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 | 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 | Apr 1, 2024 | Attention, Mindfulness, Practice
If you feel busier today, you’re not alone. Since 2020 and the onset of Covid, the rate of change is moving 2-4x faster than the entire last century. As a result, one huge challenge we face today in the workplace, in addition to how we work, is that it’s also...
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 | Aug 1, 2023 | Consciousness, Learning, Mindfulness
My first trip to New York City more than 20 years ago proved a bust. I’d wanted to see the Statue of Liberty, but going in January, during a big, smelly garbage strike, with blustery rain, well, you see what I mean. I just returned from NYC last week, and I’m...