A dynamic, exciting and empathetic speaker whose presentations illuminate contemporary trends in life styles and choices, provide tools and strategies to increase personal satisfaction and professional achievement, and motivate audiences to take control of their lives, expand their horizons, and fulfill their goals….

A skilled coach and life boundaries consultant whose expertise, advice and assistance can improve your relationships with your grown children, parents and other family members, friends and colleagues and help you balance your needs with those of others and your personal and professional obligations and commitments…


A best-selling writer whose books on how people cope with the problems and rewards of balancing personal and professional obligations, maintain family bonds when distance and difference tug at the ties that bind, and develop emotionally and psychologically throughout their lives have helped thousands of readers adjust to change and create happier, more productive lives and relationships

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  • Posted by janeadams on April 20, 2009 | 1 Comment Can’t My Grown Sibs Be Friends...
    We want our kids to love and support one another, but shared family history may not be enough to keep them together, especially if their lives, priorities and values are dissimilar. Often sibling rivalry...
  • Posted by admin on April 1, 2009 | No Comments Your Money or Your Life?...
    Financial independence is a hallmark of maturity, which is why  money is often the stage on which parents and  grown children act out the drama of separation.  When, why and how much we help our kids...
Anxiety Dreams - The Bag Lady Night... 0
Posted by janeadams on June 29, 2009
Here’s how you know you’ve become a woman of a certain age: The anxiety dream that wakes you up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night isn’t the one about oversleeping your SAT’s, it’s the one about being a bag lady. In my version, I’m trying to sneak a shopping cart full of all my possessions past someone in...
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You Can’t Make Your Adult Chil... 0
Posted by janeadams on June 29, 2009
“How are the kids?”  It’s not always the first question we ask when we get together with old friends, but it usually comes right after “How long has it been?” If it’s been a long time, the kids are grown up now,  in their twenties or thirties or even their forties, but to us   they’re still kids, no matter...
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How to Know If Your Family Business ... 0
Posted by janeadams on June 18, 2009
Here’s a quick quiz to help you determine if your family business is  having a negative impact on relationships in your family. FAMILY BUSINESS WORK/LIFE BOUNDARY QUIZ 1=never    2=sometimes    3=often   4=always My personal and business friends are the same people.     ________ When I leave work, I don’t think about it – when...
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When Does Postparenthood Start?... 0
Posted by janeadams on June 18, 2009
Post-Parenthood starts when your kids are old enough to vote and lasts as long as you do.  It’s the final evolution of your role as a parent, and it requires what may be the most difficult task of all: acknowledging that they are adults, with the right to lead their own lives, make their own choices, and pursue their own dreams, regardless of whether...
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