Hey, I’m Janet Omstead!
Global behaviour-change expert, board-certified health & wellness coach (NBC-HWC), keynote speaker, and best-selling author of The Play Book.
I work privately with high-performing women 50+ who are no longer willing to leave their health to chance.
Because the truth is, aging isn’t the problem.
Inconsistent behaviours are.
Somewhere along the way, we normalized preventable decline..lower energy, creeping stiffness, reduced strength…as “just getting older.”
I don’t buy it. I didn’t come to this work because I love wellness trends.
I came to it because life taught me more than once that health can’t be left to chance.
Most people don’t struggle with their health because they lack information.
They struggle because nobody ever taught them how behaviour change actually works.
Changing your health isn’t about willpower. It’s about designing behaviours that align with who you want to become.
I help women bridge the gap between knowing what’s healthy and doing it, so they age with strength, energy, and agency.
Most health advice focuses on what people “should” do. Eat better. Move more. Sleep more. Stress less.
Yet, very few people are ever taught how behaviour change actually works.
This is where my work comes in.
I developed The PLAY Design Method, a three-step approach that helps you stop trying to fit your life around your health, and start designing your health around your life. ⭐
To help busy, high-performing women integrate movement, nutrition, sleep, and stress management into their lives in practical, sustainable ways.
My clients are successful professionals who have spent years prioritizing work, family, and responsibility—often at the expense of their health.
Together, we redesign the daily behaviours that shape their health so they can regain strength, energy, and confidence in their bodies.
The result isn’t another short-lived health kick. It’s a lasting change.
At 24, I nearly lost my life six weeks before my wedding day. At 40, my family survived a devastating car accident. Later, I became a caregiver while my husband battled leukemia and prostate cancer.
Those experiences reinforced what I believe: Life brings unavoidable challenges.
But we can take ownership of how we care for our health, and how fully we participate in the years we have. I’m here to help women reclaim that agency.
Are you ready to change?
Learn more about how Janet Omstead can help you develop healthy habits
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