Woo-hoo the Doors are open!
Welcome to the Holiday Edition of Plan Jam - a deep dive into reclaiming holiday magic.
Join me for an innovative holiday planning experience unlike any other. Together, we'll dive into the Holiday Season with purpose and creativity, crafting a personalized plan to enjoy peace and presence.
Kicking off - November 4, 2024
Imagine being blissfully happy this holiday season by
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Setting a pace that allows you to be present to the magic that only happens this time of the year.
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Giving presents that come from your heart not the store - presents like kindness, connection, and appreciation.
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Finding true peace and a deep sense of contentment amid the whirlwind of activities and responsibilities.
And now a word from the Ghost of Christmas Present…
…No not really. Just some words from me, from the heart. We all tend to forget that the Holiday Season is an artifical season. It doesn’t occur in nature and it varies widely across cultures - in some cultures, it doesn’t even exist.
The energy required by this season is in direct opposition to the energy of nature which is why it can be such an emotional and physical struggle to enjoy it.
The goal of Plan Jam - Holiday Edition - is to help you experience the beauty and magic of these months by focusing on peace, presence, and gifts of the heart.
My wish is for you to be able to slow down and sniff the…pine trees. To come to the other side of this season with joyful memories, a full heart, and a contented soul.
Plan Jam is a virtual retreat chock full of mini-lessons to help you recalibrate your holiday joy. Now before you have a heart attack over taking lessons about holiday cheer, let me assure you - the lessons are fun and accomplishable even with school concerts, holiday shopping, and dreaded office parties.
Through the content, you will create plans that will guide you sanely through the Holiday Season. You will have a solid foundation that is completely unlike what you have done in the past.
Introducing…
A New Kind of Approach
This isn’t your cookie-cutter holiday planner. While I love a good cookie, you don’t need more of that. This retreat is about redefining what the holiday season means to you. It’s about helping you get what you want out of the holidays so that the season can once again become magical.
The Plan Jam 411
Making Room for White Space
You are going to inject your planning with plenty of white space (just like snow.) You are not rushing through the holidays. This year, you will take things slower and be more present. You will be astounded at the difference a little quiet awareness can make in your ability to feel holiday joy.
Ideas & Support
Holidays have a way of sneaking up on you - just like the Grinch sneaking up on Cindy Lou. You have plenty of time to create an inspired holiday plan, but I encourage you to get as much done as you can before that dreaded Black Friday chaos kicks in. You will have access to me through then via private messaging on Slack. After that date, I kick off my holiday plan and scale back work.
Aligned Gift Giving
The Plan Jam process will enable you to give meaningful gifts. Not ones that come from the store but ones that come from your heart. The focus will be on giving your time, your kindness, and your appreciation to those that you love and the world at large.
Energy Management
Plan Jam is built around the energy of the seasons. The Holiday Season is an energy anomaly. With shorter days, we need to be intentional about conserving and generating energy. This means prioritizing how we use our energy to focus on what truly matters.
A New Kind of Holiday Magic
If the holiday season has been a rollercoaster of emotions and stress in the past, be ready for a huge shift. By doing less, with greater awareness, you will feel a noticeable shift in your ability to feel peace and joy. Let the magic of the holidays come alive again.
What am I signing up for exactly?
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Vritual Retreat
Starting November 4th you will receive virtual retreat content with exercises to complete according to your schedule from the comfort of your home.
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Support
You will have access to the private Slack chat with me until Black Friday where you can ask questions, share your experiences, and get support.
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Resources
You will get a Notion Workbook, Canva templates, and other resources designed to make taking notes, planning, and implementing those plans as easy as possible.
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360° Approach
We will approach the holidays looking at all areas of your life and help you to set priorities to ensure your mental and physical well-being.
About your retreat director…
Who is the lunatic writing this insane sales page? Hello, it’s me, I’m the problem. (Ahh, gotta love Taylor Swift.)
Anyway, I’m Julie Ann, your retreat director. My job is to facilitate your awesomeness during Plan Jam.
What qualifies me to do this? I’ve been a professional planner for over 30 years (yes it’s actually a job and I’ve got a Master’s and a bunch of certifications to prove it.)
But most importantly, I’ve had the experience of making an absolute mess of my life while being uber-successful. I did ALL the right things - house, career ladder, hubby, kids, dogs, car - you know all the trappings of success. I checked all the boxes except the happiness box.
While I appreciated all the great “things” in my life, I was unfulfilled. I felt guilty for feeling unhappy when I had such a great life on the surface. The guilt and unhappiness had me starting my retirement countdown clock at 12-years out. Talk about wishing your life away.
The Pandemic was a blessing for me. It completely shut down my industry and forced me to look at my life. Three months into the Pandemic, I announced my retirement, separated from my husband, and moved into an apartment.
I cleared the decks, so to speak, and started life over. Through a series of wandering misdirections, I kept coming back to my passion - planning. I also found my voice (which it turns out is quite irreverent and quirky.)
Plan Jam is the culmination of experimentation, truth-seeking, and breaking free of the “norms.” OMG, this section is getting too long. Anyway, that’s who I am and that’s why I am here.
A preview of the main themes…
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Theme One
Connections
How do you show up in the Holiday season? How authentic are you at events and gatherings? This content is all about how you WANT to present yourself to friends, family, and colleagues.
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Theme Two
The 3 P’s - Presence, Presents, and Patience
These lessons focus on the mindshifts needed to be more present during holiday activities, how to share gifts of your time, love, and appreciation; and how to have monumental patience when Scrooge-energy shows up.
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Theme Three
Holiday Planning
No planning session would be complete without addressing the logistics of the holiday season. Routines, schedules, and making space for joy. The focus will be on identifying what is truly important to you and letting the trivial go.
Join Now
$197
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Refund Policy
Plan Jam is a virtual retreat and like going to a Taylor Swift concert, I do not offer refunds once it has started.
If you need to cancel your registration, you may do so by November 4th for a full refund. I will be completely heart-broken but as Gloria Gaynor said, I will survive. You may transfer or “gift” your registration to another person.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What if I don’t complete all the retreat content by Black Friday?
A: Your computer will explode and the world as you know it will end. (I just couldn’t help myself.) Nothing will happen if you don’t finish the content. The purpose of the November deadline is to create a container for you to make your holiday plan before the holiday season is upon you. If you complete everything by that date, you will be in great shape to relax and enjoy the holiday season.
Q: Why do I lose access to everything on December 26th?
A: Because on December 27th, we begin the new season planning session. You will be done with the holiday season and I want you to have closure and move into the new season. The course dashboard will go away.
Q: How long is each lesson?
A: I know this time of year is crazy-busy. The retreat content has been designed to be bite-size with video lessons that are under 20 minutes. Each lesson has implementation exercises and the time needed for those will be based on how much time you want to commit to thinking and planning for each one. The number of lessons varies by theme - sometimes there are just 2 lessons and other times there can be up to 4 or 5. Some support lessons are text-based making them very quick to consume. In general, I’ve worked to keep the content bite-size.
Q: What if I don’t celebrate Christmas?
A: The purpose of this retreat is to help you manage your energy during the hectic holiday season that occurs in November and December. If your lifestyle includes gatherings and events during these two months, then you will get value from this retreat. However, please know that I am based in the US and refer to Thanksgiving and Christmas, and use related imagery throughout the content. I do not go into any religious aspects of the season.
