Johanna’s blog

Kindness III – a choice

I’m out of the city, and out of the country. No 4G, 3G, wifi, social media, apps, no newspaper or TV. All we have is the ocean, each other, the books we brought and an old fashioned radio. Cut off from the world. Cut off from our daily life. It took almost 20 hours until […]

Kindness II – go get it.

What a difference! I hear myself say, “I’ll never skip my morning routine again”. I know I will, but for now I’m so happy I’m back on track. It’s two different Johannas with or without it. Last week I was stressed, more reactive than proactive, and this week…I’m at ease. The difference is ocean wide. I […]

Kindness – a balanced heart

Kindness. Our theme for July. A word that means good, and a word that stands for what is right. After a week of working on a feature film which questions ‘how far are you willing to go in order to protect the people you love?’ – the theme  kindness seems perfect. The word kindness comes up every […]

Return IV

I bought a new book the other week, it’s called ’Do one thing every day that scares you – a journal’. Every day for 365 days you get a little note, quote and an exercise on how to meet your fears on a daily basis. I fell in love with the book the day I […]

Return III – Authority

On Tuesday evening I had the last lecture of my 5-day intensive class ’How to write tv series’ at a studio here in Stockholm. For the last session I bring in a guest teacher, and on Tuesday I had the great opportunity to have a talk with LA writer and director Bob Dolman who is […]

Return II presence

Much like Mhairi who spends June collecting inspiration which in July will turn into a new plan, do I have a longing to do the same. This spring has been absolutely great, and I have been jumping from one thing to another; often I have been doing several things at the same time. I love it, […]

Return I

This Monday I returned to Stockholm after having spent a month in the south of Sweden. Most of May was spent in solitude, and as I now came back to the bustling city from the stillness of the countryside; the difference between the two became a clash. The city is filled with impressions begging for your […]

Home IV – allowing

Most times it’s not until you have been on a journey, and are on your way home that you find out that you were a little lost when you first embarked on it. This past month I’ve been away from my home in Stockholm to take care of my mother’s rose nursery in the south […]

Home III – vulnerability

Home is an interesting word. When you look up the noun in a dictionary, the meanings of it are far more stripped of emotions than I would have thought. Home is described as one’s place of residence, a social unit formed by a family living together, a familiar or usual setting, a place of origin, […]

Lily of the Valley

I’m staying at my mother’s home for a month while she’s away on a trip. To say staying here brings up a lot of feelings and memories is to say the least. Like I said last week, I love being here, but it also brings to the surface one of my biggest fears. For the […]