Get Lively with Jan

I got in my car and popped my Yeti in my cup holder. UGH!!!!  Sand in my cup holder!  (Confession: the sand has been there since the summer, but I haven't gotten around to vacuuming it out.) We are quick to let little annoyances feel significant , but we often discount the overall positive impact that little things can make as it relates to our health and wellness. Now offering LIVESTREAM virtual...

Yes, my lively friends, it is time to celebrate as the Get Lively with Jan Show is celebrating it's 3rd ANNIVERSARY!!! Wow.  Three years.  156 episodes . I now have this 3 year high wall to stand on and say: Jan, you got this far, you KNOW you can keep building.   And I will. Now offering LIVESTREAM virtual classes from right inside the Get Lively®: Health & Fitness Studio!  Join from anywhere - l...

Oh November, look at you jumping right out at us ! I don't know about you, but given the current roller coaster of live, I decide to take a look at how I'm doing with "the basics" in my life . For me, the habits that I feel are solid, can sometimes slip a bit without me even realizing it because, well , I feel solid with them. Now offering LIVESTREAM virtual classes from right inside the Get Livel...

Ever feel like you just need to listen to a good story ?   Sometimes I just want to hear joy in someone's voice and get a jolt of inspiration. Ever have those days? Well, if today is one of them, I've got something for you . Now offering LIVESTREAM virtual classes from right inside the Get Lively®: Health & Fitness Studio!  Join from anywhere - look for classes labeled VIRTUAL on the schedule: www...

I've been talking quite a bit lately about how we need to keep on LIVING even though it may feel l like we've hit the PAUSE button on life . Sure, living in the age of the Coronavirus certainly has aspects of our lives at a standstill (no Pearl Jam concerts!!) but life is still happening.  Every moment, every day. It almost feels like this whole " I'll get back to my life when this is over. " conc...

Life feels SO short of stable right now. I keep saying that I feel like I'm playing one of those scam games at a carnival… Just feeling short of stable . Has this ever happened to you? Have you read a passage in a book or heard a song lyric that seemed to explain your whole life in that moment ? Now offering LIVESTREAM virtual classes from right inside the Get Lively®: Health & Fitness Studio!  Jo...

So the grocery store is now lined with floor to ceiling bags of candy . And this tends to kick off the season of clients coming to me and saying: HOW CAN I AVOID THE HALLOWEEN CANDY?! This statement always gets me thinking about overdoing it, and how that almost NEVER actually feels good . Now offering LIVESTREAM virtual classes from right inside the Get Lively®: Health & Fitness Studio!  Join fro...

A few weeks back, I gave a virtual talk at the Council on Aging in Truro.  (My mom was actually my co-host!) I was asked to give this talk to help people find ways to stay positive during this time . So many of us, myself included at times, talk about just getting through this , as if we can trade these days of our lives away for a time when "this is over."   Well, if we've learned anything in 202...

" To be near something beautiful or precious but to be unable to experience it is the subtlest possible form of torture ." Robert Johnson Somehow I experienced this with a small bowl in my kitchen cabinet. I know, it sounds insane, but allow me to explain … Now offering LIVESTREAM virtual classes from right inside the Get Lively®: Health & Fitness Studio!  Join from anywhere - look for classes lab...

The last several weeks have been a bit of a struggle. For many reasons, some very obvious that we are all going through , I was having a hard time regaining my footing, I was struggling to keep my energy going as we all face so much uncertainty.  I even had moments of feeling like I didn't have the fight in me that I know I need to keep my business moving forward. I was missing the spark.   That m...

The last few weeks I've been talking quite a bit about sadness, struggle, and trying to strike a balance with it all . This week will be no different - and don't worry, as I joked in this week's podcast, this is not going to become the " Get Sad with Jan " show.  ;) Rather, I am discovering more and more each day the role that sadness and pain play in our human experience .  Now offering LIVESTREA...

"It's okay, I'm fine." "Yeah, but it could be so much worse." "It's all good." Raise of hands for whoever else has been saying this lately but actually feels like crap . Anyone out there with me on this one ? Now offering LIVESTREAM virtual classes from right inside the Get Lively®: Health & Fitness Studio!  Join from anywhere - look for classes labeled VIRTUAL on the schedule: www.getlivelynow.co...

I had this thought earlier today and put it in my phone as a podcast topic. This delicate balance has been on my mind as we navigate through the storms and the sunrises of our lives . The balancing act that life is right here, right now.  Yours for the taking.  But it can slip away at any moment.  Now offering LIVESTREAM virtual classes from right inside the Get Lively®: Health & Fitness Studio! ...

Can you feel the smile coming through?   I'm smiling because, after another week of the highs and lows , I'm having a moment of realizing how sweet the lemonade can taste .   Heck, we keep getting the lemons tossed at us, so we might as well make something fabulous from them! And that's what I want to share with you… Now offering LIVESTREAM virtual classes from right inside the Get Lively®: Health...

I don't know about you, but do you feel like life has become one daily experiment after another ? Do you find yourself coming up with scenario after scenario of what MIGHT happen if you do : X, Y, or Z? We've been at this "new norm" for months now, but for some reason, at least for me as of late, each day feels more and more like an experiment… Now offering LIVESTREAM virtual classes from right in...

Who else feels like they are living under a tightly woven web of worry these days ? Whether the obvious concerns about living during the age of Corona or perhaps debating whether or not you feel comfortable sending your kids back to school, we all seem to be living under these shrouds of worry . Now offering LIVESTREAM virtual classes from right inside the Get Lively®: Health & Fitness Studio!  Jo...

Change takes so long because we debate it EVERY day.  Dang.   Is that true or WHAT?! How many times have you decided that you want to make a change in your life, just to debate it over and over until you talk yourself out of it before you even try ??? Sometimes we just need a kickstart to getting our healthy habits back on track, which is why I've created this for you!  Grab your FREE Get Lively®...

In my monthly membership group, Get Lively® OnDemand, we are focusing on being more present this month , because well, that is usually a challenge, but add a PANDEMIC to the equation , and well, rehashing the past and worrying about the future can feel like a full time job . We are practicing being more present to our experiences , our meals , our movement , and what is around us . So it is fittin...

Remember earlier this year when we first received the " stay at home " order for two weeks? And then it got extended, and extended, and extended… I thought that now was the perfect time to think about what has changed over the past four months , how I have changed . I highly recommend you take 15 minutes to do the same . Need a home workout?  I've got you covered!  Check out the video library in o...

First of all, hope you are all enjoying this first week of July! Second, if you are like, well, most people, you've probably cycled through diet plan after diet plan , gotten on and off track dozens of times, and maybe you've even said your fair shares of: Forget this! I'm eating what I want and will start again Monday . Any of this sound familiar?   Well, congrats, you are in good company . Need...

You know that feeling when an Amazon box arrives and you think to yourself:  Did I order something? Well, this happened to me the other day, and I was right, I hadn't ordered something, it was, in fact, a gift ! Inside I found a book titled: The World Needs More Purple People Need a coach to help keep you focused?  Need workouts you can do at home?  Want to stay consistent and "on track" with your...

Gosh, my weekly messages really seem to be riding the roller coaster as well these days… And, well, now here I am about to write about the ups and downs again. Let's start with this message I got in my daily reader ( Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo). When water is rushing through a river, we can't see the stones at the bottom, but when the waters calm and are gentle, the stones are crystal clear. N...

Oh how I love the month of June… and here we are, mid-way through it. This is my absolute favorite time of year - I love everything about the summer months - time outside and in the sun, casual gatherings with friends, and the beach, the beach, and the beach.   And with that, I wanted to share the things that I'm thinking about and the questions I'm posing to myself to make the most of this precio...

I don't know about you but I am having a tough time getting the wind back in my sails these days…  I'm not used to living with so much uncertainty or lack of routine , so I'm finding that it takes SO MUCH more energy to do anything. So I decided that I need to break it down into steps that I can manage .  Need a home workout?  I've got you covered!  Check out the video library in our private Faceb...

Last week I asked if you, like me, felt like you were drowning in "what if" scenarios . I shared my current "what if" list and the cycle it was playing in my brain like when you have a playlist on endless loop. So I posed the question to myself - and to you - how can I shift to pondering scenarios that ARE in my control?   Specifically, I asked myself these two questions. Need a home workout?  I'v...