Changeable Podcast

A listener asks:  “My family and work colleagues describe me as a ‘speedy’ person and many times I get asked to chill out or calm down. I try to calm myself but I’m still not getting to the root reason why I can’t seem to slow myself down!  …I’m wondering if I am avoiding something by not being able to slow myself down enough to feel my own peace?”I love these questions! In this episode, we’ll look at our unique bodymind “speed”, root causes for that speed, what might be avoided by remaining sped up, and a lot more. ***The Little School of Big Change begins on September 11th. I hope you’ll join us for 6 weeks of insights! Enroll at https://www.thelittleschoolofbigchange.comThe post EP266: Why is my bodymind so sped up? A question from a listener. appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

In this episode, Change Coach Samantha Miller shares her nearly lifelong experience with OCD and how it has changed over the years, especially in recent years. If you have experienced OCD in any form or duration, I know you’ll relate to so much that Samantha shares.And if you would like some support around OCD from someone who has clearly been there (and seen her way through it), please consider checking out Samantha’s course, The OCD Peace Plan: Finding Quiet in a Busy Mind.Registration for the September course closes on September 4th. If you’d like to receive a replay of a live webinar Samantha recently ran called How to Experience More Freedom from your OCD – Without All the Strategies, email her at: info@thesamanthaspark.com. ***The Little School of Big Change begins on September 11th. I hope you’ll join us for 6 weeks of insights! Enroll at thelittleschoolofbigchange.comThe post EP265: Freedom from OCD with Samantha Miller appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

In this podcast, the host explores the concept of embracing the unknown and letting go of the need to know. They discuss the limitations of knowledge and how it can restrict our understanding. They emphasize the freedom that comes with embracing the unknown and encourage listeners to question their beliefs and concepts.

When faced with death…whether it’s the death of the physical body or the “death” of the dream of being a separate me…the mind will grab for something, anything, to hold onto.  It often grabs at false identities, trying to solidify a sense of ‘me’. It does this by clinging to personal identities, group identities, and by making up extra doses of meaning and purpose it can apply to me-and-my-life. This makes perfect sense from the perspective of a mind whose job it is to keep “you” intact. But since there is no solid “you” outside of your mind, it’s all for naught. There is nothing to keep intact. In fact, freedom is in nothing being bound or intact.The post EP263: Terror Management  appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

In truth, nothing is carried through time.  Because there is no time. Time is a thought.In the thought-world, everything refers to time. There is clear and obvious continuity, a clear and obvious past and future for a clear and obvious ‘me’. When thought is not projecting this world, there is none of that. Zilch. Not even a whiff of it. All suffering comes from continuity–worry about, or replaying of things that might happen or did happen to “me”. Can you find suffering that doesn’t depend on continuity?Given that, it’s good to know that continuity is only a thought, isn’t it? The post EP262: Nothing is Continuous appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

In this conversation with the amazing Razmik Sargsyan, we discuss how what’s true must always be true. If it’s true that we are okay in any experience, that must always be true. In the East and in the West, for people in luxury and comfort as well as for people in the middle of war. It must be true for people in pain and those with thriving health. If something is true, it has to be always true, across the board.What looks always-true to you? Razmik shares how he sees this given his experience as someone living in Armenia, where he says it’s “never a dull day”. He’s lived through near constant wars and revolutions and he’s seen firsthand what’s possible and present in any circumstance. We also talk about Razmik’s meditation practice, spiritual traps and spiritual maturity, how anything that’s arising can wake us up, and much more.I have loved my conversations with Razmik this month, first on his show Brand New Thought and now on Changeable. I highly recommend getting in touch with him if you resonate with what he’s sharing. He’s an excellent coach with a ton of wisdom and insight to share.  See more about Razmik here: brandnewthought.com The post EP261: What’s true must be always true with Razmik Sargsyan appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

I am a guest on a lot of podcasts and I’m not always inspired to share those conversations here.  But this conversation with Razmik Sargsyan for his podcast Brand New Thought felt like one that I wanted more people to hear. Part “the basics” and part pushing the edge, we covered a lot of ground. I think you’ll enjoy this conversation a lot! You can see the Brand New Thought podcast here.**  If you’re curious to see what could shift for you in just two weeks, please join me and my Change Coaches for a special two-week program called 14 Days of Change! Go to dramyjohnson.com/14days to register The post EP260: My conversation with Razmik on the Brand New Thought podcast appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

What do you really know? You think you know your name, that you love your dog, that you’re thinking, that there is a quiet, still space within…Look again. How do you know?What are those things you think you know made of? What is that quiet, still space? What is love for your dog? What’s it made of?When you really, really look, you might discover that you know a lot less than you thought. ***If you’re curious to see what could shift for you in just two weeks, please join me and my Change Coaches for a special two-week course called 14 Days of Change! Go to https://www.dramyjohnson.com/14days to registerThe post EP259: Do you really know anything? appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

Andrea says she can easily see other people’s thinking for what it is. She can even see some of her own thinking as thinking, and she can see how being identified with thought led her into past habits.  So why can’t she see this now with regard to her current habit? She says, “I don’t know how to get curious with an urge to binge or overeat. I feel like I’m either fighting the urge or giving in. There is no other option.”We’ll explore this in this episode.        The post EP258: I see thinking for what it is for everyone but myself. A question from a listener appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

Katie has several questions about listening to her heart rather than her head. How does one do that? Is it even something we can do? She also says she starts to sense freedom from her habits, but then she “clams up”. She wonders if this response is due to being in an unsafe environment in the past, leaving her still not sure what’s safe and what to trust.I’ll speak to these and Katie’s other excellent questions.        The post EP257: Guidance versus conditioning, trauma and habits, and practices versus intuition: Questions from a listener. appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.