Reflecting on 2019

SCARY. That’s what 2019 was for me. I took the fear that’s been bottled up within me for so long, and I embraced it and turned it into something else. I opened my heart up. I took risks. I made so many meaningful connections within this community. I finally looked at my postpartum belly (thanks to @meg.boggs and the #this_is_postpartum movement)

LIFESTYLEAshley DoroughDecember 31, 2019New Years, 2019, postpartum, this is postpartum, body positivity, self image, mentalhealthComment

WHAT I WORE // RIPPED JEANS + VELVET DUSTER + LEOPARD

This might be my favorite look ever. If you know me, you know that I love nothing more than a good long duster… especially in Spring or Summer. But finding one that works for the Winter is rare. I saw this WAYF Velvet duster and I. HAD. TO. HAVE. IT. Here’s how I styled it…

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.