by Lisa McCrohan | Apr 10, 2013 | Cultivating Compassion, Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Mindful Motherhood, Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Parenting with Compassion
When is the last time you talked to someone and they didn’t say they WEREN’T busy?! A conversation usually goes like this: “How are you guys?” “Oh you know, we’ve got such n such going on and then there’s such n such coming...
by Lisa McCrohan | Apr 3, 2013 | Cultivating Compassion
“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.” – Carl Gustav “You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You...
by Lisa McCrohan | Mar 18, 2013 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
I don’t remember the first time I paused and softly smiled upon hearing the word, “delight.” Maybe it was when my mom said, “How about you write what’s on your heart and call it ‘Gems of Delight’?” As moms usually do,...
by Lisa McCrohan | Mar 15, 2013 | Cultivating Compassion, Mindful Motherhood, Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Parenting with Compassion
I’m a mindful parent. I also work with parents every day to bring more compassion and mindfulness into their lives, including their parenting. I think it’s fabulous how much attention parenting is getting these days. What drives me nuts are posts on some parenting...
by Lisa McCrohan | Mar 7, 2013 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
“Dare to drop the perfect and find the miraculous in your everyday life. We are about living courageously right here in the middle of crazy mornings, mounds of laundry-folding, tantrums (ours and our children’s), deadlines, heartaches, and the quietly content...