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#357: What the long days are teaching me.

#356: When "fitness Jan" meets "fundraiser Jan"

#355: The lyrics stuck in my head this week…

#354: A Message from Pope Francis to take to Heart

#353: Middle Age Madness

#352: Not Finishing a Book and Other Musings

#351: Trying to get to GOOD

#350: Hats off to Small Business Owners

#349: How I'm approaching change and what is surprising me

#348: First Day of School Vibes

#347: What's OLD is NEW for me in 2025

#346: Choices, Chances, Change

#345: How I'm feeling grounded

#344: A Thanksgiving Week Throwback

#343: What does it mean to practice RADICAL acceptance?

#342: How I'm Trying to Deal with Perimenopausal Chaos

#341: Time to Shift into Neutral

#340: Shifting Perspective in Moments of Frustration

#339: The Weight of Change: Are We Looking at the Whole Picture?

#338: Olympic Greatness and How I Can't Relate

#337: Navigating the Maze of Perimenopause

#336: When you need to soften the edges

#335: Operation Get Lively - My First Blog Post in 2014

#334: Your Key to Summer Consistency

#333: 10 Years and a Truth Bomb

#332: Thinking Forward

#331: Get Lively Gets Local

#330: Breaking up with my fitness tracker.

#329: Two Small Biz Owners Chatting about Identity, Change, and Expansion

#328: Why Getting Traction Helps

#327: The Opposite of How I See my Myself

#326: When I find myself being judgemental.

#325: When looking back tells you so much.

#324: Deciding which story to tell ourselves.

#323: Having an Identity Crisis?

#322: Slicing the Apple just Right

#321: Fear of Making Change when Old Habits Die Hard

#320: Two things for 2024

#319: Reflections and Building Character

#318: All the Emotions that come with the Holidays

#317: Looking Back on 6 Years of the Podcast

#316: Staying in the Driver's Seat this Holiday Season

#315: How I'm Thinking about Giving this Holiday Season

#314: All that is bringing me JOY right now.

#313: The Ups, Downs, and All Arounds of Entrepreneurship

#312: Celebrating 6 Years of the Show with a LIVELY Woman Sharing her Story of Life and Career

#311: Why I'm so Shocked by my Facebook Feed

#310: Why my notebook is on my couch.

#309: I'm not that person anymore.

#308: If it's not fun, what's the point?

#307: What I Care About as a Fitness Studio Owner

#306: Beyond Food and Exercise

#305: Do you want to live to 100?

#304: Did you consider this about your Comfort Zone?

#303: More on Cheat Days and Exploring Eating

#302: When Mornings Get Dark Again

#301: How to get the pedals moving on that bike of life.

#300: We need to be asking HOW we are doing THIS.

#299: Confusion, hot flashes, weight gain, oh MY!

#298: Let's Chat about Cheat Days

#297: Life isn't a One Shot Deal

#296: Soaking up all the Summer Goodness

#295: More Summer Sentiments

#294: Summer Levers and Hydraulics

#293: Five Gifts from Ted Lasso

#292: A Gift from my Notebook

#291: The latest example of what I'm learning about myself…

#290: The Challenge of Prioritizing Yourself

#289: When grief is so confusing.

#288: When a "rising tide lifts all boats."

#287: What I was thinking about on my spin bike when I shouldn't have been…

#286: When your Biz-Bestie Publishes their First Book

#285: Why "LIVELY"? What does it mean for you?

#284: Behind the scenes with Jan hiding under a blanket.

#283: You say you are committed, but are you taking action?

#282: Putting a period at the end of the JOY sentence.

#281: Sharing why I've recently gained weight.

#280: Making a BIG announcement as I hand over the mic!

#279: Why I'm Looking Back to Move Forward

#278: Two Women Sharing their Adventures in Business

#277: The Gift of Uncertainty

#276: What happens when we THINK there IS a solution.

#275: Why it's time for me to hire a COACH

#274: Mythbusters: Health, Fitness, and YOU!

#273: Three Things to Help you Make the Change

#272: Whose team is your body on?

#271: Adventures in Business, Part 3 - Fighting

#270: Adventures in Business, Part 2 - Learning

#269: Adventures in Business, Part 1 - Transition

#268: New for Get Lively in 2023

#267: I judge myself so harshly on this.

#266: Why we don't need to hold on so tightly.

#265: Being of Service in the MOST Simple Way

#264: Did you know THIS about the 3 point shot?

#263: The ONE Thing Better than Conquering the World

#262: This may be your greatest asset.

#261: What do you fashion yourself to be?

#260: 5 years of FEARS and FINDS

#259: Why did I resist this for so long?

#258: Three Gems from Three Books

#257: What if we stopped looking at it as punishment?

#256: How I got myself to take action.

#255: Grappling with Good Enough

#254: Ever notice you just need one day?

#253: When we realize we are failing over and over again.

#252: How I make MONDAY morning feel AMAZING

#251: I didn't trust myself.

#250: Let the brain do what it was made to do.

#249: Feeling like I'm settling in.

#248: The Illusion of Time and Space

#247: On the Mend Post Surgery

#246: What's your pace?

#245: The mind is also THIS and THAT

#244: Will I still be LIVELY?

#243: Wrapping up What the F(orty)?

#242: What's your ideal summer day?

#241: What I was doing eight years ago this week.

#240: Turns out the money wasn't the hardest thing to lose.

#239: Learning WHEN and HOW to say No

#238: Magicians, Mavericks, and Muses

#237: Feeling the Ceiling

#236: When We Dance Along the Line

#235: What the F(orty) is BACK!

#234: What are you BECOMING?

#233: I eat too much.

#232: What the F(orty)?

#231: Recognizing the Civil War Within

#230: It's up to you to define this.

#229: I was just born that way.

#228: Consuming this?

#227: Random Thoughts on Letting Stuff GO

#226: Dishing on Random Thoughts about Traction

#225: Celebrating & Reflecting on Two Years at our Studio

#224: Lessons from Ted Lasso: Part 3 of 3

#223: Lessons from Ted Lasso: Part 2 of 3

#222: Lessons from Ted Lasso: Part 1 of 3

#221: Your Path and How to Stay on It

#220: Are you saying NO to this?

#219: When You Stop Fighting the Unwinnable Battle

#218: What the Broken Pieces Reveal

#217: When the New Year throws a Curveball

#216: 2022 is Loading, What are you going to do with it?

#215: The Big and the Small of 2021

#214: Tales from Last Quarantine

#213: This or That? And why we often feel stuck.

#212: Craving a Childhood Christmas

#211: The Space Between ALL or NOTHING

#210: Some days are Diamonds, Some days are Stones

#209: Did you get a video of that?

#208: When the Grass always seems Greener

#207: When you realize how far you've come.

#206: But He's Running Faster Than Me

#205: Understanding why I've been eating so QUICKLY

#204: Dancing the line, Part two

#203: Dancing the fine line of LIFE

#202: Three small things helping to give me DIRECTION

#201: Nobody is saying they want to lose 10 lbs right now

#200: When you get a message like JUST LOVE

#199: My Dad & The Eve of Destruction

#198: So this is why I'm so ANXIOUS

#197: Is this habit life threatening?

#196: When You Try to CONTROL Everything

#195: Making the Case for Taking a BREAK

#194: Living Fully, Even in the Rain

#193: Quick Ways to Destress

#192: It's Time to Define Your Lively

#191: Accepting that I am who I am.

#190: How I'm Making This Summer Feel Like Forever

#189: Simple Lifestyle Lessons

#188: 7 Years of Get Lively & 7 Lessons to Share

#187: It's Time for some Summer Fun

#186: Am I judging you or are you judging me?

#185: Do you Worry or do you Work?

#184: Blowing the LID off the All or Nothing Mindset

#183: The Freedom of having what you NEED

#182: Find the GLORY in the GEARS

#181: The Tragedy of the Self Fulfilling Prophecy

#180: The TWO steps that get you STARTED

#179 Do you practice Radical Acceptance?

#178 Yes, I emotionally eat at times too.

#177 When the PAST takes HOLD

#176 Why GOOD can be so GREAT

#175 12 Simple Practices for Good Health

#174 Jan, do you eat whatever you want?

#173 Eating for Stress (it's not what you think)

#172 When you gain 5lbs over the Weekend

#171 Hitting the Pandemic Wall

#170 Why we STAY in the STRUGGLE

#169 The 5 Things that all Clients Need to Succeed

#168 Reflecting on the Roller Coaster Ride of 2020

#167 Do you hear the ticking of the clock?

#166 So you are thinking about going on a diet...

#165 A New Year brings new QUESTIONS

#164 So you've got this clean slate...

#163 Gratitude Reflections… Yes, even for 2020.

#162 Baby Steps to Better Health

#161 Why You Should Bother

#160 Lessons from Gram

#159 Your Simple Favorite Things

#158 Why Things Work

#157 Sand in Your Cup Holder

#156 Three Years of the Get Lively with Jan Show!

#155 Back to Basics

#154 Sometimes you just need a good story...

#153 We Think That Life Starts After These 3 Things

#152 "...feeling short of stable."

#151 Are you overdoing it?

#150 Why Fish Turn Water into Air

#149 Sometimes it is the Simplest of Moves that Sets You Free

#148 Find Your Spark

#147 Finding a Place for Sadness

#146 "It's okay, I'm fine." But in actuality, I'm not.

#145 The Delicate Balance of Living

#144 Enjoying a Massive Glass of Lemonade

#143 When Life Feels Like a Big, Scary Experiment

#142 Stepping Away from the Web of Worry

#141 Why change can take so darn LONG!

#140 Ever think about the FEAR of MISSING out this way?

#139 What I learned about myself during a Pandemic

#138 Finding What Works for YOU

#137 Lessons from Children's Books

#136 The message of GENTLENESS I needed to HEAR

#135 How I'm making the MOST of Summer 2020

#134 Getting the Wind back in my SAILS

#133 The 2 Questions that Opened my Eyes

#132 Are you drowning in "what if-s"?

#131 Are you feeling anxious about getting back to "normal"?

#130 Experiencing Grief and Birth, Joy and Struggle, We've Felt it Al

#129 Chatting with Mom about the highs and lows of life during Corona

#128 What is Yours to Take While Being in Quarantine

#127 The Silver Lining: Recalibrating the PACE of Your LIFE

#126 Why now is the BEST time to FOCUS on your Health & Fitness Routine

#125 Why you are not Broken and Everything isn't as STUCK as it Seems

#124 Wait, could this change my LIFE?

#123 Am I ready to start a health or fitness program? The 4 questions to ask yourself.

Episode #122 It's time to tackle YOUR belief that you can't do this...

#121 How to Improve your Life WITHOUT Adding Anything to your Schedule

#120 Sneaking in the healthy stuff can be easier than you think (even for the kids!)

#119 Why it's so important to figure out your NON-NEGOTIABLES

#118 Do small changes REALLY make a difference?

#117: How much SALT is in the water you're drinking?

#116: The Baggage that keeps you from Strutting through that Grand 2020 Door

#115: The BOOKS that Inspired and Motivated me in 2019

#Episode 114: Winter got you down and sacked out in front of the TV? Try one of these eight activities instead.

#113: What happens when we get caught up in an IDEAL

#112: Something is ALWAYS better than NOTHING

#111: My 6 intentions for 2020 and how they might inspire YOU

#110: "I forgot to eat lunch," said me NEVER

#109: Why it is so important to REFLECT on how you've CHANGED this YEAR

#108: Why do we force ourselves to do things we don't want to do?

#107: A Health Coach Shares her top 4 Strategies for the Holiday Season

#106: Gratitude for the Unpopular

#105: The Invisible Change that amounts to THIS

#104: Why You Should Set FITNESS Goals

#103: Here's the thing about GROWTH… it (should) never ends.

#102: On the Edge of Glory

#101: Are you turning these positive things in negative experiences?

#100: Glimpse inside the Life of Two Health and Fitness Coaches

#99: Why I'm FED UP with the Health and Fitness Industry

#98: The Power of Nostalgia

#97: What Lives on the Other Side of FEAR

#96: Why "Time Travel" isn't doing you any FAVORS

#95: What Makes us Feel Disconnected and Alone

#94: Come Sail Away With Me

#93: The Cornerstone of your Routine

#92: Where to Find Inspiration

#91: Hollywood, Top Gun, Gray Hair, and my "not-so-proud" Reaction

#90: What are you going ALL IN on?

#89: Let the Moment Sink In

#88: Have you asked yourself WHY you exercise and eat well?

#87: Taking Advice from a Sea Turtle

#86: Let's Enjoy a Season of NO REGRETS

#85: The Simple JOY of Summer

#84: From The Corner Office to My Yoga Mat

#83: Why I'm Eating HUMBLE PIE

#82: Are You Romanticizing Your Life Away?

# 81: Why we need to MIX it UP

#80: What if Seeking RESULTS is Holding us Back?

#79: It's time to reinterpret the idea of FAILURE

#78: Should you jump on the Spring "cleanse" bandwagon?

#77: Jan's Book Recommendations from Self Help to Memoirs!

#76: Mastering the Habit of Showing Up

#Episode 75: Got Mom Guilt? One Mom's story about taking HER first step to better her health and life.

#74: What does your MORNING ROUTINE look like?

#73: Would you say that to your seven year old self?

#72: When your Doctor doesn't think Diet and Lifestyle have an Impact on your Health Situation

#71: How you do ONE thing is how you do EVERYTHING

#70: The Roadmap you NEED when you don't know where to START

#69: Why do we wait until we are DESPERATE to ask for HELP?

#68: Why I don't care about the 5 pounds I gained this Winter

#64: Jan's "litmus test" for considering DIETS and New Eating Plans

#67: Chatting about our Perspective on Joy, Exercise, and Aging

#66: It's Time to Talk about Keeping it SIMPLE

#65: Tuning out to TUNE IN to your Good Health

#63: The most important thing you can do for another HUMAN BEING

#62: You haven't Missed the BOAT

#61: The Power of the Smile

#60: Are you in ORDINARY times?

#59: Tuning the Radio Stations of Your LIFE

#58: Lessons from a Mid-December Cleanse Experiment

#57: What is getting the BEST of YOU? Lessons from a Grunge Band

#56: What's Messing With Your JOY?

#55: Why SOMETHING is better than NOTHING

#54: What's YOUR Story?

#53: Are you too focused on GETTING and GRASPING?

#51: Building Mental Immunity

#52: Why you need to keep SHOWING UP

#50: The Fine Line Between Self Care and Self Absorption

#49: There is nothing MISSING and nothing BROKEN

#48: The 5 Questions You Must Ask Yourself

# 47: Who's ready to have more FUN?

#46: Tired of struggling without the results?

#45: Yep, it's time to indulge!

#44: Is life unfair OR your playground to enjoy?

#43: Decision Making, Second Chances, and Pearl Jam

#42: Where the heck did my ENERGY go?

#41: What if we thought more about the funny stuff and less on the painful?

#40: The Unexpected Gift we have to Give

#39: "That's Just What We Do."

#38: The Gratitude Map

#37: The Joy of Missing Out (JOMO)

#36: Why you need to find YOUR place to make a STAND

#35: What "good health" and Wheel of Fortune have in Common

#34: Do you know what "good health" means for you?

#33: Finding your LIVELY this Summer

#32: Self Sabotage Part Two: It's time to STOP

#31: Why I don't need to sell DIETS and WEIGHT LOSS to you.

#30: How to Stop Self Sabotaging your Efforts

#29: Spread the Joy: THINK Something, SAY Something

#28: Your Secret Ingredient to have more Energy

#27: To cleanse or not to cleanse? Why it might be right for you.

#26: It's Time to Start Having More FUN

#25: How to Stop trying to Control every Outcome

#24: But Food is Always there for Me

#23: Humanity, Strength, and Kindness: Stories from The Boston Marathon

#22: How to Recover from our Addiction to Instant Gratification

#21: Why do we jump so quick to thinking we've failed?

#20: Ever feel like a failure but not sure why?

#19: Your questions: Body Image, Self Motivation, and Food Rewards

#18: What is dulling your light? Making you self conscious and fearful? Release the past and shine bright!

#17: Sharing our Gifts: Calling out Fear, Comparison, and the Compare Despair that Holds us Back

#16: Our Gifts to Give: Discover your Inner Greatness and Toss it like Confetti

#15: How to Release Body Shame & Embrace Body Love

#14: My Body Shaming Confession and Pledge to Love my Body

#13: Amnesia from Fear: Love More

#12: Three Reasons You Need to Love Yourself More

#11: Who is your Highest Self?

#10: Lessons from a World Class Emotional Eater

#9: Why I was so Scared to make a Change

#8: A Little Story about Change, Belief, Trust, and Faith

Episode 7: Life's Primary Food Groups

Episode 6: What did you overcome in 2017?

Episode 5: Gratitude for the Space In-between

Episode 4: Bringing Joy & Humor Back to the Holidays!

Episode 3: "If Only I Were Thinner" Part 2

Episode 2: "If Only I Were Thinner" Part 1

Episode 1: Questioning Your Limiting Beliefs

Introducing the Get Lively with Jan Show