Dr Chris Johnstone

With a background in medicine, psychology, group-work and coaching, Dr Chris Johnstone is a specialist trainer for resilience and wellbeing. He has worked in this field for over thirty years, and through his online courses, he now reaches people from more than 55 countries. After working for many years as a doctor and addictions specialist in the UK health service, he now focuses on coaching, mentoring, writing and training, particularly through online courses at The College of Wellbeing

His books include, Active Hope, co-authored with Joanna Macy (published in 2012 and now available in ten or more languages), and his new book, Seven Ways to Build Resilience (due out in April 2019).

Chris is also a keen musician, known for his hammered dulcimer and harmonica playing. He lives in the north-east of Scotland, where he is an enthusiast for forest gardening and a keen grower of fruit.

Dr Chris Johnstone in Kosmos

‘Great Turning’ Visionaries | Part 2

I think if we’re going to make it, we’re going to have to step up consciously. We’re going to either choose it or we’re going to lose it. - Duane Elgin

Published in Volume 21 Issue 4

‘Great Turning’ Visionaries | Part 1

What is the Great Turning? It's the turning away from our self-destruction toward a new era of human dignity, racial justice, environmental restoration, and peace within and peace without. - Craig Schindler

Published in Volume 21 Issue 4

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The Village Way

Practices for Belonging in a Fragmented World

For thousands of years, we lived according to the principles of village life. Then, around the 14th Century, our lives were reorganized by rulers around growth and accumulation – often at the cost of community, equity, and the living Earth. What would it mean to return to simplicity, and mutual care?

Join us for a 9-month inquiry into this question, exploring how we participate together in a time that calls us back to community, resilience, and shared life,