by Dr. Chris Johnson | Nov 4, 2020 | Consciousness, Mindfulness, Purpose |
What kind of difference do you want to make? It’s a compelling question anytime, and especially today. We’ve all been through the wringer this year as COVID’s taken its toll on our health and our family’s well-being, our work and livelihood, our experience of...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Oct 1, 2020 | Consciousness, Mindfulness, Purpose |
Life is all about choices. As Kenny Rogers famously crooned in his song, The Gambler: “You’ve got to know when to hold ’em Know when to fold ’em Know when to walk away And know when to run” It can be a bit like a giant card game: we’re...
by Brian Fippinger | Sep 2, 2020 | Passion, Purpose |
This is a picture of one of my favorite places on the planet. Piper’s Alley, in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood, circa around 1970. It was a place of Hippies, great music, inclusion (heck, I had been going there for a couple of years by that time, and I was only 12 in...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Sep 1, 2020 | Consciousness, Learning, Mindfulness, Purpose |
You might be wondering about it, too. “Shouldn’t I be adjusted to this whole pandemic thing by now?” With the uncertainties that COVID’s ushered in, spikes in stress and social isolation, increasing levels of anxiety, and exhaustion are now the norm. What...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jul 1, 2020 | Consciousness, Learning, Practice, Purpose |
What’s your score? You know, the number of times ( especially lately ) you’ve hit ‘Send’ on an email or text that was terse and instantly regretted it? Or, how about the number of times when you’re working at home and your spouse or child interrupts to ask what they...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jan 10, 2020 | Passion, Practice, Purpose |
I tried out for the softball team in sixth grade and made it. I had an eye for pitching, but my hitting, well, it was lousy. I believed I was lousy. After one practice that spring, where I hit absolutely nothing that came my way, I went home mumbling under my breath....
