by Dr. Chris Johnson | Aug 1, 2025 | Consciousness, Mindfulness, Practice, Purpose
I spotted a familiar face from my exit row seat. It was my dear friend, Sally, a fellow traveler in this messy business of being human. What a sweet surprise to be on the same flight of a long-overdue reunion with our friend, Nancy, who lives in the mountains and...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jun 4, 2025 | Consciousness, Embodied Leadership, Mindfulness
A client recently shared a Guardian article that hit both of us like a lightning bolt of recognition. You know that feeling when someone finally puts words to something you’ve been sensing but couldn’t quite articulate? The piece gave us language for the...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | May 1, 2025 | Embodied Leadership, Mindfulness, Resilience
I awoke in the middle of the night gripped by fear, my heart racing. The gist of my dream involved a swirl of disjointed images and colors that captured my attention and left me unsettled to my core. My fear seemed to revolve around the experience of change itself....
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Feb 1, 2025 | Learning, Mindfulness, Passion
My husband texted me an unattributed quote last week, telling me, “This sounds like you.” “My desire to be well informed is currently at odds with my desire to stay sane.” He was right, it did sound like me in my attempts to not act on impulse to scream or throttle...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jan 1, 2025 | Mindfulness, Practice, Resilience
Every year, as December closes, I reflect. It’s not formal—just a look back at the highlights and lowlights to guide the year ahead. But this year it hit differently. Harder. Heartbreakingly. It started in spring with the swirl of tension and “othering” in our...