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"When you live from your heart no one forgets."
Living A Conscious Life
The Thinking Person's Guide to Wholeness, Peace, and Freedom
With wild tales and lessons ranging from failed vasectomies to how men should embrace their feminine energy—and the importance of connecting with our inner selves, Don Johnson, a former renegade of the 1960s counterculture movement, has mastered how to recognize—and share—his life lessons in every challenging circumstance, sometimes with humor and often with deep reverence for the possibilities to be more conscious.
In Living A Conscious Life: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Wholeness, Peace, and Freedom, Johnson draws imaginative similarities between the qualities of black holes to times when we’re caught in our own despair. He utilizes the philosophy of Japanese martial arts to encourage the reader be a master communicator and attentive listener. This student-practitioner of Jungian psychology provides insight into how to approach and dissolve confrontation and negative thought patterns.
Johnson, a former monk-turned-executive coach, who has over three decades of experience in the corporate world, reminds us that, whether we are professionals in search of career advancement, or we are “mere” individuals looking for personal guidance, the answers to fulfillment and contentment always lie with your values—knowing them and living them.
He draws attention to the importance of paying attention to our mindset, attitudes, and beliefs, and understanding how they create our behavior, and ultimately the quality of our life. Johnson uses storytelling to expose his own failures and lessons learned, encouraging the reader to embrace their own gifts and flaws.
He urges the reader to consider the importance of their emotional, spiritual, and mental health in order to live a vibrant, healthy life while providing practical tools, exercise, and techniques.
There is an abundance of advice here for people of all ages and walks of life. Whether you’re experiencing a mid-life crisis, going through a divorce, or feeling spiritually lost, you’ll soon learn how each of these is an opportunity to be more of who you’re meant to be.
Combined with perspective from his own spiritual journey, the stories within these pages are easy-to-digest techniques for making life a little more well-lived.