Are you a Creative Woman of Wellness?

Creating health is a topic of widespread interest in America, and I am passionate about both of these human endeavors: Creativity and Health. Perhaps you believe that the state of your health and wellness can be attributed to your DNA more so than any personal decisions you made today? If health is something we are born with because of our fantastic genetic gifts, I am probably going to be generally healthy until I reach my mid-sixties: at least that is how it worked out for my relatives. But what if that doesn't sound good enough to me? What if I would truly like to live the life of a vibrant woman well into my 90s? Do you think I can? Here is what I've been up to lately.

I have joined forces with both the Western medical and the Alternative Health Care communities, studying what each field can offer my personal goals in 2015. I have added to that effort another valuable degree to my education, that of Certified Holistic Health Coach and Drugless Practitioner. In the past year I have gone deep within my own personal and professional dreams and now I take 100% responsibility for my health behaviors. By doing all this, I am creating a life that far exceeds my genetic makeup, and I am also creating a community of other enthusiastic women who also want to go above and beyond their DNA. This group is called We Are Women At Wellness!

Vibrant living at every age!

From my artistic life in beautiful Colorado, where playing with fiber art and creating private commission art for others has been my focus for almost a decade, now I am using my creativity in new ways, and I am loving every minute of it! I am passionate about my ability to choose the vibrancy of my daily life. I believe that we all have enormous power to make choices and think thoughts that create for us resilience, healing energies, and nourishing experiences that both keep us young and also improve the lives of those around us!

Now that I am a practicing Holistic Health Coach in Colorado, my fiber art time in the studio is often spent teaching others to use their hands, their eye for color combinations, and their sewing skills to enjoy the crossroads between Creative Play and Stress Relief. Have you learned to use your creative hobbies to feel that bliss that surrounds people as they focus on creating beautiful things?

As this lovely new year continues, I may slowly ease away from this BlogSpot to another that I am putting my attention toward. That decision is still in the works! But I do know that I would love to have you join me in the shift that is happening in my professional offerings. Please check out all the new and valuable resources I have gathered for women who seek wellness. And let me know if there is a topic in this theme that is of particular interest to you! I'd love to hear from you.

Warmly,
Georgianne Holland
Certified Holistic Health Coach
Holland Health Coaching
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
We are Women at Wellness
info@GeorgianneHolland.com
 

Exercise Good Ideas

It has happened to me again. After 30 years of this type of thing, you'd think I wouldn't be so surprised. Today I had another exercise-induced Good Idea. Has this ever happened to you? Maybe you are taking a nice, long walk through a tree-filled park, and like a bolt from the blue, a great idea comes to mind. Or perhaps you are riding away on the stationary bike and you forgot your ear buds, so you are just minding your own business, thinking about silly little things. Then, without any warning, the solution to a nagging problem is handed to you from the heavens! I've been known to say, "What?"

What is it about exercise that gets the good idea juices flowing?  When I was a young mom, 30 or so years ago, I started a small in-home business that I named Gifted Ideas. I did this because I kept coming up with genius new product ideas while I was pushing one of my kids in a stroller around the block. Genius may be an exaggeration, but they did certainly feel like little gifts.

In questioning how this happens to me and lots of other people, I learned from Leo Widrich that our brains are much more active during exercise than they are when we are on the couch. Belle Beth Cooper agrees. She says, "A lifetime of exercise can result in a sometimes astonishing elevation in cognitive performance, compared with those who are sedentary. Exercisers outperform couch potatoes in tests that measure long-term memory, reasoning, attention, problem-solving, even so-called fluid-intelligence tasks." There you go.

Crochet Brain, filled with great ideas!

Our brains truly are amazing in their ability to support us and our best interests. They secrete a particular type of protein that acts like a memory enhancer as well as a reset switch. This same protein will add endorphins to your blood and increase your good mood, which is perhaps why I believe my ideas are so wonderful. All I have to do to get these great ideas flowing is to get off my couch, perhaps even out of my fiber art studio, and move my body for 20 minutes. The next time I get a great idea while exercising, it will not be a surprise. My memory enhancers will make sure I don't forget how all of this works. That's the plan.

Thanks for stopping by,
Georgianne

Taking Care of Your 95-year-old Self

Some of us have had the privilege and the responsibility of taking care of a loved one in their old age. Whether or not anyone is prepared for being the caretaker or the elderly in this precious life situation, elder care is going to become a significant life passage experience for almost everyone.

If you reflect for a moment how you feel about being taken care of in your own old age, there are probably a few adrenaline rushes and worries that flood your system. I know this is my immediate reaction. I am an independent woman who likes to live My Way. I love my home, my community and my lifestyle. Will these cherished elements of My Life be taken away from me in old age?

Here's my thought: Vitality in your 90s and later begins today!!

Did you know that you can join me in the Self-loving Lifestyle that lets you be your own caretaker in the last decade of your life? The way you take care of yourself this very day honors your later years. Here's a few things for you to think about: know that I am here to support you.

• Did you feed yourself today to create longevity?

• Did you exercise your body today to create and maintain balance, strength, vital operating systems, and to minimize pain?

• Have you ever learned how your vital lifestyle adds to your social lifetime?

• Do you use your passions and interests to create meaningful experiences at every life stage?

• We can join forces with others to safeguard the future vitality of our Planet! It is important to have a place to live.

• Are you supported by relationships that withstand the test of time?

• Would you like to take one financial action today on behalf of your 95-year-old self?

I am 54 years old. I have attended seven funerals in the past five months. Some of these delightful friends, family, and neighbors died in unexpected ways, and others suffered months or years of decline. All of this has truly empowered me to reflect on how I can care for myself during the next 40+ years so that my final months are filled with sacred moments of loving connection and enlivened experiences. It's my life and my choice. I can make powerful efforts today to safeguard that choice for myself and my loved ones.

You may be 20 years old, or perhaps you are already raising grandkids and downsizing -- there is never a wrong time to begin caring for your one, true, precious self!

Will you join me? I would love to hear from you and we can begin brainstorming together your options for being your own primary caretaker. My work as a health coach is centered on hearing your ideas and helping you move in the direction of your choice.

Comment to this post and I promise, I will be in touch! Follow this blog and learn many ways you can create a Self-loving Lifestyle.

Until then, thanks for stopping by,

Georgianne Holland

Nestle And Soar!
Creative Health Coaching