“Parts work” is changing my life – what it is, why it’s hard, and why I love it

by Lisa Kohn | Sep 21, 2020 | Recovery

Potential trigger warning… I’m (finally) reading The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. One might wonder why it took me so long. A dear friend, who is also a Moonie Second Gen, kept talking about the book. And then I mentioned it to my therapist, as in,...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME AND to the moon and back!!!

by Lisa Kohn | Sep 14, 2020 | My Story

September is a big month and this is a big week. I turn fifty-seven on Wednesday (these numbers are getting crazy weird!) and to the moon and back turns two on Friday. Wild. If you asked my young Moonie self what I’d be like and what I’d be doing at the age of...

Acceptance is the answer to all my problems

by Lisa Kohn | Sep 7, 2020 | Recovery

Many, many years ago, when I was at an all-time low, someone shared with me page 449 of the Alcoholics Anonymous “big book.” “Read it,” they said. “Read it and reread it and reread it and remember it.” It reads like this: “And acceptance is the answer to all my...

You can’t shoot a cannon from a canoe

by Lisa Kohn | Aug 31, 2020 | Recovery

I’m in the middle of a yoga class, doing my best to relax into the pose (which isn’t that easy, seeing as it’s a challenging, not relaxing, pose) and the teacher shares this thought. “You can’t shoot a cannon from a canoe,” he says, as we hold our reverse warrior...

Putting your heart at ease

by Lisa Kohn | Aug 24, 2020 | Resilience

“My heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me, and that what misses me was never meant for me.” Imam Al-Shafi’i I came upon this quote today. It brought me peace. What a concept. That what was meant for me will never miss me and that what...