Speaker

I offer reflective, mindfulness-based workshops that support individuals and organizations navigating stress, change, and uncertainty with greater ease, meaning, and care. Drawing from contemplative practice, psychology, nature-based inquiry, and creative reflection, my work helps people reconnect with what sustains them — presence, purpose, and aliveness — even in demanding times. These offerings are experiential, grounded, and accessible, designed to foster renewal without overwhelm.

PRIMARY OFFERINGS

Cultivating Meaning and Renewal: Reflective Practices for Wellbeing

For professionals and organizations seeking to restore a sense of meaning, steadiness, and renewal amid ongoing stress and transition.

Finding Refuge in Uncertain Times: Story, Soul, & Meaning 

For groups navigating uncertainty who want practical ways to meet challenge with greater ease while reconnecting with presence and what sustains them.

Mindfulness for Stress Reduction

For teams and organizations looking for evidence-informed mindfulness practices to reduce stress and support wellbeing in daily life.

SPECIALIZED OFFERINGS

Climate Psychology: Therapeutic Interventions for Eco-Anxiety & Grief

For mental health professionals seeking clinically grounded approaches to working with ecological distress, grief, and meaning-making.

Writing with the Earth: A Climate Writing & Reflection Workshop

For groups interested in using reflective writing and attention to the living world as a resource for resilience, insight, and renewal.

Grief Ritual: Tending the Beauty of What Remains

For communities and organizations seeking a gentle, meaningful way to acknowledge loss and honor grief through reflection and ritual.

Weathering the Storm: Caring for Ourselves While Caring for the Earth

A wellbeing workshop for environmental and climate communities and professionals.

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Jen Johnson Speaker Bio

Jen Johnson is a mindfulness coach and counselor teaching mindfulness, writing, and nature connection practices for inner peace, creativity, and wellbeing. She has been a counselor, speaker, and mindfulness teacher for 35+ years. Her writing has been published in book chapters, The Healing Muse, health and wellness magazines and blogs, and professional training manuals for counselors. Jen is the author of Everyday Mindful column that explores finding refuge through mindfulness, creativity, and nature connection..

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Jen Johnson’s Previous Speaking Events

• Climate Reality Project Northeast Ohio
• Virtual Ability annual mental health conference in Second Life
• Employee Assistance Professionals Association of NC
• Employee Assistance Professionals Association ZZ Chapter
• University of North Carolina Medical School
• Charlotte Behavioral Health Center, FL
• Garland Restaurant, Raleigh, NC
• Aquant, New York, NY
• The Cedars of Chapel Hill, NC
• Reimagine: Life, Loss, and Love Festival 
• Lufthansa Cargo, Atlanta, GA
• GoTerra, Cranbera, Australia
• Resource Center Women in Ministry in the South, Durham, NC
• Cape Fear Sierra Club, Wilmington, NC
• New Hanover County Health Department, Wilmington, NC
• New Hanover County Sheriff’s Department, Wilmington, NC
• Island Montessori School, Carolina Beach, NC
• Brain Injury Association of NC. Keynote presenter 2017 
• Wells College, Aurora, NY. Teacher in residence March 2016
• Cape Fear Museum, Wilmington, NC
• Invisible Wounds of War project, NC
• Wells Insurance, Wilmington, NC
• Licensed Professional Counselors Association of North Carolina, Statewide Conference 2015, Raleigh, NC
• Tri-County Dental Association, Wilmington, NC
• Licensed Professional Counselors Association of North Carolina, Regional Conference 2015, Wilmington, NC
• Licensed Professional Counselors Association of North Carolina, Regional Conference 2015, Asheville, NC
• University of North Carolina Wilmington, Keynote address at the inaugural annual Women’s Conference
• Carolina Wellness Institute, Hillsborough, NC
• Wilmington Health Pumpers Club
• Wilmington Health Diabetes Support Group
• Wilmington YMCA
• International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, Triangle, NC Regional Chapter. Raleigh, NC
• National Association for Social Workers, Wilmington, NC
• St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, NC
• Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter, Wilmington, NC
• GRUB, Wilmington, NC
• Quality Enhancement for Nonprofit Organizations, Wilmington, NC
• University of North Carolina-Wilmington
• University of North Carolina-Asheville
• CarePartners Hospice, Asheville, NC
• Wellness and Writing Connections Conference, Atlanta, GA
• Asheville Mild Brain Injury Support Group
• Goddard College, Plainfield VT
• Narrative Matters International Interdisciplinary Conference, Toronto, Canada
• Georgia State Board of Worker’s Compensation Conference, Atlanta, GA
• Atlanta Mild Brain Injury Support Group
• Atlanta United Church of Christ
• GENEX Case Management Company, Atlanta, GA
• Shepherd Center Rehabilitation Hospital, Atlanta, GA
• Veterans Administration, Atlanta, GA
• Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
• Georgia Council on Child Abuse, Atlanta, GA

Benefits of Meditation and Mindfulness

Meditation practice has been shown to increase:

• inner peace
• happiness
• well-being
• creativity
• resilience

Meditation and mindfulness have been shown to decrease symptoms of:

• stress
• anxiety
• fatigue
• autoimmune disorders
• gastrointestinal disorders
• symptoms of cardiovascular disorders
• high blood pressure
• depression

It is estimated that over 90% of illness is stress related. Mindfulness and meditation are frequently cited in the research as some of the most effective methods to increase well-being and reduce stress.

Mental Health at Work

According to the World Health Organization, “An estimated 15% of working-age adults have a mental disorder at any point in time.  Depression and anxiety are estimated to cost the global economy US $1 trillion each year driven predominantly by lost productivity.”

WHO’s Guidelines for Mental Health at Work recommends interventions that build workers’ skills in stress management, such as interventions based on mindfulness or cognitive behavioral approaches.