I love you (your name here). You’re beautiful.

by Lisa Kohn | Oct 7, 2019 | Recovery

I was on my mat this morning, in a yoga class, moving through the poses and focusing on my breath. I was also aware – quite aware – of the anxiety coursing through me. There was no particular reason for my anxiety, no particular reason for my mind and body to be on...

Be in the moment and enjoy your life

by Lisa Kohn | Sep 23, 2019 | Recovery

This was the advice someone gave me. Someone I respect – and love – a lot. It seems like good advice. Quite good advice. I can get caught in my own head. I can go down the rabbit-hole of thinking – some might say obsessing – on the things that are bothering me or the...

I was best friends with the Messiah’s children

by Lisa Kohn | Sep 2, 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...

Acceptance is the answer to all my problems

by Lisa Kohn | Aug 19, 2019 | Recovery

Many, many years ago, when I was at an all-time low, someone shared with me page 449 of the Alcoholics Anonymous “big book.” “Read it,” they said. “Read it and reread it and reread it and remember it.” It reads like this: “And acceptance is the answer to all my...

You can’t feel bad and good in the same moment (and you get to choose)

by Lisa Kohn | Jul 15, 2019 | Recovery

Sometimes it feels just too plain simple for me. And sometimes it makes sense and works. Well, actually it always works, when I actually do it. I’ve found it to be very true that I can’t feel good and bad in the same moment. I can only have one feeling coursing...

Soothe yourself as often as you can

by Lisa Kohn | Jun 25, 2019 | Recovery

It’s a simple thought. It’s an important thought. Soothe yourself as often as you can. The more I connect with other Second Gens (people born and/or raised in cults or extremist situations). The more I connect with other people who have faced childhood challenges (or...