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 | 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 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...