Ever catch yourself saying, “I accept myself, but…”? That little “but” that sneaks in with doubts, judgments, and conditions—well, it’s a subtle way we hold ourselves back from fully embracing who…
Truth: we forgot HOW FAR WE’VE come in life. We focus on where we THINK we should be or what we THINK we should have accomplished by now. Take a…
Do you find yourself focusing on time and deadlines ALL the time: How am I going to get this all done? When do I have to have that done by?…
Somebody once said to me: how you live is how you eat. That really stuck with me. If you think about it, if you are whipping through your days with…
Last week I talked about dancing that fine line in life. And after I recorded its podcast, I got to thinking about a favorite song from my childhood. My dad…
I’m going to be honest… I didn’t know what I was going to talk about this week. I kept putting it off, waiting to be inspired. And then I realized…
I don’t know about you, but lately I’ve been feeling a little, let’s say “unglued”. I’m struggling a bit to stay focused on what I’m doing, while at the same…
September is the new January. Yes, that just came to me. But here’s why September is the new January and why I now LOVE what I hear is September. In…
It’s the 200th episode of the Get Lively with Jan show! And as I prepared for what I wanted to talk about on this special show, I went to the…
My dad passed away in May. I haven’t really talked about it in my podcasts, but today I had an experience and felt the time was right to share this…
Feeling so damn unsettled lately, I started asking myself these questions… WHY do I have so much anxiety about doing what I KNOW I’m going to do? WHY can’t I…
Since none of us are actually perfect, chatting about habits always presents an opportunity to: find ways to get more consistent, try new things, and in the case of what…
This is a lesson that I’ve learned countless times… CONTROL. And well, as it always seems to go, about three stops into the journey, I realize: You CAN’T control this…
I want to chat about WHY we all need a break. Here’s the thing… We live in a CONSTANTLY connected world and it is burning people out. I see it…
We spent a rainy week on the Cape. It’s the story most of us have to tell about summer vacation in July of 2021. Rain, rain, glimpse of sun, raging…
The team at Arsenal Yards asked me to come and speak about simple ways to destress at both home and work, so… of course I want to share this with…
We all have our own definition of what it means to GET or FEEL lively. As I’ve said many times: we are as unique as snowflakes, so what makes us…
I used to be SO sharp. Seriously, I was the one at work that people called to ask class year, type of degree, name of grandkids. As a fundraiser, this…
This summer is feeling extra special as our masks are off, our plans are made, and we just want to have some fun. I want to: be more focused on…