by Lisa Kohn | Jul 31, 2023 | Resilience
Once again, I heard this in yoga class…but it’s so so so true. So easy to forget, but so so so true. Pain happens. Sometimes pain really, really happens. But how much I suffer with it is at least somewhat in my control…and therefore optional. I know my yoga instructor...
by Lisa Kohn | Jul 10, 2023 | Resilience
I was on the phone with a client the other day, reminding them that being human and messy is normal and good. It’s still something I’m learning, day by day, and it’s also something I can teach and share. I feel particularly messy right now, and I’m sitting with it and...
by Lisa Kohn | Jun 12, 2023 | Resilience
I am back at my yoga practice! First time since New Year’s – my last surgery. In fact, I am back at the studio! First time since…well since before it all began. Since April, 2022. There are no words for how amazing it feels. How grounding. How healing. How grieving....
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...