Holly's Highlights

Here we are at the beginning of a New Year - 2022.  I wonder what significant events, challenges, and opportunities lie ahead for us this year. 

Today on Holly's Highlights podcast we'll take a look at a few things we can learn while standing on the banks of tomorrow...

Not everyone is in to celebrating birthdays, I get it.  Whether you are one who loves to celebrate or not, perhaps we may all be open to a few reasons as to why birthdays are meant to be celebrated.

Today on Holly's Highlights we will cover 3 reasons why you should celebrate your birthday. We'll also identify the challenge to celebrating birthdays and ideas on how to overcome that challenge...

We all, at some point or another, want love shown to us in a certain way, and yet show love to others  based on how we prefer to love. Why? Because we know love as WE see it, as WE feel it, but we don't always think about how someone else receives love.  Today on Holly's Highlights podcast, we are going to take a look at the five different love languages, how to communicate them, and actions to take as result of what we learn today...

As we enter a new year, it is only natural to reflect on the year behind. So much has happened within these past two-years of going through a pandemic. Job losses, moves, deaths, cancelled events, even Skynews reported a spike in divorces as Fox news contributes the rise to in their words, "an avalanche of COVID-related marital problems" - there is just so much to mourn, to grieve. 

According to psychology today: Grief is the acute pain that accompanies loss...

As St. Patrick's Day approaches we tend to think about those little leprechauns, browse our wardrobe for apparel of green, and give into superstitions of luck. Well, as much as luck would have it in some peoples lives, I have always preferred to say blessed. Basically because I'm not sure I believe in luck (Yikes! I said it!).

No, I believe more in the power of prayer. Now I may have lost you there, but stick with me for a moment...

We can live just about anywhere in the world right now and see, read, or hear about the devastation of what is happening in Ukraine - to the Ukrainian people - it’s heartbreaking. Today we have a special guest from Ukraine who will share with us practical ways we can help those in Ukraine...

Please tell me I am not the only one who has struggled with finding that right balance when it comes to health and wellness? Years ago I was going through one of the toughest, most pivotal moments of my life when my brother encouraged me to stay active and find outlets for my physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health.

Well, one thing I found was that all four of these, in one way or another, involve REST...

Let me guess - having tough conversations (or dealing with conflict) is probably NOT on your list of faves. Well, surprise alert - we ALL have to deal with having such tough conversations at some point in our life. The scary part there might be just not knowing what having those conversations looks like.

Well, today on Holly's Highlights podcast we are going to unpack five tips to use when having to have those tough conversations...

As women we  can relate in our broken humanness the lack of having unshakeable confidence at times. Join me as we vulnerably discuss some of the main areas that rattle our confidence: Imposter Syndrome, the Comparison Trap, or simply feeling stuck.

Perhaps there are 10 tips we can use to tap into that unshakeable confidence. Afterall, as actress/model Blake Lively says, "The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence...

As I prepare to head out for a leadership retreat, I'm trying to decide which books to pack for any downtime I might have while away. Looking at my pluthera of books i realize there are some great leadership must-reads that I'd love to share with you in hopes of helping encouraging you in your own professional and personal growth as a leader...