Guest Bio:

As a psychologist, Master Somatic Coach, and business owner, Chris Johnson is passionate about embodied learning and leadership, leveraging it to cultivate strong business and community leaders, healthy workplaces, and engaged, thriving communities.

She gets to spend her time creating learning opportunities and coaching individuals to embody a more compelling presence, align their actions with what matters most to them, and transform life’s high-pressure stresses into opportunities for deeper connection and greater contribution with others and the environment.

Over the past twenty-five years, she has delivered coaching and training to hundreds of clients in numerous organizations. In addition to her doctoral work in psychology, she earned her degree from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Chicago, where she has taught in the Executive and Professional Development Program. She is deeply informed by her ongoing training and practice in both mindfulness, from the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society, and in somatic leadership from Leadership Embodiment, Zen Leader, and the Strozzi Institute, where she is certified as a master somatic coach and teacher.

Chris is the author of ‘The Leadership Pause.’

Connect with Chris here.

Episode Highlights:

• The ‘Leadership Pause’ - creating an interruption to regulate your nervous system and up-level
• The future impact of leadership and what leaders need to do now
• The power of the pause in the present moment
• The importance of listening skills, emotional intelligence and supportive team development
• The practice of turning and facing emotions to move into the next right action