I’m Holly—a creative soul, podcaster, and wellness guide, here to help you find joy and authenticity in the everyday magic of life.
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Blooming Into the New Year Together 🌸
Published 3 months ago • 3 min read
Remember in high school when you had a CD of all your favorite songs playing in the car 24/7? I deeply remember the songs from that time in my life, the ones that got me through. So I decided to make a 2025 playlistof the songs that carried me through the highs and lows of this year. It has been a wild ride, and I truly believe music heals. So… enjoy this playlist as you read along.😘
Break or Bloom? It's up to you.
Feeling empowered after guiding an ATV waterfall hike during Waves of Creativity retreat
What a year!! This year was hard. And it was BEAUTIFUL. In the hard moments, I leaned into my anchors. I practiced meeting the moment, letting energy move, and transform. To me, that is what creative wellness is all about.
Creative wellness is alchemy. It is magic.
When I was 16, I went through a powerful experience. It could have broken me, but instead, I let it pull me toward the creative wellness practices that have helped me navigate life ever since. My biggest learning is this: hard moments are inevitable. We will all face deep challenges, heartbreak, and mistakes. What defines us is not what happens to us, but how we meet the moment.
In my element, covered in mud & creating
For me, creative wellness tools like yoga, ceramics, doodling, running, and watercoloring help me meet whatever is present. They help me alchemize it into something new.
I do not want to deny any experience, and I do not want life’s hard moments to define or consume me. Instead, I choose to meet them, compost them, and continue to bloom.
I feel so proud of my 16-year-old self for letting a hard moment become an invitation to take agency over her healing and the way she chose to move through the world. And 16 years later, my roots in these practices run deep. I feel deeply called and grateful to share this little internal toolkit I call creative wellness.
&& I am so grateful and ready to continue sharing creative wellness magic with you!
Guiding Clay Play during Waves of Creativity Retreat
Let's create our most authentic year yet👇
Join me for Creative Wellness Intention Setting Workshopat TAOU on Saturday, Jan 3, 2-4pm: Release, renew, & set intentions blending yoga, meditation, journaling, and clay play to shape the year ahead
As I reflected on the year, it felt like I watched myself bloom. It was not all sunshine and clear skies. There was wind, rain, and many storms. And through those moments, my roots deepened. I grew stronger. I learned how to nourish myself and transform challenges into something new, to bloom. Life continues to life. And I am so grateful for resourcing myself, and others, as we ride this ride together 🎢
There were a lot of challenges, and lot of really beautiful moments that I am ridiculously grateful for and proud of:
I published my first e-book!😱 More to come in 2026 🤫 Use code CREATE for 10% off the most creative way to start the new year.
After ten years of contemplation, I started grad school for Mental Health Counseling at William & Mary!!
I started teaching weekly classes again, and it feels so good to hold regular space in community Thursdays at 7am for Sunrise Vinyasa at The Yoga Dojo.
I watched my vision board come to life. I set up my sunroom studio and got my first kiln!!🎨 Actually TWO!! A lifelong dream come true. Phase two is setting up a shed so we can keep creating!
I led myfirst international creative wellness retreat with Preston!!! 🏝️ I felt both at the edges of deep growth and deeply in my element. There is so much more coming in 2026, and I cannot wait to take you with me!!
🌮I traveled to Mexico City and reconnected with my family and cultural roots. This trip meant everything to me, and I cannot wait to return....!
I cultivated new, soul-nourishing friendships 💕🥹
I leaned into my fire element and put boundary-setting into action 🔥
I laughed, played, danced, adventured, and found pockets of joy in the hard moments, and also let myself cry, break, and be held.
Rafting the Rio Chama with and like KWEEENS
Thank you for being here, for supporting my work, and for allowing me to share it with you. I cannot wait to compost, alchemize, and keep creating with you in the new year!
Xoxo,
🌀 Holly Zajur
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