by Dr. Chris Johnson | Sep 1, 2024 | Consciousness, Learning, Mindfulness |
I don’t know about you, but when I check my financial portfolio to see how it’s doing, I feel dopamine dread if the numbers go down or a surge of dopamine delight if the numbers go up from one quarter to the next. If they’re down, it’s clear that the...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jun 1, 2024 | Embodied Leadership, Mindfulness, Practice
I was lucky to have been raised on a Midwestern gentleman’s farm. My sister and I had plenty of fresh air, trees to climb, and stars to gaze upon in the black night sky. My parents built an extraordinary home, nestled in a verdant valley a quarter mile off the...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | May 1, 2024 | Consciousness, Learning, Mindfulness, Resilience
Dad loved his cars. Out in the back of the barn, he had old cars he claimed he’d ‘fix up one day.’ There was a ’40 Ford Coupe, ’56 Mercury Montclair, and the ’63 Ford Falcon that he and my Mom took cross country to Nova Scotia for their 25th...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Mar 1, 2024 | Attention, Mindfulness, Resilience
What’s the cost of overriding your natural energetic flow? Well, let me tell you! We can all get caught up in our busy lives and lose connection with flow. But if we persist in ignoring, overriding, or tuning out because our attentions are elsewhere for...