by Lisa Kohn | Dec 28, 2016 | Resilience
I’m guessing many of us have heard the advice that if you’re caught in a current in the ocean, to not struggle and fight against the current because that only tires you out and actually can pull you farther from shore. I’m not a good swimmer (I’m pretty much not a...
by Lisa Kohn | Dec 26, 2016 | My Story
That’s what my mother said to me this morning. “You face these challenges, and then you reach down deep to an inner strength and you just keep going.” We had been talking about a situation that happened with a client earlier this year that had been grueling. It had...
by Lisa Kohn | Dec 21, 2016 | My Story
Each year I joke that we’re going to add one more holiday celebration to our list. We only do Chanukah (because of my husband’s family’s traditions) and Christmas (because of mine), but it feels like we do everything. I happen to love the season, and to find all of it...
by Lisa Kohn | Dec 19, 2016 | My Story
I know I’ve been busy. I’ve been juggling and multitasking and crossing things off my list. And I’ve been exceedingly proud of how on top of it all I’ve been. Especially when I managed to pull off a seven-layer cake for my husband’s birthday celebration at the family...
by Lisa Kohn | Dec 14, 2016 | My Story
Do you? It’s hard. Really hard. Nearly impossible maybe, at least for me. How can I learn to not care what anyone else thinks about me or what I’m doing? Not that other peoples’ opinions aren’t important. And not that I’m going to toss out all of my compassion and...