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Local Author Book Talk: Lisa Kohn: "To the Moon and Back: A Childhood under the Influence"

Local Author Book Talk: Lisa Kohn: "To the Moon and Back: A Childhood under the Influence" Online

The best seats Lisa Kohn ever had at Madison Square Garden were at her mother’s mass wedding, and the best cocaine she ever had was from her father’s friend, the judge.

Lisa’s early years in 1970s New York City were a mixture of encounter groups, macrobiotic diets, communes, Indian ashrams, and watching naked actors on off-Broadway stages during the musical HAIR. By the time her older brother was ten, Lisa’s father had him smoking pot. By the time Lisa was ten, Lisa’s mother had them pledging their lives to the Unification Church (the “Moonies”).

As a child Lisa knew the ecstatic comfort of inclusion in a cult and as a teenager the torment of rebelling against it. As an adult, Lisa struggled to break free from the hold of abuse and the scars in her heart, mind, and psyche—battling her own addictions and inner demons and searching her soul for a sense of self-worth. Told in spirited candor, to the moon and back reveals how one can leave behind absurdity and horror and create a life of intention and joy.

Lisa Kohn is the award-winning author of to the moon and back: a childhood under the influence, as well as The Power of Thoughtful Leadership. Today she is a leadership consultant and executive coach and a keynote speaker who works with C-suite leaders in Fortune 50 organizations and not-for-profits, helping them become more thoughtful – more present, intentional, and authentic – in their leadership and their lives. (www.chatsworthconsulting.com)  Lisa brings to her clients the tools, mind-shifts, and practices she’s found – and created – that have helped her heal and thrive, as well as the hope and forgiveness she’s been blessed to let into her life.

Date:
Thursday, April 1, 2021
Time:
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Online:
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Audience:
  Adults  
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  Adults     Virtual  
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This event is free and open to the public, and will take place online via Zoom.  Registration is required.

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Mark Pinto

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