Lisa Kohn

I can sit with all of this

by Lisa Kohn | Jan 23, 2023 | Resilience

Last week was a tough week. I had a scare, or at least something that scared me, mostly because of lack of communication from my doctors. That threw me. My kid, who had been here taking such sweet care of me and spending so much scrumptious time with me, left to go...

Thanking the voices that criticize me and working with my “parts” for healing

by Lisa Kohn | Jan 17, 2023 | Recovery

For years I could tell you about my “editor.” This was the voice that instantaneously jumped in to critique and criticize whatever I had just done or said. I’d talk about the trauma in my childhood, and I could hear my editor voice shouting over all else. “It wasn’t...

A single choice can change your life

by Lisa Kohn | Jan 9, 2023 | Recovery

“In a single moment – with a single choice – your entire life can be different.” Thank you @jamilareddy for this thought (check out their post). “You can start over. You can end that pattern. You can transform that habit.” I know this, and I needed to hear it again. I...

It’s all okay. Nothing is wrong.

by Lisa Kohn | Jan 2, 2023 | Resilience

Somehow that seems hard to believe right now, and yet my mind and soul are reaching for it and reaching for it to be true. It’s all okay. Nothing is wrong. Last year was a long year of a lot that felt wrong. Very wrong. That I wish hadn’t happened or hadn’t happened...

Anyone would not be sleeping with what you have going on

by Lisa Kohn | Dec 19, 2022 | Recovery

Over ten years ago I had a bout of insomnia that knocked me to my knees. Actually, that felled me to my face. I don’t need to go into details, but I was hurting. I remember saying to my therapist, who told me about her two-year bout of insomnia, “I can’t do this for...