Nearly 2 years ago my husband and I visited Paris, France. We spent 72 hours soaking in all the city had to offer, before we jetted off to Italy for further exploration.  On day 2 of our vacay we stood amongst hundreds of others, albeit clouds of cigarette smoke, in a line entering the famous […]

If you’re reading this, thanks already. And if you prefer to listen to the audio-blog version instead, find it **HERE ** Hello, my name is Ashlyn, and I am an introvert.  Recently, along my quest for self-growth, I’ve come to discover, I am an introvert. And instead of man handling my thoughts into wishing I […]

If you’re reading this, thanks already. If you prefer to listen to a 6 minute audio-blog instead, click the link: HERE This week, I was bombarded online with female friendly, feminist, equal rights and independent women slogans. The ra-ra pink confetti surrounding International Women’s Day (Officially on March 8th), had me all sorts of fired […]

If you’re reading this… thanks already. Yesterday someone proposed the question to me, “When was the last time YOU did something for the first time?” “Well, last week in fact” Last week I jumped out of an airplane whilst flying 10,000 feet above the coast of Maui, HI. This experience, and the thought process that […]

Over the last few weeks, grief and emptiness has hit me hard: and through this, I have found writing to become my form of meditation.  Processing feelings into words has slowed my thoughts, quieted my mind, and allowed me to unpack the hurt I am feeling into bite size alphabetical pieces. Writing my feelings allows […]

Is the COMEBACK always better after the SETBACK(S)?  Man, I sure hope so. I’ve heard this saying before. In fact, I’ve given this advice many times without experiencing a true set-back myself.  But now, after the last 2 months I’ve had- I feel my advice for shit-situations is much more valid- ’cause shit situations have […]

A few years ago, my husband and I trekked over 3 days to the summit of Machu Picchu. The highlight of our Peruvian vacay.  The morning we were to finally arrive, I made a very serious request to my husband: I needed the PERFECT, classic, IG worthy Machu Picchu photo and it was imperative that I snapped this before the landmark […]

Over 5 years ago I was officially diagnosed with amenorrhea and have yet to regain a consistent “flow” ever since.  Amenorrhea: simply put, is the absence of a menstruation during the reproductive years It’s now been nearly 10 years- 10 FRICKEN’ YEARS- since I could recall the date of my last REAL cycle: ya know, […]

If you’re reading this, thanks already. – – – – – Can you love yourself unconditionally and still desire to change? My answer: damn straight you can. This was the question that pondered my mental space for the last 2 years as I toyed with the idea of experiencing competition prep yet again. Now, finally, after a […]

If you’re reading this… thanks already. Dear Blogger Friends, If this is the first time you’ve stumbled across this blog, hello, welcome, don’t leave. If you are back cause you invested hours reading the first 7 entries, we can certainly be considered best friends and you now know more about me than most. Confession- I […]