Get Lively with Jan

Well the last few months have certainly been an exercise in reflecting on what is possible… It has been an opportunity for me to take my fears, learn how to use my own history to move past them, and to get to a place where I feel ready to jump into this next phase.  So […]

One of my favorite things to do as a small business owner is to chat with other small biz owners – especially those who, like me, didn’t start out this way. On this week’s show, I had a chance to chat with fellow corporate employee turned entrepreneur Ariel Nathanson.  Turns out we have WAY more […]

We all deal with bouts of uncertainty at various times and at various life stages, and for me, I was constantly dealing with uncertainty when it came to looking for a new space for the Get Lively Studio. Well, after refreshing LoopNet over and over and over again, I FINALLY FOUND A SPACE! Tune into […]

As I’ve been grappling with what I believe is or is NOT possible for my business when it comes to commercial real estate, I came across this story. It’s from a book titled How to Change by Katy Milkman and she shares a story about a Berkley math doctoral student named George Dantzig. Tune into […]

I don’t know about you, but I’m starting to feel the itch… Every few years (or heck, sometimes months) I’ll notice myself starting to get restless. I feel myself wanting to make a change. And that means it’s time for me to hire a coach. Listen to this episode as I talk more about this. […]

This is always a fun show to share… every few years we need to do some MYTHBUSTERS! And since there are LOTS of new people getting lively these days: training at the studio, listening to the podcast, and reading my emails, it seemed like the perfect time to revisit – and add some new – […]

Are you considering a significant life change this year? In this week’s podcast episode, I share three things to remember / actions to take as you go through this journey. Please let me be your real life example of someone who was TERRIFIED to make this change and who now coaches others on doing the […]

We treat our bodies like they are our ENEMY… no wonder why we struggle so much. Everything was put into perspective for me when I was listening to Glennon Doyle’s podcast “We Can Do Hard Things” with Sonya Renee Taylor, and Sonya said this: You AND your body are on the SAME team. Mic drop. […]

In this final segment of my 3-part podcast series about the transition of my business, we are going to talk about what is worth fighting for. For me, in the context of my business, the resounding answer is: YES.  Yes, yes, and yes again. As I’ve been saying each week, I’m sharing all of this […]

In this week’s episode, I’m sharing three things I’m learning about myself as I go through this transition of finding a new space for Get Lively. Honestly, this is gold in terms of my own life, and as I share in this week’s podcast, there’s elements of these traits that I see in many of […]

After finding out that our sublease was unexpectedly ending at the end of December, one of the things that I started to do to help myself through this process was to podcast about it. I thought: there’s got to be value in sharing these real life “in the moment” challenges as so much of it […]

It’s time to share something I’ve been dreaming up the past few years: Get Lively®: Business Edition! I will officially be offering business coaching services to two types of dreamers: People just like me who are looking to make a career change and either start their own business, or leap into something COMPLETELY different, just […]

I thought about something that I have been REALLY beating myself about – certainly for all of this year, but really, for years. I do not feel driven enough. I don’t feel I have enough self discipline. I don’t feel like I put enough into my work. But I’m ready for a change, because I […]

You see, my friends, I’m a WORLD CLASS gripper. I grip onto experiences like my life depends upon it. When I experience something fun, positive, kind, funny, or heartfelt – I want it to keep happening.  I grip onto that experience and I want more. This isn’t necessarily news to me, as I pretty much […]

A recent experience reminded me that there are so many ways in which we can “be of service” in this life. Sometimes “being of service” to another can be as simple as listening.  It’s almost a lost art form these days, but as a recent experience reminded me, it can be a real gift to […]

Did you know that the BEST three-point shooters in the NBA expect to miss 60% of the time?! This stat BLEW my mind! Imagine, being the BEST at what you do KNOWING you will miss more than HALF of the time (and get paid millions for it!) Well, my friends, this is a perspective that […]

Like me, you probably have many examples of struggles in your life, ranging from trying to conquer the choices of others to trying to conquer a number on the scale.  And when you can accept that you no longer need to conquer them (or in my case, just accept that you can’t accept them) you […]

I was mindlessly scrolling through videos this morning… As much as I tend to waste time doing this, sometimes (like this morning), I land on a gem. It was a snippet from a talk by Jesse Itzler, who was talking about how he got started. He shares many great stories, but here’s what struck me: […]

I’d NEVER considered myself an athlete until my friend referred to me as one. “I’m not an athlete!” I proclaimed. She looked at me and said: You just ran a 10k, of course you are. And that was the first moment where I fashioned myself to be an athlete. I tried that cloak on. And […]

Wow, five years of the podcast, huh?  That flew by! As I pondered how to celebrate this anniversary episode, I decided that I wanted it to be more than a recap of sorts, I wanted it to be a reflection on the experience of doing this weekly show, and so I bring you five years […]

There’s so many reasons why we resist doing things… I’ve talked about a million of them on this show, but this is one reason I haven’t really mentioned. Drum roll please… Resisting something because you are sitting on your high horse. Yes, my friends, this week’s message is about the kindle. Interested in hearing more? […]

I finished a book this past week and as usual, there were ideas in it that I wanted to share.  You know that I do that quite a bit around here, and this week’s message/show is going to be just that… There are three gems that I want to share with you, three ideas that […]

Oh friends, if we could only break this pattern of thinking… If we could only stop looking at food as “good” or “bad” and as exercise as a way to “burn off” our sins. It doesn’t have to be this way.  We have been led to this way of thinking. And that means, there are […]

I’m going to be VERY truthful here… People often say things to me like: you are so driven and such a go-getter. Believe me, I am most grateful for this impression and that people perceive me this way, but truth be told, most of the time, I STRUGGLE to get myself to take action on […]

We chat about things being “good enough” all the time. We chat about doing SOMETHING is always better than doing NOTHING. We chat about trying to let go of that “All or Nothing” way of thinking. Yet, we still find ourselves doing it… me included! So what does that mean?  Well, it means we keep […]