Healthy Chicks in the Community: A Fiery, Animal-Loving, Hula-Hooping Cali Babe
Happy Friday, loves! I’m off in Virginia, celebrating a dear friend’s wedding on a vineyard. Then on Monday, I jet off to Greece with my husband for another friend’s wedding. I couldn’t be more excited to soak in all the joy + magic of the season. Seriously, someone pinch me.
Anyway, on to this week’s spotlight on Healthy Chicks in the Community, a weekly feature highlighting badass women doing their thang in the community. Celsea is a lovely young woman, who I had the pleasure to work with at my last job. She’s sweet, bright, witty and full of life! Celsea’s totally a gal after my own heart, always up to multiple projects + endeavors, vs. working just one 9-to-5 job.
I’ll let you meet this fiery red-head for yourself!
NAME/AGE: Celsea Novotny Jenkins
BLOG/TWITTER: FreshMeetsFierce.com, @CelseaJenkins on Instagram
CURRENT CITY: Oakland, CA
PHOTO TAKEN (WHERE/WHEN): A few months ago at my home in the Oakland Hills with one of my dogs, Bernadette
WHAT YOU DO FOR WORK: Right now I do freelance writing and marketing and I’m helping sweetgreen grow in Northern California. I’m definitely a generalist and love doing a lot of different things. Earlier this summer I was on tour with Wanderlust, and I’ve worked with large brands as well. I’m a connector so bringing people together and doing different types of work is really fun for me.
NUMBER ONE PASSION: I’d like to say healthy food, but really it’s the well-being of animals which affects me deeply. Animals don’t have a voice so they really need ours.
I FEEL MY HEALTHIEST SELF WHEN I AM: Outside hiking with my dogs or walking on the beach, I love the ocean!
BUT I AM ALSO A REAL GIRL & SOMETIMES: I drink New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc 🙂
TOP THREE KITCHEN STAPLES: Vitamix, lemon squeezer and I hate cold water so my electric kettle is always running
FAVORITE COMFORT FOOD: Pizza!
SONG THAT MOVES YOU: I love dance music so I’d say anything with a great beat
THREE FAB THINGS ABOUT YOU:
1. I have an identical twin sister who is my BFF
2. Before I got into health and wellness, I worked in theatre and grew up onstage
3. I just turned 30 and bought a hula hoop to learn to hoop dance after taking a class at Wanderlust
FAVORITE BODY PART: My arms. They feel really strong and support me in doing so many things.
EXERCISE THAT MAKES YOU SHINE: Dancing!
MESSAGE YOU’D LIKE TO SHARE WITH OTHER HEALTHY CHICKS: Stop being so hard on yourself and don’t bother comparing yourself to anyone else, everyone’s journey is their own.
Big thank you to Celsea for taking part in this week’s Healthy Chicks in the Community! If you’d like to nominate yourself or a friend in the future, just email me at rachelAThealthy-chicksDOTcom
