by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jun 1, 2019 | Learning, Practice, Purpose, Resilience
Rifling through old pictures at my mom’s house recently, I had to smile. Grainy images captured our vacation to Washington DC when I was 14, and the college visit out west that landed us in rural Idaho (I thought I wanted to be a forest ranger). Another photo showed...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | May 1, 2019 | Attention, Learning, Mindfulness
Recently, on a phone call with a vendor, while attempting to articulate a situation gone south and deep in the details, 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...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Apr 3, 2019 | Attention, Learning, Practice |
“Be careful what you wish for,” is a phrase we often bandy about. You’ve likely said it yourself. And with good cause. There’s some awareness, on our everyday level, that we have a lot of power to influence what we wish for. Come to find out, we do. Seems that...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Nov 20, 2017 | Attention, Learning, Mindfulness, Practice, Resilience |
Over these past weeks and months I’ve become increasingly perturbed and angry about the increasing violence all around us: in our backyards, our communities, across the globe. I find myself agitated and afraid at times. I struggle with the intensity of my emotional...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jan 20, 2017 | Attention, Mindfulness, Passion, Purpose
Like many of you, I’m curious about how to best move into 2017. It might sound strange to say it this way, since, yes, the year’s already underway. Yet, my question is really about how to fully embrace the upcoming changes not only of a new year (which is...
