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...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jun 11, 2011 | Learning, Mindfulness, Practice
I live on an alley. Every Thursday at 5:30 a.m. a grimy garbage truck, louder than any dump truck I’ve heard, sits outside my bedroom window, waking me as its driver goes through the motions of picking up waste from the condos next door. Typically, I awaken to this...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | May 7, 2011 | Attention, Learning, Mindfulness, Resilience
With searing pain, eyes teary, my knotted calf screamed out in pain. At the aikido dojo, practicing a move on my knees, I persisted in sitting back on my haunches not being up on my toes, something all aikido students know as essential for the hamni hantachi move. ...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Apr 22, 2011 | Attention, Learning, Mindfulness
This past Sunday was sunny, a windy warm 76°, nearly 20° higher than normal for April in the Midwest. I was itching to get outside, to check out the blooming crocuses on the parkway. Winter had seemed so long this year; like so many, I, too, was ready for this...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Mar 27, 2011 | Attention, Mindfulness, Resilience
Think of setting your intention for the day as the process of turning on your internal GPS system to orient you to where you want to go. Ultimately, it’s to that Big Life Commitment of yours; however, for today, it’s being clear that you’re actually...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Mar 16, 2011 | Attention, Mindfulness, Resilience
I just returned from an invigorating ski vacation last week, and already another week has flown by! How can this be? While on the slopes, one day socked in with limited vision while another day relishing the fresh powder, I was, well, skiing. Thoughts of work, of...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jan 17, 2011 | Attention, Embodied Leadership, Learning, Practice
I hadn’t really ‘felt’ like getting out from under the warm, cozy covers last week. However, Thursday morning found me begrudgingly at the health center in the early hours in hopes of greater fitness in 2011. Of course, January 1st is a great time to commit, or...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jan 5, 2011 | Learning, Practice, Resilience
We heard the shrieking from upstairs. Shrieks of glee, shrieks of possibility, shrieks that caught our attention. Soon they were running downstairs, these two young girls, 10 and 11, dressed-up for the evening, eyebrows heavy with makeup, smiles wide. It was New...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Dec 17, 2010 | Attention, Embodied Leadership, Resilience
“A standard of living cannot be measured simply in terms of the goods and services we can purchase. It is also measured in how much time people have available to do the things they love, with the people they love.” – U.S. Secretary of Labor, Elaine...
