by Lisa Kohn | Sep 10, 2024 | Recovery
I was on the phone with a Second Gen friend (those of us born and/or raised in an extremist situation or cult). She has two young kids and had lost it with one of them. Her shame slam was huge, because she felt she hadn’t been the amazing mom she wants to be. I let...
by Lisa Kohn | Sep 3, 2024 | Recovery
Again, a yoga practice. Again, what I (always) need to hear. Give yourself grace today. I saw a dear, longtime friend yesterday. My first coaching client. In fact, the person who helped me become a coach when she said to me, “I want to be you. Do you coach?” I quickly...
by Lisa Kohn | Aug 27, 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 | Jul 30, 2024 | Recovery
The most amazing thing has happened to me recently. It’s gone quiet in my head. I’ve not been one of those people with songs constantly playing inside my brain, and I have had more and more moments of quiet and calm in the recent past. But in the last few weeks, it’s...
by Lisa Kohn | Jul 23, 2024 | Recovery
“If you let go a little, you will find a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will find a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will find complete peace.” Ajahn Chah What more is there to say or to write. When I first crawled into Al-Anon, thinking only, “Tell...
by Lisa Kohn | Jul 16, 2024 | Recovery
That’s what my therapist said to me, when I said something like, “Wow, I’ve cried so much…” My therapist since, I think, 2009, off and on. She’s seen me a lot, but according to her, that a lot didn’t include a lot of crying. This conversation was at least a few months...
