I have a choice as to how I show up in every breath

by Lisa Kohn | Apr 12, 2021 | Resilience

I need to remember this today. That I have a choice. I know I do, but I can forget that I do. And every time I remember, and I take a deep breath and (thank you Rick Hanson) remember that right now, right here, I am all right, I feel myself ease. I feel myself relax....

I am where I am and that’s okay

by Lisa Kohn | Apr 5, 2021 | Resilience

I heard this today. I needed to hear it today. Maybe it will soothe some of you as well. For what it’s worth, I’ve heard something like this for decades. When I first crawled into Al-Anon, they offered me, “You’re exactly where you need to be.” It confounded and...

One simple step that makes a huge difference (aka Pause is a full sentence)

by Lisa Kohn | Mar 22, 2021 | Resilience

I was in therapy the other day, and I guess I was going fast. Very fast. Way faster than normal, even for me. I could feel myself speeding – in my mind, in my body, and in my heart. And I just kept going. “How about you pause and take a breath?” my therapist asked me....

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,...

I love the feeling of taking up all my space

by Lisa Kohn | Feb 1, 2021 | Resilience

Recently I’ve been feeling as if I’m somehow leaking out of myself. I don’t know how to explain it. It’s as if there are holes in my being and I’m seeping out of those holes, instead of being whole. So, I’m working on that. This may sound weird (not that there’s...

I am putting down my addiction to “right” and “wrong”

by Lisa Kohn | Jan 4, 2021 | Resilience

I know I’ve written before about how I can get caught in needing to figure out what’s “right” and what’s “wrong” so that I can always do what’s right. What I’m realizing now, more and more each moment it seems, is how much I’m addicted to this. I am now determined to...