Health Coach Holly

Today I went to the dermatologist for my annual full-body skin exam!

This is one of those appointments I make sure I schedule every year.

As women, we spend so much time taking care of everyone and everything else, but taking care of ourselves means making these preventative appointments too.

My dermatologist checked my skin from head to toe to look for anything suspicious or anything that has changed. I got a good report👍

I asked her for her #1 tip for healthy skin- she said wear sunscreen every day! My go to brand is Sun Shield.

And my little reminder for you today?

If you have a body, you have skin worth checking! 😊

If you’ve never had a full-body skin exam, ask your doctor or dermatologist if it’s something you should be doing and how often.

Make the appointment. Put it on the calendar. Take care of YOU. 🌸

Now I want to know…what’s one health appointment you KNOW you need to make but keep putting off?

I ♥️♥️♥️ a good pasta salad. This one is super light and refreshing🧑🏻‍🍳💋. Something to feel good about when I eat it. I used fresh yellow tomatoes, basil and cucumber from my garden. I added fresh mozzarella cheese, salt/pepper, and for the dressing I used a mango vinaigrette (Trader Joe’s brand).
I find the yellow tomatoes are not as acidic as the red ones - easier on the gut😀

🎉 It’s official. My Facebook group for women in midlife is open!

I’m so glad to have it all put together, and I love how it turned out.

A lot went into getting here!

I spent time getting clear on who I wanted to serve, what women in midlife really want help with, and how to create a group that feels useful and welcoming.

I even put a lot of thought into the name, Renewed In Midlife- Menopause Wellness for Women of Faith, so the right women could find it.

Now I get to fill it with the kind of information I want women in midlife to have. The kind of information I WISH I would have had when I went through menopause.

We’ll talk about the physical, mental, social, and spiritual parts of this season. We'll tackle the hard stuff, and spur each other on, and laugh at some of the ridiculous things that we deal with during this stage of life.

As your Menopause Hope Dealer I will supply helpful videos, expert interviews, useful conversations, and information that is reliable, science-based, easy to understand, and practical to use.

Midlife can bring a lot of changes, questions, and conflicting advice.

My goal is to create a place where women feel welcome, can find information they trust, and have support from a caring and certified health coach as they move through this season into their Golden Era.

You are not alone, I see you, I hear you- the doors are open to you- join me sisters- Let's get your spark back! ❤️

Faith & Flourish Friday🌾

I saw this field on my walk they had just harvested the hay and it reminded me about the story in Proverbs about the ant.🐜

Proverbs 6:8 says the ant prepares in the summer and gathers its food at harvest. The ant goes about its buiness, it’s steady, consistent and stays on course to accomplish its goal.

It made me think about us -as women in midlife. What are we busy preparing? Are we steadfast and consistent with our goals? How are we storing up for a plentiful harvest later on in life- 5, 10, 15, 20 years down the road?

Staying the course for us, could be the small ways we care for our bodies, minds, relationships, and spiritual lives. It’s not just about feeling better today but also for the harvest in years to come.

And sometimes these everyday investments may seem small, in the grand scheme of things...but they matter! You matter!

Everyday choices ➡High Hopes for Our Future.
There’s a song maybe you’ve heard it called High Hopes🎵
“Just what makes that little old ant think he’ll move that rubber tree plant? Anyone knows a an ant can’t move a rubber tree plant.
But he’s got high hopes, he got high hopes, he’s got apple pie in the sky hopes.

So anytime your gettin’ low
Stead of lettin’ go
Just remember that ant:
Oops, there goes another rubber tree plant
Opps, there goes another rubber tree plant.

Tell me what you have High Hopes 😁for in the future and one good thing you are doing for yourself today. Comment 👇

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about friendship.

It started when I listened to a sermon from Pastor Rick Warren about being a good friend and attracting good friends and the reminder that God didn’t create us to do life alone.

Then I heard a conversation in Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper about loneliness and podcast with Dr. Marisa Franco about being an “igniter” - to be willing to put yourself out there instead of always waiting for someone else to make the first move.

Those ideas really stayed with me.

Because the older I get, the more I realize how much our friendships matter.

I know mine certainly do.

I have faithful friends who have walked beside me for decades and newer friends who have come into my life more recently and bring me such delight. These steadfast relationships have sustained me through so many of life’s ups, downs, and trials.

So I started thinking about what we can actually DO when we want deeper friendships.

That led me to develop a little philosophy I call “GO First” along with “The Cup Check” exercise built around four questions.

And last week, I had the opportunity to take those ideas and teach them in “The Connection Cure”, two different presentations -one for my Faith to Table church affinity group and another for Launch Ladies, a Facebook group for women in business.

I loved getting to talk about something that has become increasingly important to me:

We were never meant to do life alone.

Sometimes building the connections we long for begins with being willing to GO First.😁

"What Would You Do if You Knew You Could Not Fail?"- Eleanor Roosevelt

Starting a business in midlife has taken more guts and courage than I ever expected.

There have been plenty of moments when I've wondered… Can I really do this? What if it doesn't work?

But here's something I'm learning:

Courage doesn't mean you're not afraid. Sometimes courage is simply deciding to take the next step anyway. Every morning I talk to God and ask, What is one thing that you want me to accompish today with my business? I pray for wisdom too.

Starting my own business has stretched me, challenged me and pushed me way outside my comfort zone. I'm still learning. I'm still figuring things out. And I'm definitely still growing. They say when you stop growing you stop living🌱

I think that's one of the gifts of this season of life the ability to toss away that old belief that our best years are behind us.

Midlife is exactly the time to finally do the thing that's been tugging at your heart. That's part of what I do a Women's Wellness/Menopause Coach is come alongside women and help them flourish in this Golden Era- physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually.💛

Our Golden Era isn't something we wait for.

We create it one BRAVE step at a time!

What is something you've had the courage to do that once scared you?

It's time to DREAM BIG sisters- let's do this together.

Sunday Breakfast😁 with one of my favorite people in the whole 🌎 It’s such a good start to the day, nourishing my body, enjoying the fresh cut flowers, and having a great conversation with Justin. 🎶 Easy like Sunday morning ☀️

🍯Faith & Flourish Friday🐝

Have you ever said something that you know hurt another? Have you ever been lifted up by kinds words someone has poured over you? I've been both places, and you probably have been too.

I remember years ago when an extended family member told me, I talk too much and she said it in a mean way, it cut me to the core and and it hurt. I will admit I have the gift of gab😃 but it made me start to wonder- do I talk too much? Am I too chatty? For a while after that whenever I was around her I purposely muted myself and clammed up- I didn't want to be perceived as "talking too much".

I carried that sting in my heart for months, and finally I told a good friend what my family member said about me. I remember my friend's response- she said, "Holly, that's one of the things I like best about you, you do have alot to say and you are so bubbly when you say it. There's never a dull moment when I'm with you!"

Our words are powerful friends- they can tear others down or lift others up. I learned a good lesson from that experience- don't worry too much what other people say about you and choose your own words wisely- always look for ways to build others up and share an encouraging word- just like my friend did with me.

I love what Proverbs 16:24 says about our words- Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health the the bones.

I wish everyone a wonderful weekend and remember your words can sting like a bee ...or they can be sweet as the honey it creates- Choose honey🍯



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