Changeable Podcast

A listener struggles with balancing the pursuit of enlightenment with the need to find a job. The podcast discusses the importance of embracing present moments, self-worth in job searching, and overcoming overwhelming anxiety. It emphasizes accepting discomfort, shedding societal expectations, and exploring self-perception to find peace and well-being.

In this podcast, the speaker challenges the idea that presence requires the absence of thoughts and emotions, suggesting that they are integral to being present. They explore how meditation and societal influences shape our understanding of presence. The discussion delves into the connection between thoughts, feelings, and presence, offering a fresh perspective on mindfulness and embracing inner experiences.

Exploring the Me-And-My-Life Perspective begins the week of April 8th!We’ll examine how Me-And-My-Life is a point of view we’re conditioned into; a point of view that posits there is a “me”, separate from life, “having a life”.  There are many fascinating aspects of this perspective that we’ll explore–such as evidence for a separate me, choice and The post Special Announcement: Join me for a brand new course this April! appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

In today’s episode, I dive into another set of questions from a listener–this time, all about feeling. Chris asks some amazing questions about welcoming what’s arising. We explore what is being welcomed, who or what is doing the welcoming, and much more.***Join me for a brand new 6-week course called Exploring the Me-And-My-Life Perspective.We’ll examine The post EP291: Are we only welcoming uncomfortable feelings? Who is the welcomer? And other questions from a listener. appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

Exploring the concept of familiarity in our experiences and how every moment is unique, challenging the idea of repeating patterns. Discussing the implications of viewing everything as new and unknown, leading to a potential reduction in suffering. Embracing uncertainty and understanding the transient nature of emotions for navigating through life with curiosity and mindfulness.

This episode of Changeable was inspired by a goal one of my private coaching clients shared with me. Her goal for our coaching was to feel a particular way when faced with a particular work situation. While I don’t know that our time together can deliver what her mind says it wants–that specific  feeling–I’m pretty certain The post EP289: How to be Less Reactive appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

Today’s episode explores a question from a listener who says she has been stuck in a sense of nostalgia for years. She’s convinced that it’s all downhill from here. This may be one of my favorite episodes. The questions she asks opened the door to look at what nostalgia is, what the past and future are, The post EP288: I’m Stuck in a Feeling of Nostalgia: A Question from a Listener appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

In this episode, Helen Amery and I discuss “authentic expression”, or just “being as you are”. The veil that appears to be in the way of our experience of simply being as we are is perhaps not as thick as it feels. And that veil, when it’s felt, is here to be felt. We feel The post EP287: Authentic Expression with Helen Amery appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

Explore the difference between reality and imagination, emphasizing the importance of focusing on the present sensory experience. Delve into uncomfortable feelings, conditioning's influence on choices, and the mystery of experience.

In this episode, Change Coach Alex Linares and I discuss turning toward everything. Thoughts. Questions. Doubt. Discomfort. Seeking.We explore how subtle, immediate, and complete everything is (which, not surprisingly, is the exact opposite of how thought often portrays it). We feel this completeness when we immerse in it. We discuss how questions, doubts and seeking burn The post EP285: The completeness of everything  appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.