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 | Jun 1, 2020 | Consciousness, Learning, Practice
You’re probably familiar with feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, and spent lately. Given the sudden arrival of COVID-19, the state of the economy, stresses on your family and friends, the deaths of 100,000 Americans – and the tragic incidents of racial...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | May 1, 2020 | Consciousness, Practice, Resilience
What are you practicing these days? Whether practice makes perfect (my first-grade teacher said so) or if practice simply makes better (my aikido sensei teaches this), it makes good sense to know what we’re practicing. In fact, as human beings we’re incapable of not...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Apr 1, 2020 | Learning, Mindfulness, Practice
It’s official. Life as we’ve known it is over, at least for the moment. None of us could’ve prepared ourselves for how unsettling the novel coronavirus would be to our daily routines. Our old routines that once seemed drab and repetitive, now fill us with a sense of...