to the moon and back:
a childhood under the influence

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Lisa Kohn’s memoir of being raised in and torn between two conflicting worlds. There was the world she longed for and lived in on weekends – her mother’s world, which was the fanatical, puritanical cult of the Moonies – and the world she was forced to live in during the week – her father’s world, which was based in sex, drugs, and the squalor of life in New York City’s East Village in the 1970’s.

To the Moon and Back

new awards


Silver Medal Award

2019 Shortlist


2018 INDIES Book of the Year


13th Annual Finalist


Honorable Mention


2019 Finalist

You really need to read this book, because it’s awesome.

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Lisa Kohn
Writes

Lisa’s long-running blog offers hope and joy to others who may feel beaten or damaged by their upbringing or circumstances.
Lisa shares stories from her past, as well as her challenges, peace, and healing of today.

to the moon
and back

Told with spirited candor,
to the moon and back reveals
how one can leave behind
absurdity and horror and create a life of intention and joy. This is the fascinating tale of a story rarely told in its full complexity.

Coaching, Consulting, & Speaking

As a Chatsworth Consulting Group Partner, Lisa focuses on leadership consulting and executive coaching, spending time speaking, writing, teaching, and presenting approaches to life and business.

Lisa Kohn Writes

tattoo NMP on the inside of your eyelids

I think it’s human nature to take pretty much everything personally. And for those of us born and/or raised in a cult or extremist situation – or at least for me – it also has been my nature to know that I need to fix or mend or make it all better…make you all better....
what if I had nothing to protect myself from?

what if I had nothing to protect myself from?

There are obvious reasons why parts of me, especially younger parts of me, think I need to protect myself at pretty much all times. I share those parts, those feelings, that carving and grooming of my brain and self, here often and perhaps a lot. I’m pretty sure there...

the absolute joy of this moment

the absolute joy of this moment

I am, as many of you know, back from an outrageously beautiful, magnificent, brilliant and magic month. Every year, we close my consulting and coaching firm for the month of August. Most Augusts I have happily, or exhaustedly, spent the month alternating between the...

it sucks to be human when you were raised not to be

it sucks to be human when you were raised not to be

I was on the phone with a Second Gen friend (those of us born and/or raised in an extremist situation or cult). She has two young kids and had lost it with one of them. Her shame slam was huge, because she felt she hadn’t been the amazing mom she wants to be. I let...

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there is something worrying me

I feel my imagination running rampant

I have choices

I can remember that I'm alright right now

and find ways to soothe

I can gather the info I need

and use my imagination for something better

#tothemoonandback #baldisbeautiful #cultsurvivor

I’m finally getting Don’t take it personally even if it has your name on it

This is contrary to the lies that were carved into my brain

my latest blog post - tattoo NMP on the inside of your eyelids - https://buff.ly/3ZVbRF0

#tothemoonandback #baldisbeautiful #cultsurvivor

it’s that simple (and obv not)

trust yourself

trust in yourself

lean into your inner and outer badass

let yourself shine, sparkle, and soar

know your beauty and your truth

it is yours

it is truth

BE YOU

#tothemoonandback #thoughtfulleaders #baldisbeautiful #cultsurvivor

each moment is full with things for me to enjoy

even the hard ones

it’s not ignoring the pain or anger

it’s also opening to the beauty

I’ve been told I’m quite little (and also quite tall in spirit)

so we can enjoy me as well

#tothemoonandback #baldisbeautiful #cultsurvivor

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