Welcome to The Joy Path – your road to health and prosperity.  I hope you will find this web site useful as you travel your journey to creating a life filled with joy, health and prosperity

My mother said I was born to be a teacher as she watched me line up my dolls and lecture them at the age of four!  I always enjoyed writing, so it seemed natural to major in English Education in undergraduate school.  Reading and organizational skills always intrigued me so that is where I pursued advanced degrees.

For the first ten years of my professional life, I was a high school and college English teacher. I loved the students but felt overwhelmed by all the related work when I had children of my own.  I left teaching to work with nonprofit organizations, both as a founder of a local housing organization and then staff at a national housing nonprofit.

After seventeen years of this work, I became disabled and spent three years at home seeking to find ny path back to health.  It was a challenging but successful journey. I then created a consulting business focused on helping community-based and faith-based nonprofits become healthier and more prosperous.

My life has always been about balancing the needs of self, family, work and community – although I often found myself out of balance, particularly in the areas of health and financial prosperity.  I have had the good fortune to be able to explore many different paths to balance…and this, combined with my education, career, and community work has led to The Joy Path.

This site is committed to you – both individuals and nonprofit organizations – to offer specific skills and tools to help you in your journey to joyful health and prosperity.

Jane B. Ford