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 | Nov 1, 2024 | Learning, Mindfulness, Practice, Resilience
I’ve been thinking a lot about the Doom Loop lately. We’re in a frenzied state – across the country – of collective dysregulation for many reasons, but especially the November election last week. We’re edgy, off balance, angry. Some believe that democracy is at...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jun 1, 2023 | Consciousness, Embodied Leadership, Mindfulness, Purpose
I woke up early that first Sunday of May. Bright and sunny, my plan was to go to church. Quiet reflection always energizes me, and I knew I’d be in a better mental place to study for my upcoming graduate school exams later that week from place of quiet...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Mar 5, 2023 | Consciousness, Mindfulness, Resilience
I was listening to NPR as I grabbed my first cup of coffee that morning. With disbelief, I heard the news that Russian president Putin had brutally invaded Ukraine. My breath quickened. Did I time-travel back to the Cold War era? It was 2022, so I turned up the radio...
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...
