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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Jenny Lawson, the Bloggess 'New York Times' bestselling author of 'Furiously Happy'

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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

I will take more from cancer than cancer takes from me

I heard this from a ‘cancer-friend’ (someone with cancer or a cancer survivor whom you meet whilst you have cancer versus someone you knew before or after who also had cancer). It wasn’t hers, but she passed it on to me from her friend who had cancer. Who actually...
We are here! We are here! We are here!

We are here! We are here! We are here!

I grew up on Horton Hears a Who. Well, I grew up on a lot of Dr. Seuss, especially Fox in Socks, as I had a lisp, and they made me read that book for speech therapy. It was brutal! But I love it now. In Horton Hears a Who there’s this scene where the Who’s on the dust...

Anger tells us what we need

Anger tells us what we need

I was raised never to be angry. Perhaps many of us were. Especially those of us raised as girls. Especially those of us raised in a purity culture cult, where Eve was the absolute cause of all human suffering. Because of her sinfulness. Because of her wantonness....

Go where you can keep your heart open

Go where you can keep your heart open

I am playing with my heart a lot. I’m practicing keeping my heart open, and open even more, as I’m also practicing learning when it’s time to shut it down a bit, to turn it more inward and to turn me more inward. I’m noticing what opens me up and what shuts me down....

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on my way to Asheville to have fun and record my audiobook with @kerryannecoaching

couldn’t be more excited, thrilled and a wee bit nervous

haven’t read the whole book since proofing it before it was published

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out for a ‘run’

along the Hudson

with a Staten Island ferry in the distance

Danny used to take us for the 25c ride as an outing

I miss him

I love being home in the city

with a memory on nearly every corner

#tothemoonandback #thoughtfulleaders #baldisbeautiful #cultsurvivor

back home in nyc

with a sunrise to fill my heart

letting it sink in and fuel me

remind me that I am okay

open my soul and mind even more to the beauty and love and joy within me and around me

thank you

#tothemoonandback #thoughtfulleaders #baldisbeautiful #cultsurvivor

the birds keep singing

because they can

because they have to

because they have a song

nothing to prove, just a song

I too will let that be my reason

I will sing out loud, with all my heart

and let my day be full of song

#tothemoonandback #baldisbeautiful #cultsurvivor

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