by Dr. Chris Johnson | Aug 1, 2022 | Consciousness, Mindfulness, Resilience
I’ve been thinking about fields lately. As we’ve driven to visit my Mom, who lives down-state, the fields are full of sweet summer corn and lush soybeans. But some of the fields lay bare. Two+ years into the pandemic, we’re experiencing a labor crisis that continues...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jul 1, 2022 | Consciousness, Mindfulness, Resilience
Have you been feeling mad lately? June was nothing short of brutal! We’re living through seismic changes in our world. Not even summer could slow the fire hose of excruciating news and loss. Mass shootings and police violence continued: Uvalde, TX; Akron, OH; Highland...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jun 1, 2022 | Mindfulness, Practice, Resilience
Honestly, I’ve been struggling with writing this month’s newsletter. Oh, it’s not that I couldn’t find lots to write about – it’s a sunny spring day in Chicago that smells of new possibilities, the fascinating research about how our brains triage our emotions while we...
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 | Sep 1, 2021 | Attention, Mindfulness, Resilience
Even with my day breezing right along . . . I can get twitchy. Waiting at a stoplight. Anticipating an important call or email. Fussing in the kitchen after dinner (instead of relaxing). I’m guessing you can relate. On a day-to-day basis, we don’t label these...
