Inspiring Individuals: Janet Mohapi-Banks – Breakthrough Coach

I am delighted to feature Janet Mohapi-Banks, in my latest Inspiring Individuals interview. Janet and I met over ten years ago when we were both in the wedding industry. Since then Janet has gone through what was originally diagnosed as an incurable illness, an unexpected divorce and the heart surgery of her daughter, to becoming a Breakthrough Coach where mixing Mindset, Metaphysics, and Energy Work, she helps her clients to overcome their limiting beliefs and sabotaging behaviours to reach their next level of success and fulfilment.

Janet was running an award-winning cake business creating cakes for some of the most prestigious venues in London, including The Ritz Hotel when we first met, and I commissioned some exquisite cakes for our new Bond Street accessory store launch party.

But we then lost touch until she popped up in my LinkedIn feed in early 2020, and we caught up on the last decade over a virtual coffee. Indeed, it really was a fortuitous call, as soon after our catch-up call, I was offered the role I am currently in which has very much been the dream job. And although the call I had with Janet was not a coaching one, as we talked about my career hopes and ambitions and about her methods, I am sure in some way that conversation contributed to unblocking the channel needed to manifest some of my unfulfilled dreams into reality. And as we are now wearily in year two of the pandemic, and some of us working in the climate arena might be feeling a tad overwhelmed and jaded by the enormity of the challenges ahead, I thought this the perfect time to share some of the Mohapi-Banks magic.

WD : Firstly, congratulations on your recent move to Canada and thank you again for your friendship and support over the last couple of years. Can you tell us about your journey to working as a Breakthrough Coach?

JMB: When I first got well, I had originally planned to take a year off and just Be with my children and not do much at all. But you know what us entrepreneurial types are like! Within a month of declaring myself fully better I knew that I was here to help other people, women in particular, to reach the success that I had before but without it nearly killing them as it had done me. So, the first incarnation of my coaching was as a Business Coach. However, it fairly quickly became apparent that I much preferred working with the way people thought about themselves and their work than the nitty gritty of their business. So, that realisation, coupled with some events that were going on in my life, such as my child’s heart surgery and my son having some major issues at his primary school that we now know were due to him being autistic, lead me to go into Transformational Life Coaching. 

As I grew and understood the needs of my clients more, I specialised as a Stress Coach. Unfortunately, I often wanted my clients to go further than they did, I wanted them to truly fly but they were generally content being free of stress. This caused me to transition again because I wasn’t receiving the fulfilment that I wanted, even though my clients were getting the results that they wanted. I was increasingly being drawn to energy healing and I knew that I wanted to include it in my practice so I became a Breakthrough Coach which allowed me to use all of the disciplines that I love the most.

WD: And what is the Mohapi Method To More™ framework that forms the basis of the Consciously Creating programmes you offer as part of your coaching?

JMB: The Mohapi Method to More™ is my own unique way of working with my Private 1:1 Mentoring Clients, and as you say, it forms the basis of the Consciously Creating group coaching programme. Within the framework we look at who you are Being. It encompasses Mindset, Manifestation, and Energy Healing as we work through what changes you would like to make in your life. Underneath those three pillars, are six areas of focus: your vision of the future, money, your perception of self, your perception of the world, unapologetic self-love and self-acceptance, and emotional, energetic, and cognitive alignment.  As every person is unique, no two mentoring experiences are the same. Each session is directed by the client’s needs but the outcome is always More peace-of-mind, More joy, More fulfilment, and as a result, More money shows up too.

WD: And would you say these are also core concepts in your book Habits for Happiness which I absolutely loved and have incorporated into my daily routine; I was particularly interested to learn about the idea of celebrating, and keeping a book of wins. Can you tell us more about why this is so important to do?

JMB: My book, Habits for Happiness is the very best first starting place for anybody new to personal development. Although certain practices within the book are part of exercises that I recommend to my clients, such as meditation, celebrating etc, the work in the Consciously Creating programme and my Private Mentoring is on a whole other level. The reason that it’s so important to celebrate and appreciate the steps along the journey is because it changes the frequency of your vibration. Everything is energy and our core vibration is what attracts things and experiences into our life. Our level of consciousness correlates to our core vibration so if we are living in a state of low consciousness such as fear, shame or guilt, we’ll attract things into our life that cause us to feel those same emotions. When we elevate our consciousness into that of love, acceptance, joy, or peace, we’ll attract more of things that will cause us to feel those emotions. When we celebrate ourselves, we show ourselves love and we experience joy, so the more that we can do this, the more our core frequency and level of consciousness will rise.

WD: So, for me the concept of Joseph Campbell’s “Follow your Bliss” is a central theme for my blog. Can you tell me how you interpret this and how it plays into your teachings and work?

JMB: I had to look up who Joseph Campbell was as I’d never heard of him before. The concept of following your bliss is something that I’m very familiar with though. The reason that any of us do anything is because we believe that we will be happier as a result of doing it. Often that can come from fear, ie, we do the thing or want the thing, because we don’t want to feel the pain of another choice, but that motivation doesn’t necessarily transcend into actually achieving the life you want because as soon you’re out of the immediate pain you’ve lost your motivation. When you’re pulled towards your bliss, your motivation becomes inspiration that will keep pulling you forwards. If you can embody what that bliss feels like now, you can quantum leap into manifesting the things that support that feeling and that life. Following your bliss is fundamental in everything I do.

WD: I am so happy to hear how you have overcome such difficult times and your joy for life and belief that we should all be fulfilling our potential is very inspiring, but do you have moments when you also feel you lose faith and how do you tap back into the right mindset? In particular how did you manage to stay the course with your dream of moving to Canada in the midst of a pandemic?

JMB: Absolutely! We’re all on the journey. I might be further along in many aspects than my clients, but working on my mindset is still something that I get to do. As I breakthrough levels I still need to fill myself up with love and self-worth so I maintain the new level. I get to observe all of my thoughts so I’m able to recognise where I might be judging myself instead of living with full allowing and acceptance. My days of losing faith don’t come very often now because I know that regardless of what’s going on, I’m mastering growth and expansion over my lifetime, not just in that moment. Ultimately though, I get to decide the person that I am, and Be that person.

Sometimes it does take a long time for the manifestation to materialise, and in cases like when we sold our house to move to Canada, it took over a year before we got here because planes were grounded and everywhere was in lockdown. Because we’d already sold the house and the new owners wanted to move in, we had to move into an AirBnB cottage until I received the necessary permits to enter Canada and we were allowed to fly. So I got to remember, time and time and time again that we would absolutely get there. I didn’t accept that there was another option. I reaffirmed every day that everything always works for me. I visualised time and time and time again the view from the apartment that we would rent. I got to feel into how it would feel to be here – and it all came true. The apartment we moved into was exactly as I had envisioned. We’d sold everything in the house and moved with two big suitcases and a small suitcase each, and this apartment was fully furnished down to towels, sheets, cutlery, crockery, and even a couple of blowdryers! We could literally move in and without having to buy anything that we needed. And the view … I visualised views of the city, water, and mountains, and that’s exactly what I got.

WD: I love how you visualised the view and how it came true! So what’s next for Janet M-B and the brand?

JMB: At the moment I’m doing an MBA which is a lot of work. I’m also running my group programmes, my private mentoring, and free coaching container and Masterclasses. The next free 3-day Masterclass series starts on Monday 9 August, and Consciously Creating, my 6-week group programme is starting on 25 August, and the private mentoring is ongoing, although due to the MBA, I’m only working with a limited number of people. When my MBA is finished in 2023, I plan on writing another book and growing my business to employ more people to share all I know about living with ease, abundance, and fulfilment. Thank you so much for having me, I look forward to seeing you in the Masterclass!

It was such a delight to interview Janet and I hope this has inspired you all to vibrate at a higher level in order to achieve your aims. It certainly has reinvigorated me to clear the blocks and to “Be” in tune with my core aims and true purpose. More on that to follow! 😉

Love Sangeeta x

For more information about Janet’s work, visit here website https://www.janetmohapibankscoaching.com/

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