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Shelly says she used to be overly reactive. She would get defensive at people’s actions and comments, and the feeling that came with this reactivity was overwhelming.  After trying so many things to fix her “reactivity problem”, Shelly sees this “problem” in a completely different light now. Shelly shares how reactivity is simply identification with a belief. When there’s an identification with a belief as “me” or “mine”, of course there will be actions taken to defend it. It can’t be any other way.But in seeing that thoughts are just thoughts; no one is here to own them and there is truly nothing to defend, reactivity has begun to look and feel very different for Shelly.The horrible feeling she used to experience regularly is far less. When it’s felt now, it looks more like a loving reminder that there’s some identification happening rather than that Shelly is under attack. I love how Shelly talks about one of the biggest benefits of this shift–her ability to deeply listen in a way she never thought possible. With nothing to defend, she is free to be fully present with people, and even with life itself. There is so much joy and excitement in discovering life in this way. What Shelly shares is so relatable for all of us and I know you’ll enjoy this conversation!***The next LSBC course begins in just 2 weeks, on February 7th. The upcoming course will include entirely brand new content. Every lesson–which you get to keep for life–has been updated, including some new animations and updated guest teacher conversations.If you still haven’t been through LSBC, this is the time! And if you have been through the course, this is the time to come back through with the new and improved content, to start 2022 in a great place. Enroll now at lsbc.com to save your seat in the February 7th course. And remember, you can save 33% on the February course and also get a huge library of digital courses when you’re part of SA+. I can’t wait to see you in class! The post EP184: Seeing Reactivity in a Completely New Way With Shelly appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

Five years ago this month, The Little Book of Big Change had just been published and I was busy creating The Little School of Big Change.  In the story in my mind, things look remarkably simpler, clearer, and deeper today compared to five years ago. But when I looked back at the original LSBC curriculum in preparation for redoing it, I saw that as different as things look, there are many things that don’t look different. Much of what felt important to share in 2017 still feels like the most important things to share today.In this episode, I share a bit about how my own understanding and how my pointing has changed in the past five years, and how it hasn’t. I’ll talk about what I see now as the absolute most helpful things for one to see to realize the freedom they already are. If you’d like to go through the BRAND NEW, updated LSBC course with us beginning February 7th, I’d love to have you! You can see samples of the new content and enroll in the course here: https://www.thelittleschoolofbigchange.com The post EP183: What Looks Different–and What Doesn’t–Since 2017 appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

In this conversation, Clare shares how suffering and seeking are love in disguise. We talk about how the search for something that will make us feel complete can literally never, ever be won. The seeking itself reinforces the misunderstanding that something is missing or needed. And we talk about the fact that all suffering and seeking is absolutely perfect in that it allows us to see what needs to be seen. It allows for true peace and freedom. Clare talks about restoring sanity and why, as she says, we’re all insane most of the time; why no-self accountability is so important to freedom, and what’s been most key for her over the past several years in shifting perception from separation to oneness. I could listen to Clare talk all day long and I’m sure you’ll feel the same.  Her books and courses are amazing and I highly recommend you check them out at claredimond.com***The next LSBC course begins February 7th.The upcoming course will include entirely brand new content. If you still haven’t been through LSBC, this is the time! And if you have been through the course, this is the time to come back through with the new and improved content, to start 2022 in a great place. Enroll now at www.thelittleschoolofbigchange.com to save your seat in the February 7th course. And remember, you can save 33% and also get a huge library of digital courses when you’re part of Student Access Plus. And if you want to help people end habits or find freedom from anxiety and needless worry, The Change Coach Training and Certification program is the perfect place to learn how.This program is unlike any other in terms of the personal feedback, guidance, and support you receive. The 2022 group begins on January 27th and there are just a couple spots left. Check out all the details at dramyjohnson.com/change-coach-training-certification and reach out if you’d like to talk about the training!The post EP182: Clare Dimond: How Suffering and Seeking Reveal Love and Perfection appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

Alice wrote to me saying that after two years in this conversation, she doesn’t feel any better off. There were several things she said she didn’t get about these pointers, but the biggest was this: “Nothing outside of you can make you feel anything”.That’s just NOT true, Alice said. It’s not that simple and it’s not true.In this episode, I speak in depth to Alice’s questions and attempt to shine some light on what may have been some blind spots or misunderstandings. The amazing thing about Alice’s question and the fact that she was happy for me to speak to them on the podcast this way (thank you, Alice!) is that her sticking points are incredibly common.I hear these questions from people a lot. I know this conversation will help many others see around what appear to be serious sticking points. ***I have three quick announcements for you! First, the next LSBC course begins February 7th. The upcoming course will include entirely brand new content. Every lesson–which you get to keep for life–has been updated, including some new animations and updated guest teacher conversations.If you still haven’t been through LSBC, this is the time! And if you have been through the course, this is the time to come back through with the new and improved content. You can get 33% off when you’re part of SA+, bringing the price down to just $333. Also, for today only, LSBC is just $399 for those of you not in SA+. Enroll now at thelittleschoolofbigchange.com, to get the best price of the year and to save your seat in the February 7th course. I can’t wait to see you in class! If you are a stressed college student or academic–or if you know one–please check out the 3-hour workshop I’ll be leading over the next two Saturdays with Change Coach Sarah Lee, Think Less, Accomplish More: A Workshop for College Students, Academics and Intellectuals:  See more at dramyjohnson.com/thinkless  If you want to help people end habits or find freedom from anxiety and needless worry, The Change Coach Training and Certification program is the perfect place to learn how.This program is unlike any other in terms of the personal feedback, guidance, and support you receive. The 2022 group begins on January 27th and there are just a few spots left. Check out all the details at dramyjohnson.com/coachtraining and reach out if you’d like to talk about the training!The post EP181: Listener: “Two Years in This Conversation Has Gotten me Nowhere” appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

Joe Bailey is back on the podcast! Joe’s new book, Thriving in the Eye of the Hurricane: Unlocking Resilience in Turbulent Times, is all about resilience. After this conversation with Joe, resilience felt even truer and deeper and simpler than ever. It’s not that “you” are resilient, or “I” am resilient (whoever “you” and “I” are). It’s that life is resilience. Nature is thriving, period. In this conversation and in his book, Joe shares some incredible stories of resilience, which are really just stories about how life works. I think you’ll come away feeling from this conversation with a feeling for how essential and true resilience truly is. Here’s Joe’s new book if you’d like to check it out: ​​https://www.amazon.com/Thriving-Eye-Hurricane-Unlocking-Resilience/dp/1642506605***The next LSBC course begins February 7th. That’s just 6 weeks from now!The upcoming course will include entirely brand new content. Every lesson–which you get to keep for life–has been updated, including some new animations and updated guest teacher conversations.If you still haven’t been through LSBC, this is the time! And if you have been through the course, this is the time to come back through with the new and improved content, to start 2022 in a great place. You can get 33% off when you’re part of SA+, bringing the price down to just $333.  As part of SA+, you also get a huge, growing library of digital courses to keep you busy over the holidays.Also, for this last week of 2021 only, LSBC is just $399 for those of you not in SA+. This price is only valid until January 1, 2022.Enroll now at https://www.thelittleschoolofbigchange.com, to get the best price and to save your seat in the February 7th course. I can’t wait to see you in class! The post EP180: Joe Bailey: Your Nature is to Thrive appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

Amanda Dorolek recently came across this podcast and my books and videos. To say that things are opening up for her is a massive understatement. She’s watching old beliefs and identities fall away. Her relationships are beginning to transform. How she sees anything and everything is changing. Although Amanda is no doubt in the beginnings of her own amazing change story (which, I hope, will be featured on Changeable someday), she reached out and asked if she could interview me for an episode of Changeable. So, that’s what we did! You’ll hear Amanda talk about how things are unfolding for her as she discovers what’s behind the identities she thought were her all these years. She asks me about my own version of this unfolding and how my life and relationships have changed along the way.We talk about the loneliness that sometimes comes along with waking up to a new way of being in life.She asks about God, religion, parenting, psychics and mediums.We talk about how there is no ‘you’ outside of thought.Amanda asks about what critics of this way of seeing things say, how it sometimes feels to have beliefs drop away, and so much more. I wish you could see Amanda as we had this conversation. The lightness she’s feeling is so clear. I think you’ll hear it in her voice too.Enjoy this conversation with me and Amanda Dorolek! You can see more about Amanda here: www.Facebook.com/ThinkLessSeeMore ***It’s not too late to give a unique, meaningful gift this holiday season!  To help you give meaningful gifts this year, I’ve created Gifts of Change, my 2021 Holiday Gift Guide. It’s a list of amazing gift ideas for everyone on your list, from digital courses to books to subscriptions, to even gift cards so that your loved ones can choose their own perfect gift. When you purchase any of these gifts, we’ll send you a personalized certificate that you can present to the recipient.You can see the Gifts of Change holiday gift guide at dramyjohnson.com/2021giftguide The post EP179: A New Listener Amanda Dorolek Interviews Me! appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

Surprise! It’s a bonus episode! This episode is a playback of a webinar I held this week about having a totally new, fresh experience of the holidays.I talk about thriving through this holiday season, not weighed down by over-eating, over-drinking, or over-spending habits that you’ll try to compensate for in January; stress, pressure, people-pleasing, and other codependent habits; loneliness, sadness, or unreasonable expectations; or health, family, or travel-related anxieties.The truth is, there is no such thing as “the holidays”. It’s a made up concept that brings with it a host of memories and conditioning. I can’t tell you how life changing it has been for me to see that the holidays–and all of life, for that matter– are not inherently stressful, hard, happy, or sad. Nothing is inherently anything. Enjoy this episode!If you’d like to see my 2021 Holiday Gift Guide designed to help you share peace of mind with the people you love, check it out here: https://dramyjohnson.com/2021giftguideThe post Bonus Holiday Episode! Having a Brand New Experience of the Holidays appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

Birds don’t know how to fly or build a nest. They just fly and build nests. And we don’t know how to make it through life, make decisions, take action, feel better, learn new things, or change. Those things just happen.When we think we need to know how, we’re missing the fact that life lives us. What if life lives us, and thought simply comes along for the ride?What if thoughts don’t create things in life…life creates, and thoughts are simply there, narrating?And what if thoughts don’t interfere with life…life just does what it does, and thoughts simply accompany it? ***Do you want to give a unique, meaningful gift this holiday season?  Rather than yet another pair of socks, candle, or bottle of wine, why not give the people in your life a gift that will allow them to experience deep, lasting peace of mind the whole year through? To help you give meaningful gifts this year, I’ve created Gifts of Change, my 2021 Holiday Gift Guide. It’s a list of amazing gift ideas for everyone on your list, from digital courses to books to subscriptions, to even gift cards so that your loved ones can choose their own perfect gift. When you purchase any of these gifts, we’ll send you a personalized certificate that you can present to the recipient.You can see the Gifts of Change holiday gift guide at dramyjohnson.com/2021giftguideThe post EP178: Thoughts Don’t Cause or Interfere With appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

Kjersti experienced a range of chronic pain conditions from the age of 11. From headaches to ulcers to pelvic issues, her pain morphed and changed, often showing up in new ways. Kjersti tried many things to help alleviate her pain, but it was really when she began diving into the New Paradigm that she began really seeing things in a new way. She saw that perhaps pain was getting her attention. Perhaps it wasn’t a problem or an indication of things gone wrong, but a helpful pointer leading her toward what was right and perfect about her body and her design.Kjersti learned to listen to her body and the journey pain led her through is remarkable. Today, Kjersti is a Change Coach who supports people with chronic pain. She still has some health diagnoses but she has a very different experience of pain.In this episode, we’ll talk about a course we recently led together called Thriving with Chronic Pain. Over the course of four weeks, four women came to see their pain–and a lot more– in a very, very different way.  We’ll share a bit about how their process went, and what their experience shows us about our design. There is so much in this conversation that will be incredibly helpful for everyone, whether or not you’ve ever experienced chronic pain.If you’re struggling with chronic pain or know someone who is, please check out the course with Kjersti here: dramyjohnson.com/thrivingwithchronicpainTo see more about Kjersti and find out more about how she supports people, check out her website here: https://www.ostvikcoaching.com/The post EP176: Thriving with Chronic Pain with Kjersti Ostvik appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

In this episode, I share three examples of people who were suffering, to varying degrees, because they were carrying the past around without realizing it.  You’ll hear about someone who was positive that lockdown created the anxiety he feels today.You’ll hear about someone who wanted to know how The Little School of Big Change might help her make her dreams come true.And you’ll hear about someone who claimed to be listening from an open, beginner’s mind place, but came away full of evidence that “this stuff never lands for people like me”.All of these people were living in the past.I’ll also discuss how every single thing you know about yourself is from the past. 100% of it.Enjoy this episode!***If you want to help people end habits or find freedom from anxiety and needless worry, I can teach you how in the  Change Coach Training and Certification program beginning in January 2022. This program is unlike any other in terms of the personal feedback, guidance, and support you receive. Seats are limited and they are filling quickly. Check out all the details at https://dramyjohnson.com/change-coach-training-certification/To learn more about the Change Coach Program, check out the recording of the recent Change Coach Panel webinar. You can find the webinar at https://www.dramyjohnson.com/changecoachwebinar2021The post EP175: How you’re Living in the Past and Not Realizing It appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.