Words of Wellness with Shelly
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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
Shelly's Shares: When Loved Ones Age, Our Effort Must Grow
A sudden goodbye can reset a life. Shelly opens up about the heartbreak of unexpectedly recently losing her beloved bonus dad and the hard truth that when health starts to change, even if there are mild challenges, our effort to see loved ones and spend time with them needs to be the priority. This is a conversation about presence over perfection—about carving out time for aging parents and elders, and finding gratitude that steadies you when the unexpected arrives.
Shelly shares practical ways to reduce regret before it starts—taking time for phone calls, visits and small check-ins that mean everything when travel might not be possible. She also talks openly about grief, how to honor someone’s legacy, and how gratitude can turn memories into a source of strength rather than a weight.
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In Health,
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Take the time, put forth that effort, spend time with loved ones because you just never know. And especially if they are older and they have started to experience some health issues, make the time, put in that extra, extra effort.
SPEAKER_02: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 and shouldn't be eating, how to improve your emotional and mental being. How long everyone's a woman? Money and will be a mom. Money women's woman. Education and inspiration women. The ultimate hope is that you leave today with even just one million that can enhance the quality of your lumin. 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_01:Hi, my friends. Welcome back to Words and Wellness. This is our Shelly's Shares episode, and I am going to jump right in today as I am really doing a lot of reflection on life. And I have a lesson that is very present to me these last few days that I wanted to share with all of you in the hopes that it might be helpful to even just one of you to apply to your your life and your loved ones. And I'm talking a lot about reflection because I just got the news that someone very, very dear to me uh died the other day. It was it was unexpected. Um yet at the same time, he did live a very good life. And it's been really, really hard to process, to accept. And I wanted to talk a little bit about it because I've just been taking time, a little bit of time to just kind of pause and think about him and just do some reflection of of my own life and just the people who have been in my life. And quite frankly, he was my bonus dad, you know, and and he he was in our lives for for gosh, I don't know, close to 40 years. And it was because he was a husband of of my mom's, he was my mom's husband for for quite a few years. And it just has me reflecting, I'm just thinking back to special people who have been in my life, and it it has been a result of you know, my mom and dad separating and eventually getting a divorce when I was a young girl. And uh, you know, I don't necessarily, it's not that I'm saying that that's the route that people should go by any means. I am so grateful that my husband and I have been happily married for many, many years. And that is, of course, always the goal to to have the marriage be lasting and to have your your family unit. And you know, it just so happens in in my lifetime that my mom and dad did not stay married, and as a result, there are a couple additional people that have been in my life through the years that have been a positive influence and have been really, really an important part of my life. And um, you know, I have shared on this on my episode before, um, on my podcast, I should say, in the past, I've shared a little bit about my mom, I've shared a little bit about my dad, and and now this is my my bonus dad who is no longer who is no longer here, and it's been really hard to accept and to process. Um, you know, it was sudden, but yet at the same time, we can look back, I guess, and think that, you know, there are probably signs that maybe he wasn't as healthy as we thought. And and that's a big really big reason why I'm doing this episode too, is just to kind of share with all of you what has been a big lesson for for myself, for my husband these last few days, and and that is that when our loved ones are older and aging, and when they start to have any kind of health issues, whether they are mild or severe, that is a sure sign that we need to put forth more effort to be with them, to spend time with them. Because this has been really, really hard these few days, is you know, I thought that we had much more time, and um it happened suddenly and unexpectedly, and of course, it's never ever the right time for us to lose a loved one, ever. Um, but this has been a a really big lesson, you know. I I know that I I try to live without any regrets. I really make the most of time with loved ones, and I really am present and love being with loved ones and spending time, and and I feel like we do, you know, a really good job of that. Um, but let's face it, you know, we all have busy lives. We get into our lifing, we have our work commitments, our family commitments, our day-to-day commitments that make it really challenging to sometimes take that time away, you know, take that time to travel, take that time away to go to go visit loved ones. And I think that my message is just to encourage any of you and all of you to put forth that extra effort because you honestly just don't ever know what's around the corner. And of course, there are traumatic instances where you know people are in accidents or have tragic, tragic accidents that take their lives, and you know, we can never ever ever be prepared for that. And my heart always, always goes out to people who have experienced any kind of tragic losses in their lives. And so I'm really in this time of loss, really trying to focus on gratitude and and being grateful for the time that we did have and and so many, so many good, good moments and so many good memories. And that is really what I'm working on focusing on um during this time. But, you know, it just has me reflecting a lot about stages of my life and what I've done in my life and people that I've met and people who've been a part of it, and whether it be friends, family, loved ones, and it just has me thinking a lot just about the different phases of my life and things I've gotten to experience, and people I've gotten to experience, and especially people who have been a part of my life who have impacted me in a in a very positive way. And it's gonna take some time, but in any case, in every case, when we lose someone that we love. And you know, I've talked about this before. It's a it's a big driving force for why I do what I do in my life for work and in my life as a mission to not only be the healthiest that I can be, but to share that health and wellness with others, to be experienced experience energy and vitality and joy while we are here on earth, and to also with that experience longevity and be here for many years and for our time here to feel good and to be healthy. That's really the ultimate goal. And I I talk about this often that you know, seeing my mom lose her battle with cancer and my dad lose his battle with various illnesses, and now to lose my my bonus dad. It's you know, I the experiences with my mom and the experiences with my dad um stand out because I I saw them struggle and especially my mom died at just way too young of an age of 67. And it's always been so strong for me to do the best that I can to be the healthiest that I can be, so that my children don't have to see me go through what I saw my parents go through. And I always say that it's of course not a guarantee. Of course, God has the final say, but I feel like whatever we can do to be our healthiest, to be here for our families, that that's that's my goal and my mission in life. And it's also my goal and my mission to share that with all of you. And that is part of the big reason why I started my podcast, quite frankly, is to be able to share not just my journey and my knowledge with you all when it comes to your wellness and your nutrition and just your overall quality of life, but to bring guests on who can share with you their journeys and their experiences and then also their expertise. And it's all with the goal of helping us live healthier, happier uh lives full of joy, vitality for for many years to come. And so my message today with everyone and for all of you is to you know, love on those people in your lives who who mean who mean so much to you. Um I I'm always I'm always that person, the big hugger, the uh the one who just loves to be with with family and loved ones. And I've always been that way. And it always just brings me so much joy to be with loved ones. And um and this is this is a hard one. But you know, we'll get through it. But again, I just wanted to share the the very important message that is really standing out for us uh at this moment in time is to take the time, put forth that effort, spend time with loved ones because you just never know. And especially if they are older and they have started to experience some health issues, uh make the time, put in that extra, extra effort. And again, you know, I I I really, really uh I am intentional. I work on being grateful for for the moments. I I am grateful for the moments with my mom and my dad and being able to be with them and to be able to go see them even their last few weeks and days of their lives and be able to spend time with them. I'm so grateful for that. Um, this this time was a little bit different. Um, but we had special times and and special times that will always be with me. And, you know, this is again, like I mentioned, this is, you know, he Rick was my bonus dad. He was married to my mom for many years, and he was like this big giant teddy bear and just full of life and love and just healthy and strong. And he took my sister and I like in like we were his, and we felt that we felt like, you know, I consider us to be his daughters. Um, even though I, you know, we had our dad, he was definitely another dad to us and loved us like that, and and loved my kids, loved being a grandpa to my kids, even though he was very conscientious of, you know, there was already a dad and grandpa, my dad. Um, and he was never going to overstep that. Um, but gosh, the love that he he gave us and we gave it right back is just means the world, and I will just hold on to that in my heart forever and ever.
SPEAKER_00:So I hope you gain something from this episode. Um, take time for yourself and your wellness and your loved ones. Go give a loved one a hug. And if they're not close by, call them up and tell them how much you love them. And until next time, everyone, have a beautiful, blessed rest of your week.
SPEAKER_02: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, um. 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 Shelley 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.