Who is Bev Janisch?
As a former nurse, I’ve always been devoted to easing stress and suffering.
Today, as a coach, teacher and speaker, I help people transform not just stress—but the deeper disconnection that arises when we lose touch with who we truly are.
As a nurse, I saw firsthand how unaddressed stress manifested as physical illness. This observation sparked my decade-long passion for understanding how stress affects us at every level—mind, body, and soul. Over time, I came to see stress not just as something to manage, but as a powerful signal inviting us to grow, realign, and come home to ourselves. When we meet it with insight and compassion, stress becomes a catalyst for healing, health, and happiness.
I’ve walked that path myself and have experienced many types of stress in my own life—from the grinding wear of chronic stress and the hidden toll of personality-driven patterns, to the profound ache of soul hunger. These experiences impacted my physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being, and ultimately led me to develop a deeper understanding of how stress manifests in our lives.
I’m here to guide you back to yourself—with practical tools, compassionate coaching, and a path that leads to vitality, connection and purpose.
My Turning Point
In 2012, I stood on top of Mount Kilimanjaro—one of the highest peaks in the world—and yet, I had never felt lower. On the outside, my life looked “perfect.” But on the inside, I felt lost, stressed and deeply disconnected from myself.
Something vital was missing.
A gentle nudge from my doctor, who recognized my rising stress levels, led me to explore meditation and mindfulness. At first, I hoped to manage the symptoms—anxiety, mental fog, emotional overwhelm. But the more I practiced, the more I realized the stress wasn’t just coming from the outside.
It was deeper. It was internal.
It was what I now call soul hunger—a quiet ache for clarity, connection, and meaning. A longing to feel like myself again.
What began as a search for stress relief became a journey home to my truest self—a path that helped me find my voice, reconnect with my soul, and awaken a life of authentic purpose and inner peace.
This journey home to myself taught me that I wasn’t broken and didn’t need to be fixed—I was being called to become who I truly am.
My mission is to empower people with the tools and insight to transform stress and disconnection into a path of healing, wholeness, and authentic happiness.
A Proven Path to Authentic Happiness
I know the inner stress terrain intimately. I’m someone who has lived, studied, and transformed many layers of inner stress in my own life. I felt lost, confused and stuck without the tools or a map to find my way home to myself. This inspired me to pull it all together in the 4 Keys to Authentic Happiness Framework—a holistic path that blends science and soul to rediscover vitality, connection, and purpose.
The 4 Keys Framework emerged from seeing how traditional stress management approaches often fell short by focusing solely on daily stressors and surface-level solutions. By bridging the gap between scientific understanding and soulful wisdom, this innovative approach integrates neuroscience, mindfulness, psychology, emotional resilience and universal spiritual principles with practical mind-body techniques to live happier, healthier and more fulfilled lives.
The 4 Keys to unlock authentic happiness
These keys guide you step-by-step from inner stress toward authentic happiness and deeper self-alignment:
Each of these four keys builds upon the others, creating a framework that supports deep personal transformation and authentic happiness. Self-regulation lays the foundation. Self-love nurtures your inner world. Self-discovery reconnects you with your truth. Self-expression brings that truth to life.
By integrating these four keys, you transform inner stress into a life filled with clarity, connection, and authentic happiness.
I believe stress isn’t something we need to manage — it’s something we’re meant to learn from. My vision is a world where we grow through stress, not just survive it.
Why I Do This Work
Now as a former nurse with a Master’s in Nursing turned mindfulness life coach, meditation teacher, Enneagram practitioner, and HeartMath Certified Mentor, I help individuals who feel stressed or disconnected, reconnect with their true selves and rediscover clarity, peace, and authentic happiness.
I don’t just teach these tools—I walk alongside you as a guide who has lived the questions and found a path through them.
I’ve witnessed remarkable transformations when people get the tools, insights and support they need: clients finding their authentic voice, healing health challenges and relationships, and discovering the peace that comes from living in alignment with their truest selves.
In 2019, I published Awakening A Woman’s Soul: The Power of Meditation and Mindfulness to Transform Your Life to share these insights more widely. While my book focused on women, my approach has evolved to guide anyone seeking deeper alignment and authentic happiness.
Ready to Begin Your Journey?
Whether you’re feeling stressed, lost, stuck, or yearning to reconnect with yourself, my approach meets you where you are, guiding you toward authentic happiness.
You deserve to live a vibrant, connected and meaningful life that feels good to your soul. It begins by turning inward—towards the you you’re called to become.
Bev’s Formal Training and Certifications
1984 Bachelor of Science in Nursing, University of Alberta
1993 Master’s of Nursing, University of Calgary
2014 Certified Meditation and Mindfulness Instructor, McLean Meditation Institute
2014 The Power of Mindfulness with Jack Kornfield, nicabm
2017 Co-active Communication, Mindfulness Coaching School
2018 Deep Coaching Intensive, Center for Transformational Coaching
2019 Usui/Holy Fire 11 Reiki
020 Integral Associate Coach™, Integral Coaching Canada Inc.
2020 Integral Coaching & the Enneagram: Soul-Building & Contribution, Russ Hudson and James Flaherty
2020 Own The Shadow of Your Enneagram Personality Type, Beatrice Chestnut
2021 Developing Powerful Enneagram Skills, Chestnut Paes Enneagram Academy
2021 Intensive 1/2, The Narrative Enneagram
2021 Instincts & Subtypes, The Narrative Enneagram
2021 The Typing Process, The Narrative Enneagram
2021 Providing Effective Enneagram Solutions, Chestnut Paes Enneagram Academy
2022 Deepening Spiritual Awareness, The Narrative Enneagram
2022 The Enneagram For Therapists, Counselors, and Coaches, The Narrative Enneagram
2023 Trauma Awareness in Coaching, Deep Coaching Institute
2025 HeartMath Certified Mentor, Building Personal Resilience Program
