I am Holly Matthews

I am Holly Matthews No nonsense Self Development Coach, speaker founder of The Happy Me Project & former TV actress. During the pandemic Holly has show up as a leader in her field.

Former TV actress (Waterloo Road, Casualty & Byker grove) Holly is a widowed Mum of 2, Self Development Coach & founder of The Happy Me Project an online and in person, straight talking self development program. Holly is a Ted X speaker and has appeared on Lorraine, BBC, ITV, Talk Radio and featured in The Daily Mail, Mirror, The Sun, Closer, Hello, Psychologies Life Labs and Spirit & Destiny Magazine. The Happy Me Project boasts 2 sell out tours across the UK and has seen thousands of men and women go through it's virtual doors. Holly is a regular guest expert on podcasts, radio and TV and has amassed over 40,000 followers across her social media platforms . Showing up up for the first 4 months of the lockdown, live every day in her private Facebook group www.facebbook.com/groups/thehappymeproject where she supported and gave advice to the 1500 strong group and was nominated for a Great British Entrepreneur Award. As a widowed Mum of 2 daughters Holly has documented her journey to help others feel more happy and less crappy!

06/02/2026

Yesterday was my communities monthly masterclass where we looked at self-love and what that really means for all of us in our day-to-day.

Not w***y ‘just love yourself’ but how!

And the importance of loving yourself and your worst moments, not your best.

Learning how to prioritise yourself, say no and action the love to watch yourself over just saying words into the ethos.

To join this safe space to land where we focus on gentle daily tweaks, nudges and support just write HAPPYME below and I’ll send you a link.

You don’t have to do this alone

05/02/2026

Anyone going into worst case scenario thinking right now? Watch this.

this was based on a session that I did in my community for one of my amazing members who happens to based in the USA.

What do we do when our worst case thinking is based on scary things that are in our reality?

To join my community just type the words HAPPYME belowvand I’ll send you a link

04/02/2026

A snapshot into my world this week haha 😝

But today is exciting because I get to hang out with the mastermind business owners and work with them on getting seen and getting paid.

The glasses are not going on today!

This is your reminder that you don’t have to be a perfect person (there’s literally no such thing) two do great things. When we embrace all of who we are amazing things that happen in our lives.

To learn more about the weird AF mastermind right weirdAF below and I will send you a link.

There is always a way back and a way out.Difficulty and hardship will reach all of us at times in our lives but know the...
02/02/2026

There is always a way back and a way out.

Difficulty and hardship will reach all of us at times in our lives but know there is always a route forwards.

last week I had the privilege of being invited onto amazing podcast where this is exactly what we discussed.

What bit of advice helped you through your difficult days?⬇️

31/01/2026

Keep going you never know when the magic will kick in.

30/01/2026

Make where you live what YOU want it to be.

Like every other area of our lives it’s easy to get stuck in safe and not exploring what we actually like.

My home is a maximalist vision board that gives my eyes a treat and putting up pictures and making it feel fun and joyful actually rests my brain.

I’m so grateful for my home and even though it’s rarely tidy and there are a million things that need fixed, today I focus on appreciation instead.

What is a fav thing about where you live?

I choked on a sausage roll!!! Last night I appeared to n SINDERELLA playing the Fairy godmother (with a Geordie twist!...
26/01/2026

I choked on a sausage roll!!!

Last night I appeared to n SINDERELLA playing the Fairy godmother (with a Geordie twist!)

As part of the show I needed to bite and eat a bit of sausage roll.

It had been lying out for a bit and I thought ‘I’ll just have a little bite so I’m not eating it for ages on stage!’ Meaning I just took a little bit of the edge.

This meant it was dry.
Very dry.
Like swallowing SAWDUST.

As the dry dusty crust went down my throat I tried to swallow it but began to cough.

A LOT!

To the point where a fellow actor had to leave stage to get water.

For what felt aggggges.

Thankfully the audience laughed as I tried to continue, still coughing dry Greggs sausage roll as I magically turned cinders into royalty for the ball 🤣🤣🤣✨- some audience members even asked if it was part of the show!

The moral of this story is, in life we have to roll (pun meant) with the punches and laugh through it all & take a bigger bite if your sausage roll, the sausage is needed for moisture 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Thanks to all that came. It was a right laugh! And for the for hosting us.

Perfect is dead.Striving for it painful and pointless.You stand out in your raw, real and unfiltered.I love these lyrics...
23/01/2026

Perfect is dead.
Striving for it painful and pointless.
You stand out in your raw, real and unfiltered.

I love these lyrics from Declan Donavon’s song Perfectly imperfect-

You’re the last crack on the pavement
You’re the water running cold
Into the wild, washed up and wasted
You’re staying up
You’re staying up at night

You’re the flower in the concrete
Find your way into the light
I wanna show you what you can’t see
You’re keeping me up
Keeping me up at night

So let me give you every color that I find
In your eyes

You wake me up
And it breaks my heart
That you’re perfectly imperfect
You’re hurting but you’re worth it
You don’t know why
I would waste my time
But I’m falling and I mean it
I want you like I need it
There’s nothing you could try to change my mind
‘Cause I’m in love with you

You live like you’re a secret
One that only I could know
‘Cause I said
You know what I want and
I know who you are
I know when I hold you and love you
You’ll get up and go before you fall apart

I’ll bring you every colour that I find
In your eyes
🪩🪩🪩🪩🪩🪩
Please remember this today and live your ‘weird’ and your true.

to learn more about the Weird AF Mastermind waiting list write WEIRDAF below

To get early bird tickets to Be Weird(er) live event write BEWEIRD below 👇

22/01/2026

What? My walking pad? Oh, yeah… I just do my work on this now 🤷🏽‍♀️

I’m just… different I guess. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Obvs being silly but it has been good so far and feels like it lets the ADHD out so I can concentrate.

Life doesn't have to be linear.You don't have to stay where you are.If you want to create a life you love you have to cr...
22/01/2026

Life doesn't have to be linear.
You don't have to stay where you are.

If you want to create a life you love you have to create the space for that life to come to fruition.

The biggest factor in staying in the space needed to bring in great opportunities, great people and all the things on you 'vision board' is FUN and remaining playful.

That's why I agreed to be in my mates ADULTS only Panto SINDERELLA playing the Fairy Godmother this Sunday at the Empire Coventry.

Fun, joy, silly and something different.

If you want to MAKE A WISH and be your own fairy godmother you have to start believing that your dreams CAN come true (whatever they are and however far away they might currently seem).

GET YOUR TICKETS HERE (If there's any left) >>> https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/62aaf91212e4de0a6a8997a8/e/692eaa055e496e1e62813f2d

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