by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 11, 2013 | Cultivating Compassion
Tonight I am reflecting on the assumptions I made today about what was going on in the hearts and minds of others in my family today. I had a story line going in my head – created from my own fears, needs, and insecurities. Turns out I was wrong. Turns out that...
by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 7, 2013 | Cultivating Compassion, Parenting with Compassion
It was 10:30 PM at the Atlanta airport. We were coming home from 10 days in Costa Rica. Our day had started early and involved hours of driving through pothole after pothole, hungry and tired kiddos, and long lines for customs. And still, here is my Brian with this...
by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 5, 2013 | Cultivating Compassion, Parenting with Compassion
Today, words of mine are being featured on Jodi Lobozzo Aman’s lovely site, Heal Now and Forever Be in Peace. What a way to return from Costa Rica! Thank you, Jodi. Here is the link. http://jodiaman.com/just-doing-what-kids-do-by-lisa-mccrohan/ I hope...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jul 25, 2013 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Soulful Poetry
Returning to the Waters It serves a soul every now and then to go completely off the grid, let our nervous system settle, reconnect with what matters most, unplug and allow ourselves to be nourished. It serves a family every now and then to drop the busy, reconnect...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jul 23, 2013 | Cultivating Compassion
I woke up early this morning. I heard the rain gently falling on the roof. I exhaled deeply before I was conscious that, yes, I need rainy days. I need rainy days to regroup, draw my energy “closer in”, and to be with the deeper currents within me that...