about me
If you’re brand new here, hello! Welcome! My name is Holley and I go by Holley Gabrielle online - my first + middle name! I’m married to my best friend, Joseph (JD) and we live on the coast here on an island in Charleston, South Carolina w/our THREE golden retrievers. Kaiser (6) Kollyns (4) and our newest addition - Kash (6 months)! First thing you should know about me is I love my dogs…A LOT. You’ll see them often!
A little about me —Midwest roots (GO HAWKS), health & fitness passionate, passionate foodie, labor and delivery nurse, sharing my day to day life online w/ what I have always felt is a bunch of my girlfriends! The highs and lows, adventures and challenges, different seasons as I grow and more! And honestly - a whole lot of my favorite things!
I was born and raised in Iowa. Graduated in a class of 52 people before I took on one of the biggest challenges of my entire life - nursing school. I worked as a CNA in a nursing home setting and a PCT on an ortho floor in the hospital setting as I studied for my BSN. I graduated nursing school in December of 2018 and took on very first big girl job in early 2019 on an internal medicine/infectious disease unit on night shift! GIRL, WERE THESE SOME FUN TIMES.
Over those two years - I was completely immersed in this high paced, heavy, constantly on your toes unit. I learned more about myself than I could ever put into words. I absolutely loved it but also cried weekly. HAHAH. It was HARD. Throughout 2020 we were the “covid unit” on and off and I truly believe that working w/ those patients made me grow 10x more than I ever would have on a regular crazy busy day at work. It changed my perspective. I think it has for everyone. Right? You NEVER know what life has around the corner. On that note - I worked w/ the most incredible, inspiring & helpful team at the best hospital in Iowa & I’ll cherish those memories & moments w/ my first nursing family forever. But in my gut I knew it was time for change. Enter…moving to a small town in South Georgia and finding labor and delivery!
You’re probably wondering how the heck I ended up in small town GA. Truthfully, a tale as old as time - a boy! At the time I was seeing someone who had an opportunity to move down and work . Of course when he asked me to come, I LEAPED. I was so burnt out from my med surg unit mixed w/ the pandemic. I needed a change.
Although that relationship and season didn’t go as I planned at the time — it sincerely changed my entire life for the better in SO MANY WAYS and I have absolutely zero regrets. I bought my very first home, found my fire again for nursing and landed my dream job in labor and delivery, continued to grow online sharing what I loved, grew into the strongest independent version of myself & gained a giant handful of life long friends I call family. And the biggest kicker to this story? I met my husband. Joseph, JD, Joe — he came into my life at the most unexpected time and it was everything I needed and more.
Just one of those things - made plans and God laughed. His plans were so much bigger than I could’ve ever imagined and I am forever grateful for the lessons I learned.
We got engaged in November of 2023, moved to Charleston, SC in April of 2024, married in December of 2024 and have been slowly renovating our home ever since. ALWAYS something going on over here haha.
ALL throughout this entire journey of mine, I’ve been sharing basically every part of it with the world through Instagram and YouTube! My life, family, style, home decor, DIYs, food, travel, nursing, and the little things. I just have ALWAYS wanted that hard working, driven, busy girl out there to know she isn’t alone in her struggles, challenges and dreams. I got you. I want to show and share my fire for believing we ARE truly capable of anything.
My goal is for you to come to my page and feel uplifted and joy. I always hope to be a helpful resource for all my favorite things! I am so deeply grateful for the community we have built together and for those of you here on my little corner of the Internet!