by Lisa Kohn | Jul 2, 2024 | Recovery
I was walking on the beach, talking with a fellow Second Gen (those of us born and/or raised in an extremist situation). We were discussing some challenges I’ve faced recently and how I stayed with and for myself, despite some pushback, and some challenges she’s faced...
by Lisa Kohn | Jun 25, 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 | May 28, 2024 | Recovery
Again, a yoga practice. Again, exactly what I needed to hear. If you can’t breathe, what’s the point? I know the instructor was focused on our yoga and our poses, but this resonated me bigger and deeper than just that. It’s true of my yoga practice, because it reminds...
by Lisa Kohn | Apr 8, 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 | Apr 1, 2024 | Recovery
I am slowly coming back into my body and my self, after the week of disassociating in order to record the audiobook. It. Was. Hard. I know I still have a lot to process, as there were things I read that I’d never excavated in therapy, that I haven’t released the...
by Lisa Kohn | Mar 25, 2024 | Recovery
I just finished recording the audiobook yesterday. Today we’ll wrap with a Q&A postscript, and I’ll probably sing a few stanzas of Church “holy songs” for the last chapter. Let me tell you now, singing those is weird. And triggering. And hard. And also affirming...
