Changeable Podcast

EP383: Staying open

In this episode, we’ll explore how to end habitual psychological patterns such as reactivity, shutting down, becoming [https://dramyjohnson.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/EP383.png] controlling or hypervigilant, or eating or drinking.  The way to end a pattern – very oversimplified – is to become deeply familiar with the elements of the pattern and stay open, rather than react, when the pattern begins.  *** I will be leading a Silent Retreat in Taos, New Mexico, February 22-27.  The retreat will provide a supportive space for you to steep in your essential being. You’ll immerse in what’s always here, unchanging, beyond the pull of thoughts, feelings and identities, in the absence of everyday distractions and conditioning. The retreat is small, so space is limited. You can check out all the details at dramyjohnson.com/newmexico [https://dramyjohnson.com/newmexico/]   The post EP383: Staying open [https://dramyjohnson.com/2025/12/ep383-staying-open/] appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson [https://dramyjohnson.com].

EP382: I’m not acceptable unless I’m thin. Questions from a listener with a 45 year history of disordered eating.

Emma believes that she is unacceptable if her weight goes above a particular threshold.  [https://dramyjohnson.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/EP382.png] This belief is behind 45 years of restrictive and binge eating.  Emma is onto the fact that this is a belief, but that doesn’t feel like enough. If she doesn’t have the ability to simply stop believing this thought, what can she do?  I’ll discuss how Emma can investigate her beliefs in a way that can help her gain some perspective on – and freedom from– them. *** I will be leading a Silent Retreat in Taos, New Mexico, February 22-27.   The retreat will provide a supportive space for you to steep in your essential being. You’ll immerse in what’s always here, unchanging, beyond the pull of thoughts, feelings and identities, in the absence of everyday distractions and conditioning. The retreat is small, so space is limited. You can check out all the details at dramyjohnson.com/newmexico [https://dramyjohnson.com/newmexico]   The post EP382: I’m not acceptable unless I’m thin. Questions from a listener with a 45 year history of disordered eating. [https://dramyjohnson.com/2025/12/ep382-im-not-acceptable-unless-im-thin-questions-from-a-listener/] appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson [https://dramyjohnson.com].

EP382: I’m not acceptable unless I’m thin. Questions from a listener with a 45 year history or disordered eating.

Emma believes that she is unacceptable if her weight goes above a particular threshold.  This belief is behind 45 years of restrictive and binge eating. Emma is onto the fact that this is a belief, but that doesn’t feel like enough. If she doesn’t have the ability to simply stop believing this thought, what can she The post EP382: I’m not acceptable unless I’m thin. Questions from a listener with a 45 year history or disordered eating. [https://dramyjohnson.com/2025/12/ep382-im-not-acceptable-unless-im-thin-questions-from-a-listener-with-a-45-year-history-or-disordered-eating/] appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson [https://dramyjohnson.com].

EP381: Attention On versus Attention In

There’s an extremely important distinction to be made when it comes to where and how attention falls. [https://dramyjohnson.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/EP381.png] It’s the difference between attention being on something versus absorbed in it.  Attention on the fact of thought is completely different from attention being absorbed in the content of thought. Attention on sensation or pain or the sense of self is completely different from attention absorbed in them. The difference is perspective [https://dramyjohnson.com/2021/04/perspective/] and ultimately freedom. *** I will be leading a Silent Retreat in Taos, New Mexico, February 22-27, 2026. The retreat will provide a supportive space for you to steep in your essential being. You’ll immerse in what’s always here, unchanging, beyond the pull of thoughts, feelings and identities, in the absence of everyday distractions and conditioning. The retreat will be small, so space is limited. You can check out all the details at dramyjohnson.com/silentretreat/ [https://dramyjohnson.com/newmexico/]   The post EP381: Attention On versus Attention In  [https://dramyjohnson.com/2025/11/ep381-attention-on-versus-attention-in/] appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson [https://dramyjohnson.com].

EP380: Chaos is extremely good news

“Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news” – Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche [https://dramyjohnson.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/EP380.png] Chaos seems unwanted and perhaps terrifying to a mind that’s always trying to hold things together. But in Greek mythology, Chaos is viewed as a primordial void or emptiness from which all else emerges.  It’s the source of everything. Chaos, emptiness, void…source, aliveness, new life. It was not viewed as a lack of existence or total disorder, but the birthplace and source of everything. Maybe it really is extremely good news?  ***   I will be leading a Silent Retreat in Taos, New Mexico, February 22-27, 2026. The retreat will provide a supportive space for you to steep in your essential being. You’ll immerse in what’s always here, unchanging, beyond the pull of thoughts, feelings and identities, in the absence of everyday distractions and conditioning. The retreat will be small, so space is limited. You can check out all the details at dramyjohnson.com/silentretreat/ [https://dramyjohnson.com/newmexico/]   The post EP380: Chaos is extremely good news [https://dramyjohnson.com/2025/11/ep380-chaos-is-extremely-good-news/] appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson [https://dramyjohnson.com].