That Salty Girl: Confidence, Reinvention, And Figuring Out What's Next

About That Salty Girl: Confidence, Reinvention, And Figuring Out What's Next

You don’t have to have it figured out to start. After spending 26 years in the Navy, followed by a stretch in corporate America, Holly Taylor found herself starting over again in her 50s, this time, building a business from scratch. That business became The Salty Spray, a mobile spray-tanning company. If you’d told her at 18 that this would be her path, she probably wouldn’t have believed you. And that’s the whole point of this show. When Holly retired from the Navy, the transition was harder than anyone had warned her it would be. What helped her through wasn’t advice or a perfect roadmap. It was hearing from people who had already been through it. People who reminded her that what she was feeling was normal. Now, she wants to be that person for you. Most weeks, you’ll hear directly from Holly, talking to you the way she would talk to a friend at her kitchen table. No five-step formulas. Just honest conversations about starting over, rebuilding confidence, rediscovering your identity after a big change, and navigating that stuck, in-between feeling of not knowing what comes next. Some weeks, she’ll introduce you to someone in the middle of a reinvention of their own; a client, a friend, or someone standing right where you might be now. Through the women Holly tans in their own homes and the people who unexpectedly find their way into her DMs, she hears versions of the same story again and again. The woman ready to leave corporate for good and finally work for herself. The woman rebuilding her life after a divorce. Different ages. Different circumstances. But underneath it all is the same quiet question: Is it too late for me? Holly’s answer is simple: it’s not. You don’t need to have the entire path mapped out. You just have to be willing to take the next step before you feel ready. Whatever’s next, you’re not behind. Subscribe and listen to a new episodes every week. Also, join Holly’s newsletter, The Salty Scoop, for personal stories, photos, and pieces of life she doesn’t share anywhere else! thatsaltygirl.myflodesk.com/saltyscoop (https://thatsaltygirl.myflodesk.com/saltyscoop) thesaltyspray.com (https://www.thesaltyspray.com/) instagram.com/thatsaltygirlpodcast (https://www.instagram.com/thatsaltygirlpodcast/)

Publisher

Holly Taylor: Navy Veteran, Entrepreneur, Mentor

Category

business · education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Aug 2026

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

13 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   12.How a Girl From Louisiana Became an Alabama Fan

   I'm from Louisiana, so people are always surprised when they find out just how much I love Alabama football. In this episode, I'm finally telling the whole story, from growing up in a tiny Louisiana town without a football team to learning the game from Jerry, attending our first Alabama game together, earning two degrees from the University of Alabama, and eventually making Alabama home. Somewhere along the way, Roll Tide became part of my life, and this is how it happened. In This Episode: ...

2. 

   5 Oct 2026

   11. My Breast Cancer Story: The Appointment I Put Off For 7 Years

   I put off getting my first mammogram for seven years because I felt fine and breast cancer didn't run in my family. Then, at 47, the appointment I kept avoiding found my cancer. For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I'm finally telling the whole story, my diagnosis, the treatment decisions I made, my military burn-pit exposure, the Marine whose advocacy changed screening access for other women veterans, and why I will never again assume that no family history means no risk. If there's an appoint...

3. 

   28 Sept 2026

   10. Interested or Committed? There's a Difference.

   There's a big difference between wanting a result and being committed to everything that comes with getting it. This week, I'm talking about what commitment actually looks like, the boring parts nobody claps for, the micro-quits that keep us stuck, starting before we know if something will work, and knowing when changing direction isn't quitting. I'm also sharing some very real examples from my own life, including the podcast microphone that sat untouched for three years, what the early days ...

4. 

   21 Sept 2026

   09. Advice I'd Give You If I Wasn't Afraid of Hurting Your Feelings

   What would I tell you if you actually asked me what I think? Probably to stop waiting for the perfect time, stop researching something you already know enough to start, quit letting other people's opinions live in your head, and do something about the things you have the power to change. This week, I'm talking about networking, perfectionism, micro-quits, self-trust, comparison, bitterness, purpose, and why sometimes you just need to make the damn decision. In This Episode (00:27) What I'd ac...

5. 

   14 Sept 2026

   08. Life Lately: My First SALTY Report

   I had a completely different birthday episode planned, hated it, and decided to scrap the whole thing. So instead, I'm catching you up on life lately, what I'm loving, what's happening with The Salty Spray, what I'm learning, a military case that's been sitting heavy with me, and a few things I'm finally saying yes and no to at 52. In This Episode: 01:52 — Why walking has become one of my favorite ways to work, think, and get new ideas 04:13 — The Salty Spray's summer slowdown, and the numb...

6. 

   7 Sept 2026

   07. Nobody Is Thinking About You That Much

   Have you ever talked yourself out of doing something because you were worried about what people would think? I went down a rabbit hole on the spotlight effect, the imaginary audience we carry around in our heads, and how much power we give people who probably aren't thinking about us nearly as much as we think they are. I'm also talking about confidence, being uncomfortable, and figuring out whose opinions actually deserve a vote in your life. In This Episode: 01:54 — The spotlight effect a...

7. 

   31 Aug 2026

   06. Are You Rushing Through Your Own Life?

   What if the season you're trying so hard to get through is actually part of the life you're going to miss someday? After finding old letters I wrote to my husband while deployed to Iraq in 2003, I started thinking about how much of my life I've spent looking ahead, to the end of deployment, the next promotion, retirement, or whatever came next. In this episode, I talk about what those letters, getting older, a breast cancer diagnosis, and 26 years in the Navy have taught me about time, ambiti...

8. 

   24 Aug 2026

   05. From 26 Years In The Navy To Building A Mobile Spray Tan Business (The Salty Spray Story)

   How do you go from 26 years in the Navy to building a mobile spray tanning business? Holly gets asked that question all the time, and the answer involves a lot more twists and fresh starts than you might expect. In this episode, she shares the unexpected story behind The Salty Spray; from leaving the military and bouncing through jobs, business ideas, and career pivots to eventually building something completely her own. She also opens up about nearly quitting when the business wasn’t growing...

9. 

   17 Aug 2026

   04. Who Are You When The Title Is Gone?

   What happens when the role that defined you for years suddenly disappears? For 26 years, Holly knew exactly who she was. Then she left the Navy and found herself asking a question she never expected: Who am I without the title? In this episode, Holly opens up about the identity crisis that followed, the humbling transition into civilian life, and what it took to rediscover herself outside the uniform. If you’ve ever tied your identity to your career, accomplishments, a relationship, or a role...

10. 

    10 Aug 2026

    03. What If You Choose Wrong? The Fear Of Starting Over

    What if you make the big decision and regret it? Leaving a career. Ending a chapter. Starting over after you’ve already invested years building the life you have. Sometimes the hardest part is wondering whether you’ll look back and realize you chose wrong. In this episode, Holly shares some of the biggest decisions of her life, from leaving her small Louisiana hometown at 18 to join the Navy to eventually walking away from a 26-year Navy career without knowing what would come next. She talks ...

11. 

    10 Aug 2026

    02. How To Stop Comparing Yourself To Others

    Comparison can steal your peace in seconds. One minute you're perfectly content with your life, then you scroll past someone who seems more successful, more confident, more put together, or further ahead…suddenly, what you have doesn't feel like enough. But what if comparison itself isn't the problem? In this episode, Holly unpacks why comparison gets blamed for something it isn't always guilty of. She walks through what the Bible says about comparison, why measuring your insides against some...

12. 

    10 Aug 2026

    01. It's Okay To Not Have It Figured Out (Starting Over At Any Age)

    You don't have to have it figured out to start. In this first episode, Holly gets honest about the question most people are too embarrassed to say out loud: "What do I really want to do with my life?" She shares her own winding path of twenty-six years in the Navy, folding leggings at Lululemon while chasing a PhD, a corporate job at Amazon that looked perfect on paper, and finally building The Salty Spray, her own business, from nothing. If you've ever felt behind, stuck, or like everyone ...

13. 

    2 Aug 2026

    Trailer - That Salty Girl

    You don’t have to have it figured out to start. After spending 26 years in the Navy, followed by a stretch in corporate America, Holly Taylor found herself starting over again in her 50s, this time, building a business from scratch. That business became The Salty Spray, a mobile spray-tanning company. If you’d told her at 18 that this would be her path, she probably wouldn’t have believed you. And that’s the whole point of this show. When Holly retired from the Navy, the transition was ha...

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