by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jun 11, 2011 | Learning, Mindfulness, Practice
I live on an alley. Every Thursday at 5:30 a.m. a grimy garbage truck, louder than any dump truck I’ve heard, sits outside my bedroom window, waking me as its driver goes through the motions of picking up waste from the condos next door. Typically, I awaken to this...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Mar 16, 2011 | Attention, Mindfulness, Resilience
I just returned from an invigorating ski vacation last week, and already another week has flown by! How can this be? While on the slopes, one day socked in with limited vision while another day relishing the fresh powder, I was, well, skiing. Thoughts of work, of...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jan 5, 2011 | Learning, Practice, Resilience
We heard the shrieking from upstairs. Shrieks of glee, shrieks of possibility, shrieks that caught our attention. Soon they were running downstairs, these two young girls, 10 and 11, dressed-up for the evening, eyebrows heavy with makeup, smiles wide. It was New...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Dec 17, 2010 | Attention, Embodied Leadership, Resilience
“A standard of living cannot be measured simply in terms of the goods and services we can purchase. It is also measured in how much time people have available to do the things they love, with the people they love.” – U.S. Secretary of Labor, Elaine...
