Blog | Dr. Amy Johnson

EP113: Dismantling False Beliefs to End Addiction with John Dicey, CEO of Allen Carr’s Easyway Method

I was ridiculously excited to talk with John Dicey, CEO of Allen Carr’s Easyway Method. Allen Carr’s Easyway books have sold over 14 Million copies worldwide. Fourteen MILLION. They’ve applied their method to smoking, drinking, overeating, and a growing handful of other issues. The essence of their approach is so much in line with the essence of

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The Golden Buddha

Somewhere around the 13th century in Bangkok, Thailand, a massive statue of the Buddha was made of pure gold.Not long after the statue was created, Burmese soldiers invaded Thailand. In a stroke of insight, the Golden Buddha was covered in stucco and glass to hide its value and keep it safe from the invaders.Who would

EP112: Fearless in the Face of Health Uncertainty with Clare Assante

Clare has gone from living with quite a bit of anxiety, to being mostly free of it. She’s gone from worrying about everything, to being diagnosed with an eye condition that could possibly lead to blindness at some point, and facing that with a kind of gratitude, ease, and grace that is quite remarkable. She’s now a

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Giddy

I love the word giddy. I love the feeling of it too. Who doesn’t?When’s the last time you felt giddy?Giddy is the feeling of so much energy–the energy that creates worlds–bubbling to the surface.So much pure, wild energy that you wiggle and bounce. Your face does funny things like Willow’s in this picture. You giggle.

EP111: Don’t Listen to this Podcast

This episode was inspired by a woman who said she feels a lot better since she stopped listening to the podcast 🙂 We’ll discuss why this happens and how you can follow the incredibly simple, incredibly clear guidance life is providing. If you don’t feel good listening to this episode please don’t listen to it! Seriously. It’s

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EP110: Dave’s Change Story: How Writer’s Block and a Diet Coke Habit Led to Not Believing His Brain and Inviting in All Feelings

Dave came to The Little School of Big Change in the Spring of 2020 to see something around writer’s block. He ended up getting a lot more than that. As he shares in this episode, he saw that all problems are the same. He watched a 20+ per day Diet Coke habit he had for years fall

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Home

She thought she was lost. She thought she couldn’t do it on her own.⁠⁠She searched and searched. She sought out teachers and guides and supposed wizards. ⁠⁠She went on a journey. She made new friends and learned about herself and her powers along the way. But the journey didn’t get her any closer to home

EP109: Memory

This episode is all about memory! I’ll explore: How memory is different from other types of thought (or actually, how it isn’t) How it works in a reconstructive–created in real time–way, and what that means for usHow memory for traumatic episodes is sometimes created in a different way than memory for other thingsHow memory plays into habits

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Lived

We are lived.We’re moved through life by the formless energy that is who-we-are. It guides us, bringing experience to life moment-by-moment in real time.We’re lived by the space beyond temporary, fluctuating form, where both everything and nothing exists. That infinite intelligence is pure potential, pregnant-with-everything, and also completely open and void of any thing. It’s

Telephone

Five kids from the neighborhood are playing telephone in my backyard. The phrase is “Koala bears are cute and pandas bears are cuddly”.Willow whispers it to Sergio, who repeats it to Lilly, who passes it along to Lucas. By the time Lucas whispers the phrase to Miller, it comes out as “Koalas are cute when