by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jun 1, 2021 | Attention, Learning, Mindfulness
I’m excited about the planting I’ll do in our newly remodeled backyard! I can already see the cabbage-sized hydrangeas, smell the night blooming jasmine, and taste the home-grown tomatoes (on toasted white bread with mayo, cracked pepper, and bacon–like...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | May 20, 2021 | Consciousness, Learning, Mindfulness
I‘ve spent years wishing that I had more space in my life and on my calendar. My internal press to get stuff done, make things happen, be on top of it the right way . . . has always seemed to crowd out space, leaving less room for reflecting, creating, or doing what I...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Mar 1, 2021 | Learning, Practice, Purpose, Resilience
COVID, politics, grief, inequities – have ravaged & revealed. They’ve revealed our fault lines, our expectations, our fictions about how the world works, the personal stories we cling to like life rafts, trying to avoid the treacherous, uncertainties...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jan 1, 2021 | Consciousness, Mindfulness, Resilience
We crossed the threshold. It really is 2021! “Good riddance, 2020!” “Whew, glad 2020’s behind us.” “That year was a real sh*t show!” You’ve likely made these types of comments, I know I have. But the reality is that the pandemic’s not over and violence...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Dec 1, 2020 | Consciousness, Mindfulness, Resilience
Prior to COVID-19 descending last spring, our lives were so oriented around time that we were hard-pressed to leave home without our posse of electronic devices strapped on, tucked in and gripped by our hands. We’d learned to live our lives by the clock, allowing...
