“The Office” Therapy

This show is my all time favorite! It makes me laugh and cry; mostly laugh. In the last couple of months I have watched so many reruns I can’t even count. Each episode, a therapy session with myself. The laughs bring me life and joy during a time where sadness can spring up at any…

Letting Out my Inner Child

   So this gift just arrived on my door step! If any of you have seen the movie “Inside Out” then you know the name of this character. If not this is Sadness. She plays a major role. The movie is about the emotions that run through an 11year old girls mind from her perspective…

Weeping

Here I sit. Listening to the rain fall outside my window.  Drenched in post workout sweat. Here I sit, pondering over the events of my life the last 3 months. My brothers death changed my life. I will never be the same. I am hurting and sad. I am grieving not only the loss of…

Breakdowns

   Anything triggers me these days. Hearing the word “brother”, cooking a pot of ground turkey, or just sitting and thinking! When I’m triggered the tears start to roll and then if I let go of my “tough woman” barriers I literally breakdown. It’s as if I’m reliving the moment I saw him laying in…

My Grief chronicles:  Why??

  Sometimes in life things happen that knock the wind out of us and stop us right in our tracks. April 10, 2015 around 10 am was this moment for me. I am normally not a huge crier. It takes me a while to process all of my emotions before the tears flow, but this…

I Need YOU to Survive!

We as women often struggle with connecting, bonding, loving, being authentic, not judging one another…the list goes on! Why? I mean at our core we should find it easiest to join forces and lift one another up! I mean there is such power in women of all shapes, sizes, colors, nationalities and ethnicities, joining together…

Invest In YOU!

My name is Ashley Alexandria. Meaning: Of the Ash Tree & Defender of Mankind Ash Tree: Tall & Strong, Resilient and elastic. I am a tree. I produce fruit. In order to live I must be watered and I must be fed. In 2015 I want to live and walk out my name. I want…

I’m OVER-Weight

If I am honest with myself I am overweight. I am carrying too many pounds and it’s starting to take a toll on my bodies normal functions. Now I know some of you may be thinking that this is a bold statement and one that requires a high level of vulnerability. Yes, many times, the…

Brave

Brave- ‘face or endure with courage’. Courage is the mental or moral  ability to do something you know is difficult; or persevere. After watching the movie “Brave” 20 times this last week I have realized that I want to be just like Merida; fighting for my dreams and the things that burn inside no matter…

I Can, Can you?

Let me just start by saying that it is a miracle that I even could stop for a few minutes to type this post! Today has definitely been a day of testing. The moment you wake up ready to be in control of your frustrations and emotions so you can walk in peace…there come the…