by Dr. Chris Johnson | Feb 13, 2012 | Embodied Leadership, Resilience
“Shhhhh, we don’t talk about work-life balance here,” an HR professional recently told Kyra Cavanaugh, President of Life Meets Work. Kyra, a leader in the flexible work consulting sector, shared her enthusiasm for a more flexible life at a meeting I...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jan 12, 2012 | Attention, Embodied Leadership, Mindfulness, Practice
It was a cold but sunny day, fully of the frosty air of winter. We had intentionally gathered that day, this group of powerful professional women, to practice showing up to our lives. All are involved in some way, shape or form with health care, all carved out time on...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Oct 18, 2011 | Learning, Mindfulness |
Recently, in the midst of a full day prepping for a class, seeing clients, working on a marketing piece, and anticipating a full evening at home with my family, I ran across this quote by Wayne Muller, author of Legacy of the Heart and Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal,...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Sep 20, 2011 | Attention, Learning, Mindfulness
“To meet the demands of the fast-changing competitive scene, we must simply learn to love change as much as we have hated it in the past.” – Tom Peters You may wonder why I have chosen to write about change here and you’d be right to wonder. There...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jul 18, 2011 | Attention
Here in Chicago, where typically sauna-like conditions of midsummer have given way to temperatures evoking images of warm blankets during football season, we’ve not yet reached the 90 degree mark. With this summer the second coolest on record, the weather is an...