Welcome to my corner of the internet 💓👋🏻

If you are new to my little corner of the internet, welcome 🤗

My name is Ashley Ta.

I am an Army Veteran, an Army wife, a mom of three beautiful children, a mindset & transformation coach, and someone who loves to do her best to create value to share with other women.

I started my journey here on social media back in January 2014 as a “New Year, New me” person who was ready, eager and inspired to lose weight.

But… not just a little weight, a significant amount of weight.

Ya see, when I was postpartum with my first baby back in 2013, I experienced significant PPD (postpartum depression) and gained over 80 pounds.It was hard for me to look in the mirror and recognize myself, and it was even harder for me to look in the mirror and love myself. So as my daughter got older, I knew I needed to address these problems and challenges I was facing, if not for myself, but for her. 

Fast forward to August 2014, I ended up losing 70 pounds without ever setting foot in a gym 🤩 I worked out at home, moved my body more, and slowly allowed myself to adjust how I was eating.

If my journey has taught me anything over the last 10+ years..

it’s that slow and steady is the key. It’s taught me that I don’t have to go “all in or not at all”. It’s taught me that I can slowly implement the changes I wish to create in my life…

and that with time and effort, the consistency I create in these small habits will indeed add up. I have also learned more about myself through this journey of mine than I ever expected to learn. I have learned about my self-discipline. I have learned about my willpower. I have learned about my self-love. I have even learned about my willingness to push on, even after a failure or setback. But most important of all, I have learned that I am strong.

Not just physically, but mentally.

And that’s something I can honestly say in 2013 I did not know about myself.

All of this to say, my journey here started out as merely me wanting to lose weight. But along the way, I discovered myself.

I found and made peace with parts of me I have hated and been so at war with for YEARS… and that is truly a part of this journey I was not expecting when I started.

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But i’m grateful I did.

I am grateful for the ups, the downs, the twists and the turns…

because they made me the women I am today.

And because of that, I can now share my experience and growth with you.

And hopefully in doing so, I can help you find and make peace with parts of you too.

I honestly love sharing my journey, the good and the bad.

And truly hope that in me doing so, it helps you feel not so alone in your own journey.

Of course we all have something we are working through.

But hopefully here, you never have to feel like you are alone.

Thank you so much for being here.

I look forward to sharing more blog posts like this to come.

Until then, make sure you’re following me on Instagram: @therealashleyta and if you want to hear more on my journey, body positivity and creating a powerful and positive mindset, listen to my podcast “The Power of You” on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Apple Music.

Take care of yourself, from the inside out <3

Chat soon!

XO, Ashley Ta