Enjoy Success from the Inside/Out

  Interview with Health & Wellness Coach: Kelli Arbogast Script from interview: Nafije Prishtina   How are you today Kelli? Kelli Arbogast  I'm doing well. Thank you. How are you? Nafije Prishtina  Awesome. Wonderful. So yeah, this is coach Kelli and she's here to give us some tips on how we can shine from the inside out in our health and just overall well-being. So, before we get started, and before you get to know Kelli and her work, I would like to just give you guys a brief introduction, and then we'll let Kelli go from there. So, Kelli is a nutritional therapy practitioner. She lives in southern Colorado where she owns a nutrition practice. She enjoys hiking, paddle boarding, and soaking in the natural hot springs when she isn't busy helping people heal through her nutritional therapy. Hot Springs sounds fun! Kelli Arbogast   Yeah, lots of good hot springs here. Nafije Prishtina   Yeah, that's so wonderful. I actually didn't know tha...

What a great time of the year to sit back and reflect on your goals for the new year! Let’s be honest and acknowledge the wisdom from Dr. Bruening’s quote “the new year won’t solve all problems” so we must be clear about what we want to do differently this year to overcome the problems. My colleague’s tagline for this year: “2022, it’s for you!” What do you want in 2022? When you are planning your goals for the year, it is best to think with the end in mind, envisioning yourself as if you are already doing the things that you aspire to do. Just like when you want to make something for dinner, you plan the dish that you want to make, create the menu, then, make sure you have all the ingredients and supplies to make your dish. Once you know what you want to make and you have all the ingredients, you then follow the pre-set directions from the recipe, step by step to ensure a successful and delicious dish. That same formula applies to almost everything in life; when you are st...

HOW TO PRACTICE MINDFULNESS AT WORK? Life Coach Nafije Prishtina Let’s face it, every job comes with challenges due to multiple simultaneous projects, deadlines, and interdisciplinary teamwork. Challenges can motivate us but sometimes it can also cause us extra stress. Often job postings are seeking those skilled in working in a fast-paced environment. Is fast-paced a code for the stressful workplace? Those working in “fast-paced” environments and everybody else must employ mindful techniques to achieve workplace success. Everyone tells me they want to become more successful professionally and make more money. The ones who achieve this success are the ones who are mindful of what they want. Actually, these are the clients who seek my leadership coaching because they want to learn time and stress management skills and keep shining. You are invited to read my previous Mindfulness-based  time-stress management blog posts ; but today’s focus is on Workplace Mindfulness. You will learn...

  Get prepared to follow your dreams in 2021! Written By, Career Coach Kathy Shabotynskyj Photo credit Joshua Earle 2020! This year will carry an asterisk until the end of time for most of us – due to the pandemic, accompanying economic turmoil, our collective loss for Kobe, RBG and others plus the fear and worry for our families and those working on the healthcare frontlines.  The vaccines created this year are the marvels of 2020. The speed in researching, developing, executing trials, and distributing the vaccine is extraordinary – to match this Covid-19 extraordinary virus. What it reveals is that if enough focus is placed and resources mobilized, anything can happen and can happen quickly. Let’s look at this on a more personal level. One approach to following your dreams is the 10% Target Mindset philosophy created Jennifer Cohen, notable healthy lifestyle writer, entrepreneur, and podcaster. She shares that this mindset encourages people to be BOLD by asking for what the...

The Art of Mindfulness Based Public Speaking “You do public speaking, as if you're talking to one person in a room.” - Ralph Smedley, Founder of Toastmasters International Written by, Nafije Prishtina &  Kathy Shabotynskyj I am grateful to be a fluent speaker of two languages. Having mastered English and becoming a successful leader in a very different culture, makes me especially grateful. When it comes to public speaking I still struggle. One reason is that I get uncomfortable when the right words do not come to me. For example, if I want to say something fast, I feel like people do not understand what I say, and when I speak soft, to ensure the words are clear I bore people to death . For these reasons and more I decided to set a goal to improve my public speaking skills. I found and joined the best club in town, South Beach Toastmasters, where I currently serve as the club President. Becoming a member of the Toastmasters International was one of my best...