Letting it be enough (and a few of my reviews and awards)

by Lisa Kohn | Apr 22, 2019 | My Story, Writing

My drive for more can be relentless. If I’m not being intentional and careful, it can hit me pretty much in all that I do. In my work, in my writing, in my yoga, in my working out, in my lifting, in my relationships and personal commitments, in my… Pretty much...

I was best friends with the Messiah’s children

by Lisa Kohn | Apr 15, 2019 | Hope and Amazement, Recovery

Many people tell me that they couldn’t do what I’m doing. Somehow the fact that I’ve pretty much bared my soul (and my insecurities and anxieties) to friends, family, clients, and strangers – and that I do it over and over again, and more and more, each time I speak...

Exactly where you are is perfect

by Lisa Kohn | Apr 8, 2019 | Resilience

It’s as simple as a breath for me. It works every time. When I mindfully pause, and breathe, I remember the perfection that is now. That is me. It’s so easy to get caught up in all I have to do and all that hasn’t happened. (Especially with the book.) It’s so easy to...

Be nice to you

by Lisa Kohn | Apr 1, 2019 | Recovery

Sometimes I think there is an epidemic of us not being nice to ourselves. I notice it in my friends, myself, my clients, pretty much all around. I was reading a post by Jenny Lawson (The Bloggess) about her depression. I watched myself feeling so proud of her and what...

I am very glad he’s getting my dad high

by Lisa Kohn | Mar 25, 2019 | My Story

If you’ve read to the moon and back, you know that Danny (my dad) had a friend, “Tony”, to whom he used to (jokingly) offer to sell me to for cocaine. (If you haven’t read it yet, here’s a sample chapter that will hopefully entice you to.) While I may have somehow...