Being single is a beautiful choice, not a miserable circumstance
Being a single woman on Valentine's Day can sting sometimes. I can recall several moments in my past when I panicked at the thought of Valentine's Day. I began to hate my life or I attempted to get a guy to take me out just for the sake of Valentine's Day. Childish, I'm highly aware ...
This week, my podcast episode was entitled "Why am I Still Single?" After ending another talking phase, I had to revisit the familiar emotion of confusion and weariness. This is a common sentiment for those who have been single for a while like me. When these thoughts and emotions overtake me, I give myself grace ...
If you're like me, you've been single for a while. I'm not sure when you're reading this but at this current time, I have been single for almost six years. I have had dozens of failed talking stages and I have been ghosted, stood up, lied to, gaslit, and more. If anyone knows what it ...
Lately, I've been seeing the concept of self-love catch a lot of slack. I first experienced it watching the HBO heavily R-rated series Euphoria. One of the characters was daydreaming about women she idolized. She was in a funk because she doesn't really like how she looks very much. Well in this scene, all of ...
My name is Ashleigh and I'm addicted to audiobooks. You may wonder what this has to do with first date questions and I'm about to tell you. I signed up for Audible last year to listen to books when I traveled to Cancun. I thought I'd pay for one month and then delete it after ...
On New Year's Eve, I went to a fancy house in the Carolina mountains with a group of friends. During this time, we enjoyed several conversations on dating, relationships, and mental health. One topic that stood out was self-dating. Self-Dating: Releasing self-pity and embarrassment and embracing singleness by taking yourself to do the things you love ...