I believe the way we live and the way we lead are deeply connected. When we become more intentional about who we are and how we show up, we create change that ripples far beyond ourselves.
About Janelle
I’ve spent more than two decades working in leadership and People & Culture, including roles with organizations like Nike, lululemon, and Vancity. Along the way, I’ve become fascinated by what helps people grow—not just professionally, but as human beings.
Today, I write, teach, coach, and speak about living and leading with greater intention. My work brings together lessons from leadership, mindfulness, motherhood, and my own ongoing experiment in creating a life that feels like mine.
I believe in:
Living according to your values, rather than someone else's expectations.
Challenging the status quo — and the stories about we ‘should’ do.
Creating simple systems that make space for what matters most.
Having the courage to make choices that feel true to you.
Not taking life too seriously.
How I got here….
My Story
In my twenties, I had a very clear picture of what success looked like. wanted to become a C-suite leader at a multinational organization, and I spent years building a career toward that goal.
Then life got more complicated.
As my career grew alongside marriage, motherhood, and all the other parts of being human, I found myself questioning things I had once been so certain about. For a while, I thought the problem was that I simply hadn't figured out how to balance it all.
But over time, I started asking a different question: What if I don't actually want all the things I've been working so hard to achieve?
That question changed a lot for me.
I began paying closer attention to the life I was actually living — not just the one I was planning. I studied mindfulness. I became more intentional about my boundaries, my time, my work, and the people I wanted to be around. I learned that changing direction isn't the same thing as giving up. And perhaps most importantly, I stopped believing there was one right version of a successful life.
My career has taken me into executive rooms, coaching conversations, classrooms, community spaces, and eventually into work of my own. I've been a corporate leader, coach, mindfulness teacher, writer, entrepreneur, wife, mother, and plenty of things I'm probably forgetting.
And I'm still figuring it out.
What I know now is that a meaningful life isn't something we arrive at. We create it through the choices we make, the way we show up, and our willingness to keep asking ourselves what matters.
That's what I want to explore here — with you.
