Changeable Podcast

• 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.  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 The post EP382: I’m not acceptable unless I’m thin. Questions from a listener with a 45 year history of disordered eating. appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

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• 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. appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

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• EP381: Attention On versus Attention In

   There’s an extremely important distinction to be made when it comes to where and how attention falls. 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 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/ The post EP381: Attention On versus Attention In  appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

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• EP380: Chaos is extremely good news

  “Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news” – Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche 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/ The post EP380: Chaos is extremely good news appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

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• EP379: The Intelligence in feeling

  There seems to be an innate intelligence that guides us when we deeply feel what is present. An intelligence emerges from simply being in what is without resistance. This intelligence is often less about firm conclusions and more about doing what feels most right right now. It’s less about security in a vision for the future and more about sensing immediate right action right now.Feeling reveals what there is to see. It contains pure possibility and potential. Thought can only negotiate based on the past, operating in what is already known. That’s the opposite of potential and possibility. ***Join me for a live, free, 2-hour class: The Silence at the Heart of Everything: Rediscovering What Never Changes on Monday, November 10thIn the class I’ll talk about the silence and stillness at the center of all things as well as several common benefits of prolonged time in silence. I’ll also tell you a bit about my upcoming Silent Retreats and answer your questions. Then we’ll have a quick break and an optional 30 minute guided-meditation-turned-silent-sitting together to give you a tiny taste of what’s possible. Register for the live class at dramyjohnson.com/silenceclassThe post EP379: The Intelligence in feeling appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson.

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