Words of Wellness with Shelly

Rediscovering Wellness and Self-Love: Andrea Crisp's Health Journey from Healing to Authentic Self-Care

• Shelly Jefferis • Season 1 • Episode 63

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After a year of transformative conversations, the Words of Wellness podcast kicks off the New Year and marks its anniversary with a heartfelt reunion. Andrea Crisp returns as a guest, sharing her year-long journey from focusing on vanity to embracing genuine self-care and self-love. Together, Shelly and Andrea unravel the complexities of wellness, discussing its deeper facets beyond physical appearances and highlighting the need for nurturing our inner selves. Andrea’s journey is one of rediscovering balance and shares that showing self-compassion plays a crucial role in our health journeys.

As we explore the importance of listening to our bodies, the conversation takes a practical turn. We discuss setting healthy boundaries, particularly in social settings where food choices can often become a battleground. Andrea and Shelly share personal stories and insights when it comes to gaining autonomy over eating habits and aligning actions with values, emphasizing self-acceptance over external validation. We also touch upon the vital tools for proactive health management, from glucose monitors to sleep, sharing both serious reflections and light-hearted anecdotes that underscore the joys and challenges of aging well.

As Andrea shares her work as an empowerment coach, the episode uncovers the transformative power of connecting with one's divine purpose. Delving into subconscious reprogramming and somatic practices, especially for women, we discuss how these methods can help overcome barriers and unlock potential. In celebrating community and events like Andrea's Mastermind and Shelly's  "Moms Who Flourish," community, they underscore the importance of collective support in wellness journeys. As the episode comes to a close,  gratitude is shared to all the listener's for continued support as Words of Wellness complete's its first year and will continue to encourage everyone to share the wealth of wellness insights, fostering a journey of health, empowerment, and community.

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And remember to do something for yourself, for your wellness on this day!

In Health,
Shelly Jefferis

Speaker 1:

I really am so, so passionate and believe fiercely that every one of us is really divinely given purpose in our lives and when we are able to tap into that, then we can really like lean into the potential. And we can really like lean into the potential, the God potential within us, to be who we are meant to be or to accomplish the things that we feel on our hearts to do.

Speaker 2:

Do you get confused by all of the information that bombard 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 Shelly 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.

Speaker 2:

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.

Speaker 2:

Hello, and welcome back to Words of Wellness. My name is Shelley Jeffries and I am your host, and this is a very special episode today with a very special guest, and by the time you listen to this episode, this date, of course, will have passed. However, I will share with everyone that today is December 20th, which is the exact date when I launched my podcast last year, and I have my exact guest that I had on my very first episode, so I'm so thrilled to have her back. Welcome, Andrea Crisp. How are you?

Speaker 1:

I'm so good. I literally just got like chill bumps when you said that, oh, I was like the exact day. I'm like wow, like how serendipitous, like just the divine timing, just the divine timing of it, congratulations.

Speaker 2:

Thank you so much and I just it was so crazy to me because we rescheduled this episode and when I realized what day we rescheduled it to, I went, oh my gosh, that's the same date that I launched last year, which is so wild and so exciting yes, very exciting and it's been so much fun. I seriously, first of all, I can't believe a year has passed. I know that that's for everybody, I'm sure that's listening going oh my gosh, what happened to 2024? And then I have had so much fun doing the podcast.

Speaker 2:

I mean, kicking it off with you was perfect and I've had some people on that I've known and then some people that I've met through groups that I didn't know and I got to know because of the podcast and it's just been such a wonderful experience, like I just I know you feel the same way about doing it because you have a podcast also and your podcast again is called the courage cast the courage cast. I want you to share that with everyone and it's just a wonderful way to communicate with people, share conversation and just educate others, I feel like and inspire others and just put information out to the world and out to all of our listeners. You know, I love it so much. I love sharing my guests with everyone, which, of course, would be you and so I feel like we can do a little catch up, because when we spoke last year, you were starting, or kind of just in the early stages of your own personal health journey. Right yeah, and how has that gone?

Speaker 1:

Oh, it was a roller coaster, it was a. It was an absolute roller coaster. I think this year for me has been really learning to tune into my body and to listen to my body. And I'm honest, I was really about vanity, what I wanted, like. I was like I really just want this, I want to look good. Yes, I wanted to feel good, but I also I just really was like this is my year. You know, this is where I'm going to change and grow and, you know, become this amazing.

Speaker 1:

You know whatever I had in my mind a year ago and I think I learned this year how important it is to love my body and in all of its shapes and forms.

Speaker 1:

It's a body and it's really about, like the inner part of myself that I've had to really learn to love. And I don't know, you know, if anybody can relate to this. I'm sure there's maybe somebody. But it's like we say we love ourselves and yet then we really don't treat our bodies like we do or we don't treat ourselves like we really truly love ourselves, because we don't actually fully love who we are. So it's easy to just go back to old patterns and habits because, well, you know, something else is more important or more of a priority, and so this year has really been about like continuing to come back to knowing myself, loving myself, taking care of myself, advocating for myself, learning that this health journey is more than just like getting on a scale or going to the gym or eating healthy. Like the other day, I ate Kraft dinner mac and cheese, that's okay, Andrea, you're allowed and it was.

Speaker 1:

So it was so funny I think I told my folks there in Florida and I said you're not going to believe this. I said you're not going to believe what I had for dinner last night and they said well, what was it? I said it was Kraft dinner. And they're like, you had Kraft dinner and I'm not like that healthy of an eater but I don't eat stuff like that. And I said I was craving it and I thought, instead of like thinking about it for a month, I'm just going to go ahead and eat it. I love that. And I moved on and that was that.

Speaker 2:

I love that because I say the same thing and I you hear about, and maybe you do this, and I'm not trying to bag on people who do this, but you hear about people having a cheat day, yeah Right. And I have always said I don't, personally, I personally I don't, I don't know that that's the way to go, because, heck, maybe I want to have ice cream on a Tuesday night and my cheat day is Saturday, right. I've always said that, like you have to really follow, if you're craving something, there's a reason and just go for it and then, and then you can be done, right, and you move forward, rather than, like you're saying, keep thinking about it, go God, this really sounds good, I should have just had it. It really still sounds good, and I don't think that enough people do that. Just follow, just follow how you're feeling. I mean, obviously it's not something you're going to want to have, you know, five nights a week, but Nor is it really that good. Yeah Right, see, you enjoyed it.

Speaker 2:

I had a friend one a few years back. She had started on her health journey and she was started her nutrition. You know that I had helped her get started on and come Monday, I'll never forget she was beating herself up because she had gone wine tasting with her girlfriends and she felt like she just blew it. I said, listen, I go, did you have fun? And she said yeah. I said then let it go. You had a great weekend, you had fun. Two, three days is not going to blow it for you, even though we get into that. We're kind of trained into that thought process. Right, that it's just give up. We just I just messed the whole thing up, forget about it all. It's so not that way. But unfortunately society kind of like has trained us to think that. So I love that you had your craft macaroni and cheese.

Speaker 1:

You know, it's so funny because I, after I did that, I'm in perimenopause right now, so and I was not expecting to have my my cycle like probably, for like maybe another week or two, and then I got it and I thought, oh, that, why? So it was like right afterwards and of course, my cycle has been very off over the past couple of years, and so when I thought about, I thought, oh, that makes so much more sense now as to why I was craving it and and and. Then listening to my body and going, okay, that's fine, like that's why you know there were shifts happening and you know, for some reason it wanted something out of a box.

Speaker 2:

That's so funny. I love it. Well, and I love I want to like emphasize this with for our listeners, as to what you did, did and just the importance of listening to our bodies, like you were saying, listen to what our bodies need and being more in tune with that. And again, I think we, again, as a society, we have been so ingrained to just be in a certain routine. And you're going to have breakfast at this time, lunch, dinner, and this is what we're going to do, and just in a routine and a schedule, which is important. But there's also a little bit of flexibility there, right, where you're listening in and just being more in tune with how your body feels, what it's needing.

Speaker 2:

And you know, I don't know, you might think, I think sometimes it comes with age and wisdom, you know, but it's so, it's so important because it's not necessarily something we can teach, but I think it's something we can encourage others to do. And sometimes it just takes a little time to get into that routine and I don't, I don't know if I feel like for me personally, and maybe it's because the, the physical activity and the fitness and the it's been a part of my life for decades, it's what I've known for so long. So I'm really grateful that I, for a very long time I feel like I've been in tune for the most part not always, but for a large part of my life been in tune with how my body's feeling, knowing, like my years ago, like my cycle, and just knowing, like kind of having an idea of my the routine, of how my body's working. I'm grateful for that. But I think that so many aren't doing that enough.

Speaker 1:

No. Or, like you said, you know, if you've always known or been tapped into that, it may come easy to you and sometimes it can feel scary later in life or midlife to try and figure out like I've abandoned myself. And now I'm trying to learn to not abandon myself, to learn to not abandon myself and say no to things that you know everybody is doing at a family party or, like you know, we're coming up on the holiday and this weekend we're going to be having a big family dinner and I'm sure there's going to be all sorts of things there and I haven't really thought too too much about it for years. I would stress about it, wow, and think, oh, you know a, I'm going to stress about how I'm going to look in front of everybody when I get there.

Speaker 1:

You know, um, who's going to say what about your weight? Like either that you lost weight because you know that's a badge of honor, you've lost any, or just the different things like that. And and it's kind of like, you get to a point where it's like, oh, my goodness, like I just don't want to do that and I don't want to live like that anymore. And you know, so, creating some really like some healthy boundaries for myself, so that I can show up and really not abandon who I am in all of it and know that my eating, my health, all of it is my journey and is not a reflection of my self-worth.

Speaker 2:

That's so good, and I love that you're talking about this because I think it's so important for the listeners to really take this in and to it's exactly like you said, to have healthy boundaries, to know, to be able to know and be confident in making decisions that are going to serve you, without worrying what anybody else is going to think or say.

Speaker 1:

Right.

Speaker 2:

I think we talked about this last time, andrea, about kind of like influence of your family when it came to like your health and maybe not the best eating habits and that sort of thing. So is that word there's the challenge to, because maybe they don't eat as healthy as you do.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, and you know what, like they definitely don't. So they definitely don't, and you know to, to their credit, I think, over the past year, I think my, my family has actually, you know, said, said, hey, why don't you make a salad, or bring a salad, or you know, um, or they're asking like, oh, and we know you don't eat that kind of bread or and like just things that feel very normal now, which has been really great, so it doesn't feel like I'm the odd man out for some reason, and so that has, I think, in my own healing I have allowed, you know, myself to speak my truth, and so they have kind of come along board a little bit more, which has been really, really great. And and I have to like say that you know, yeah, they don't make really really great choices when it comes to food and they're unapologetic about that. They're like we're gonna eat what we want to eat and I'm like, okay, fine, and I'll eat what I want to eat, and it's kind of like, okay, everybody's happy.

Speaker 1:

But I think that's the part, you know, that separation. I think sometimes it's like we do things to please other people and to be accepted and to feel that sense of belonging, and food is very much a part of that, and and I feel like I've I've been able to, in this process, been able to like, separate myself and be like, no you know, or sometimes I do eat it and I don't feel bad and I don't feel like, oh okay, you know, I'm, you know, jumping off the bandwagon, I'm just choosing to eat whatever there has. I've. I've gained autonomy in my choices this year, while also bringing them along the journey and them also advocating for me in ways that they hadn't before.

Speaker 1:

So that's really kind of cool.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, that's extremely cool, that's to me like sounds like a huge win, just in it, Absolutely Right.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, because they they're not.

Speaker 2:

they're not judging what I'm eating or not eating, as much you know, with with anything, um, and even if they're eating whatever and I'm similarly not doing that with them, right, right, you know because it kind of brings me back my my dad is no longer living, but when we would go over to the house and have barbecues and this, and that sometimes it would be something that maybe we don't we're not big red meat eaters, it's just how we are, but it's not anything bad. We just prefer chicken, turkey, whatever. And I remember feeling like I didn't want, I didn't want anyone to go to extra trouble. I'm like I'm sure I something you know we can find stuff like eat salad, whatever you know, um, so I kind of like can relate to that a little bit.

Speaker 2:

Not that it was unhealthy, it was just sometimes it were certain foods that we don't usually eat or care for. But I always felt like, oh, there's something I can have. You know, I don't I don't want it to be a big deal, but in your case I love that. It sounds like you're you're influencing them to a degree when it comes to their health, right, and that's wonderful.

Speaker 1:

So good. Yeah. And and I think that you know my mom would say you know she's like I love that you're making all these salads now, like because you know she's like I love that you're making all these salads now, like because you know it's a lot of preparation. You know making a salad and you know, and she quite enjoys it, so she likes that I do it. And there are times where I go, you know, I have salads for quite some time and then I go off of it and then I go back on, you know, because I'm like that's a lot of work. But I got to a point where, in this the fall, I was not eating as many and I could tell the difference, like I was like, oh, I've got to start eating more vegetables because I had been so accustomed to making them and having them and then all of a sudden I was and I was like I could definitely feel it and I'm like I want to feel a certain way and that makes a huge difference. Yeah.

Speaker 2:

Well, it's when you get into the routine too of of taking care of yourself and the exercise and the eating healthier. All of that all goes hand in hand. And when you, you know, maybe come off track a little, that's the beautiful thing is that you notice it, rather than someone who isn't on that journey and they, they don't notice it. But you become more sensitive to that and I think that's such a great thing, because then it just it gets you back on track a little bit faster than if not.

Speaker 1:

When I first started doing my journey last year and I started learning about like the healthy things for my body, like what I should be eating and how much, and I'm not as strict by any stretch. But now, when I'm not feeling great, I know what the problem is and I think that's the biggest like thing I could say that I've learned, because then I can fix it or I'm like like, oh, that's why I don't feel great today. So it's not necessarily about always abiding by that, but it's to know well, if, if I'm not feeling great, then what do I need to do? Or how much protein do I actually need? You know, am I getting enough fiber? You know all of those questions I can ask myself, you know, and really start to move myself back into a place of wholeness and health that way. So that's been. I think one of the best things for me was that for sure.

Speaker 2:

Well, and being able to trace back to what. Being able to pinpoint or trace back to what's causing you to feel a little bit off. It makes me think. Before we started recording, we were talking about our medical visits and such and so fascinating. Yesterday I had my physical and I have been reading the book called Good Energy by Dr Casey Means and if you haven't yet, it's amazing and there's a section in there that talks about some of the different things that we can start looking at and monitoring before it's too late. For example, our glucose, like monitoring your sugar levels and getting an idea what's maybe spiking them and having an idea of that before you go to the doctor and you're already like pre-diabetic or already diet. You know, you know diabetic.

Speaker 2:

So, knowing beforehand. And I thought, wow, I want to start doing this because it runs in my family, even though to me personally, at this stage I feel like the genetic component is a very small component to whether or not we're going to be ill. However, I believe it's still important to you know, be aware and take the proper steps. And so I was talking to my doctor yesterday about there's a glucose monitor that you can use and she said there's an app that goes with it, so you track everything. You track what you're eating, you track if you've had a stressful moment, you've. You track everything so that if they see that it spikes, they can now pinpoint what caused that spike. Interesting, I was like so fascinated. She says you have to, you have to track everything. You have to put in the app, otherwise there's no way to go. Oh well, what caused the spike? Oh, we don't know. But if you track it, she goes it'll, it'll, it'll date, date, stamp it, yeah, and it knows what it was related to.

Speaker 2:

I just I was like, wow, that's fascinating. And so I'm going to try that. It's a. You can try it for a couple of weeks and just see. Yeah, I thought that was so interesting. Now I'm a. I'm a few years older than you, andrea, so not much.

Speaker 2:

These are all little, you know things. I thought, hey, I'm again bring it on, I'm open to whatever needs to be done and for our listeners, you, you, you might not see, unless we we do put some footage out of this video and some photos. But I went to the dermatologist this morning and had a little bit of a pre-cancerous spot on my nose scraped off, cancerous spot on my nose scraped off. And again, it just is about being proactive. And I remember the doctor you know he did touch to see if your skin is smooth, if there's any rough spots, and I had noticed this little rough spot on my nose and I went, oh darn it, I better have that checked. And sure enough, he's like, it's good you came in, he's adorable, he's in his 80s and he's just one of the smartest. I just love him.

Speaker 2:

And very details, you know into the details. And yeah, we're going to. You know, I think I'm going to take a little extra just to make sure and it'll heal real nicely. And I said, ok, I trust you, as I'm like my eyes are closed and I scrape my nose. But again, these are just the proactive steps we take, right? Yes?

Speaker 1:

absolutely. I always find too, and I was mentioning to you like this was the year I turned 50. So you know, for me it was really about okay, how do I want to go into this next decade? And I know that you know my body is changing and I'm not. I don't necessarily think I need to turn back the hands of time, like that's not the point. I think for me it's about I want to live better, healthier, more vibrantly, more abundantly moving forward in my life than I did before, and I believe that is possible.

Speaker 2:

A hundred percent.

Speaker 1:

Yes, so I think that you know I've been doing similar things like making appointments, doing things like this year I got readers, like you know, I've been doing similar things like making appointments, doing things like this year I got readers, like you know, but even going to the optometrist, I never, never, had glasses, never worn glasses, you know, going to the dentist doing the x-rays, the things that I would normally put off and everything, you know, was great and wonderful and you know just, but knowing that, okay, I'm good, going and seeing my natural health practitioner and having a, you know, a full conversation with her about you know where I'm at and what's going on, I think just really makes all of the difference.

Speaker 1:

But also knowing, like, how am I handling my stress levels? You know how, what am I doing to regulate my nervous system? What's happening? Am I, you know, setting good boundaries? Am I, you know, people pleasing? Am I doing all of those things? That's, you know, causing me to go into a stress response which would, then I would eat or, you know, do all these things that are not great for me. So it's really I've really had to kind of lean into how am I responding to things?

Speaker 2:

Well, and the other way to add to it is sleep right, You're getting it.

Speaker 1:

Oh yes, it's so funny. I've been literally Shellylly.

Speaker 1:

it's so funny that you mentioned sleep because, um, I just bought a new mattress pad, like last night nice because I'm like I need my sheets to fit better and I, you know, and I've been looking at this pillow online that has this, these things that go up on the side and because I've been going to the chiropractor and I was dealing with some lower back issues and I was like I think, now that we got that squared away, I don't want to have any more problems. So I'm like gotta have some good sleep.

Speaker 2:

So it makes all the difference. And you know, I often have to get up in the night to use the restroom and and I'll check my clock right Because if it's close to a time to wake up, I'm like, yes, it's almost like when I have my baby and they sleep through the night. I feel like that it's so funny. I'm like, oh my gosh, I slept through the night. I didn't have to get up, because sometimes, if you get up, sometimes it's a hard time going back to sleep.

Speaker 1:

Oh yeah.

Speaker 2:

I make a point to really get at least seven to eight hours of sleep. And so this morning it happened and I looked and it was 5 am and I went okay, oh, but then I lay there and I do the math, I go oh, just one more hour would be good, because one more hour would give me about seven hours, and you know, it's just the funniest thing.

Speaker 1:

I, I don't know. I do the same thing like I sometimes. If I wake up at midnight and I think, oh good, it's early enough to go back to sleep for a full sleep, I'm like oh good, I and I get up and I run to the bathroom and I go. But if it's two, I'm like no, this is the witching hour, and then now I'm gonna be up until four yeah, it's so true.

Speaker 1:

so sometimes I think to myself. At that point I'm like I might as well just get up, get a drink of water, go to the restroom and then usually because a lot of times all my mind's like on a loop at that point, I've been putting on a meditation so that I will stop thinking, because between two, three, four in the morning if I'm awake, my mind is just out to lunch Like I think about the craziest stuff stuff.

Speaker 2:

Well, I find and I don't know if you know, if you experienced this, but I find sometimes I'll be like ding, ding, ding, like I feel like. It's like I'm, I feel good, like I could get up, and it's like okay, really, no, you're not going to get up at three o'clock in the morning. I mean, there are some people that do that, but that's not me. But there's times when I'm like hi, I don't know, I feel pretty good, but then again I'm like okay, no, shelly, you gotta lay here and get yourself back to sleep one way or another.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, no, you. You know what same has happened to me. There's times where I have gotten myself up, like I, if I wake up and I'm fully awake, then I'll wake up, and a lot of times, like that's when some inspirational hit, I'll be able to do something with that and get something done. But if I wake up and I'm a little bit groggy, I'm like no, this is not, I'm not being hit with inspiration, yeah.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, not at that point. Yeah, no, tell. I want to kind of shift gears a little bit because share with our listeners what you do, what you focus on, because that's another reason, two reasons why I wanted to have you on to celebrate my one year anniversary, but also for New Year's, because I feel like you have such the calming and the motivating spirit about you and everything that you do and that's really what you work on with people. I feel like right.

Speaker 2:

Really the manifestation and the motivation and working towards goals and dreams, and so can you share with us what you're doing along those lines? Yeah, absolutely.

Speaker 1:

I call myself an empowerment coach and I really am so, so passionate and believe fiercely that every one of us is really divinely given purpose in our lives. Divinely given purpose in our lives and when we are able to tap into that, then we can really like lean into the potential, the God potential within us to be who we are meant to be or to accomplish the things that we feel on our hearts to do. And so I work with primarily women, some men, and really helping them to remove the blocks that are keeping them from actually stepping in. But even more so than that, it's really about helping them connect to the divine, to God, to really tap into that intuition for themselves so that they can actually take those steps and feel like it's in alignment with who they are. I think a lot, of a lot of times we start to move in that direction but then we're like, oh, I got to do this and this and this and this and we get so off track that we're not hearing what it is that we need to be doing for ourselves. So it's really helping them to stay connected and tuned into that and moving forward. So that is really what I do.

Speaker 1:

I love combining the scientific approach of subconscious reprogramming along with the somatics and really regulating the nervous system so that we can feel safe to make those changes. I think so often we go to make the changes and then our subconscious mind is like, yeah, no, I'm not going to do that. That doesn't feel safe. So then we don't. And we think we're making a new decision, but the subconscious is not running that program, it's running an old program. And we think we're making a new decision, but the subconscious is not running that program, it's running an old program. So we have to shift that. But we also have to feel safe enough to shift it. So I help women do that Make sure that they they're sourcing safety within their body so that they can make those forward momentum in their life.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, forward momentum in their life.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, oh, I love that so much and I can relate to it so much with for for two reasons One, with my podcast, I knew it came to me like years ago it was something I wanted to do, but I think in that situation it was more like the timing aspect.

Speaker 2:

And then two, most recently, I started having my moms who flourish events and I knew two years ago that I wanted to do something for moms. I wanted to combine the wellness and the moms together and for me it's like you're doing the empowerment, but it's more focused on empowering moms to put their health and their self-care as a priority, because many times we don't, we get put, we can put ourselves on the back burner. And I can so relate to what you're saying because it's just one of those things where I I prayed about it a lot and I got some clarity and I just put on the blinders on and I just like, just get your your first event, get it done, do it, do it, do it and then it, just then. It just makes your heart feel so good when you get some feedback or you know certain women who connected at the event, or I mean I know you've experienced that.

Speaker 1:

Yes, absolutely.

Speaker 2:

It's, it's the best, and then it just it helps to catapult you further to know okay, yes, I am on the right path, Right.

Speaker 1:

Right, absolutely, I love, I love doing group things Like. That's like one of my favorite things like of all time. I love community, I love community.

Speaker 2:

I do too. So it's so interesting you say that because initially and I might, I might branch out and do some coaching and I'm totally open to doing that, and that was initially where I was going to go with it and I went. You know what, shelly? No, I, you want community, you, you value it, you want to get people together in person and and that it's like like you're saying, there's nothing comes close to that.

Speaker 1:

I love that you're doing that, that you are you are doing creating that space for women, because you're right, it is needed and I think it's like when we have that like that knowing or that kind of drop in of oh, this is something that I can hold space for. For other people, it's like it is needed, even if somebody else is doing it as well. Yes, it's needed because someone resonates with you specifically and needs the group of people that you would be able to cultivate in a community, and I think that's just so important and lives are changed because of it.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, I mean, I know my, I've been affected already. You know, I just did the one event and I, right after I said, oh my gosh, I can't wait another year, but this is I'm going to do it next month. So, as it as it as it goes, we have our next plan in February, february 8th, and but it's like you're saying again, it comes back to what are what we have in our desire to serve others and to make a difference. Really, yeah, absolutely.

Speaker 1:

I love that you're doing that.

Speaker 2:

Thank you, yeah, thank you. I'm really you're doing that, going back to you. What are you offering or what do you have going on in the new year? If anyone wanted to work with you, how, what would that look like or how would they find you?

Speaker 1:

Well, you can find me on Instagram. You can find me there, andrea Crisp Coach. I work one-on-one, long-term with my clients, and the reason why I do that is because I really believe that the holistic approach of really moving forward requires you to be able to have to settle in and do the work, the inner healing, and so I kind of term it it's like where therapy meets coaching, because I also have a therapeutic background. So I walk you through six months of one-on-one coaching where we really move through what limiting beliefs that you might have and really being able to like shift those and then step into whatever new empowered thought comes for you, and that always comes as something that your subconscious brings, which is, I think, so beautiful. So we work in that way. I also host a mastermind, and that will open up again in the spring.

Speaker 1:

Right now I have four incredible women within the mastermind, this particular cohort. I always say I attract the most amazing humans into my community, like I really really do, and so I love the mastermind for that. It is more peer led. I facilitate it, but I always find the women are, are they're already doing amazing things. I'm just leading and guiding the group and you can always join me. I have a connection call once a month and if you're really just looking for support or you just want to be in a really beautiful, healthy environment with women who are like minded, then yeah, please come and join us. I'll have one at the beginning of the new year so I'm sure around when this is coming out you can jump in.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, and that's why, again, I wanted to have you be the first episode of the year, because I think this is perfect and it's so. The timing is great. I mean, it's great anytime to jump in with you but you know, I felt like what a great way to kick off the new year and to jump on one of your calls, jump in your mastermind and, and you're so right. That's something that I have to remind myself that whoever's meant to be there will be there.

Speaker 1:

Whoever's meant to be in the room right, be there you know what, shelly, I have to say, when I really got that like, when I really internalized that exact thing, I started seeing people show up that I would never have thought would have shown up and, trusting that who it's meant for it is going to reach Whether it's an in-person event or whether it's a podcast, or whether it's a conversation or something you're putting out into the world and I think that, if anything that I could share with you, or even the listeners, anyone who's listening, moving into 2025, what is meant for you will not pass you by. There is nothing that you can do that is so powerful that it would thwart that. It would, you know, not come into your life. Um, and when you're positioning yourself really to do good in the world and to really be heart centered, things just really move towards you. They really do, they really do and it's a beautiful, beautiful way of being and trusting that God works everything out for you.

Speaker 2:

Everything is happening for you not to you, happening for you, yeah, and being open, right, yeah, wow, yeah doesn't have to be perfect that's true and that the quote goes along with that. As far as done, done is better than perfect, right? Yeah, and again, I don't. I've heard that quite a few times, so I don't even know who to give it credit, because I've heard it. I don't know if they were the original person, but it doesn't really matter, right.

Speaker 1:

Right, exactly.

Speaker 2:

It just applies to everyone and everything that we do, because that is another thing that holds people back. We think it has to be a perfect scenario, perfect situation, perfect people. And I have to tell you in all honesty, going into my event that I put on in October, there was, there were a couple of times when I started to go off track and go oh shoot, what if, and what if, and what if this person doesn't show? What if? We don't have but, but, but, and I, Nope, Nope, Nope, Shelly, again, whoever's meant to be there, We'll be there. Just do this, do this, get this under your belt. You're doing this, you're doing this. And it was literally. I'd read like re focus myself a couple of times.

Speaker 1:

Yeah.

Speaker 2:

No, it's like you're saying, it was the most beautiful group of women moms that that were in that room and it was just so heartwarming and again confirmation that I'm on the right track, so that, like you're saying, I mean it's really huge to go through that and to feel that.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, and if you're listening, make sure you get to your event.

Speaker 2:

In February. Southern California. Moms, that's right, saturday, february 8. But now you are speaking at an event. When is that?

Speaker 1:

It is January, I want to say it's 25th. It's in Burlington, ontario. I'm really excited. Two of my friends, binu and Renee, are hosting an in-person like one day event which is going to be fabulous and it's called Manifest Her her and they're really focusing on wealth and health.

Speaker 2:

I love it. I saw that, and you know, and I love being new too, and I I wish I lived closer. I would be there in a heartbeat.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, it's going to be fabulous. I had an opportunity to talk to Renee um just this week and and I'm getting really, really excited I'm actually on the health panel and so I'm going to be talking about the energetics of health and really from a perspective of you know, I think, something that we don't always talk about which part of our health journey is really our mental and emotional and spiritual health, and so really talking about how that is a guiding factor in manifesting what we desire in our lives and it also influences the physical manifestation of health.

Speaker 1:

So the physical, like how we look and feel, and all of those things are a direct result of our mental, emotional, spiritual health. So that's what I'm going to be chatting about.

Speaker 2:

I love it. I love it and I almost feel like that all has the most impact, because that's all going to impact, like you're saying, saying how we feel about ourselves and how we feel about how we look all of the things.

Speaker 1:

It's such a mental thing you know, they're the women that will be, um, probably coming to this are middle-aged, you know, and and I think that that's the thing is, we all want to have, like, a better quality of life and look good and all the things that we want and call in our desires, all the things that we want to do, but at the end of the day, we have to be in a place where, like, we feel, like our body feels safe to do that to hold space for the health, like for the actual physical health, and you can do all the exercise in the world and eat all the right things in the world.

Speaker 1:

But if you're, if your subconscious does not feel safe to be a healthy body because of generational patterns or beliefs or limitations, it's always going to revert back to illness, there's going to be resistance, and so it really is about, you know, creating that, that health there first, so that the body is able like so, you know, with you, you've, you said you've had decades of really good health and fitness, right, so you've created those beautiful generational um and really believe subconscious beliefs about your health and your wellness and you are manifesting it out, whereas someone who maybe hasn't had that or done that, maybe has been living out of a limiting belief about what their health would look like, and so every time they try, they keep bouncing back to an old way of doing it because they can't.

Speaker 1:

They just believe that, oh, I'm always going to be like this or my family's like this, so I'll probably have this XYZ, you know, disease or problem or and I, you know, I used to tell my students that I would say, if you have any kind of illness or disease in your family genetics, it's.

Speaker 2:

It's not meaning that you just give up and oh, I'm doomed to have a heart attack or high cholesterol, what have you, but it just means you need to be more proactive, like we were saying, and and take those preventative measures, and and take those preventative measures and even still, like I mentioned earlier too, I, I really am coming to a place where I it's important to know and be aware of what's in your genetics, but I feel like it's playing less and less of a role in our the future of our health. I just feel like there's so many other factors that are really the determining factors. So I I want to be cautious of how I'm saying this, because I feel like it's still very important to know and to be preventative and proactive, because I mean for me personally, absolutely. My husband too, I mean our parents, like my mom had she lost her battle with cancer.

Speaker 2:

My dad, the last few years of his life he had diabetes and high blood pressure and fatty liver disease due to diet, lack of exercise. So there's all of this in our history right, and grandparents as well. So I know it's there, but I've never focused on that and never let it stop me, because this is what I know for my life. This is what I know. It's there, but I've never focused on that and never let it stop me, because this is what I know for my life, this is what I know, this has been a part for decades and I'm so grateful for that. But I just feel, like what's coming out more and more nowadays that there are other factors that are really contributing to our health, or lack of that, outweigh the genetic component, if that makes sense.

Speaker 1:

A hundred percent. There's the yeah, I totally understand what you're saying and I know again for our listeners.

Speaker 2:

I don't want to diminish them, yeah, less important to be aware of our, our background and our genetics, you know, but be able to put it into perspective and know that there are other determining factors that are really more important, I think, at the present time.

Speaker 1:

My natural health practitioner said this, which I've loved the way she she said it. She said sometimes that can be. She says it is maybe in your background. She says, but it doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be activated. She said so that is where you play a role in your own advocacy for your health journey. Is that just because it's there, it doesn't mean it's this. The on switch turns on for it that's so it really.

Speaker 1:

That to me was like beautiful, because I'm like, oh, okay, ok. So, like you said, there's all those other factors, right? So when you're doing your health journey and you're walking through, ok, well, what are those factors that I need to know and move through so that I can keep that from being activated from?

Speaker 2:

being activated. That's so good, and there's so many more tests nowadays and I don't even I mean it's above my. You know, what would you? What did they say? Pay grade, pay grade.

Speaker 1:

It's way above my pay grade. Maybe that's your indication you need to charge more.

Speaker 2:

Right, yes, yes, yes, for sure. But I was hearing someone talk the other day about and I can't remember the name of the test, but it tests, it looks at your DNA and it looks at all these different areas and, again, so interesting and so fascinating what they can really find out nowadays. Yes, no, like really, really, it's exciting, really exciting.

Speaker 1:

I often think to myself I'm like you know, when they're asking me your health history somewhere and you know, it's kind of like sometimes I think, unless you really need to know, I'm not going to tell you what my health history is fully because it's just going. You're going to be looking for something and that doesn't necessarily mean it's there. So I'm very mindful of, like you know, saying, oh, my dad this or my mom that or my grandmother, you know, because just because they had it doesn't necessarily mean I'm going to and that's so great.

Speaker 2:

That's such a great reminder because I find myself kind of going yeah, there's this, this, this, that. And then it's like when you hear yourself rattling all that off at the doctor's office, you're like, oh dear, you know I should be sicker with you for a second.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, your mind goes I should be much more sick than I am, and I think that's the biggest thing. And then, of course, we know, like stress is the number one cause of activating any disease, huge, so it's, like you know, just puts a stressor on you. So what's the point of that? Right, like I don't, you know. So, unless you need to know, for some reason, or something feels off, that's when it's important to be tuned into your body. And if something feels off, then, like you, you know, when you went and got your nose scraped, then get it taken care of. Like, right, you know, be wise.

Speaker 2:

Well, the stress that we didn't even get into that and that's a whole other topic and episode. But you know, interestingly enough, my husband came with me this morning because he's been having an issue with eczema, and so interesting. The doctor even said he goes, I, I after he did his examination, I really think it's stress related. And he says you get itching and then that just it's like a vicious cycle the more you itch, the more it comes back and and he says it, it'll go away. He goes you just have to try not to itch it, scratch it, and all the things Interesting. I thought it was so fascinating and he's like I think it's stress related and so I'm like okay, so yeah, so many skin, skin things, yeah, are.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, which you think you could control that and take care of that and manage it. But it's just to me it's again. It's so interesting how stress can present itself in so many different ways with our health.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, I mean it goes back to, like, you know I'm talking about, you know, working with my clients one-on-one, you know we're we're working on, you know, looking at the subconscious beliefs, right, but it's also about, like, what are the emotions that are you need to release? Because trapped emotions in the body also are, um, cause illness and also are stress related. So when we can move through that healing and allow our bodies to release that, then we see that dis-ease move through as well, because then it no longer activates that possibility for the disease Because it's moved that through and a lot of times it's really about unprocessed emotions and things that we were not dealing with, and so then it manifests in our physical body.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, that's so good and I believe that and I think so many people are going through that or have that, and it's no fault of their own or our own. I think, okay, as you grow up you're a young child and you go through life, you're not. There's no one there teaching you how to navigate right. Absolutely Of course it's never a perfect scenario, so everyone, I would assume, has that to some degree. You know, like 100% right.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, 100%, and I think that's the thing is like where I think learning to advocate on your own behalf in every way is so important knowing mind, body, spirit, like it's all so connected.

Speaker 1:

It's all connected, it's all connected and and really like you know not to overwhelm people, right, but at the end of the day it's like, take one small step, like one little thing, like if it's like, oh, just to you know, change my sleep habits or drink a little bit more water or be more mindful about you know, taking time to decompress when I get home Brings the stress levels down right. Allows yourself to just tune into what you need. Take time for yourself.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, it's all the little steps, like you're saying. One of the big topics that I like to speak on and share about is the low toxic, non-toxic living and steps we can take. And I always will say just do one, two, three small swaps every once in a while because otherwise it's just it's too overwhelming, but it's. It's just those little steps that add up over time and it's like you're saying, it's in every area of our health, little steps.

Speaker 2:

I was talking to a gal the other night who just went through a really traumatic event and I said you know you, I want you to give yourself time and grace and think about what, what can you do? Cause she's she's kind of down on herself about her health and she kind of let it go these last few weeks. And I said you've been through a traumatic experience, so what, what can you do? One small step in that you can start to incorporate, like getting up and having a glass of water. Keep it simple, keep it small, but start to just do one little thing. But I but I emphasize keep it small, just one thing.

Speaker 1:

Yeah.

Speaker 2:

Let's not dive right into oh, I need to do this and I need to eat this and I need to get my supplement. No, I want you to just focus on one simple thing, because I mean, you know, when you're going through trauma, that's talk about stress and then just the overwhelm Can't process.

Speaker 1:

No.

Speaker 2:

Going through such a you know, she lost the love of her life and she's going through this traumatic time right now, and that's not the time where you want to try and, oh, I need to get back to losing some weight. I need to get back to eating healthy. Well, no later, that will come later.

Speaker 1:

And you know what, like I think that that's good to mention too Like grief is meant to be felt. Hmm, a hundred percent. So, when you are in a place of any sort of loss whether it's like actual physical person, you've lost a person, or you've lost them to a divorce, or you've, you know your, your child's alienated from you for some reason. It's a loss, right? It's so important to feel what you feel, to actually allow yourself to feel it. The more you can be in the present and allow yourself to move through the emotions, you will then get to a place where you want to be able to take care of yourself, and that actually is taking care of yourself, like you know, that really is, and I think that it's just let yourself feel it.

Speaker 2:

Well, because if you don't, it's still gonna, it's gonna, it's gonna still be there and come out later on some way. Shape or form.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, talks in a toxic way.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, so yeah, and I think that's like oh, I mean we talked earlier about that, about grief, but yes, I totally that's.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, feel the feelings yeah, feel the feelings for sure. Oh my gosh, andrea, this is great.

Speaker 2:

I just I know we could talk for a really long time and you know I find that with other, there are certain guests where I will say that I say you know, I feel like we could really talk, but you for sure, you and I like top of the list, like we could just I and it's so I know that our listeners I know you got you all can hear this but Andrea is so easy to talk to and so calming and so kind.

Speaker 2:

So I want to encourage any of you who are listening to reach out to her and look into her connection, call, look into doing her mastermind and we'll put all of her information in the show notes. And I just want to be conscientious of your time. I mean I could keep talking, but I guess we could probably, could probably, you know, start coming to a close here, but I'm just so excited to have this come out and be the first episode of 2025. And thank you again for being my very first guest a year ago on this date and to be open and and ready to, to hop in and do another episode and and I'm just so excited to have this be our the first one of the year well, thank you for having me as a return guest.

Speaker 1:

Of course, I love that. That is so fun and I was going to say, like you know, a year of podcasting and sharing your wisdom and, like sharing your voice, it is no small undertaking, so congratulations thank you so huge congratulations. I don't know if the listeners, if, unless you have a podcast, you probably don't know how much really goes into it, but it really is, and did hear a statistic the other day that I think like 1% of podcasters get past 20 episodes some crazy.

Speaker 2:

I was like wow, yeah, oh, I'm at, I think, sick. This will be, I think, number 63. So I think I'm doing okay.

Speaker 1:

That's amazing.

Speaker 2:

Well, you're three is a three or four years, you're doing amazing. Well, look at you, though. Is it three or four years you've been doing yours.

Speaker 1:

Seven. Oh my gosh, I think I'm on this. I celebrated my seventh anniversary, so we're on year eight.

Speaker 2:

Oh my gosh, deandre. Wow, I was way off there, holy.

Speaker 1:

No, it's okay. It's actually shocking to me how long it's been. Wow, Wow yeah.

Speaker 2:

That's amazing.

Speaker 1:

I love it. I still love it.

Speaker 2:

I really do Talk about impressive. That's incredible. Well, and we will put again Andrea's podcast in the show notes, so jump in tune in and listen to her, to her podcast. Yeah, I'd love to have you there. Yeah, for sure, for sure. Oh, my gosh, my friend, well, I love you. This has been amazing.

Speaker 1:

Thank you so much. Thank you Appreciate it. Any last minute words of inspiration or advice words of inspiration or advice heading into the new year. I just want to just say no, thank you, and like just I honestly just want to honor you. So I just really do. I think you're just a really special human. I said I could just literally pick you up and put you in my pocket, so you're like a little ray of sunshine.

Speaker 2:

Oh, you're so sweet. Thank you for that. I really appreciate that. I don't know that I would fit in your back pocket, but I'd go along with you anywhere you want to take me.

Speaker 1:

Okay, it sounds good, it's a deal, it's a deal.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, exactly oh well, thank you, and thank you to all of our listeners and for those of you who have been hanging with me for the past year. I appreciate you so very much, Love you all and cannot wait to jump into the new year with more episodes. And, as always, I wish you all a beautiful, blessed week and go out and do something for yourself and your own personal wellness. On this day and until next time we will see you on Words of Wellness and take care everyone. Have a great week.

Speaker 2:

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.