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 | 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 | Nov 1, 2023 | Attention, Consciousness, Mindfulness
Are you aware of a constant low-grade hum that’s always present? The tension of that hum seems more pronounced right now. Across from my kitchen table, there’s a pastel drawing. It’s a cornucopia, a horn of plenty drawn by me, years ago while I was in a pastels...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Oct 1, 2023 | Embodied Leadership, Learning, Mindfulness
Reflect on the last time you snapped at someone out of irritation or anger. Or when you realized you had disparaging remarks about their smarts, social skills or even their points of view. Or when their struggle and pain caught you by surprise. For most of us,...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | May 5, 2023 | Mindfulness, Practice, Purpose
Super busy these days? Who’s not? Most of us operate today in a state of continuous partial attention. Constantly on, overstimulated by everything and nothing at once, our dominant mode of attention is split, ensuring we’re never present to what’s unfolding...
