Dr. Janice Blair

Life Coaching and Consulting

Partnering with individuals, couples, and families in a thought-provoking, connective process that inspires them to face challenges and reach for a life they love.

“Intrinsically unsettling” is what the Buddha called Life.  Heartbreak, difficulties, and pain exist for us all, and they bring with them opportunities to cultivate strength and compassion for ourselves and each other. And Darwin would tell us that we’re not designed to go it alone.

“Within each problem lies an opportunity so great as to dwarf the problem.”
— Albert Einstein

“When the first Superman movie came out, I was frequently asked, ‘What is a hero?’ My answer was that a hero is someone who commits a courageous action without considering the consequences. 

Now my definition is completely different. I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”
— Christopher Reeve

All disturbance is a wakeup call. To the extent we pick those times to avoid, postpone, or attempt to bend reality to our will, we will get sick, depressed, anxious, and we will hurt others. 

Pain is the internal messenger alerting us to pause and step back from the drama of the situation and our own thoughts, and step toward empathic and constructive support. 

Disturbances are calling for us to face them head on from a vantage point of clarity and calm.

Services

Together, my clients and I develop a plan that fits their goals, learning style, and pace; there is no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to healing, wellness, and personal growth.

  • Assessment

  • Individual, Family and Couples Coaching

  • Intervention for Families of Addicted Loved Ones

  • Case Management (typically pertaining to addiction recovery)

  • Weekly Groups

  • Workshops and Lectures

  • Resources

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Jan Blair is wearing jeans, a plaid shirt, vest, and a white shirt. She is leaning on an aspen tree and she has two dogs looking at her.

MEET JANICE

A Brief Introduction

For the past 35 years I’ve been privileged to work with people navigating through rough waters and using the ride to find their best lives.  My work is grounded in the knowledge that your answers are inside you – my job is to listen well and create an environment of compassion, non-judgment, and knowledge. My approach is eclectic and individualized; I am practiced in evidence-based guidance that is

  • solution-focused

  • cognitive-behavioral

  • informed by trauma research and neuroscience

  • spiritual (in harmony with life, grace, and meaning). 

“The most beautiful people I have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths.  These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern.
Beautiful people do not just happen.”
— Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Janice Blair is a life coach and she is shown near a window kissing her dog.

Informative Articles

  • How to Abandon Ship

    Families can't give the addict what they don't have. It is so important that the family understands what's going on in the brains and the behavior of both the practicing addict and the newly recovering addict in order to provide effective help. Clear distinctions are made in this article between actions by the family that support the problem (enabling), and those that support a solid and sustainable solution. Enabling is understandable, human, and almost always well-intended. Effective support, or what many of us call tough love, is grueling because it hurts the giver far more than the receiver. We need support to pull it off.

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  • First Year of Recovery

    Succumbing to a disease that is both preventable and treatable should be the exception, not the rule. To get there we need to replace the misconceptions and myths with the scientific and clinical realities. This article outlines the essential components of solid and sustainable sobriety.

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For help and hope—

Contact Dr. Janice Blair

jan@drjaniceblair.net
(480)323-5209

Scottsdale, Arizona

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“If a man advances confidently in the direction of his own dreams, and endeavors to live the life he imagines, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson