by Lisa Kohn | Jun 22, 2017 | Personal growth
Why is “no” such a difficult thing to say? We’re great at it when we’re two. “No” seems to be our favorite word at that age (at least it was for my kids). But somewhere along the line we forget that ability; we forget the word....
by Lisa Kohn | Jun 1, 2017 | Thoughtful Leadership
I was working through an exercise with a colleague in my Positive Psychology course, and I shared with her something that I heard years ago that I found almost unbelievable and quite life-changing. “If you feel guilty when you do something, it probably means...
by Lisa Kohn | Apr 4, 2013 | Personal growth
Why is “no” such a difficult thing to say? We’re great at it when we’re two. “No” seems to be our favorite word at that age (at least it was for my kids). But somewhere along the line we forget that ability; we forget the word....
by Lisa Kohn | Jan 7, 2011 | Self-Care
I have a coaching client (I’ll call her Jane) who convinced me today that failure can truly be a good thing. We were catching up during our session this morning, and Jane related to me a few episodes where she had “failed,” and where those failures worked out in the...
