Blog | Dr. Amy Johnson

Goal Setting in an Inside-Out World

Here’s what goal setting looks like when you believe in an Outside-In World: You believe something “out there” in the world will make you happy, so you set a goal to achieve it. Sounds pretty typical, right?The thing is, when you’re chasing down a goal because you think it’s going to make you happy, you’re

What to do With the Pain. (Our True Nature).

When our thoughts drift to- and fixate on- horrible events in the world, we hurt. If you pay attention, you’ll notice that your thoughts will also drift away from those things and you don’t hurt in those moments. Even in the middle of unspeakable pain, thoughts part like the clouds and the sun peaks out

Spinning Through Outer Space

In his book The Untethered Soul, Michael Singer says something so obviously simple and true that it’s been messing with my head ever since. (Truth is astonishingly simple. Always.) He says we’re sitting on a planet spinning through outer space.Oh yeah! I forgot. Did you?Maybe it’s partly my line of work, but I see people

A Note From the Universe

Source: Care2.com via The Wild Life I amthe One and the Allwithin you.It is time for youto fall in,to fly.It is why we gave you this experience.Surrender and let it happen.We’ll take care of it.You can be afraid, but you must fall.We gave you this experience so you can learn to let go.It’s something you

Yes, you can Change the Past.

I know for sure that the past can change. Your experience of life—past, present, future—comes from what you are thinking in any given moment.In the world of form…where things are solid and objective events go down in the books, I suppose the past is not easily changed.But in the world of experience (which, let’s face

Gratitude for Being Human

Here’s what I’m grateful for right now: being human.The whole of it. Everything that being human entails. I used to think being human kind of sucked most of the time. With our habitual patterns that run on auto-pilot and our irrationally fearful thoughts and our unpredictable emotions.Human-ness felt like a big hassle. I would fantasize

What to “do” With Your Scariest Thoughts

I got up to change the baby’s diaper last night and when I came back to bed, something seemed off about my husband. He seemed to be sleeping unusually still. I couldn’t hear or see him breathing. My mind immediately raced to what life would be like if he were dead.Read the rest on Purpose

How to Drop the Extra (Mental) Weight

“Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.” -Thich Nhat HanhMost people I know are carrying extra weight—and I’m not talking about gaining a few pounds. I’m talking about the mental and emotional weight we lug around with us. We carry it everywhere—like a backpack full of bricks—and it weighs

The Simple Analogy That Might Change Everything

When you have a scary thought, it’s really no different than having a nightmare. Even after a horrible nightmare, when you wake up and realize it’s not real, the emotion begins to fade pretty quickly. There might be some lingering emotion into the morning, but rarely much.“It was just a nightmare, it’s not real” is

Conducting the Symphony of Shoulds

I recently spent an entire week writing down all my thoughts that began with the words “I should”. I went through a lot of paper.Some were blatantly obvious. They flowed from my head and straight out of my mouth, like when I told hubby, “I should be working, it’s almost 9am” as we cleaned up