Jean Marie Johnson

Writer

Jean Marie Johnson is the first to say that she entered this life “with an inquisitive mind, a mush-melon heart, a significant degree of sass and a passion for all things beautiful.” She secured her first full time summer job at the age of twelve as a babysitter, sold Avon and babysat throughout high school, won a scholarship to a commuter college and tutored and worked in the placement office for extra cash. In the ensuing decades, Jean Marie travelled extensively, both domestically, and abroad, supporting organizations in their quest to enhance the employee and customer experience.  Over time, she evolved as a writer, speaker and provocateur, channeling years of life experience to support women on their journeys to embrace and express the person they were born to be. While continuing her work as an organizational learning strategist and writer, Jean Marie also writes about the joys and challenges of cultivating an authentic, “perfectly-imperfect” life. Jean Marie holds a BA in Social Work and an MS in Human Resource Development and Counseling. In her spare time, she can be found walking, tending her herb garden, feeding her backyard birds, hunting for great finds and always cultivating the beauty and the raw authenticity around her.

Get Ahead of Stress

My dear friend had just visited a doctor who specializes in infectious disease. She called, ready to fill me in: Me: So, what did she say? Friend: Well, get this:

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The PJs and the Parsnip

I should forgive myself. After all, it was two days before Thanksgiving. I had things on my mind. What to bring to the neighbors…who hadn’t I reached out to yet…and

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Observation, Reflection, Peace

I took myself to Starbucks this morning, a “treat” wedged between a quick stop at T.J.Maxx and a 10-minute post-surgery appointment with a physician’s assistant. It wasn’t my usual, as

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Befriend Yourself

It took me a long time to really like myself. I had to do the inside work, make a commitment to reverse course on a storyline that was warped and

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Gifting the Intangible

How many times have you heard someone observe aloud that the best things in life are free? I don’t know about you, but as a much younger person, I scoffed,

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Don’t Waste Your Pain

If you are one of the nearly six million people who tune into “The Voice” each season, I’m with you. The competition, the silliness and oh, the talent! Of course,

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Small Strategies Hold Big Promise

One New Year’s Day, while still living in Connecticut, I experienced a pre-dawn Eureka! moment. I was walking my first mini poodle, Miss Noelle, down the hill, up the crest

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This Is Me, Now

Everything changes over time. Even the nature of our prayers, I’ve noticed. Instead of seeking insight, solace and answers mostly for myself, I find that I am now more inclined

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Articles By Jean Marie Johnson

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