by Lisa Kohn | Jun 1, 2020 | Current Events
My older child came home last night…from Minneapolis. With stories of horror and anguish and also of beauty and hope and communities coming together and taking care of their own. My heart is aching for all of the suffering – for George Floyd and his family, for the...
by Lisa Kohn | Dec 30, 2019 | Recovery
Even as I strive, more and more, to release my perfectionism (yes, I do know how silly and oxymoron-ish that sentence is!), I also allow myself, more and more, to embrace the notion that right here, right now, everything is perfect. Just as it is. I know these two...
by Lisa Kohn | Sep 30, 2019 | Hope and Amazement
I am coming off of an amazing weekend…and amazing days before the weekend. Last week I flew to Minnesota to attend the Trans Equity Summit that my kid planned and coordinated for the City of Minneapolis. I don’t think I yet have words for how powerful and moving the...
by Lisa Kohn | May 13, 2019 | Recovery
Sometimes I remember this. Sometimes I get this. Sometimes I can stop myself as I sink into worry or fear or frustration and pull myself out. Sometimes I can, and sometimes I can’t. But I’m working on it more and more each day. I don’t mean ignoring or glossing over...
by Lisa Kohn | Jul 2, 2018 | My Story
I have the greatest book club on my block. It literally is up and down the block, which makes it very easy to get to (and makes excuses like, “I don’t even have time to pop in for a few minutes” quite lame). Perhaps driven by me and my memoir – and therefore love of...