by Lisa Kohn | Apr 27, 2017 | Hope and Amazement
I’m soaking it up, and soaking it up more. I’m studying for a certification in Positive Psychology. I believe in, and practice, many of the tenets, but I want to be more consistent in my practice and more grounded in my teaching, so I’m down for seven months of...
by Lisa Kohn | Apr 24, 2017 | My Story
I don’t admit to anyone how often I’m wracked with fear. Don’t get me wrong. I’m fine. I’m happy. I’m safe. And I’m doing really, really well. But I still get wracked with fear. Often. I’ve learned to breathe through it. I’ve learned to call it out as false – False...
by Lisa Kohn | Apr 20, 2017 | Recovery
When my fight or flight response kicks in, it kicks in hard. I tense. I snap. I retort. I forget to breathe and direct my thoughts to something that will ease me. I know the response is there to protect me from danger, and I know that I’m very rarely ever in danger....
by Lisa Kohn | Apr 17, 2017 | Recovery
Maybe it’s our culture that has us gunning for more, more, more. Maybe it’s my overactive sense of responsibility, or my highly sensitive guilt-o-meter. What is it that drives us – or at least me – to need to do more and be more? What is it that has me convinced that...
by Lisa Kohn | Apr 13, 2017 | My Story
Again a weekend away with my friends. Again a huge amount of learning. Where would we be without friends? We had an innocuous conversation over dinner one night. Innocuous, and yet, for some reason I felt guilty about it. I felt guilty about it, and perhaps nobody...