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.

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 !

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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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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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Retirement: Is Everyday Saturday?

Thinking ahead to retirement, many of us: Imagined that every day would be Saturday – unencumbered and ours alone to define. Thought that once we crossed the finish line, time

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Putting Stories to Work 

130 Stories, Plus One In 1974, Studs Terkel released a seminal book entitled Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do.

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Ready for a Feedback Reset?

My penchant for organization may be rooted in my DNA, but I also know that it had its kickstart in the fifth grade when my friend Valerie raised a critical

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Life at Work: What’s Your Story?

Remember that time when…? You won’t believe this, but…. So, this woman called and said…. You’re listening, right? That’s because I am about to tell you a story, and everyone

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Articles by Jean Marie Johnson

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