Dan Johnston
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Dan Johnston Quick Facts
Dr. Daniel H. Johnston, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist affiliated with Mercer Health Systems in Macon, Georgia. For 25 years he was the Director of Psychologicalr Services for a large metropolita Medical Center and is currently serving as anr Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science for Mercer Universityr School of Medicine in Macon, Georgia. Dr. Johnston is author of "Lessons for Living: Simple Solutions for Life’s Problems" from Dagali Press and creator of the popular Lessons for Living Web Site (www.lessonsforliving.com).
Dr. Johnston is affiliated with Central Georgia Cancer Care in Macon, Georgia where he provides counseling to cancer patients on coping with the challenges ofrndiagnosis and treatment. Information available at www.lessonsforliving.com/challenges.htm.
With a long career in healthcare settings, Dr. Johnston is interested in the physical and emotional health of healthcare providers. He developed a resiliency training program with the goal of teaching healthcare professionals, “How to take good care of themselves so they can take good care of others.” Information at www.lessonsforliving.com/healthcare_resiliency.htm.
Free online tests of stress, depression, and burnout at www.lessonsforliving.com/tests.htm.
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The Art Of Doing Nothing: Learning To Relax
“The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.” - Sidney J. Harris Are you a hard worker who likes to get things done? Are you always too busy to slow down? If so, you might have a Type A personality? People with Type A personalities are achievement and success oriented. ...
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Do You Have A "Monday Mind?"
Recently I heard someone excuse a mistake by claiming that she had a "Monday Mind." The problem was that she said it on Wednesday. What is a "Monday Mind," and why is it showing up on a Wednesday? What was she talking about? A Monday Mind is simply an expectation or outlook on life that ...
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Mind Storms
Meditation teacher Sylvia Boorstein in her book "It’s Easier tha You Think” tells of the Eastern concept of "Mind Hindrances." These are five energies that are identified as blockages to the clear perception of life events. In Western culture we often speak of them as neediness, ...
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What Is Stress Doing To You? Take A Free Online Stress Test
Does your day begin with stress? Do you have a mad dash to get the kids to school and yourself to work? Does your stress level only increase from this point? What is this stress doing to you? The first stress of the day gets the muscles tense, the heart racing, and the blood pressure up. Your ...
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Overcoming Burnout On The Job
"The really idle man gets nowhere. The perpetually busy man does not get much further." n~ Sir Heneage Ogilvie Occasionally, while at work, we may experience a loss of motivation, but if this becomes more than occasional, we could be at risk for "burnout." Burnout refers to a depletion of our ...
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The Technology Of Happiness
The technology of happiness has the goal of producing happiness, and renowned research psychologist Dr. Martin Seligman in his book Authentic Happiness has outlined a "technology" of happiness. The word technology refers to the general application of scientific method to the solving of practical ...
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The Midlife Quest
“Midlife is when you reach the top of the ladder and find that it is against the wrong wall.” ~ Joseph Campbell Seventy-six million “Baby Boomers” are facing the midlife experience. Midlife is certainly a time of change and transition, but it is only a normal stage of ...
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Are You Caught In Comfortable Misery?
Are you in a bad situation that you wish would just go away? Maybe it is a relationship that is not working out or a boring dead-end job. Perhaps, it is your small, cramped apartment. You are unhappy and frustrated and complain about how terrible it is, but you don’t take action. You ...
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Change Your Mind And Change Your Life
"Nothing is good or bad, but thinking makes it so." ~ William Shakespeare How many of your problems could be solved by something as simple as changing your mind? All of the daily problems we face exist in our minds, because in order to have a problem we must be thinking about it, and what we ...
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The Optimistic Option: Living Longer And Better
Are you an optimist or a pessimist? Is the glass half empty or half full? Do you see the doughnut or the hole? What is your usual point of view in life? Is it the bright side or the dark side? Which is the best way to be? It is said about optimists that they don’t live longer than ...
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Contacting Dan Johnston
You can email Dr. Johnston at dan@lessonsforliving.com
Phone him at 478-954-2460