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LEAD A LIFE
you LOVE

Make how you feel matter.

What if instead of waiting for Joy, it was the foundation for everything you create?

I'm Jillian Schecher – Joy Educator, Coach, Speaker, Founder of The Academy of Joyful Living and creator of the Joy Method™. I help people honour how they feel, take bold action and bring their visions to life through private coaching, transformational speaking, and meaningful experiences.

Because you get to create a life, business, and legacy you love and actually enjoy living it.

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The Joy Method

Feel it all. Get intentional. Create from Joy.

The Joy Method™ is about making how you feel matter.

Not just the feelings you love. All of them.

Because joy isn't about pretending everything is wonderful. It's about making space for your whole human experience, and choosing how you want to move forward.

When you honour how you feel, become aware of your thoughts, and get intentional about how you want to feel, something shifts.

You begin making decisions that feel more aligned. Leading with greater clarity. Creating from possibility instead of pressure. And bringing your visions to life without putting your joy on hold.

Through feelings, thoughts, intention, inspired action, gratitude, excitement, and trust, the Joy Method™ helps you bring more of who you are into how you live, work, and lead.

Because the goal isn't just to create a life that looks good. It's to create one you actually enjoy living.

Find the path that’s right for you

Whether you're ready to experience more Joy in the life you've created, bring a bigger vision to life, or share this work through your business, leadership or community, there's a place for you here.

  • The Academy of Joyful Living

    The Academy of Joyful Living


    Learn it. Live it. Lead it.

    Learn the Joy Method, deepen your own practice and develop the skills to facilitate Joy in your life, business and community through programs, mentorship and Joy Facilitator training.

    → Explore The Academy
  • Jillian Schecher Joy Coach, Educator, Speaker and Author

    Private Coaching & Partnerships


    For the human behind the vision.

    Joy coaching, business and brand strategy, and creative collaboration help you reconnect with what matters, enjoy the success you've created, and bring your new visions to life.

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  • Jillian Schecher Joy Educator, Coach, Keynote Speaker and Facilitator

    Speaking & Facilitation


    Bring Joy into the room. And beyond it.

    Keynotes, workshops and experiences that ignite people, teams and organizations to reconnect with themselves, strengthen connection and make Joy part of how they live, work and lead.

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Hi! I'm Jillian.

Joy Educator. Coach. Speaker. Creative Strategist. And your friendly neighbourhood Joy Wizard.

I believe the greatest success isn't just about what we create. It's about how we feel while we're creating it, and how fully we get to enjoy it.

My work brings together a degree in psychology, extensive coaching education and training, a creative career in branding, marketing and photography since 2009, and a full-time coaching practice since 2018.

But my understanding of Joy goes far beyond my professional experience.

My own journey through grief, loss and addiction has taught me that Joy isn't about having a perfect life or feeling happy all the time. It's about learning to honour the fullness of being human, reconnect with what matters and find our way back to the beauty and possibility that's still here.

The combination of education, professional expertise and lived experience is at the heart of everything I do.

I'm the creator of the Joy Method™ and founder of the Academy of Joyful Living, where I teach people how to cultivate Joy, embody Joy Leadership and bring these practices into their lives, businesses and communities.

Whether I'm coaching an entrepreneur, helping a business or brand evolve, facilitating a room full of leaders or mentoring the next generation of Joy Facilitators, my work comes back to one thing:

Helping people live, create and lead from Joy.

Because when we honour who we are, reconnect with what matters and build from what lights us up, the possibilities are extraordinary.

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CLIENT STORIES

THE MAGIC OF WHAT’S POSSIBLE

Real people. Meaningful transformations. Beautiful things brought to life.

From enjoying the success you've already created to bringing your biggest visions to life, discover what's possible when you make Joy part of how you live, create and lead.

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Kind Words

  • “This work has made me a better leader and transformed how my team handles challenges."

    My own happiness has improved, I handle stress better, and I show up with more clarity and steadiness as an entrepreneur.

    As my team has moved through their own ups and downs, they’ve gained tools to navigate challenges more effectively and perform at a higher level.

    Because at the end of the day, things will always happen, but how we respond is what matters. And this work has completely changed how we respond.

    And honestly, I get to look like a hero for investing in something that’s made such a meaningful difference in both our work and our lives.

    — Chris F., CEO

  • "Before working with Jillian I had limiting beliefs around money and success. I was constantly worrying what others would think and stuck in the people-pleasing mindset."

    Through our work together I broke out of the people-pleasing loop and implemented boundaries around who I am accepting as clients. I increased my prices, although I had fear creep up, I pushed past it in order to up level my business. My confidence has increased immensely and I have gained many tools in life and business that will continue to help me going forward. I am able to acknowledge and work through what I am going through instead of avoiding and disassociating.

    EMMA J.

  • "The daily Joy Ritual I created is one I continue to rely on today to set myself up for success in experiencing the greatest amount of Joy possible."

    Since engaging in the program, I have left a job that was not serving me, I have started living my passion and promoting my own business and most of all, I have been able to envision and dream for the first time in years! I am putting things out into the universe and she is responding fiercely! I am able to ask and receive in an authentic and compassionate way. I attribute much of this to how the Joy Method has reinforced and supported other habits that I employ to find and maintain Hoy in my life as I continue choosing my tomorrow.

    JODIE B.

  • "Jillian Schecher recently spoke at an event that the Women in Residential Construction Committee put on and WOW! Just WOW!"

    I thought I knew what to expect but she went above and beyond! It was so inspiring to listen to her and everyone was buzzing with Hoy and positive energy afterwards. You could feel the shift in the room. So much of what she said affected me personally and truly hit home. I've struggled to find Joy in my life in the past, but after hearing her speak I am excited to start my practice of Joy, to start the next leg of my growth journey. I would strongly recommend Jillian to anyone who is looking for a motivational speaker that will light the room up!  

    TAYLOR M.

  • "I can't say enough about how valuable it is to have help from a professional and Jillian is f**king IT."

    Such a real person with sooooo much knowledge and soul (fellow Cancer so you know I was held throughout our time). Investing in yourself can be scary, it's an ass pucker. It can feel like you are pushing through some intense sh*t. And to be honest when I first heard about coaching I thought it sounded cool but like I'm broke so how? The money will find you. I'm not joking. It's life-changing. Kinda like stopping to take the rock out of your shoe. Getting to manifest your life is the coolest sh*t! We all have dreams that feel wild and never achievable but it is. If you have the idea, you're already there. Now you just have to take the path to get there. Having a coach is like the friggin flashlight lighting up that pathway and the friend to pick you up when you stumble. I FRIGGIN LOVE YOU JILLIAN!!!"

    SARAH G.

  • "My journey with Jillian to be described in three words: vulnerable, joyful and compassionate."

    She helped me to realize the value I have in myself. She guided me through various exercises to see the light in myself. I started to see “me” and see my worth not only in business but I’m myself. What surprised me the most is when we raised my pricing, no joke! The very next day I booked 3 ideal clients with my new pricing.

    I uncovered some shadows that were no longer serving me and I said YAS to all of them!! Jillian is a kind, straight shooter kind of gal and I couldn’t have been happier with my journey with her!

    SHANTELLE W.

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