by Lisa Kohn | Mar 25, 2025 | Hope and Amazement
That’s what a yoga dearest said to me last week, after our pre-class hug. I let it sink in. It’s not often that someone tells us we’re perfect. Even though it’s someone who doesn’t know me well. Even though all we know of each other is our yoga bond, sweaty practice,...
by Lisa Kohn | Mar 4, 2025 | Hope and Amazement
I’ve heard this mentioned for decades. I’d given up any hope that it would happen for me. But the other day, during my practice, I noticed the weirdest thing. I was only focused on my breath. Well, also the poses and my body and its placement (and strength and...
by Lisa Kohn | Feb 25, 2025 | Hope and Amazement
I have trained myself to look for light and love and beauty and to find it anywhere and everywhere I can. As often as I can. This is probably most evident in my love for and delight in my yellow birds. Can I tell you how much and how often they’re coming to see me...
by Lisa Kohn | Feb 11, 2025 | Hope and Amazement
I was rehearsing First Most Always (my new keynote – ping me for details to be one of the first to see it!) with my theatre-camp friends, as someone’s partner refers to us all, and I hit the part about Post Traumatic Growth. “You don’t seem very excited about it,”...
by Lisa Kohn | Feb 4, 2025 | Hope and Amazement
I have a dearest who is not only a dearest of decades, but who is also a kick-ass therapist, and a trauma therapist at that. “You are the poster child of working trauma. You have done and do all it takes and whatever it takes to heal,” she said to me. “If there’s...
by Lisa Kohn | Jan 28, 2025 | Hope and Amazement
The weirdest thing is happening as I’m getting coached to prepare my keynote (spoiler alert – titled First Most Always…you know what that means!). Each time we go through a section, each time we have a session, we seem to end with the same guidance from my coach. “Be...
