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 | 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 | Jan 20, 2017 | Attention, Mindfulness, Passion, Purpose
Like many of you, I’m curious about how to best move into 2017. It might sound strange to say it this way, since, yes, the year’s already underway. Yet, my question is really about how to fully embrace the upcoming changes not only of a new year (which is...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Sep 16, 2016 | Learning, Mindfulness, Resilience
Kinetic tension filled the office. Quarterly reports were coming out, and no one knew what to expect, no one knew what the big boss would do. The uncertainty of not knowing and wondering about job security, kept everyone on tenterhooks, irritable and touchy. As the...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Feb 25, 2016 | Attention, Consciousness, Embodied Leadership, Mindfulness
Recently on a phone call with a vendor, attempting to articulate a situation gone south and deep in the details, I was interrupted, mid-stream with a torrent of words, imagined hands waving in my face. “I can’t believe what you’re telling me! This isn’t what we agreed...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jan 1, 2016 | Attention, Learning, Mindfulness, Practice
Words matter. One Word in particular. As we begin the new year, instead of a resolution to act differently–lose weight, save more for retirement, spend more time with your kids–set a One-Word Intention for instead. Why? Because creating resolutions...
