by Lisa Kohn | Jul 30, 2014 | Hope and Amazement
I think you all know my obsession with yellow birds. When I see them, I smile. They’re so beautiful, and they always remind me that all is right with the world. I don’t know exactly why, but they do. The challenge is, I hadn’t seen any in a while. There used to be a...
by Lisa Kohn | Jul 27, 2014 | Recovery
I was walking with a friend the other day and talking through an “opportunity” I was facing. Something that was beating me down, at least a little bit. And the fact that it was beating me down was beating me down even further. I must have shared my old standards of “I...
by Lisa Kohn | Jul 23, 2014 | My Story
In the past two weeks I’ve been blessed with reuniting with some of my dearest friends from my college years. One stopped by with his wife on the way home from the Jersey Shore. I hadn’t seen him for at least two to three years. One came over from England with his son...
by Lisa Kohn | Jul 20, 2014 | Resilience
It was a family dinner. It’s usually my favorite time, but my patience was shot. My son had fallen out of our hammock a few days earlier, on his head, and while we knew he was fine, we were “watching” his headaches to make sure he didn’t have a concussion. Which was...
by Lisa Kohn | Jul 13, 2014 | Resilience
I like to think about things that make me feel good, that bring ease to my mind and heart. I like to ponder people, places, situations, happenings and even words that give me peace and calm and a sense of joy. As I list words that resonate for me, I invariably come to...