Jan Fielder
& Finding Self-Compassion
Jan Fielder is a Certified Life and Wellness Coach and Workshop Facilitator who brings an integrative mind body spirit approach to her work with adolescents, college and graduate students adults, parents and families to help them successfully navigate life’s challenges. Trained in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC), and the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) she teaches mindfulness and self-compassion as a way to manage stress, anxiety and life’s challenges, and as a way to optimize overall health and well-being.
After a successful career as the Director of Human Resources for the Federal Court System and private sector law firms, Jan returned to school to pursue her passion to provide support to individuals who were struggling with life transitions. After receiving her Life Coach Certification, she looked to deepen her practice and enrolled in the renowned Columbia University Teachers College Spirituality Mind Body Institute where she holds a M.A. in Psychology in Education. Jan’s graduate research focussed on self-compassion and she developed the Kind Mind Project, a compassion based emotional resilience curriculum for high school students. She is the founder of Finding Self-Compassion an organization whose mission is to teach individuals how to cultivate a kind and supportive relationship with themselves. Jan’s innovative coaching techniques and workshops provide strategies and practices that help build emotional resilience and wellbeing by helping others discover the power within themselves.
When Jan is not busy coaching or facilitating workshops, she spends her time hiking and skiing and with her husband and coaching her three adult children!
Training and certifications:
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction–MBSR
Mindful Self-Compassion for Adults and Teens-MSC
Koru Mindfulness for College Students and Emerging Adults-Koru
Learning to BREATHE Mindfulness Curriculum for Adolescents
Emotional Freedom Technique-EFT
Awards, etc:
Jan received “Distinction in Research and Creative Work” from Columbia University Teachers College for the development of The Kind Mind Project , a compassion based inner resilience program for high school students which has been piloted in both private and public and high schools.
Teaching Fellow, Columbia University Teachers College Spirituality
Alumni Chair, Columbia University Teachers College Spirituality Mind Body Institute
Fusion Scholarship Board President, Fusion Education Group
Contact Jan:
(914) 772-0739
jan@findingselfcompassion.com.
All About
Finding Self-Compassion
Who I Am and What I do.
The Finding Self-Compassion Experience
Life does not come with a map. There are lots of curves and bumps along the way which can be challenging to navigate in the best of circumstances. It’s easy to get off course, feel overwhelmed and lose perspective and when this happens we all want to know that despite our challenges everything will be ok.
How can I help you get back on course?
In a nutshell, I teach you how to thrive in the face of your everyday challenges. My coaching and workshops teach you how to access resources within yourself–resources that you may not even know you have.
I will teach you how to
Treat yourself with kindness and understanding
Be less self-critical
Manage stress and anxiety
Bounce back from disappointments and failures
Improve concentration
Feel less overwhelmed and distracted
I am passionate about teaching specific skills and practices that support your emotional health and wellness so you can be the best you can be.
Why is this important?
In one word: STRESS. The toll that unmitigated stress places on our lives is at an all time high. Students feel it, as do adults and parents. It can hijack our academic, personal and professional lives and leave us feeling overwhelmed, distracted, anxious and depressed.
Managing stress and building emotional resilience is not necessarily intuitive. It’s often not taught at school or learned from parents but we all want to feel less overwhelmed and more empowered. We all need a toolbox of skills and practices we can turn to to when we feel like we are being pulled in too many directions and we begin to feel hijacked by stress. The bottom line is that you can’t perform or feel good about yourself if you’re anxious or self-critical.
My approach to managing stress and building emotional resilience begins with the practice of self-compassion.
Why is FSC different?
My coaching and workshops are different because I bring a wide range of empirically supported/evidence based practices that can make an immediate difference in your life. For me, it’s not only about talk, but also about providing real-world tools to approach life’s daily challenges.
With self-compassion you learn to treat yourself with kindness and understanding instead of harsh criticism in the face of everyday challenges. Research shows that when we are able to support ourselves in this way, we are better able to bounce back from setbacks and failure that are an inevitable part of life.