by Lisa Kohn | Mar 2, 2017 | Awareness
I was sitting across the desk from my client, waiting for him to speak. “Do you really mean I have to embrace it?” he asked. “Do you really think I can?” We were talking about something horrific that had happened to him a long time ago, and how...
by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Sep 19, 2016 | Self-Care
“If you don’t know the nature of fear, then you can never be fearless.” ~Pema Chödrön I think many of us do whatever we can to avoid feeling afraid. Somehow we’ve learned, or come to believe, that fear is wrong. Or dangerous. Or shows our...
by Lisa Kohn | Mar 3, 2016 | Thoughtful Leadership
I’ve shared Unstuck posts before, from the Unstuck community tumblr. Because they’re good. And once again, this post from a few months ago is worth sharing. Because we all can be, and have been, overcome with fear. We’ve all been standing face to...
by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Dec 14, 2015 | Personal growth
“There were many terrible things in my life, but most of them never happened.” ~Montaigne I make up really good stories. Sometimes they’re based in truth. Sometimes they’re not. But often, I hate to admit, they’re worse than the reality I’m facing. Often the worst...
by Lisa Kohn | Oct 15, 2015 | Awareness
We’ve heard that anxiety spreads like wildfire. And it does. “Negative thoughts spread like fast-growing vines,” people have said. One person’s fear and worry can ignite the same in others, and soon everyone is panicked. Well the opposite is true as well. Positive...
