J9 Leading Solutions

Your brain needs quiet to do its best work. Thinking time is uninterrupted focus and mental effort without distraction. Deep thinking strengthens neural pathways for problemsolving, creativity, and strategic clarity💭

Self-Coaching Questions:
• When do I do my best thinking?
• What distractions steal my focus most often?
• What question do I need to think deeply about this week?

Block 10–20 minutes of protected thinking time daily—no devices, no interruptions. Try one focused thinking session today and notice the difference🧘🏻‍♀️✍🏻

Your brain is built from what you eat. Nourishing your body with nutrientdense foods supports cognitive clarity, emotional stability, and longterm health. Balanced nutrition reduces inflammation, stabilizes energy, and supports brain longevity🍎

Self-Coaching Questions:
• What foods help me feel mentally sharp?
• Where can I add one more whole food today?
• How does my eating change when I’m stressed?

Add, don’t restrict—start by adding one nutrient rich item to each meal. Comment with one nourishing habit you want to build this week🥗✨

When you lose your why, you lose your way.

Purpose gives direction, meaning, and motivation. It’s what inspired me to write Stir It Up!, create Step Up & Lead, and share the At Your Best model to help others gain clarity, confidence, and take action toward their full potential.

Ask yourself:
• What gives my life meaning right now?
• Where do I feel most energized and alive?
• What small action today aligns with my deeper purpose?

Save this post as a reminder to reconnect with what truly drives you✨

What would it take for you to experience being at your best? No sure how to get there? Louise Keefe and I created the At Your Best model to help you optimize your brain so you can achieve your full potential. We offer 8 elements: Purpose🎯, Sleep😴, Nourish🍎, Move🏃🏼, Connect🤝, Mindfulness🧘🏼, Fun🎉, Think💡 to provide a way to evaluate where you’re at using self-coaching questions and identify easy changes you can make to enhance these elements in your life. Small intentional actions you can take that make a big difference. .keefe2014

Drop a 💯 in the comments if you would like tools to help you be at your best💪🏼

We often operate from old identity scripts: “I have to be the strong one.” “I can’t say no.” “I should be able to handle this.” These scripts quietly run our lives until we name them. When you rewrite the script, you reclaim your agency. I share how to flip these scripts in one of the 8 Building Blocks of Relevancy.

Comment FLIP and I’ll send you the Building Blocks📈✨

There’s something revealing about seeing yourself sketched without features, no eyes, no smile, no expression to hide behind. It made me think about who we are when we’re not performing, not pleasing, not carrying the old stories we’ve outgrown😊

Two self‑coaching questions to sit with:
• What part of me am I still trying to protect that I have outgrown?
• Who might I become if I let myself be seen in a new way?

Here’s to the courage of becoming🤍

Come see us at the LA Times Festival of Books📚✨

Join us on April 19 at Booth #304 to connect, grab a copy of Stir It Up! and be part of the conversation around leadership, growth, and staying relevant. Will we see you there?

I love spring! The beauty of it. The possibility in it. The emergence that can happen when seeds have been water.  It’s a season of hope🌻💛

What is ready to unfold for you? What will you become? It’s not too late✨