Words of Wellness with Shelly
Do you get confused by all of the information that is available regarding ways to improve your health and wellness? Do you often become frustrated or overwhelmed with decisions on how to be your healthiest? We all know and understand how important our health and wellness is to the vitality of our lives, however navigating the wealth of health and wellness information available can often feel overwhelming. Understanding the significance of our well-being in leading fulfilling lives is crucial, yet determining what steps to take that are essential for our health can often be confusing.
Welcome everyone to "Words of Wellness"! In this podcast, hosted by Shelly Jefferis, M.A., a seasoned health and wellness professional with over 35 years in the industry, all of your questions will be answered and clarity will be provided through personal stories, education, tips and inspiration. Throughout her profession, Shelly has always had the heart and desire to help others feel their best and live their best lives through her supportive and compassionate approach. Through engaging solo and guest episodes, several topics will be addressed, questions will be answered and clarity will be provided in an effort to lead you to a healthier, more energetic life. With a master’s degree in kinesiology, extensive experience as an educator, speaker, coach, and entrepreneur, Shelly brings a wealth of knowledge and a genuine passion for empowering others to feel their best. By featuring industry experts and relatable individuals, the podcast promises personal stories, practical advice, and inspiration. She is excited to come to you weekly sharing all she has experienced, learned and discovered through the years. Whether you're seeking to elevate your well-being, gain practical insights for personal health, or simply be inspired to live a high quality vibrant life, this is the podcast is for YOU! Be sure to tune in weekly and join us along our "Words of Wellness" journey and embark on a path toward a healthier and more fulfilling quality of life full of happiness, energy and joy!
Words of Wellness with Shelly
Small Moments, Big Impact: Shelly Reflecting on Life's Stages and the Circle of Life
Have you ever wondered how small moments from your past shape your future in ways you never imagined? Join Shelly, your host of Words of Wellness, as she shares a heartwarming journey from her teenage years, inspired by an unforgettable PE teacher, to a lifelong passion for running which ulimately led to her profession in health & wellness! This episode takes you through her move to the Central Coast as a young girl, the challenges of starting fresh at a new school, and the invaluable friendships that formed along the way. These seemingly minor events have woven the fabric of her wellness journey, leading her to where she is today.
Moreover, she shares an emotional story about her youngest son, Brayden, who is about to embark on his own adventure, heading to college to play baseball. This poignant moment brings Shelly's own experiences full circle and serves as a powerful reminder of the resilience and personal growth we all undergo. Tune in for an enriching conversation that will encourage you to reflect on your own life stages, recognize the lessons each phase brings, and truly appreciate the interconnectedness of our experiences. Let's celebrate the journey of life, with all its ups and downs, and continue to grow together towards a future filled with energy, happiness, and joy.
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Shelly Jefferis
Do you get confused by all of the information that bombards us every day on ways to improve our overall health and our overall wellness? Do you often feel stuck, unmotivated or struggle to reach your wellness goals? Do you have questions as to what exercises you should be doing, what foods you should or should not be eating, how to improve your overall emotional and mental well-being? Hello everyone, I am so excited to welcome you to Words of Wellness. My name is Shelley Jeffries and I will be your host. My goal is to answer these questions and so much more to share tips, education and inspiration around all of the components of wellness through solo and guest episodes. With 35 plus years as a health and wellness professional, a retired college professor, a speaker and a multi-passionate entrepreneur, I certainly have lots to share. However, my biggest goal and inspiration in doing this podcast is to share the wellness stories of others with you, to bring in guests who can share their journeys so that we can all learn together while making an impact on the health, the wellness and lives of all of you, our listeners. The ultimate hope is that you leave today with even just one nugget that can enhance the quality of your life, and that you will. We all will, now and into the future, live our best quality of lives, full of energy, happiness and joy. Now let's dive into our message for today. Hello everyone and welcome back to Words of Wellness. My name is Shelly and I will be your host. Wellness my name is Shelly and I will be your host, and if this is your first time hopping on, I just want to say hello and welcome you and welcome you to the show.
Speaker 1:I have a few thoughts I thought I would share with everyone today. I had quite an experience these last few weeks and it just kind of reminded me of the circle of life basically, and I know I've shared a little bit on some podcast episodes where I've been a guest, when I've been asked about my journey in the health and wellness field, journey in the health and wellness field and I wanted to just share a little bit about where it started and how I have gotten to where I am today. And I'm going to keep it brief, I promise. But the reason it's fresh on my mind and my heart is that I was just up in the area recently where all of this began for me personally. And when I say that, it's because when I was a teenager, in junior high. That is where my love of fitness began, and it was because of my PE class and my PE teacher and that is where I started to get involved with working out. That is when I started to have a love of running and I have been a runner ever since. So we're talking many, many years ago that this all started. And I bring this up because it's so wild to think back and be able to connect the dots to where I was then, to where I am today. And I know, with age, of course, comes wisdom and we can look back at stages of our lives and realize why we were doing what we were doing, the purpose behind some of those moments where maybe we didn't understand what was going on.
Speaker 1:And, to be honest, my mom moved my sister and I up to the Central Coast when I was 10. And at that time I was not thrilled at all. I was probably a little bit mad at my mom for taking me out of my school, away from my neighborhood, away from friends, right. And you know we moved in the middle of the year. Well, it wasn't the middle of the year, but it was in the middle of the school year. So we moved over winter break. So when I first started at my new elementary school, it was in January and I'll never forget walking up to the classroom and getting ready to walk in the classroom and all eyes on me the teacher introduced me and it was just such an awkward moment and, believe it or not, back then I was actually a shy young girl and so it was really uncomfortable for me and I just didn't enjoy it. It was just awkward. But as time went on I met many friends who are still my friends to this day and I can look back and just know there are so many wonderful moments, good and bad, but all part of the journey. And why am I sharing this when I talk about the circle of life?
Speaker 1:Our youngest son, brayden, is getting ready to go to college to play baseball. And for those of you who might not be familiar with how the schedule goes, most of the time when you have someone going to a D1 school to play baseball, or any college for that matter, I'm not familiar with some of the other programs and their protocols, but usually you go away and play on a team in the summertime and we had found out that our son would be playing in a summer league up in San Luis Obispo, which is very close to our old stomping grounds. And the crazy thing is that when we received the email from his host family and they were just introducing themselves to us and sharing where they lived, where Brayden would spend a few weeks, their address was in Los Osos, which is the little town where my mom moved us up over 40 years ago, a little town where my love of fitness began, a little town where I grew up, a little town where I had my first jobs, where I worked in a gym for the first time, where I met my husband. I mean so much history up there and you know it's just been a really special time We've been up there. I've been up there over the years, but there was something uniquely special about this time having our youngest up there and him having an opportunity to kind of see where, you know, we started our lives and where we spent most of our growing up lives and just getting to experience a lot of the places where we used to go. And it was just really special. And another part of it was really fun was getting to go up there and actually stay in a couple of different places where we had never stayed and I had to be reminded by my husband. I'm like, why have we not stayed here? And he goes well, we were living here, you know. So we didn't have to go get, go find a hotel and stay anywhere different and it just was really neat and it was just a special time to have our Braden experience. Some of the places that we experienced and lived and I just thought I would share. The real big reason, too was just kind of talking about the fact that that is where my love of fitness began. And here I am today, decades later, having been a college professor working in the wellness field, in the fitness and nutrition industry for over 35 years and now having my podcast. So I'm just super grateful for where everything has taken me.
Speaker 1:And I also want to share a message for you moms out there, because I've thought about this often through the years and I think that it's just a great reminder for us moms that, and dads too, that we make decisions. We make decisions for our families, for our children, the best decisions that we know at the time. And you know, when my mom first moved us up north, like I said, I was not happy. I was, you know, a 10-year-old young girl. I was a little girl not happy to be moving into a brand new area, not knowing anyone. But I can look back now and know that it was probably one of the best decisions that my mom could have done for myself and my sister, and so many blessings came from it. And so, if you're listening, mom, I just want to say thank you and I wanted to just give that message out to many of you moms just to give yourself grace, because we make decisions along the way that we hope and pray and feel will be the best for our children, the best for our families, and at the time maybe it won't make sense for our children, but later on, you know, they can look back and realize that it was the right thing. But later on you know they can look back and realize that it was the right thing.
Speaker 1:And that's just my experience of what I'm sharing with you all today, experiences that we did and that you know it holds so much history and special moments, with my family meeting my husband and then now my, our youngest son, getting to experience it as well. So I just wanted to hop on and kind of share that with you all. It's been on my heart and just again, it's just this crazy wild circle of life, isn't it Like? I think I just in a million years would have never, never thought that our son would be living in Los Osos for a few weeks. I mean, when I saw the address on the email message, I think my jaw about hit the floor. I mean I just would have never thought in a million years that would happen. And so it's. It was just a a really, really neat blessing and I just thought I'd hop on here and share. And again, you know, that's that's where everything started for me, and we actually drove by my old junior high when we were up there recently and drove by the famous track that I used to get up and run to before school and run around and then run back home and just so crazy to think back. It's wild because it doesn't seem like it was that long ago and it's pretty cool to have the memories though.
Speaker 1:So I wanted to hop in and just kind of share that message, share a little bit of my personal story, my personal journey, and I just hope you all are doing something for yourself on this day, doing something for your own personal wellness, and I just want to just give a shout out to all of my listeners and I also want to just I just want to say thank you and how much I appreciate all of you, and please feel free to reach out you know, message me anytime. My contact information is in the show notes. If there is a topic that you would like me to share about, if, perhaps, maybe you would like to be a guest, maybe you have an expertise in some area of wellness, or perhaps you have a wellness journey that you would like to share, please let me know that. Please feel free to reach out anytime, and I want this to add value to your life and to the lives of others. So feel free to reach out anytime if you have any ideas or suggestions of things you'd like to learn more about or know more about. So, with that being said, I hope you all have a beautiful, blessed rest of your week and I will see you next time on Words of Wellness.
Speaker 1:Thank you so much for tuning into today's episode. I hope you gained value and enjoyed our time together as much as I did, and if you know someone who could benefit from today's episode, I would love and appreciate it if you could share with a friend or rate and review Words of Wellness so that more can hear this message. I love and appreciate you all. Thank you for listening and if you have any questions or topics you would like me to share in future episodes, please don't hesitate to reach out to me through my contact information that is shared in the show notes below. Again, thank you for tuning in to Words of Wellness. My name is Shelly Jeffries and I encourage you to do something for you, for your wellness, on this day. Until next time, I hope you all have a healthy, happy and blessed week. Thank you you.