
I had a Messiah but in my mind, I lived with my dad a life of sex, drugs, and squalor.

My mother left me and my nine-year-old brother with my grandfather who later fell into a nervous breakdown and then we went to live with my dad to New York City in the East Village.It is the most powerful than I’ve ever felt. I grew up in Unification Church which my mum joined when I was ten years and it was my life and there is no more intoxicating drug than having a Messiah.I was a member of the Unification Church, Reverend Sun Myung Moon, a self-proclaimed Messiah from Korea and they did mass weddings where large numbers of people got married often to strangers.In today’s episode, we will be learning about how our experiences shape our lives and behaviors, and why being aware of ourselves can make use of such experiences to propel us into leading more purposeful lives. Lisa will always tell you that she is a native New Yorker, but she currently lives in Pennsylvania. She has taught as an adjunct professor at Columbia University and New York University’s Stern School of Business, and she brings to others the tools, mind-shifts, and practices she’s found that have helped her heal and thrive, as well as the hope and forgiveness she’s been blessed to let into her life. Lisa earned her BA in psychology from Cornell University and her MBA from Columbia University’s Executive Program.

Lisa is an accomplished leadership consultant, executive coach, and keynote speaker with a strong business background and a creative approach.

She says that the best seats she 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 Kohn is the award-winning author of to the moon and back: a childhood under the influence: and The Power of Thoughtful Leadership. Our guest today, Lisa Kohn, was able to do exactly that despite her adverse experiences growing up and says that healing from past adverse events entails changing not only the individual’s behavior but their mental models as well. Notably, there is no formula for success and this then means that we can always rise above our molded selves and use our experiences to better our lives and the lives of those around us. H�L�M�́��� ,����D��ȽYU�̌z6���y\���ah�/Type/XObject/BBox/FormType 1>streamĠ��R]�4����_D�7�q��RY��cnr���f077/��~.“Even those worst parts of us are helpful in certain actions at certain times and therefore the idea is to be in choice with your response.” Lisa KohnĪ lot of what we become in life is largely determined by the environment we get exposed to and the experiences we get to encounter.
