Happy Father’s Day

I have been trying to write this father's day post for over an hour and nothing seems to be coming out right or sounding how I want so I'm sorry about that. This will just be a short and sweet post. I just wanted to tell all the fathers out there Happy Father's Day, especially …

Changing Your Health Habits for the Better

You probably heard that if you really want to change something, you have to go all in. If it’s a diet, for example, you should immediately cut down on everything that’s fattening, or if you want to stop smoking you have to quit cigarettes cold turkey. However, the key to success actually lies in starting …

Calling all writers

I am working on something new and would love to have perspectives from all walks of life and from all around the world. This project is focusing on female empowerment and the many different ways that can look. Please send me an email at ashley@avodkakindofmom.com if you would like more information. Much Love, Ashley

Be True To You

This goes along with the previous post of mom judging but more so looking at yourself. Like I said in the previous post you see all these interesting Instagram moms, perfect Pinterest moms, and your friends' snapshots of their amazing lives daily. The issue is none of this is true. Let me repeat that, NONE …

Calling all artists

I am working on something new and would love to have perspectives from all walks of life and from all around the world. This project is focusing on female empowerment and the many different ways that can look. Please send me an email at ashley@avodkakindofmom.com if you would like more information. Much Love, Ashley

Messages To Women

We need to be and raise women who are confident and self-reliant; however, the messages we send to women in our society are harmful.  How are we raising women that are harmful to our society you may ask. What are we specifically doing that is hurting our society? The messages we verbally speak and show …

What I hope my children take from me

I will be completely honest with you, during the past semester Cash only went to school for 3 hours a day and then both Cash and Tate went to the daycare at our gym for 3-4 hours a day; however, every time I drop them off at the gym daycare I feel like I have …

Judging

I want to address an issue we’ve all faced and that’s judging. The kind of judging I want to talk about today is mom judging. You know what I’m talking about, you go to school drop off/pick up, the playground, a Christmas program, Pinterest, Instagram, etc. and you get those looks and those comments that cut …

Nourish Wellness Club

Finally...an online club for women to empower us to nourish ourselves and be as healthy and happy as possible!! I am so excited about this! My friends, Gina Bowen and Laura Primus are on it!  I feel like it is so hard to stay on top of my own health when I am so busy. …

LIFE SKILLS

I get so many handouts at school, especially in my psych classes, and started going through them the other day. I saw a few I thought were great last summer (there are marks and notes all over them) and wanted to share them with you here. This one does not have an author but I …