by Dr. Chris Johnson | May 5, 2023 | Mindfulness, Practice, Purpose
Super busy these days? Who’s not? Most of us operate today in a state of continuous partial attention. Constantly on, overstimulated by everything and nothing at once, our dominant mode of attention is split, ensuring we’re never present to what’s unfolding...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Feb 1, 2022 | Consciousness, Purpose, Resilience
Spending more money than you earn isn’t sustainable over time. Yet, that’s what many of us do each day with our personal energies, and it’s worse when we’re under more intense pressure. Like we’ve been for the past two years. We’re navigating gobs of...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Oct 1, 2021 | Practice, Purpose, Resilience
Let’s face it, we’re 21 months(!) in and we’re all tired of COVID. We’re tired of hearing about it on the nightly news and listening to vaccination rates across the country. We’re tired of feeling whatever we’re feeling about it (agitated, anxious, and angry are among...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Aug 1, 2021 | Learning, Passion, Purpose
Tell me, what’s your thing? You know, that thing you’ve always wanted to do that stays safely hidden on the back-burner, that’s worth your doing? Completing a 10K race? Finishing a degree? Starting a family? Skydiving? Singing karaoke? For me, it’s writing a...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Apr 1, 2021 | Consciousness, Mindfulness, Purpose
Each school day, my sister and I walked a quarter mile down the lane to catch the yellow school bus. Most of the time I loved those walks and our easy companionship as we waited for the bus to roll into our little valley. On days when it was windy or cold, I’d snuggle...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Mar 1, 2021 | Learning, Practice, Purpose, Resilience
COVID, politics, grief, inequities – have ravaged & revealed. They’ve revealed our fault lines, our expectations, our fictions about how the world works, the personal stories we cling to like life rafts, trying to avoid the treacherous, uncertainties...
