by Lisa Kohn | Dec 12, 2022 | Resilience
I’m getting a wee bit tired of writing this, but now is hard. Now is a lot. I have a bit more still to come, and now is already a lot. I might be tired of writing it, but I have to remember it. I have to remember that now is – and has been…and will be – a lot. And I...
by Lisa Kohn | Dec 5, 2022 | Resilience
Breathe through the tricky parts. That’s what my yoga instructor gave us the other day. Breathe through the tricky parts. Right now, I have a lot of tricky parts. I also downplay them. Just like I downplay the past, at times. I believe it is a common survivor survival...
by Lisa Kohn | Nov 28, 2022 | Resilience
Somewhere in the last few weeks, as if there wasn’t enough going on with me, my body and brain remembered another layer to my trauma. I was in therapy. We were working through all the many emotions coursing through me these days – including my current sleep challenges...
by Lisa Kohn | Nov 21, 2022 | My Story
I am getting stronger, and I’m so not there yet. I am weary and sore and achy…and so much stronger than I was. I am so tired of being weary and sore and achy…and I’m so much stronger than I was. Emotionally it’s a roller-coaster too. Today I’m allowing the duality of...
by Lisa Kohn | Nov 14, 2022 | Resilience
We’ve learned to label emotions “good” and “bad” or “okay” and “not.” We’ve learned to push our feelings down and away, to plaster on a smiley face, to say “anyway” at the end of sentences (or paragraphs) where we’re being real but we think we’re being a downer. We’ve...