So… you clicked the Meet Joyce page.
This is the part where I’m supposed to hand you a polished origin story — the pivot that changed everything, the rock bottom that became the foundation, or the carefully curated timeline that makes it all look intentional.
Spoiler: there isn’t one.
What there is: seventeen years of building a business, writing books, giving a TEDx talk, and coaching hundreds of people through the kind of changes that don’t come with a roadmap. And in the middle of all of it — losing people I loved, running a business through grief that didn’t care about my deadlines, and watching my nervous system stage a full rebellion while my calendar said otherwise.
Being single and running a business meant screaming into a pillow wasn’t really an option. So I figured out how to keep moving when moving felt impossible — and then got really good at helping other people do the same.
Do I have it all figured out? Hell no. Midlife has a funny way of throwing curveballs you didn’t see coming. But I’ve got seventeen years of clients, real life, wrong turns, and what actually works when the plan falls apart. That’s the part that everything I do is built on. Neuroscience in Layman’s terms, a strategy that actually fits your life and the occasional well-placed expletive. And if you’re at that age where fine isn’t cutting it anymore and you don’t like the word crisis… you’re in the right place.
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“Your brain isn’t broken. It’s just Velcro for the shit that hurt. Awareness is how you start peeling it off.”
The Other Book
Getting unstuck is one thing. Building the visibility and connections that make opportunities find you is another. I was a self-described wallflower in business networking — and spent years figuring out how to change that, then teaching others to do the same.
Your Connecting Advantage is for professionals, entrepreneurs, and anyone who’s done being the best-kept secret in the room.
Inside, you’ll discover how to:
- Position your personal brand to get noticed and remembered by the people you want to know
- Train your mind to spot opportunities hiding in plain sight
- Escape the “tiny version of hell on a weeknight” networking trap
- Navigate connection-building as an introvert, or an over-it extrovert
- Create “right place, right time” moments—for yourself and others
This isn’t a book about collecting contacts… it’s your path to becoming known.
“I’ve often said that Joyce Layman is the greatest networker in the world. Meet her and you’ll immediately understand why. Read Your Connecting Advantage and you’ll understand how. Fantastic wisdom from which we can all benefit.”
—Bob Burg, bestselling author of Endless Referrals, Adversaries Into Allies, and co-author of The Go-Giver
Turns out the way you navigate life and the way you build a business have a lot in common. Patterns, blind spots, and opportunities rarely show up waving jazz hands. If you want to see the business side of what I do, you’ll find it at…