Get Lively with Jan

Caught in a cycle of self sabotage?   Continuing this discussion (started in Episode 30) and sharing a perspective from A Course in Miracles that you will want to hear. Learn more about Get Lively OnDemand: www.getlivelynow.com/ondemand   Get in touch! Email me at: jan@getlivelynow.com

I won't sell diets and weight loss to you because unless you have THIS, what you eat and how you exercise will never really matter.   So, what is THIS?   It's finding YOUR lively.   What makes you feel most alive, energized, and engaged in life.   Once you have that, the food and exercise takes care of itself.   I'm living proof and so are my clients, so tune in to find yours. Get your FREE coachi...

Ever find yourself motivated and all ready to go on a new "fill in the blank" plan, maybe a new eating plan, exercise program, or change you are trying to make in your life… And do you ever find yourself "all in" on the first three days, and then you find yourself starting to question your ability to "stick with it." You start to doubt yourself. Your abilities. Your commitment. And then the slide...

How often do you think something positive or a compliment in your head about another person, but you don't share it with them?   We all do it!   It's time for us to start sharing this joy and in this episode we will discuss why. Get your FREE coaching video and worksheet: www.getlivelynow.com/freecoaching   Check out all our current coaching programs: www.getlivelynow.com/programs Get in touch! Em...

Who doesn't want more ENERGY?   I know that I'll take all I can get!   Sharing how you can have MORE energy in your life by asking yourself this simple question… tune in and get ready to fill your cup! Get your FREE coaching video and worksheet: www.getlivelynow.com/freecoaching   Check out all our current coaching programs: www.getlivelynow.com/programs Get in touch! Email me at: jan@getlivelynow...

Everywhere you look these days, there is a new cleanse program being promoted.   So what should you think about when considering one of these programs?   Sharing the LIVELY crew's experience as we just completed our annual Spring Cleanse.   And learn my the word CLEANSE should probably be in quotations…. Check out all our current coaching programs: www.getlivelynow.com/programs Get in touch! Email...

It has the power to energize our bodies and our minds.   It makes us laugh, feel childlike, and enjoy life more.   So why then, don't we make more time to have FUN in our lives? I've been participating in our local version of Dancing with the Stars and I have had SO MUCH FUN - and you know what?   Everything in my life has gotten better as a result.   Tune in to hear the full story. Check out all...

"You don't always need to have a plan.   Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens."   That quote has been sitting on my desk since starting Get Lively four years ago. Today I'm talking all about how to embrace this in our lives and to help us try to see where we are trying to control outcomes that are not within our control. Check out all our current coaching program...

Ever feel a magnetic pull to food?   Ever get in a one track mind place where the ONLY thing you can think about is eating?   Today I'm sharing a story about this and how so many of us subconsciously see food as our friend who is always there for us… giving us purpose and perceived comfort.   We are going to dig into this today and take a really close look at our patterns and behaviors. Prayer ref...

"If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon." - Kathrine Switzer   I love this quote, and for good reason, it is SO TRUE.   My spirit was restored last Monday as 26,000 runners of every shape, size, and imaginable situation, hit the pavement in non-stop torrential downpours as they made their way from Hopkinton to Boston.   Sharing stories from the day and a moment that I...

As a society we are ADDICTED to instant gratification.   Just think about it… Netflix, Amazon Prime, we get everything that we want WHEN we want it.   So of course that is going to bubble over into our psyches and fuel our expectations related to our health and physical bodies. But that's not how it works.   Anyone who tells you that you can lose 20 lbs in 20 days and keep it off is selling you so...

Ever start something new, such as a relationship, exercise program, or pursue a new job, and immediately write yourself off as a failure?   Do you notice how QUICK we can be to jump to thinking that we've failed? In this episode, we are going to uncover WHY we do this and I'm going to give you 3 tools to help you shift this behavior. Check it out! Get Lively OnDemand - learn more: www.getlivelynow...

Digging into the feelings of failure… WHY we think we failed, WHAT it feels like, and HOW it impacts other areas of our lives.  We are going to hold this in our hand and look at it, so that we can pull a WICKED (yes, the musical) and look at it from a completely different perspective.   This process has helped dig me out of many a 'perceived failure' holes and has helped me focus my energy in a mo...

Answering YOUR questions: from body image, to getting back on track, to 'treating' ourselves with food, and how best to monitor your heart rate while running… we are covering it all today in this installment of "Ask Jan".   And what a treat to have the adorable Franny (aka my husband) interviewing me today. Get Lively OnDemand - learn more: www.getlivelynow.com/ondemand Get my FREE coaching video...

Is the past holding you back from shining bright NOW?  I've learned an important lesson that I want to share with you… and that is that the past, present, and future only serve as a continuum if that is what we CHOOSE.  In any moment, we have the opportunity to release our baggage from the past - the stuff that keeps our light from shining bright - and step right into a joyful space. Anyone strugg...

What are the gifts and talents that you were put here to share with others?  Are you sharing them or is fear and the "compare despair" holding you back?  Sharing a story today about the fears that hold us back - or stop us - from sharing the beauty that is our gifts to this world. In today's episode, I'm sharing a dose of inspiration and some resources to move through your fear. Books and resource...

When asked how he created a sculpture, Michelangelo responded that the statue already existed inside the marble, he just removed the excess marble to reveal it.  What inner GREATNESS would be revealed if YOU chipped away the excess marble and discovered the gifts you have to give? Sharing a story about my Gram and the gifts she shared with this world… and how you (and I!) can embrace your inner gr...

As a follow up to my body shaming confession in episode 14, today we are talking about releasing the "BS" or body shaming.  Now that we are AWARE that we are doing this, we can begin to consciously create new habits to embrace a love for our bodies.   Illustrating exactly how to do this with stories from masters such as Dr. Wayne Dyer and Louise Hay, I'm sharing simple things that you can start do...

Sharing a bit of a shameful story today… after recently having a photo shoot done for my business, I found myself sinking into a moment of body shaming.  I made a comment about myself that goes against all I stand for and believe.  But I'm glad it happened, because within it there is a lesson for ME and a lesson for YOU. You may not even be aware of how acceptable it has become for us to criticize...

Have you ever thought about how limit the love we share to try and control a situation or another person? How we limit how much love we are willing to share because we think it will either a) protect us from being hurt or b) control the other person?  I know I've experienced it.  I've lived in situations where others tried to control me by limiting how much they would love me. But this is what I'v...

Does the conversation around "self love" make you squirm?  Do you feel resistance or anxious when you talk or think about loving yourself more?  Many of us struggle with the idea of self love and learning how to unconditionally love ourselves.   Many of us have also gotten pretty good at criticizing and judging ourselves… well aren't you ready for that to change?  Aren't you at least willing to ex...

Are you living your life based on a set of beliefs and limitations that you have been nurturing over a lifetime?  You physical abilities, mental capacity, emotional intelligence, and how WILLING you are to love and trust and be loved and trusted.     What if you could live free from these "truths"?  Would you want to explore this "highest" version of your self?  Allow this conversation to shine so...

Are you someone who eats because you are happy, sad, upset, bored, or ANY feeling in between? As a self proclaimed "world class" emotional eater, I bring avoidance eating to the olympic level…  And I believe we are lead to teach what we need to change for ourselves, so I have been studying my own behaviors for years; and along the way, using my experience to assemble tools and practices that YOU c...

This month we are talking all about change.  Why we resist change.  Why we fear it.  In last week's show (episode 8) I shared my story about making the change from a 12 year career in fundraising and event planning to starting my own health and fitness practice.  I talked about what held me back for so long and how I resisted making this change and how I was eventually led to take the leap.   This...

Four years ago, I was entering my twelfth year working as an event planner and fundraiser for Simmons College.  Despite having a successful and exciting career, it no longer fed my soul.  I longed for something different…  Along the way my love for health and fitness lead me to get certified to teach Pilates, attain my personal training license, and go to school to become a certified holistic heal...