406: Get seen by the right people with Ashley Crouch

Aug 12, 2019

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Small Town Roots Shape Beauty

Ashley grew up in a small Arkansas town with minimal outside influence and developed her idea of beauty from fashion magazines.\n- This led to a pursuit of an idealized beauty, fueling her eating disorder during her teenage years.

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Pursuing Control and Beauty

Ashley exercised excessively and ate minimally to match magazine depictions of beauty, believing this was empowering.\n- However, she became weak and dizzy, realizing the pursuit was harmful despite feeling initially in control.

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New York Fashion Eye-Opener

After college, Ashley moved to New York to launch a no Photoshop fashion magazine, realizing the fashion industry's harsh reality.\n- She witnessed models struggling behind the scenes, which sparked her mission to change beauty standards authentically.

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In This Episode You Will Learn About:

Chris and Lori’s course, Become Aligned
How Ashley began to heal from an eating disorder
Why Ashley co-founded the first no Photoshop fashion magazine
How Ashley takes daily action to rewire her brain
How we are more than our bodies
How Ashley views fashion as an expression of self and a chance to make an impact
How we all have a message to share
How to craft your unique headline

Resources:

Read: Unknown To Unforgettable: How To Stop Playing Small, Land National Media Attention, And Position Yourself As A Power Player

Instagram: @speaktoinspire
Facebook: @appleseedcommunications

becomealigned.com

Show Notes:From a small town in Arkansas to the magazine industry of New York. In this conversation Ashley Crouch and I chat about fashion, how she healed from an eating disorder and how much her concept of beauty has changed along the way. She also shares amazing tips on how to hone in on your message and craft a unique headline that will work for national media, top stages, TED talks and beyond.

Question Highlights:

What was going on in your mind when you were a teenager with an eating disorder?
What does it look like to love ourselves every day?
How do we get out the door when we are wearing something we really want to wear but it doesn’t feel like us yet?
What is something we can do in our professional life to make ourselves unforgettable?
How do we really get out there and stay true to our message, even when people are telling us that our message needs to be different, we're not good enough, we don't have enough followers or there's not enough interest in that category?

Guest Bio:

Ashley Crouch is the founder of Appleseed Communications and an award-winning visibility strategist who lands her clients in the most coveted outlets in the country. Every client served helps support a woman business owner in 21 resource-poor nations, such as the Philippines, Kenya, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Cambodia. She is also the author of the #1 International Bestselling Book, Unknown To Unforgettable: How To Stop Playing Small, Land National Media Attention, And Position Yourself As A Power Player. In 2011 her desire to broaden the definition of beauty led her be on the founding team of Verily, the first fashion magazine for women that did not use Photoshop.

Earn Your Happy is a production of Crate Media