Ever notice how LONG you can dread something? Even notice how you can put something off for SO long and make it feel impossible? And then you finally do it. Whatever the “it” is… going for a walk, not scrolling social media all day, making yourself lunch and actually sitting down to eat it. And […]

“Jan, you are setting yourself up to fail over and over again.” WAIT.  WHAT?! Yes, that's what my dear friend said to me as I was explaining to her how I was managing my work schedule. You see, I'm a creature of HABIT.  I think I might be in good company 😉 But often, those […]

Friends, we tend to complicate the living crap out of things and sometimes it only takes a small amount of effort to feel so prepared in life. So, what's my secret formula for feeling amazing Monday morning? Not so secretive or mind blowing at all… all it took, was about 45 min. For me, it's […]

As I continue to ease back into my “normal life” and recover from surgery, I've been having many thoughts and experiences that are helping me to better understand me. This week it's been a big one – like knocking myself in the head repeatedly, kind of big… And here it is: I don't really TRUST […]

Another week and another pile of wisdom bestowed upon us from The Daily Stoic. This passage was all about letting “reason rule the day” and how our minds were designed to do just this… BUT, how many of us are actually practicing this?? NOT ME! I'll be one of the first to raise my hand […]

The last two weeks I've been sharing what I've been experiencing post surgery, mostly related to what I had hoped to do with the time and also just giving myself a chance to recover. This week, I've been noticing something that is different… I feel settled.  My mind seems to be more calm.  I'm not […]

I had high hopes of tackling all kinds of things while I was home recovering. And well, the reality is, I got a few things done, but this whole illusion I had of “just needing the time and space” to tackle this while I have no other obligations, just didn't go as planned. The author […]

I received an AMAZING amount of support, gifts, and love from my Get Lively crew leading up to my surgery, but I have to admit that I felt GUILTY about that. And that brings me to the first thing I wanted to share… WHY DO WE INSIST ON JUST PUSHING THROUGH PAIN AND FEELING GUILTY […]

I find that the day before vacation, I'm counting down the hours and just can't wait to get there. Why do we live this way? Why do we push ourselves to the point that our tanks are so empty that we need a week on the beach just to be able to start speaking coherently […]

As you know, I just had my surgery… And as I was preparing this message in advance of all this, I turned to my daily reader, The Daily Stoic for some sage advice… and as always, the book delivered. “The mind is infinitely ELASTIC and ADAPTABLE.” Exactly what I needed to be reading as I […]