I have a choice as to how I show up in every breath

by Lisa Kohn | Apr 12, 2021 | Resilience

I need to remember this today. That I have a choice. I know I do, but I can forget that I do. And every time I remember, and I take a deep breath and (thank you Rick Hanson) remember that right now, right here, I am all right, I feel myself ease. I feel myself relax....

I am where I am and that’s okay

by Lisa Kohn | Apr 5, 2021 | Resilience

I heard this today. I needed to hear it today. Maybe it will soothe some of you as well. For what it’s worth, I’ve heard something like this for decades. When I first crawled into Al-Anon, they offered me, “You’re exactly where you need to be.” It confounded and...

You have the same hair as…nobody

by Lisa Kohn | Mar 29, 2021 | My Story

Last weekend at a (safe, podded) family gathering, I was sitting at the table next to my four-year-old niece. (Grand-niece actually.) She looked up at me, staring intensely, and said… “You have the same hair as…nobody!” I laughed. I loved it. I felt very seen. I’m...

One simple step that makes a huge difference (aka Pause is a full sentence)

by Lisa Kohn | Mar 22, 2021 | Resilience

I was in therapy the other day, and I guess I was going fast. Very fast. Way faster than normal, even for me. I could feel myself speeding – in my mind, in my body, and in my heart. And I just kept going. “How about you pause and take a breath?” my therapist asked me....

Let it rip

by Lisa Kohn | Mar 15, 2021 | Passion

This is my new mantra. Let it rip. A dear friend, who is also a coach, claimed this mantra for herself recently. She realized that she had spent too much of her life holding herself back, instead of stepping into her brilliance and power (literally her physical power,...