11: Coach Janell Meier - Oola Accelerator Gratitude

Episode 11

Date Recorded: May 12, 2023

Title: Coach Janell Meier – Oola Accelerator: Gratitude

Description: Janell Meier is a determined wife, mother, fun-seeker, and Certified Oola Life Coach. Janell’s way of finding joy and hope in each day inspires others to be grateful while designing the life they want.

Diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 27, Janell learned quickly that life doesn’t always happen how we want. Years later she made her dreams come true by earning the title of mommy through the help of an amazing gestational carrier. Just when her little family of three was starting to live their “happily ever after”, Janell’s cancer metastasized. She juggled a full-time career, caring for a newborn, and receiving chemotherapy along with all of life’s other responsibilities. Years later, she realized she could take much-needed time for what she wanted in life. And by doing so, she was able to show up for others in a more impactful way. She now loves supporting other women that are feeling overwhelmed with both the chaos and repetitiveness of life.

Janell has a love for writing, rollerblading, family vacations, excel spreadsheets, and Kenny Chesney concerts. She is thriving with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer while gratefully watching her baby grow up. Her mission is to help others find the balance and love for life that she always thought was unattainable.

How to connect with Janell:

Website: janellmeier.com
Facebook group "Balanced Life for Women": https://www.facebook.com/groups/560992555966059 

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Transcript

Stephanie 1:19

Hello and welcome everyone. Today we are going to discuss ULAs first Accelerator Gratitude Oola accelerators are those traits and characteristics that will help to propel you into having an Oola life even faster. And today we have coach Janelle Meyer with us to talk more about why gratitude is so important. Janelle Meyer is a determined wife, mother, fun seeker, and certified Oola life coach. Janelle's way of finding joy and hope in each day inspires others to be grateful while designing the life they want. Diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 27, Janelle learned quickly that life doesn't always happen how we want. Years later, she made her dreams come true by earning the title of Mommy through the help of an amazing gestational carrier. Just when her little family of three was starting to live there happily ever after Janelle's Cancer metastasized, she juggled a full-time career caring for a newborn and receiving chemotherapy along with all of life's other responsibilities. Years later, she realized she could take much needed time for what she wanted in life, and by doing so, she was able to show up for others in a more impactful way. She now loves supporting other women. That are feeling overwhelmed with both the chaos and repetitiveness of life. Janelle has a love for writing Rollerblading, family Vacations, Excel spreadsheets, and Kenny Chesney concerts. She is thriving with stage four metastatic breast cancer while gratefully watching her baby grow up. I am Coach Stephanie and I am here today with Coach Melinda, my co-host. And a coach who is on a mission to help others find the balance and love for life that she always thought was unattainable. Coach Jannell Meyer. Hi Melinda.

Melinda 3:05

Hi. I'm Coach Melinda. Stephanie and I are on a mission to showcase some of our fabulous Oola life coaches and share their stories. We are very excited to introduce Janelle, my art, our listeners today as she shares about herself and the Oola Accelerator Gratitude. Welcome, Janelle. We just wanna express our appreciation for having you here. This is a big story to talk about and I really appreciate

Janell 3:31

you coming on. Thank you so much for inviting me. Thank you. You're welcome. Hi, Janelle.

Stephanie 3:39

Why don't you start out by sharing with us what a typical day

Janell 3:42

in the life of Janelle looks like. Sure. I would love to, uh, just recently I let go of a corporate, my full-time corporate career. So life is, looking a lot different for me these days. I. And just really working on building my coaching business, and taking better care of myself and my family and just having the opportunity to kind of like slow down in life a little bit. I, every morning I go to the gym and that really just helps me prepare my day. I've just realized that I need that and for my body and for my mind, to stay healthy. And, uh, from there I kind of, Work on. I do a lot of writing. I love reaching out to people and supporting them however I can. And just being here to be a mom to my daughter and a wife to my amazing husband as well. Well, that's great.

Stephanie 4:39

I just was thinking when I was listening to you, tell me why is today better than

Janell 4:44

yesterday? That is a great question. I think every day that we are able to show up in life is just, a, a blessing really. And, being able to balance my life has been huge. before I just, I wasn't showing up for my family the way I wanted to and, I was pouring into a career that wasn't fulfilling to me.

Stephanie 5:07

So you learned how to balance your life and is that something you learned through Oola?

Janell 5:14

Yes. Yep. Absolutely. the first time I did the Oola wheel, it was just the visual that I needed to realize, like, Hey, I'm pouring into a career that. Isn't fulfilling to me. I'm not showing up for myself. I wasn't taking my breaks. I wasn't, finding time to exercise. I would log off at the end of the night and I would be too exhausted to even make supper for my family. And I just, I didn't like how I was showing up for, for my husband and, my daughter and I just wasn't there for my friends and my family. So it was definitely something that I needed to make a change in my life. That sounds like a lot of people have

Stephanie 5:55

that similar

Janell 5:56

story. Yes, absolutely. It was a huge decision. and it took a long time to get there, and I know without Oola it wouldn't have happened because, I was very overwhelmed with all the things that might happen. And until I took those daily actions every day, towards the dreams and goals that I wanted in the. Category of field. Uh, that's when I was able to make those changes in our life. So do you know,

Melinda 6:27

was there like a revelation or an eye-opening moment when you started following Oola that you realized Oola was for you to

Janell 6:34

share and coach? Yeah, so, my mom gifted me the Oola for Women book for Christmas in 2020, and I opened it and I honestly judged the book by the cover. I looked at it and I thought, okay, Oola for women, these two guys, they're hippies. what would they know about balance for women? So I really honestly just threw it aside and I was like, I don't have time to read this. Like I'm a full-time, Employee. I'm trying to raise my daughter. I'm trying to live with breast cancer. And so that was kind of my first introduction to Oola and my aunt kind of had shared their Facebook page with me and she's like, you should really follow these guys. They really remind me of you. And so I started following their Facebook lives and that's when I was hooked. I was like, okay, I'll pick up the book and read the book. And, within the first 10 pages, I just knew like, this is meant for me. I knew, the system, everything, was just what, what I needed in my life. And so I became a certified Oola coach shortly after that. And at that time, I didn't even consider like, Coaching people. I just wanted to learn as much as I could about Oola and that's kind of where, where I got started. And from there, once I did start coaching people and once I saw the impact it had on their lives, then I just knew it was something that I needed to continue.

Melinda 8:05

Okay. So Stephanie read your bio and I heard her say that you love to support other women who are feeling overwhelmed with both the chaos. And the repetitiveness of life. Do you wanna tell us a little bit more about what that looks like as far as your

Janell 8:19

life coaching goes? Yeah, so before Oola I was very overwhelmed with everyday life. Like I felt like I was on the hamster wheel of the corporate world. I was just pouring into a career and just doing everything I could to show up there. And then the rest of my life was just, I wasn't showing up in the other areas of my life like I should. So, helping other women to find that balance, like even if they don't really realize that they're out of balance, I think sometimes as coaches, it's easier for us to kinda see that in other people and kind of help them to, to find that themselves and to see where maybe they can put a little bit more time and effort into some of those other Fs of le of the. Well, and Oola

Stephanie 9:11

has some incredible tools to help people live a life of more balanced growth and purpose. We know that here. What's your favorite part of Oola?

Janell 9:21

Okay, so I think I have two favorite parts. one is just the system, and how once you look at your life through the Oola wheel, and through the lens of Oola, it's, I can't see life differently now. every single day. I, I have to take those action steps for myself and it helps me to. Kind of gained better control of my life. before Oola, I just felt like my life was out of control. I felt like, especially with stage four breast cancer, I felt like I didn't have control over things. And just taking those action steps every day really helps me to, to live the life that I want. And before Oola wasn't big on goals in all seven areas and. Even just, you know, some people don't like the word goals or, I think it's just living with intentions and, really being intentional about all areas of life I think is important to me. I agree with that. I

Stephanie 10:23

feel like before Oola life just happened to me, and now I am every day. Even some days, like today, there's a lot of stuff I have to do today that maybe I don't wanna do, but I'm get to do this podcast and that's something that I want to do. So I'm making room for that instead of just, you know, all the boring laundry and grocery shopping and all that stuff.

Janell 10:43

absolutely. the other thing that I really love about Oola is the community. When I found Oola, I was kind of just very disheartened by scrolling on Facebook and seeing. My friends on social media, they were either complaining about politics or covid at the time, and I just really needed a community. And so now seeing all the friends that I have that are supporting me in my dreams and goals and just seeing what they're doing with their lives is so, it's just so empowering. And then when we do get together in person, it's just a community like no other. Yeah. When

Stephanie 11:26

your flight's delayed and canceled and you see somebody in the

Janell 11:30

airport. Yeah, exactly.

Stephanie 11:33

On the way to Oola Alza. and speaking of Oola Alza, we are all into achieving our goals and pursuing our dreams. And at Oola Pza, it's a personal development. Of two days where we pour into ourselves and we talk about at the very end, what's our one main goal and we go up there and put it on the bus. So would you like to tell us what your one main goal is? What you'd like to achieve the next year?

Janell 11:58

Yeah, so one of my main goals, is in the category of field and, one main goal was for me to leave my corporate role. So that was a big one. That probably would've been my Oola one, but, I don't wanna say I knew I was going to do it, but I wanted to also challenge myself with my Oola one. So my Oola one is, surrounded in just building my business and, helping as many people as I can find, find that balance and to help them realize, what life can be. They love that. That's why

Melinda 12:30

you're a coach. So if we picked two things from the Seven Fs of Oola that radiate with us that we actually love to teach. What

Janell 12:39

would your two be? I would have to say family and fun. Family is very important to me. just with my story of how I became a mom, that's very important to me. And then just finding fun in every day is, is very important to me. And Oola helped me to realize that we can have fun every day, you know? And, I think that's something that, just finding the simple joys in life is, is very important to me.

Melinda 13:07

We love that. Fun is on your list. That is one that I struggle with. So I really get to be challenged. Wanna hear everybody else talk about it. See if I can pull everyday fun in is a struggle for me. Yeah. So that's awesome for you. How about our topic today is the Oola Accelerator of Gratitude. So when we talk about the accelerators, they are what motivates us and helps our clients succeed. So there's actually seven. They are gratitude, love, discipline, integrity, wisdom, passion and humility. And today we brought you on to talk about gratitude because it does play a pivotal role in your life. Could you share with our listeners why gratitude is so important and what Oola has taught you about being

Janell 13:51

grateful? Yes, so gratitude is definitely an important part of my life. I was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 27, and even at that time, I didn't really name it as gratitude, but I can look back now and even at that time I realized how grateful I was for, I can remember sitting in the chemo infusion room or in the cancer center waiting room and I'd have these 80 year old people like. Looking at me with pity, saying you're too young for this, you shouldn't be here. And I was just able to see it differently and to say you know what? My body's strong enough to go through chemo. here are these elderly people that are 80 pounds and trying to fight, chemotherapy. And there's also 10 year old kids or four year old kids that are coming in for chemotherapy. So I was really able to just be grateful in that moment for. For my body and for the support I had with my family. And just getting through, through those tough times, with support.

Melinda 14:58

So I think that for me, it's almost impossible to create the life that I want if I let the guilt and blockers get in my way. I love that you have started telling yourself what you deserve and that you are living every day with gratitude. I think your story is inspiring to me. It's gonna inspire so many others. And the way I first met you, which I didn't even meet you, I actually met your mom in a video and she was talking about you and then she was talking about your daughter. And so to me, I was super touched to see how it affects the life and see how the community of Oola stretches beyond just our coaches ourselves, but our families can touch each other as well. So I'm wondering, can you tell me some things in your family life that you do with the family to practice gratitude every day?

Janell 15:52

Ooh. Okay. so to practice gratitude daily, I think that's kind of a tough question. I think my family, we all know the statistics of metastatic breast cancer, and so every day that we can. Have together is, important. And as my daughter gets older and she's learning more and seeing some of my friends that are also living with stage four cancer, we just talk a lot about being grateful for, for every day that we have together. And, one thing, just in this year even, we were gifted a trip to Hawaii. And, it was through Allie's Wish, which is a nonprofit organization for, moms with cancer, with terminal illnesses. And, it took me a long time to accept that gift. but in the end, we ended up going to Hawaii this past February. It was my husband and my daughter and just, we had shirts made that said, gratitude, live in gratitude or. grateful for the memories and grateful for Allie's wish. And, so we just really, it's just a part of our daily life, I guess.

Melinda 17:12

That's a blessing. I saw something that your daughter actually posted. I can't recall what she wanted, like the top three things or something when I think the first one was an animal and then the second one was for mom to not have cancer. And I remember thinking, I know your family's very close-knit and you do a lot with her, but I was wondering if there was an outside support system that she has for anybody as the daughter that she gets to talk to and spend time

Janell 17:38

with. Yeah, so last year we participated in a family cancer class, and that was, it was just like a six week class, so we were talking about emotions and surrounding cancer. And so that was really good for her and kind of opened up the door a little bit. she doesn't know life any differently. Like I was diagnosed before she was born, and then I was diagnosed with stage four cancer when she was just four months old. So, she knows that I go to the doctor every three weeks for chemotherapy and she knows that that helps keep the cancer away. And so just being open with her about cancer, uh, yeah, but that was definitely a touching moment when I saw that she came home with that paper and saw that, uh, she, wished I didn't have cancer, but, The first thing on the list was a teacup, piglet, that's what it was. And some of the other things were, go to Hawaii again, and the other one was go to a movie theater again. So that's probably the next one that'll come true is, I think I can pull that off, is bringing her to a movie theater again. So it's not the piglet. Not the piglet. She used to, wish for a, we don't have any pets, but she used to wish for a puppy and my husband grew up on a farm raising hogs. So he told her once that, just recently that he would get a piglet before a puppy. So that's why that that's changed. I have a girlfriend that

Melinda 19:18

has a, a large pig and a small pig. So, and I, it's like part of the family.

Janell 19:23

It really is. I bet. Yeah. I didn't grow up with any pets, so I don't know how to take care of'em. That's what I always say. So if we were to get a pet, maybe it would be a piglet.

Stephanie 19:36

okay. It's very, it's very easy to be grateful in the good stuff. Talk to us about why it's also important to be grateful in the

19:46

middle

Janell 19:46

of the bad stuff. Yes, absolutely. I even from when I was first diagnosed, I was always able to see people that were struggling or in just as hard of times as I was. So I think that really helped me get through the hard times. Like I remember driving to have my first surgery and my mom asked me if I was nervous for surgery. And at that time we knew another family that, a little boy that was going through brain cancer and he was gonna be having brain surgery and. I just told my parents, I remember driving to the hospital like, how can I be nervous about my surgery when this little boy is gonna be having brain surgery? And so I think just looking at life that way, like I'm learning too that we can't always compare, because then you can't process that what you're grieving and what you're going through. But it's definitely helped me to find gratitude in, in the difficult times. And I think sometimes for me it's even easier. To find gratitude in the, in the difficult times than in the happy times. I don't know if that makes sense.

Stephanie 20:58

Oh, that completely makes sense to me. I, I also think too, in the bad times, if you can find a way to be grateful, I feel like that does just attract more good. To your life and then better things happen. Yeah. Instead of saying

Janell 21:12

bogged down and negative. Yeah. It helps to focus on, and I had so much support when I, especially when I was going through cancer, um, chemotherapy and stuff the first time, just so much family support. And I remember one time my aunt organized, um, everybody sent me cards when I got back from the Mayo Clinic. And so we came home and we just had a whole table full of like, 50 cards or something and just that simple act I felt so grateful for all that support and I could feel the love and that was just so important to me. Is

Stephanie 21:48

there anything else that you'd like to add of how you've experienced gratitude in the hard times,

Janell 21:55

or have you covered it all? I would just like to add that When I've, I've definitely gone through very hard times, going through cancer, fighting cancer was one thing, but then to come down from that and then be left it was, I thought okay, I'm gonna fight this cancer. I'm gonna be on hormone therapy for five years and then we're gonna start our family after that. And in that five years I learned that it wouldn't be safe for me to ever. be pregnant. So in those times, I have to admit, I didn't have a lot of gratitude. there were dark times and I think just living with that infertility and not being open and communicating that with, with others not seeking out counseling, like that was a very difficult time for me. So I just wanted to point out that there's definitely been times in my life where, I had a hard time finding that gratitude, and I'm just grateful now that I could, kind of shift my mindset and start taking action towards what I wanted my life to be. I

Melinda 23:01

love that. So I love that you're living your life and you're positive about it. Tell us, how old is your daughter? This isn't been like a, a few years, you're been doing great

Janell 23:12

for quite a few years. Yes. Yeah, she just turned eight, so, I am super grateful to be on my first line of defense. it's not common for people living with metastatic breast cancer to still be on their first chemotherapy. I have friends that, are also living with metastatic cancer and they've gone through 15 different chemotherapies. I've had a lot of friends that have passed away from metastatic breast cancer, so, Being in that community and surrounding myself with those people, it's a gift to be able to support them. And it's also difficult to be in my situation and be healthy and also, you know, feel helpless in, in what they're going through.

Melinda 23:59

Okay,

Janell 24:00

so in the Oola Booker,

Melinda 24:02

co-founder Dave

Janell 24:03

Bron, a

Melinda 24:04

k a, the Oola seeker writes about his nephew Jared, in the chapter about gratitude. It's one of our favorite stories. Tell us a little bit about the connection you had to this family before you even really

Janell 24:17

heard about Oola. Yes. So I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009, I live in North Dakota. And at that time my aunt had sent me Jared's CaringBridge page because Jared was going through cancer at the same time. And so here was this young kid that was going through cancer and I, I was young at that time as well. So I followed him on his Caring bridge page and commented and just supported him and felt a connection there with, with Jared in that way. So I never met him, but he definitely impacted my life. I can share too, Oola Pza, are you gonna bring your daughter to Oola Pza this year? No, not to Oola Pza. Yeah. we're taking a road trip for the Oola Convention in Salt Lake City. Oh, okay. So, it'll be my parents and my daughter. we are taking their camper on a road trip to Utah, and then we'll see a lot of the state and national parks after the convention. So, we're super excited and I am not gonna lie, I'm a little bit terrified of how that's gonna go. We're, we're

Melinda 25:31

gonna ask you in a couple of months and you're gonna say that's like one thing you were so grateful for. Oh

Janell 25:36

yeah. I know. I'll be grateful for it for sure. My parents aren't getting any younger, and my daughter, just to have this opportunity to have, be free of a full-time job this summer is, it's like now's a great time to do this. So.

Melinda 25:52

Absolutely. So would you say the one thing you're grateful for so far this year is that you made the transition with the full-time career job?

Janell 26:00

Yes. Yeah, that, yep. And just having so much support from my husband in that decision and, Definitely our trip to Hawaii is, is a highlight too of this year, so, okay. We are

Melinda 26:14

also asking our coaches on our show some questions similar to the Pist questionnaire, which has its origins and a parlor game popularized by Marcel Pist, a French essayist Annapolis, who believe that in answering those 35 questions, an individual reveals his or her true nature. We're not gonna ask you 35 questions at this room, like five for you. So the first one is tell us something in your life that has grown out of a personal disaster or hardship. I think you pretty much just told us a bunch of stuff, but is there anything else you wanna add to that?

Janell 26:51

I think my faith and just finding my authentic self. I know those are different things that as soon as I was diagnosed with cancer, like I just had this peace. About my diagnosis and, so just the peace and comfort that I found with that, the faith. and then just really learning more about myself through writing like I have written ever since I was diagnosed. And so that's definitely helped me to, to find who I am that really

Melinda 27:27

resonates with me when I first started following Oola. My mom had passed and my sister passed, and a big change for me was my growth in faith. And I actually went and got baptized and I'm at peace now too, and I, yeah, that was huge for me, so I totally understand that.

Janell 27:42

Wow. Yeah. That's awesome. Yeah, and even just since Oola, we didn't really have a faith community that we were connected to, and once I was able to balance life better, I had time to. and we wanted to, to find a church that resonated with us. And so now my husband, he plays guitar in the band. And my daughter just loves going to her church classes too. And it just, fills my heart to know that we have found a place that we can, build our faith together as a family. That's a

Melinda 28:18

great community outlet. I know Stephanie was looking for a new church when she moved. And I do think it's almost like finding a coach. You have to find the right coach for you and you have to find the right church for you. Not everyone's the perfect fit.

Janell 28:30

So that's awesome. Absolutely. Yeah. And to get over the guilt of like what we think, which church we think we should go to, and just go find a church that really. Resonates with, with everybody. So yeah,

Stephanie 28:45

Um, so Janelle, when and where were you the happiest you have ever been?

Janell 28:51

One time would definitely be in the operating room when Brielle was born and just holding her for the first time after, really losing hope in, if we would ever become parents. And I will never forget that moment of holding her and holding my surrogate's hand and trying to find any words to thank her for, for what she did for our family. And. The selfless act that she gave us. And then also, another time was my 40th birthday. it was right after Oola Alza in 2021. And, I booked the trip within two days of my birthday. We got on an airplane. We surprised Brielle and just the three of us went down to Clearwater Beach, Florida and I remember sitting out at a restaurant and there was live music playing, and all of a sudden the guy singing, started playing our wedding song. it just blew me away that here we are, like on my birthday sitting here. And yeah, my daughter, I think she was just stunned. she knew what it meant to me. she's like, mom, can I go put. Some money in his tip bucket. I'm like, yes, absolutely. Here you go. so it was just a perfect, yeah. I don't know that I could be any happier than in that moment. That's,

Stephanie 30:16

I do remember that because that's when I had just first met you. Was that, that Oola pu. Yeah. so what relationship defines love for you? And it can be real or

Janell 30:26

fictional. I'm gonna have to say my daughter again, just because of, all the love that it took for us to get her, not only, with my husband and I making the decision that we did and then, surrogate that we didn't even know that stepped up and carried her for us. And then just the love that, she brings to our entire family, like my parents. all her grandparents. the joy that she brings. And then also just the, love she has for me now. Like I can mess up as a mom and she can call me out in that, but then she can also forgive me for whatever mistakes I make along the way. And what person, place,

Melinda 31:11

or experience has shaped

Janell 31:12

you the most? I'm gonna have to fall back again to living with cancer. It's definitely something that has shaped me the most. It has given me the opportunities to see life differently and it gives me perspective on, Metastatic breast cancer. The median life expectancy is 36 months. So I was diagnosed when Brielle was four months old and at that time, like I knew the statistics and I didn't know, if I was going to see her start kindergarten. So having that perspective every day, she started kindergarten when we were at the height of Covid, so all these parents were, feeling sad that their kids weren't gonna experience kindergarten the way, the normal way that they thought should be. And I was having the perspective of like, I get to see her at this age. And so I think every birthday, every holiday is just, I have that perspective. And on that note, what advice would you give to your younger self if you could? I would just say to hold on for the wild ride and to really just focus on joy and memories and miracles in life. it's not always easy, and I know I've been stuck before in like. Before Oola especially, I really focused more on, that life expectancy and every year it was just kind of a cloud over me of, of like, oh gosh, am I going to, am I gonna be here next year? And so I would just tell myself to really change perspective and look at everything that I am experiencing along the way. Well, you're doing

Melinda 33:12

a great job supporting others along the way as well.

Janell 33:15

We appreciate that. Thank you. We are

Stephanie 33:21

also asking all the coaches on our show if they have taken an Enneagram test and for anyone out there unfamiliar, the Enneagram is a system of personality typing that describes patterns and how people interpret the world and manage their emotions. Janelle, have you taken an Enneagram test, and if so, do you know your number?

Janell 33:41

Yes. So I had taken it a couple years ago and I honestly had to look back and, see what my number was cuz I love all these personality tests, but I can never remember where I fall or what label I am. but I also did take it again before this interview and I am an Enneagram nine. And nine.

Stephanie 34:02

So you're our first nine. would you like to share with the listeners more about what that means or, I have the information too, if you would rather me

Janell 34:10

share it. Let's, let's hear you. Okay.

Stephanie 34:13

So that nine is the peacemaker and we just talk about the strengths. We don't go into all the nitty gritty, but the strengths of the nines are easygoing down to earth and unselfish. Nines want peace in their environment. That's why they're often called peacemakers and mediators. They try to build a world without conflict around themselves. For nines, it's easy to see and value the perspective of others. It makes them amazing Listeners, nines try to get along with everyone. They're inclusive and non-judgmental. They are kind, considerate, and easy to be around. They give people a safe place to be themselves and find solutions that don't hurt people. So what

Janell 34:52

do you think about that? Nailed me. That's exactly right. Yeah. Our first nine, and

Melinda 34:58

I agree that's absolutely you,

Janell 35:00

yeah. I've definitely had to learn, that being a peacemaker doesn't always mean that I should, put others before myself. So it's, it's definitely something I am working on and learning that I can be selfish and I can. Do what's right for me and for my family. So I love that.

Melinda 35:23

And this is one of our favorite questions to ask our coaches as well. What quote or motto do you value

Janell 35:29

and live by? So I have a couple. My first one would be from Dr. Wayne Dyer, and it is peace is the result of training your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be. So I, had learned of Wayne Dyer kind of right before I was diagnosed, and, one of my, I call her my angel mom. She lives in the same town as me, and I worked with her and she shared, Dr. Wayne Dyer with me right before I was diagnosed. And it was, exactly what I needed to kinda get the mindset, for going through cancer at such a young age. And then another quote that it would just be a Bible verse. Jeremiah chapter 29, verse 11, for I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope in a future. Yes, that's

Stephanie 36:28

one of my favorites too. Well, this has been great. I find it so refreshing every time I talk to you, just to set my own. Perspective back in place and focus on my own gratitude every time I see you. I can't thank you enough for being on our show today. And is there anything we haven't asked you that you'd like to add?

Janell 36:50

I think just for anybody that is feeling out of balance, I think just to start with a goal with one small goal You know, when I first was feeling overwhelmed and first learned of Oola, it was, for me, it was just like taking one of my 15 minute breaks and going for a walk. Like that's, that's how simple my actions were. So, I think that would be some advice I would give. That's great advice.

Stephanie 37:20

Is there any advice you have for our listeners who are struggling to find gratitude in their

Janell 37:25

own lives? Yeah, I think keeping a book or a journal is a great way to find gratitude and to write in that every day. So, a lot of times I have just a book by my sink in my bathroom and, when I'm getting ready for bed, I can write down something that I'm grateful for. and to keep it simple and start small, You know, you can find gratitude in a good cup of coffee or somebody that reached out to you that day. I think sometimes we forget the little things we can be grateful for. That's

Stephanie 37:59

great advice. Before we part ways, we want to let you know that our next episode will showcase Coach Julie Phillips and the next ulu Accelerator of Love. We want to remind you that we are all designed for greatness and purpose. Stressless, feel better and enjoy life a little more. Thanks again for being with us today, Janelle.

Janell 38:20

Thank you so much for having me. Okay. I love what you guys are doing with your, with this podcast. It's awesome. Oh, thank you.

Stephanie 38:27

And goodbye everyone.