by Lisa Kohn | Mar 11, 2024 | Recovery
I grew up on Horton Hears a Who. Well, I grew up on a lot of Dr. Seuss, especially Fox in Socks, as I had a lisp, and they made me read that book for speech therapy. It was brutal! But I love it now. In Horton Hears a Who there’s this scene where the Who’s on the dust...
by Lisa Kohn | Mar 4, 2024 | Recovery
I was raised never to be angry. Perhaps many of us were. Especially those of us raised as girls. Especially those of us raised in a purity culture cult, where Eve was the absolute cause of all human suffering. Because of her sinfulness. Because of her wantonness....
by Lisa Kohn | Feb 19, 2024 | Recovery
I heard this on the Being Well podcast with Rick and Forrest Hanson. The amazingness of the universe and of life and of every moment. We are breathing starlight. It has stayed with me. How might I feel differently when I hold my mind to this – the incomprehensibleness...
by Lisa Kohn | Feb 5, 2024 | Recovery
I heard this from Tara Brach, whom I love to listen to. “I don’t believe everything I think.” My mind can be a beautiful place filled with love and compassion and a ton of healing and wholing best practices. My mind can also be a mine zone which isn’t filled so much...
by Lisa Kohn | Dec 3, 2023 | Recovery
My yoga practice is such a saving grace, even though there still is so much I can’t do. (Side note – I REALLLY should have filmed my handstand when I could do one. I don’t know when/if I’ll ever be able to hold myself up not against the wall again!) It saves my body....
by Lisa Kohn | Nov 27, 2023 | Recovery
When I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. I heard this quote again today. I’m stuck in not accepting today. Not accepting others. Not accepting situations. Not accepting my reactions. Especially my reactions. I somehow think I should be “better about this”...