by Lisa Kohn | Feb 26, 2024 | Resilience
I am playing with my heart a lot. I’m practicing keeping my heart open, and open even more, as I’m also practicing learning when it’s time to shut it down a bit, to turn it more inward and to turn me more inward. I’m noticing what opens me up and what shuts me down....
by Lisa Kohn | Jan 29, 2024 | Resilience
Again, a yoga practice. Again, exactly what I needed to hear. I remember when I first heard this, when I crawled into Al-Anon decades (and decades) ago. “You’re exactly where you need to be,” they told me. That gave me such freedom to begin to accept myself as I was,...
by Lisa Kohn | Jan 22, 2024 | My Story
It’s been a tough week. A very tough week. I am okay, and I am learning and evolving and being. But it’s been a tough week. I still can get cut to the core and lose my sense of self, even as I grow more and more stable and centered. I can slip back into the self-doubt...
by Lisa Kohn | Jan 15, 2024 | Resilience
Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in this moment, I know this is a wonderful moment. This is perhaps one of Thich Nhat Hanh’s most famous quotes. At least it’s the one I know the best. I am breathing in and out with it more and more these...
by Lisa Kohn | Dec 18, 2023 | Resilience
This also came out of my mouth whilst in a session with a client. I don’t remember what she was talking about, but I do remember that it had her going around and around in circles. “You don’t have to take it on or figure it out if it makes you crazy,” I said. “The...