• Why Janet?
• Focus: living with illness
• Focus: relocation
• Focus: parenting
• About Janet

Why hire Janet Reilly?

I specialize in working with people who are trying to get their lives back on track after a recent change in career, family or life situation. I, myself, have experienced career changes, relocation, and shifting roles at work and at home. I understand the impact of poor health as I survived a life threatening illness which transformed my life and changed my sense of identity, priorities and expectations.

I have worked in different corporate settings and various industries, including a large healthcare corporation, management consulting for a large accounting firm, and a small entrepreneurial start-up company. I have worked in retail, healthcare, manufacturing, travel, specialty food business, and as a homemaker. I have experienced the impact of relocation to a new country and the shift in family role as my children have grown and moved away.

All of these events made me more aware of life’s fluctuations and learning to work with transition. Each of these changes shook up my sense of who I was and what I wanted out of life. Cancer has been one of the greatest lessons in my life, a point of tremendous change where I really had to examine who I was and who I wanted to be. I was forced to feel every emotion and look at all the parts of my life and how I could continue to live with uncertainty. Each change in my life generated new possibilities, new choices and perspectives.

The power of coaching

I love coaching and I have seen the value of the process in my own life. I believe in coaching because it does not dwell on the content of the past and it encourages forward action and thinking.

My goal is to work with people who want to learn to shape their life and embrace new opportunities. Forward-looking people can enhance the pleasure of being alive by taking stock of what they already have and where they want to go.

I deeply respect people and accept very different ways of thinking and living. I do not propose to know more about you or your circumstances, than you know about yourself. I will hold the space that will allow you to express yourself and explore your beliefs, values and behaviour that have shaped your life up to this point. We will explore if they still serve your best interests in the present and the future.

I genuinely care a lot about other people and enjoy seeing them improve the quality in their lives and satisfaction and achieve their goals.