by Lisa Kohn | May 22, 2023 | Resilience
I have days that are hard. When I don’t feel well in my body, mind, or spirit. I really, really want to feel well, but I don’t. I’m doing my best to let that be and to let that be okay. Acceptance is, as always, the answer to all my problems, and even though I don’t...
by Lisa Kohn | May 8, 2023 | Resilience
Last week was my full-out “cancerversary.” It’s been a year since my “everything-ectomy” and the diagnosis. A year since I first heard someone say to me, “As someone who has cancer…” (The attending doctor was explaining that, as someone who had cancer and some other...
by Lisa Kohn | Apr 24, 2023 | Recovery, Resilience
Perhaps there’s something about being raised in a cult that carves guilt and shame deeply into one’s psyche. (Trust me there is.) Perhaps it’s something that many, if not all, of us have had inflicted into us, one way or another. Either way, I am realizing more and...
by Lisa Kohn | Apr 17, 2023 | Recovery, Resilience
I feel like a broken record as I write, again, that healing is not linear and now can be hard. I’m tired of feeling that way, and I’m tired of writing that. I could clearly have even more self-compassion. So many of us have been so conditioned to push ourselves...
by Lisa Kohn | Mar 27, 2023 | Resilience
Today is a hurting day. Wish it wasn’t, but it is. They happen. Wish they didn’t, but they do. I’m doing my best to do the hurting days differently. To love and care for myself beyond measure. To do all I can to soothe my heart. I know how to soothe my heart. I know...
by Lisa Kohn | Mar 13, 2023 | Resilience
I am feeling a lot of feels these days. So much to process. So much to let be or let go or let in. So much to work through. Or at least feel through. In each moment, I also have a choice. A choice to feel as good as I can feel. And to let that be enough. I sometimes...
