by Nannette Oatley Johnson | Apr 25, 2020 | BLOG
Dear Friends, It’s been a couple of weeks since my last blog because I am doing what y’all are doing in the chaos and quarantine: Resilient Response #7 Accomplishments are Often Achieved by Steady, Unromantic, Persistent-Plodding Sometimes those...
by Nannette Oatley Johnson | Apr 9, 2020 | BLOG
Dear Friends, As I was praying this morning with my husband, I remembered once again a portion of my book from the second chapter. Each chapter ends with Pain’s Hidden Pearl and what resilient response, what gem, we can unearth in our hardships. Though this...
by Nannette Oatley Johnson | Apr 6, 2020 | BLOG
Dear Friends, Throughout this difficulty, we can strengthen our “resilient muscles” by incorporating, Resilient Response #4 and #5: Let Music Uplift and Books Inspire You! MUSIC Most of us saw on the news the Italians singing from their balconies in the...
by Nannette Oatley Johnson | Apr 1, 2020 | BLOG
Greetings to all of my fellow travelers on our modified journey, Today’s Resilient Response (#3) addresses the MASSIVE disruption happening in all of our lives and the subsequent disequalibrium that’s been thrust upon us. In order to counter our feelings...
by Nannette Oatley Johnson | Mar 29, 2020 | BLOG
Greetings on a Sunday morn and what has become a season for Digital Fellowship, On Friday, I started my “10 Resilient Responses to Chaos and Quarantine” with a very practical concrete step. If you didn’t get a chance to read it, it is chock-full of...
by Nannette Oatley Johnson | Mar 27, 2020 | BLOG
Greetings Family, Friends and Subscribers, I know it’s been awhile since my last post. I expected to share a BIG BLOG announcement in February before the world went crazy, and before we unexpectedly lost our venue site for the 2020 Pain, Power & Promise...
by Nannette Oatley Johnson | Nov 27, 2019 | BLOG
Happy Thanks-Giving! It’s that time of year…our hearts are open and we are more prone to “give thanks” than in any other season. For those of faith, gratitude is a component of our religious traditions and should be a part of the worshippers daily life. In Judiaism...
by Nannette Oatley Johnson | Nov 6, 2019 | BLOG
Productive, Life-Altering Change can happen when we Make a Decision and Stick With it!Two years ago a combination of circumstances finally led my good friend, Melanie, to sober up and leave behind 20+ years of drug addiction, domestic violence and spiritual abuse. She...
by Nannette Oatley Johnson | Sep 12, 2019 | BLOG
I lay there immobilized. Stunned. The words fired off were tantamount to being shot, hit with what felt like 50,000 V of electricity, rendering me utterly useless.Unlike the emergency crew that came to administer compassion and comfort when paralysis took me hostage,...
by Nannette Oatley Johnson | Aug 7, 2019 | BLOG
Hi Friends,If you’ve been reading my blog this year you know I’ve been writing chronologically from the chapters of my book and relating in new ways the “resiliencies” that have helped me to bounce back from life’s hardships.I’ve shared with you how to:Accept the...