Tag: Jonni Lukenbill-Bowles

  • S Is For… Solution Focused!

    Contributed by Coach Jonni.

    You might have heard all the kerfuffle in recent years about Positive Psychology and happiness.
    Good stuff! And let’s be realistic,  happiness is internal; it comes from within you right?
    Even though happiness can show as a smile on your face, a brightening of the eyes, happiness is all about your body naturally producing pleasure chemicals to make you feel extra good.
    Okay, so, since we cannot always control what’s happening around us (like a pandemic,  for instance), how can we dwell on solutions rather than focus on problems?
    How do you create your positive solution focus?
    Move toward instead of away from something.  Instead of I don’t want to feel cooped  up during shelter-in-place, how about I will be energetic and joyful during quarantine? Picture yourself being energetic and joyful and then live it.
    Or use an if/when then statement:  If I get stuck during a work assignment then I will take a 20 minute break in order to get back to productive work.  Or When I catch myself reaching for an unhealthy snack then I will go for fresh fruit instead.
    Proven effective,  reframing a negative goal (I want to stop doing something) to a positive statement (I am going to do something) tells your brain chemicals to be more positive.
    Have a wonderful time creating your own internal positive solutions instead of concentrating on negative problems!

    Bio:

    Jonni Lukenbill-Bowles is a Career Counselor and Lifestyle Coach in the midwestern United States. See more about Jonni on sageprairie.net and her blog at sageprairiestudio.com . Write to Jonni at CoachJonni AT CoachJonni DOT com.

  • M Is For… Motivation!

    Is there such a thing as self-motivation? Perhaps, but a shared load is halved, right?

    It’s tough enough to stay motivated on a good day; shelter-in-place is making it harder for most of us.

    How do we motivate when our new normal is commuting 20 feet to the home office? Except for a few video conferences most of us are cut off from motivational confabs with the coworkers.

    I know of one executive who is attempting to make a go of it in a more excellent way than just getting through another day. His wife also is working from home and they have small children who need to get schoolwork done. They motivate each other by keeping a routine: wake and sleep times have stayed the same as before with both spouses taking turns keeping the kids moving while the adults work through their day. Easy? Not really, but definitely stimulating.

    I keep a routine as best I can (never have been good at it). My husband and I lavish motivational praise on each other for completing even the most mundane tasks. Keeps us going!

    I also make it a point to share motivational texts with a few besties during the day: quick snappy messages that are joyful and encouraging. Keeping it short can still connect you without being disruptive of your work schedule. You can always have a longer, more relaxed chat after the workday is done.

    So, who can you share a motivational moment with? What positive reinforcement can you gift someone?

    You’ll feel less isolated and more productive by sharing motivational forces with your household loved ones and your remote partners-in-captivity.

    Go on, enjoy sharing some positive motivation, have a delightfully productive day.

    Bio:

    Jonni Lukenbill-Bowles is a Career Counselor and Lifestyle Coach in the midwestern United States. See more about Jonni on sageprairie.net and her blog at sageprairiestudio.com . Write to Jonni at CoachJonni AT CoachJonni DOT com.

  • C Is For… Career!

    Career.  It’s your Core Values come to life.

    Creative desires made real.
    More than a job for pay, a career is a culmination of what truly counts as important to you. It’s what gets you up in the morning and motivates you throughout the day.
    Career is your Values, Interests,  Personality,  Skills,  and Strengths binding together to guide you in the right direction for fulfillment and financial stability.
    Choose carefully and wisely so your career will be a lifestyle enhancement that goes beyond fiscal necessity.
    Career can be a calling,  a coordination of all you can aspire to.  And best of all, careers can be changed, refreshed, enhanced through your lifespan .
    Career is growth.  Career is power. You’re worth the effort.

    Bio:

    Jonni Lukenbill-Bowles is a Career Counselor and Lifestyle Coach in the midwestern United States.   See more about Jonni on sageprairie.net and her blog at sageprairiestudio.com .  Write to Jonni at CoachJonni AT CoachJonni DOT com.