The Relationship of Suffering & Mindfulness in Healthcare with Dr. Charisse Johnson

The Relationship of Suffering & Mindfulness in Health Care

In this episode of THE GO REFLECT YOURSELF PODCAST we will explore with Dr. Charisse Johnson, Associate Dean of Experiential & Continuing Professional Education and Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Chicago State University College of Pharmacy (CSU COP), the impact of connected suffering: how awareness from mindfulness can help reduce stress, overcome challenges, and have more connectedness.

Growing personally and professionally is often hard to do, especially both at the same time AND especially when life’s bumpy road becomes bumpier than you plan for.   

How do you respond?  How do you connect with yourself and your suffering? How do you understand what suffering is all about, without judgment or shame? 

The conversation I had with Charisse Johnson is an extra honest look at how we respond to life and how our personal lives do in fact affect our professional lives and vice versa. 

Charisse is extremely candid in this conversation and helps guide our perspective of how to approach personal and professional growth through the lens of connecting to our own suffering. 

Our conversation leads to how mindfulness helps gain the confidence to connect to these skills and how mindfulness has aided in certain areas, especially healthcare.

 

More About The Go Reflect Yourself Podcast

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To truly have the life you want; the career, house, family, relationships, car, lifestyle, wealth, freedom, you name it….you must learn what success is and where it comes from, starting with how you think.

Welcome to The Go Reflect Yourself Podcast, where we provide 60-second brain-based strategies for your success; in all key areas of your life, including wealth, health, business, relationships, etc. 

Go Reflect Yourself was created after years of being a corporate employee and an independent business owner. Throughout all of those years, I learned that no matter what level of success people had achieved, and specifically financial success, typically they were still missing something, missing true joy, well-being, and fulfillment. 

I’ve spent a career helping business owners, leaders, and entrepreneurs learn the skills needed to discover their inner brilliance, and that’s how Go Reflect Yourself was born…my goal is to help as many as possible learn the necessary skills to achieve ultimate fulfillment and well-being, becoming you are meant to be.

Your host, Heather J. Crider, CEO of Digital Architect Media, A High-performance strategist, neurocoach, author, and speaker, talks today with author, Associate professor, Dr. Charisse Johnson.

What you will learn from today’s episode.

• What is awareness
• How to view mindfulness
• Introducing mindfulness as a vehicle for understanding yourself better
• Introducing mindfulness as a vehicle to overcome your challenges
• Why pharmacy students have gravitated towards learning mindfulness and emotional intelligence skills
• The impact of the healthcare system on our personal and professional well-being
• Valuing the present moment and learning the skill of just being
• Why learning the relationship with suffering can help you become more connected with others
• How to be more authentic and show up as your full self, in all aspects of your life.
• The value of self-compassion through reflection and awareness

 

More about Dr. Charisse Johnson

Charisse Johnson MS, PharmD, is the Associate Dean of Experiential & Continuing Professional Education and Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Chicago State University College of Pharmacy (CSU COP).  

Dr. Johnson received both her Doctor of Pharmacy degree (1998) and Master of Science degree in Pharmacy Administration (2003) from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy (UIC COP).

Possessing formal teaching experiences in both didactic and experiential arenas with student pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, Dr. Johnson has served in various capacities as a guest speaker, course instructor, and graduate teaching assistant lecturing on topics such as regulatory policy, patient safety, and the pharmacist’s role in community health.

In February 2018 Dr. Johnson received her teacher certification from the Center for KORU Mindfulness; subsequently, in August 2020 she became a certified facilitator with the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute.  Prior to joining Chicago State University, Dr. Johnson was the Professional Affairs Manager at the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy.

She has also practice experience in community and health-systems pharmacy.  Dr. Johnson has served as a board member for both the National Pharmaceutical Association and Chicago Pharmacists Association.

She is also a member of Rho Chi Honor Society, Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Fraternity, and Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity. She has received a number of awards and accolades, including the UIC COP Sister Margaret Wright Graduate Award, the UIC COP Urban Health Program Distinguished Alumni Award, the CSU COP Dean’s Award for Outstanding Faculty Service, and the CSU Academic & Student Affairs Excellence Award.

Charisse's mission is to serve academic pharmacy/higher education by assisting student pharmacists, pharmacy residents, pharmacists, and other health care students/professionals navigate their respective professional environments more skillfully through the development of self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and leadership primarily through the lens of mindfulness. Her intention is to fulfill this mission through various roles as professor, preceptor, practitioner, administrator, and presenter/speaker.

Connect with Charisse:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/charisse-johnson-59982510/

 

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