by Lisa McCrohan | Apr 1, 2017 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
I’m going to be really honest here because I believe the spiritual call of being a leader is showing our humanity – our vulnerability (and also letting our light shine! That’s another post!). And today I want to share one of the negative core...
by Lisa McCrohan | Mar 21, 2017 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
I look at the crocuses blooming right now. They sure do have this “right effort” thing down! I’m thinking back to several years ago when my children were younger and I wanted more control. More control OVER. That’s a really patriarchal way of living that...
by Lisa McCrohan | Mar 13, 2017 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life
For so long now I’ve heard Spirit talking to me. I believe everyone has access to this Inner Voice. Call it God, Spirit, Beloved, Universe — I believe it’s all from the same Source. In my new (and first!) book, Gems of Delight, I’m breaking...
by Lisa McCrohan | Mar 9, 2017 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
“I want my joy back,” a new Compassion Coaching client said to me, looking both focused and sad. “How in the hell am I living?! I wake up with my mind racing and my heart pounding. I hardly slow down to eat breakfast or look at my children. There has...
by Lisa McCrohan | Feb 28, 2017 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Mindful Motherhood
It’s time I start sharing about my first book: Gems of Delight: seasonal inspirations for moms to heal the hurry and embrace what is sacred. For many years, readers of my blog and clients in psychotherapy and Compassion Coaching have asked me, “When will you...
by Lisa McCrohan | Feb 15, 2017 | Mindfulness in Everyday Life
My friend’s children ran past me as I opened the door for them. It’s February and everyone needs to run around. Their dad walked in behind them. After we said our “hellos” he shared with me, “My head is spinning with everything...
by Lisa McCrohan | Feb 9, 2017 | Cultivating Compassion, Nourishing Our Connections, Parenting with Compassion
Reflection from Early Winter: The wind is blowing hard this afternoon but my son still wants to go outside and kick the soccer ball together. Sundays can often be hectic for us — Brian works at the parish and we often both teach on Sunday evening. But this...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jan 29, 2017 | Parenting with Compassion, Regarding Our Children
“Ohhhh, mom! That’s beautiful!” My young daughter said, holding my freshly Henna painted hand. Admiring the detail and intricacy, my daughter’s eyes widened. The night before, I was part of a women’s circle where a local Henna artist painted on our bodies as we...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jan 29, 2017 | Mindfulness in Everyday Life
“Mom,” my daughter asked me, “When my friend comes, can we go outside into the woods?” The thought of going outside and being in nature, surrounded by the evergreens, listening to water flowing in the little creek by our house made me exhale....
by Lisa McCrohan | Jan 7, 2017 | Honoring the Seasons, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
I write my prayers in my journals. The Divine and I have “conversations.” A few years ago, I wrote this in my journal – it’s me talking and the Divine listening: Me: “It’s snowing outside. I feel the invitation to be inside, wrapped in a warm...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 30, 2016 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
For the last several years, around this same time at the end of the year, I do the same thing: While everyone is still asleep as I lay here in my bed, in the quiet. It’s still dark and cold outside. I’m warm and comfy in my bed thinking about this new year. I don’t...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 21, 2016 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life
{I talk, God listens}. It’s 2:30 a.m., God. And I am awake – silence, darkness, my pen and notepad, and my warm covers. Without the distractions of the day, the darkness provides a holy opportunity to listen and connect. Keith is dead {*Keith is a dear friend of...