Holly's Highlights: An Anchored Living Podcast

Send us Fan Mail As the world grieves the loss of Queen Elizabeth II I’m sure you too have reflected on your own thoughts of her majesty. Join us on Holly's Highlights podcast as we take a deeper look into 7 leadership lessons we can learn from the Queen during her 70 year reign: - the importance of having a vision - the significance of leading by example - the power of caring for others - th...

Send us Fan Mail We've all been there, right? Whether directly or indirectly, we all encounter at one point or another a friend, family member, coworker, neighbor - you name it, but someone in our lives who is going through something really tough. We find out that bad news - it could be an illness, a death or miscarriage, a divorce - and suddenly we  have that deer in the headlights look of “...

Send us Fan Mail Now, I love a good romantic movie, but I gotta tell ya - never have I seen such a love story as my parents. Today would have been my parents' 54th wedding anniversary (my mom passed away almost 3 years ago to cancer). Unfortunately, our society has gone from our grandparents being married 75+ years, to our parents maybe celebrating their 50th as my parents did, to my generati...

Send us Fan Mail How do you go from focusing on what you own to transcending into being a good steward of such ownership? How do you live in an ascending spiral of clarity, vision, and balance that guides your life and allows you to make lasting impacts in the world as result? Today we will learn from author, David York, about the ancient secret to living a life as a steward. He'll use his ne...

Send us Fan Mail Just as company’s and individuals can often write out a mission statement - something that helps provide basically a reason for existence, so also is it helpful for families to align the family’s purpose, goals and overall direction. In this episode on Holly's Highlights podcast, we'll learn how to create a  family mission statement in hopes of helping your family stay a...

Send us Fan Mail Do you feel like you live in a world of fast food and scheduled chaos? Overwhelmed with meal planning and grocery shopping? Today on Holly's Highlights podcast we have special guest Balaboosta, Linda Lederman, with us to help us make ordinary weeknight meals extraordinary with speed, ease, yum and lots of fun! From meal planning and easy meal plan and time save hacks, to lear...

Send us Fan Mail Ever feel overwhelmed at the thought of your mounding bills or upcoming expenses? How about a house fixer upper list that keeps growing? A travel bucket list where you don't seem to ever venture? Or maybe just a pluthera of gifts to buy for graduations, birthdays, and holidays? Today we have all the way from France financial guru, Sara Fernandes, with us on Holly's Highl...

Send us Fan Mail Do you dread that business dinner, social gathering, or even date because you just aren't sure what you will have in common with other people, or if you’ll have anything to talk about at all? Today on Holly's Highlights podcast we have as our special guest famed celebrity interviewer and movie critic, Tony Toscano. Tony will help navigate us through uncomfortable social...

Send us Fan Mail Planning a summer getaway and need a good book for the beach, or that long car or plane ride, or perhaps some reading material for lounging in the hammock at home? I'd love to share with you on Holly's Highlights podcast five must reads for personal growth/development. Now, for our non-readers, before I lose you here - might I encourage you to just give it a try. Whether...

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

Send us Fan Mail As women we  can relate in our broken humanness the lack of having unshakeable confidence at times. Join me as we vulnerably discuss some of the main areas that rattle our confidence: Imposter Syndrome, the Comparison Trap, or simply feeling stuck. Perhaps there are 10 tips we can use to tap into that unshakeable confidence. Afterall, as actress/model Blake Lively says, "The...

Send us Fan Mail Let me guess - having tough conversations (or dealing with conflict) is probably NOT on your list of faves. Well, surprise alert - we ALL have to deal with having such tough conversations at some point in our life. The scary part there might be just not knowing what having those conversations looks like. Well, today on Holly's Highlights podcast we are going to unpack five ti...

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

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

Send us Fan Mail As St. Patrick's Day approaches we tend to think about those little leprechauns, browse our wardrobe for apparel of green, and give into superstitions of luck. Well, as much as luck would have it in some peoples lives, I have always preferred to say blessed. Basically because I'm not sure I believe in luck (Yikes! I said it!). No, I believe more in the power of prayer. N...

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

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

Send us Fan Mail Not everyone is in to celebrating birthdays, I get it.  Whether you are one who loves to celebrate or not, perhaps we may all be open to a few reasons as to why birthdays are meant to be celebrated. Today on Holly's Highlights we will cover 3 reasons why you should celebrate your birthday. We'll also identify the challenge to celebrating birthdays and ideas on how to ove...

Send us Fan Mail Here we are at the beginning of a New Year - 2022.  I wonder what significant events, challenges, and opportunities lie ahead for us this year.  Today on Holly's Highlights podcast we'll take a look at a few things we can learn while standing on the banks of tomorrow. What will we do with this FRESH page of opportunity? Will we be content to simply attempt to maintain th...

Send us Fan Mail Good morning! Happy New year my friend. Of course every year when entering a new year, we all tend to re-evaluate life and as result tend to set goals for the new year to come. Statista.com states the #1 goal made each year of course as we’d probably all guess has to do with our health. Forbes  reports 80% of resolutions are broken before February. One goal I set each year is with...

Send us Fan Mail If you are like me, your last month has been about gifts: shopping, purchasing, wrapping, even trying to find places to hide all of those gifts from your loved ones. So, with Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and every other opportunity to shop this Christmas season, have you found/selected "THE" Christmas gift yet this year? You know what I'm talking about- EVERY Chri...

Send us Fan Mail Today is Giving Tuesday. Giving Tuesday was created back in 2012 to help "unite countries around the world by sharing our capacity to care for and empower one another." Well, today we have special guest Warrie Blackburn with us from Mercy Ships. Mercy Ships is a non-profit organization seeking to transcend borders and change lives. Globally, 5 billion people lack access...

Send us Fan Mail As a child I always found it hard to find what I was thankful for - or they seemed to be trivial - you know, "I'm thankful for my toys, or that I got to have a down day from school (ha!)", but as an adult I am finding it's harder and harder to narrow down to five, let alone one thing I am most grateful for - God is SO good and as I mature and grow in my walk wi...

Send us Fan Mail Housingwire recently reported that 75% of first-time Millennial homebuyers admit they’re simply overwhelmed by the PROCESS of buying a home. Although a sellers' market right now, there are many things buyers need to be aware of too. So, what are some things we can learn when it comes to contemplating home ownership or finding ourselves in owning a home and keeping it maintain...

Send us Fan Mail We are going to talk all things body language. From those non-verbal cues, interviewing for that job, increasing your influence, improving your confidence, and even how to tell if someone is lying - we'll unpack it all as we talk with The Body Language Doctor, Dr. Donna. Special Guest: Dr. Donna Van Natten www.bodylanguagedr.com Check out her following books available at Barn...