If you only say one prayer in a day, make it thank you

by Lisa Kohn | Jun 21, 2021 | Resilience

Thank you, Anne Lamott, in Help, Thanks, Wow, for this quote. This suggestion. This ultimate yes. This ultimate, absolute, magnificent yes. It’s been a week, again, on top of some hard weeks. But this week I think I finally realized how hard the past weeks have been,...

When we’re distracted, we miss our life

by Lisa Kohn | May 10, 2021 | Resilience

The last few weeks – okay months – have been tough. As many of you know, my father-in-law was very ill, and we basically moved in with my in-laws to care for them and to have time with them. It is something I will always be so thankful that I had the opportunity to...

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,...