. And I can't lie... I kind of love coming up with gift lists. I am going to be doing many more of these, but to start things off I thought I'd share with you 10 things I'm adding to my wish list this year!
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Black Friday is my favorite type of Friday because it means one thing; CHRISTMAS IS COMING! My favorite time of year! Alright, real talk though. I am not a huge Black Friday shopper - I'm kind of too lazy to plan that far ahead.
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Guys. I have amazing news.
I've found a way to take your epic basic-ness one step further. With all the PSL's, ugg boots, oversized sweaters and plaid scarves out there... are you ACHING to be even more #BASIC? It's cool, I won't tell anyone.
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I dropped out of college when I was 19. Today I'm talking about that journey... READ MORE
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As part two of my "love yourself" challenge, I have decided to focus on nutrition. I am working really hard in the gym, but if I don't change the way I eat... will I start feeling better? Probably not. Exercise is equally important as diet when trying to make a change. I've been getting a lot of questions about what eating plan I've chosen to go with so I wanted to talk about it here.
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I'm in my 30's now, but in the year 2004 I was graduating high school. Things were a lot different than they are now. Here's what I wish I'd known:
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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.
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Skyline Park opened about a year ago at Ponce City Market in Atlanta, and we’ve been waiting for a special occasion to go. We finally went for my little brothers birthday and it was a blast. It’s small, and I kind of loved that about it.
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Disclaimer: I honestly have no idea what I'm doing as a parent. My daughter is almost two, and I'm literally winging it.
Growing up, my mom was superwoman and if I disappointed her in the slightest it would break my heart. I looked up to her as a powerful, successful, loving woman who could do no wrong. I wanted to BE her.
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Despite what it may look like, these girls are actually NOT the best of friends.
But they're working on it. So far in their 1+ years of sisterhood, they can only agree on two things: food and fashion.
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Here's some honest motherhood for you: It's been a year and a half, and I'm sharing 7 things that I didn't see coming when I was pregnant. Which of these can you identify with?
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I'll keep this quick: It's a new month, which means a FRESH START with FRESH GOALS.
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I'm not sure at what age this started, or why, but at some point in my life, I stopped loving myself. It was hard for me to look at my body in the mirror. When I did, I hated what I saw.
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What can you do with less than 24 hours in New Orleans? SO. MANY. THINGS. A few weeks ago, my husband and I stopped there for a day before heading to Texas for my best friends' wedding. We had less than 24 hours to enjoy NOLA, and it was a freaking blast.
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