Blog | Dr. Amy Johnson

Practicing Gratitude

This was originally called, ‘Be Grateful’. Until I thought about how Being Grateful and Practicing Gratitude, are two very different things.Being Grateful is often a momentary feeling; a one-shot deal. It happens when you’re waiting for a root canal and you suddenly feel profoundly grateful for general anesthetic. Or it’s your turn around the Thanksgiving

The Small Stuff of Happiness

Think about the Little Things that contribute most to your wellbeing and happiness. They’re little, yes, but this is big.Although I like to get all deep and write about profound concepts like knowing you’re good enough, accepting reality, not complaining, self-love, being present and mindful…the truth is, real day-to-day happiness is often in the Small

We’re All Connected

You’ve heard we’re all connected, right? I remember the first time I heard this. In a quantum physics-type book during my first year of college. We’re all connected? What does that mean? You mean I’m not my own completely independent individual? Not an island among other islands? Nope.We’re all con–nec–ted. We know from physics that

Do You Care what Other People Think of You?

I traffic in fear. Much of my day involves hearing clients’ fears.The most popular? “Joe Schmoe won’t like me”.They’re worried about what so-and-so thinks of them, or they’re doing X—which they hate to do—because another person’s opinion matters so much.Worrying about approval from others is an epidemic. Maybe even a pandemic. People aren’t dropping dead

Create Your Life by Living Like Everyday is Halloween

Dressing up and Playing make believe rocks.Maybe we could all do a little more of it in our everyday life. You know, as a way to create what you want.Act as if and before you know it, you’re not acting. Hope you enjoy my buggy guest host…Want some help playing ‘make believe’ in your life?

Are your Requests Really Unreasonable?

I recently wrote an article for my eZine on non-attachment. In it, I tell the story of a client who decided to live the motto, “What will be, will be”. Empowering, right? Well, sort of. He took that laid-back, wait and watch stance to mean that he should stop choosing, stop creating, and start reacting. Reacting rather than

Lucky You

I just saw an article about a man in Missouri who won the lottery…twice. Two separate lotteries, a few months apart. He says he’s lucky.Are you?Where do you think luck comes from? Is it in your genes or based on your star sign or the result of karma? Do we play any part in the

Much More to Presence

Mindfulness is what we practice to cultivate presence. Presence is the state of being totally immersed in what’s right in front of us.The perk of presence that I usually focus on is that fear, worry, negative thoughts fall away. This is because those things do not exist in the Now. They are completely and totally

Projection. And Parenting.

Projection is fascinating, isn’t it? When I looked up the definition of projection I saw a lot of stuff related to television screens. So I’ll clarify—as if it’s necessary in this blog—that I mean psychological projection.You know, where you attribute your feelings or thoughts to someone else. You assume they think and feel the way

Dear Peeps,Do you ever have a question you’d love to ask a master life coach? Some issue you’d really like to run by someone other than your Aunt Betty? An issue you’d like to get a handle on? Want to hear a new perspective on something that’s been up with you?Do you want to know