Get Lively with Jan

Every now and then I meet someone and as we start talking we keep saying: I can relate. Oh my gosh, YES! Same, here. That’s exactly what happened when I met Meghan Moran, owner of Alainn Salon (here in Watertown!) at a community holiday party last December. Now she’s joining us on the podcast this […]

Ever find yourself saying OVER and OVER that you want something for your life but you just can’t seem to get traction? Yup, that was me at the start of the year as I was losing energy like a leaky faucet and couldn’t seem to get myself focused on working in the way I wanted […]

Yes, the identity conversation on the podcast continues!  I wonder if it will take us all the way through to the daffodils blooming… So this week’s conversation on IDENTITY is brought to you by an experience that I had being interviewed for a podcast. Tune in to find out what happened! There are so many […]

Another week and another aspect of “our identity” to explore. Now that I’m on to this topic, I keep having all these moments where I realize: wow, you are doing this because you identify that way… or in this week’s case, because I DON’T. So here’s what happened, and I’m going to kick this off […]

“More people need a place to feel good about themselves, to co-exist, to feel worthy of having a seat at the table.” That is what I found in a notebook that I picked up the other day to write some things down.  It was a notebook I haven’t picked up in some time (yes, I […]

You know I love sharing snippets and concepts from books that I’m reading… and the book this time around is: The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday. This book has been on my list for awhile (thank you, Jay!) and I’ve read others by this author, but as usual, this one is striking at […]

It’s February, my friends! That happened quickly! So as I was recording this week’s show, I was having all kinds of revelations at the moment. Realizing so many things about myself at this point in my life and what’s going on with me right now. And here’s the long and the short of it: Apparently […]

Over the holiday break, I read a book about why small businesses fail.  Sounds dreadful, I know, but it was EXACTLY what I needed to be reading and in fact, it was quite inspiring. In this week’s episode, I share a story that the author told and what I learned from it! Tune in and […]

I took time over the Christmas break to take a closer look at the functions of Get Lively and how to grow as a business so that we can continue to be everything WE need to be for our community. And with that, taking a hard look at what I’ve been doing and asking if […]

Happy 2024! Oh, all those even numbers make me so happy! As we take our first steps into this new year, I’ve got TWO things that I’ve decided to focus on this year.  And I’m boiling this down to a simple message… Listen to this week’s episode to find out. There are so many ways […]

Happy Holidays! As 2023 comes to a close, there are two things that I’m reflecting on and I invite you to do the same. Tune into this episode as I share what they are. There are so many ways to GET LIVELY.  We are a Lifestyle Studio on a mission to help YOU smile MORE. […]

And just like that, we are more than halfway through December… I’m going to keep this message short, and hopefully (somewhat) sweet this week. Here’s the thing… I’m feeling ALL of the emotions lately. Yes, the fun and festive ones, but honestly, also the nostalgic and melancholy ones too. I’m sure you are, too. Listen […]

I’ve been getting quite reflective lately, as I often do in December, and thought… hmm… why don’t I take a look back at the six years worth of podcast episodes to see which themes and topics have consistently bubbled up?! And so, without further ado, six years of the Get Lively with Jan Show themes […]

Happy December!  Here. We. Go. As I was thinking about this month and the holiday season – and how this can so often lead to a surrender to food, booze, shopping, and getting WAY out of our routines – and I wanted to remind all of you (and MYSELF!) that this does not have to […]

Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! And now with December upon us, the season of giving has officially arrived… I don’t know about you, but several years ago, I realized that I did NOT want to spend the month of December stressing about shopping and buying gifts for people just to check it off […]

There are a lot of things out there right now that are dark and hard to hear… So in the spirit of this Thanksgiving week, I decided that I would focus on the things that are bringing me the most joy right now. Listen to this episode to find out what they are! There are […]

“Just keep swimming, just keep swimming!” Little did I know that when I watched Finding Nemo with my niece and nephews all those years ago, that Dory’s mantra would become a touchstone for me as a business owner years later. Today’s message and show is a tribute to all my fellow business owners out there… […]

Well this is a special week!  It’s the 6th anniversary of the Get Lively with Jan Show! It’s so fitting that this week we welcome a special guest, former Simmons colleague and friend, Allyson Irish. Allyson and I started working together in 2003 at Simmons College and 20 years later, we’ve got some stories to […]

As a health and fitness coach, it is probably no surprise that I’ve recently received many inquiries about Ozempic and the new weight loss drugs that many people are now using. I’ve listened to many podcasts about this class of drugs, but I needed to sit down and do more research.  So I did.  I […]

Earlier this year, I had gotten into the practice of writing down one thing each morning that I was 100% committed to doing and would make happen no matter what. Simple tasks – I’m not talking about “redesign my website” but perhaps the task would be: Make a list of things that need to be […]

I was listening to a podcast this morning and the woman was talking about how she built her business while working full-time as an elementary school teacher.  She talked about working before work, after work, late at night, weekends, and every space in between while she was building her business. I used to be the […]

After almost a decade in business, there are catch phrases that seem to have popped up at Get Lively. Things that I say all the time, and honestly, in some cases, things I didn’t even REALIZE I was saying all the time until it was pointed out to me. “If it’s not fun, what’s the […]

Jumping into the first week of October with a slightly different topic on the podcast and in this weekly message… Now that we’ve hopped back into our fall routines, and as we have now been at our newest studio location for six months, I’ve been thinking about YOUR experience at Get Lively. Chatting more about […]

As promised, here is part two of my thoughts and reflections after watching the Netflix docuseries: Live to 100: Lessons from the Blue Zones. In last week’s show, I talked about the lessons we have to learn from how people who live in these regions eat and move… and to break it down in the […]

I watched a docuseries called: Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones, on Netflix. I first learned about the “blue zones” about a decade ago while studying at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.  If you are not familiar with the phrase, it’s the five areas around the globe where people live/or have lived, much […]