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Julie Bolejack is a 73-year-old activist, entrepreneur, and lifelong creative with a passion for empowering diversity, equity and inclusion, championing human and animal rights, and exploring the intersections of business, advocacy, and personal growth. With a master’s degree in business and decades of experience in project management, she now dedicates her time to helping people embrace new chapters in life. She’s a wellness enthusiast, and advocate for meaningful change – Julie is always learning, laughing, and elevating.
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Health Is Not Punishment
Friends celebrate healthy living with fresh juices at a park event I spent many years hearing health discussed almost entirely through criticism.
Lose weight.
Try harder.
Cut carbs.
Fix yourself.
Improve yourself.
Shrink yourself.No wonder so many people feel exhausted by wellness culture.
What if health was approached differently?
What if it was less about punishment and more about care?
Care for your future.
Care for your energy.
Care for your peace of mind.
Care for the body that has carried you through every heartbreak and every joy.At this stage of life, I am less interested in chasing youth and more interested in protecting vitality.
I want strength to travel.
Energy to create.
Mobility to walk through gardens and museums and farmers markets.
Clarity to enjoy conversations with people I love.That feels far more meaningful than chasing perfection.
A healthy life is not built from shame.
It is built from respect.And perhaps that is the healthiest mindset of all.
Julie Bolejack
The Mindful Activist
My book “Bloom Again – A Memoir of Reinvention is available on Amazon
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Eating Close to the Earth
The farther food moves from nature, the farther many of us seem to drift from feeling well.
I am not interested in food perfectionism. Life is hard enough without turning lunch into a moral crisis.
But I do think our bodies recognize honesty.
Fresh greens.
Real butter.
Soup made from ingredients our grandmothers would recognize.
Bread that molds because it’s actually bread.There is wisdom in eating closer to the earth.
And there is something quietly rebellious about refusing to let giant corporations completely dictate how we nourish ourselves.
Healthy living does not have to become another exhausting identity project.
It can simply be:
More real food.
More water.
More walking.
More rest.
More sunlight.
More presence.The basics still matter.
Maybe now more than ever.— Julie Bolejack
The Mindful Activist✨ For more thoughtful reflections on everyday living, visit JulieBolejack.com
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Cooking as Self-Respect
I used to think cooking was mostly about feeding people.
Now I think it can also be an act of self-respect.
Not elaborate meals.
Not Instagram-worthy charcuterie boards.Just the quiet decision to nourish yourself like someone who matters.
There is something emotionally healing about making soup from scratch. About slicing fresh fruit into a bowl instead of eating standing over the sink while doom-scrolling headlines.
Small choices shape a life.
Not dramatically.
Not overnight.
But steadily.And sometimes healing begins with ordinary things:
A homemade meal.
A clean kitchen.
A candle lit at dinner.
A glass of water instead of another soda.
A moment of gratitude before eating.The wellness industry tries to sell transformation as extreme. But sustainable health is usually much quieter than that.
It often looks like kindness repeated consistently.
Toward your body.
Toward your mind.
Toward your future self.— Julie Bolejack
The Mindful Activist✨ You can read more of my writings at julies-jouurnal.ghost.io. My book, Bloom Again – A Memoir of Reinvention is available on Amazon.
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