by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jun 13, 2018 | Attention, Mindfulness, Purpose
I met Sam last Wednesday morning for coffee. He couldn’t have looked more different from the man I’d met just a couple of years before. He was smiling. He looked younger and more fit. He was clearly enjoying our conversation, bringing me up to speed on his latest...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Apr 5, 2018 | Attention, Practice
How do you spend your days? Ever feel like you’ve got to steel yourself for the day because there’s just so much to do? Ever say to yourself, “I just can’t find the time!” when you’d love to accept the offer to have dinner (attend a...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Mar 1, 2018 | Practice
While skiing on the slopes recently, I was relishing the fresh powder and the fact that I was, well, skiing. Thoughts of work, of bills to pay and decisions to be made back home were merely fleeting thoughts and far, far away if they were present at all. I was on...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Nov 20, 2017 | Attention, Learning, Mindfulness, Practice, Resilience |
Over these past weeks and months I’ve become increasingly perturbed and angry about the increasing violence all around us: in our backyards, our communities, across the globe. I find myself agitated and afraid at times. I struggle with the intensity of my emotional...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jun 15, 2017 | Attention, Learning, Practice |
Up early on Sunday, coffee in one hand, newspaper in the other, we sat at the kitchen table, reading. It’s our regular routine, though this Sunday mom was in town, joining us in our weekend ritual. Given the chaos of the last year—the presidential election, the...
