Motivational Speaking

"As for me and my story, I was not always in a position to help others, let alone help myself.  I started from very humble beginnings and had to be trained by those around me who recognized my strengths and best traits among all else and helped me to utilize those strengths to build my self-confidence and talents overall.  I naturally have great empathy for struggling individuals, in general, and I am no stranger to helping clients with low self-esteem, those captivated by the bounds and strongholds of chemical dependency, as well as those suffering from severe mental health concerns, chronic disorders, or very challenging marital discord. Recovery crosses all paths of disorders in life, and it mirrors itself similarly, no matter what aspect of it we are struggling with.  All recovery success principles align, and if embraced well, they can eventually help us to reach our full superhuman potential..." 

 As master's level counseling program graduate from Webster University and professionally trained by well-known public speaker and mentor motivator, Les Brown, Lonnie has been motivating, igniting, and captivating audiences internationally since he ambitiously started LJF Enterprises, LLC in 2006 and built it from the ground upwards. Lonnie has very strategic and personalized methods wherein he uses his life story to embrace, enlighten and ignite his audiences with great passion, and demonstrate to them as to how they can use the very best of themselves to fight hard to surpass challenging mental health obstacles and reach far beyond their goals to exhibit massive growth and superhuman potential like never before.  

He is a well-known published and acclaimed author in many elite circles and has spoken to various civic and professional groups such as the Florida African American Student Union Association, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.'s Roger C. Wilson Conference, 100 Black Men of America's annual Men's Health Conference, Florida A&M University's annual African Black Psychology Conference, Mattie V. Rutherford Alternative School, Families of Slain Children of Jacksonville, and a large host of other non-profit organizations, among many others to name a few.   Lonnie has also held several high-ranking official positions for a variety of civic groups, leadership organizations, psychiatric clinics and hospitals, and has also been featured on several panels, including the virtual podcast "Has Slavery Benefited African Americans?," WJPF 91.1 FM radio, and the late Ralph J. Lundy's Gospel Caravan radio podcast. Use the tab below to book and invite Lonnie to speak to your group, club, or organization, and get them both fired up and moving in a positive and healthy goal-oriented direction today!