Love is my religion

by Lisa Kohn | Mar 1, 2021 | Recovery, Resilience

It’s a song they often play during our yoga practice. It’s a song that sings to my heart. I feel as if I’ve learned and evolved so much since to the moon and back came out nearly two-and-a-half years ago. This whole process threw me deep into revisiting,...

Love myself most

by Lisa Kohn | Feb 22, 2021 | Recovery

I was listening to the Real Rebel Podcast – to Sheri Salata on the Real Rebel Podcast. And they reminded me about “love myself most.” I remember when a co-conspirator in my Positive Psychology certification course offered me her mantra – “love yourself first.” It blew...

What other people think of me is none of my business…

by Lisa Kohn | Jan 25, 2021 | Recovery

I first heard this decades ago, in Al-Anon. I’ll come clean – I’m still working on it. The concept blew me away back then. I repeated it over and over to myself. I shared it with clients. I etched it on my brain. I thought I “got it.” But damn, this one is hard for...

Why self-patience and self-compassion can be so hard…and how (and why) to do them anyway

by Lisa Kohn | Jan 11, 2021 | Recovery

This past week was hard. No other way to look at it. Not hard because I can’t believe our Capitol was stormed. Hard because I can’t believe people can’t believe our Capitol was stormed. Hard because I’m pretty sure there was a faction of my former cult there, storming...

This simple question can change my day

by Lisa Kohn | Dec 28, 2020 | Recovery

I learned years ago, in Al-Anon, to “pick up my mind and put it somewhere else” when I was distressed. I learned then – and again during my Positive Psychology certification – that while we think we feel certain ways because of what’s happening or what someone is...

It’s not about forgiveness…

by Lisa Kohn | Dec 14, 2020 | Recovery

I was interviewed on a podcast recently – I’ve been interviewed on many podcasts recently. The host asked me if I have (had) forgiven my mother yet. Maybe both of my parents, but definitely my mother. “It’s not about forgiveness,” I answered. There was a time I...