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How to know when to stop
A guide to avoiding burnout and establishing balance in your life
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Andy Johns
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What happens when you leave your career (and identity) behind
A deep dive into what you may encounter while navigating the void between the first and second halves of life.
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Andy Johns
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Opening up about mental health
A new chapter in my life within the world of tech
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Andy Johns
31
Stop asking for career advice
Meet Andy.
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Andy Johns
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Making Your Next Career Move: Avoiding the Trap of False Actualization
Using Maslow's Hierarchy of needs to plan your career and avoid climbing someone else's ladder
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Andy Johns
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The Stages of Emotional Healing
Describing the process of healing from emotional wounds, what to expect along the way, and my personal story of how the healing journey unfolded
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Andy Johns
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Feeling "stuck" during the process of transformation
Thoughts on why we get stuck and how to get unstuck
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Andy Johns
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Compassion fatigue, the release of suffering, becoming nobody in nature, and Vietnam
I’m back after a much-needed two-month break from writing and miscellaneous mental health advocacy work.
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Andy Johns
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Surrender to the current and time to decelerate
Let me share a lesson about surrender that transformed my understanding of life's transitions.
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Andy Johns
12
Big 'T', Little 't', Silent 'V', and Programming
The four ways our minds are shaped by outside influences
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Andy Johns
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Looking Backward and Forward: Part 1
The benefits of combining psychoanalysis & positive psychology to arrive in the present
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Andy Johns
The psychedelics that aren't psychedelics
There are many ways to manifest the mind. Mushrooms, LSD, MDMA and Ayahuasca may not be necessary.
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Andy Johns
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