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 | Jul 1, 2024 | Embodied Leadership, Mindfulness, Practice
Not long ago, on a phone call with vendor, while attempting to articulate a situation gone south, I was interrupted mid-stream with a torrent of words – an imagined finger angrily wagging in my face. The voice booming through the speaker on my phone was saying:...
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...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Feb 1, 2024 | Mindfulness, Practice, Resilience
How’s your energy? When you boil it down, life’s all about energy, right? Everything we do, all that we get caught up in day-to-day, from juggling distractions to completing projects to making tough decisions, is fueled by the quality of our energy....
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jan 1, 2024 | Learning, Mindfulness, Resilience
It’s snowing as I write this, the first time this year in Chicago. A muted brightness in the sky is fading fast and it will soon become a dark, velvety night. If you’ve checked out one of those lists that review 2023, you may have seen alleged Chinese spy...
