by Lisa McCrohan | Apr 12, 2016 | Cultivating Compassion, Soulful Poetry
Go Gently Go gently into your day. Before you jump out of bed and brace yourself to meet the world again, pause and feel your breath. Gently allow your hands to instinctually offer comfort to the places on your body that have already started to fill with tension...
by Lisa McCrohan | Mar 28, 2016 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life
I knew it was the flu when I woke up. Congested, body aches, chills, fever. Every bones in my body hurt. I told Brian that I was so sick that I couldn’t follow a thought for too long. I was so sick I didn’t have the energy to have any emotion. Several times all I...
by Lisa McCrohan | Mar 18, 2016 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Nourishing Our Connections
The Invitation By Lisa McCrohan There is a sacred moment right now when you awaken, you open your eyes, and you can answer “yes” to the invitation of your soul to freely be who you are, as you are, standing or dancing in your power. Because today, today, you are...
by Lisa McCrohan | Mar 8, 2016 | Mindful Motherhood, Parenting with Compassion, Serving, Healing and Transforming Our World
In honor of International Women’s Day…a love note to my daughter. May these words inspire you to write a note to your daughter telling her how she matters, how her voice matters, and you are there to “hold space” for her to honor her Voice...
by Lisa McCrohan | Mar 2, 2016 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Nourishing Our Connections, Soulful Poetry
The Space to be Seen Those harsh edges – let me soften them. The hurrying and striving – let me show you how to rest. I’m alongside you. My hand is here to gently take yours. Sweetly, I’ll tuck your hair behind your ear so we can see those magnificent,...
by Lisa McCrohan | Feb 28, 2016 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life
“‘Cause what if your blessings come through rain drops What if Your healing comes through tears What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You’re near What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise.” – From...
by Lisa McCrohan | Feb 17, 2016 | Serving, Healing and Transforming Our World, Soulful Poetry
One Glorious First Step By Lisa McCrohan There comes a time in your life when you have to finally follow that One Desire that has been here, inside your heart, your bones, the very fiber of your being, for possibly decades. Before you do anything else or put energy...
by Lisa McCrohan | Feb 10, 2016 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life
It’s Time to Come Inside God won’t let me go looking for love outside myself. “It’s time to come inside,” she said. “It’s time to put your hand to your own cheek and stroke your face with the gentleness of a mother nursing her child. No, I...
by Lisa McCrohan | Feb 3, 2016 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Nourishing Our Connections, Serving, Healing and Transforming Our World
It’s raining outside on this cold February morning. It’s just about now here at the beginning of February when people contact me for counseling or coaching. They share the stories of being overwhelmed, done, tired, wanting out of the marriage, depressed, caught in the...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jan 27, 2016 | Mindful Motherhood, Parenting with Compassion, Soulful Poetry
One Day She Realized By Lisa McCrohan One day she realized that the person she needed to tend to the most was her own self. Even as a mom, a lover, a healer, a friend, she understood that where she needed to put her attention – every single day – was on her own...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jan 22, 2016 | Soulful Poetry
The Way Home I am quiet now Listening to my heart beat. My breath leads me home. Lisa McCrohan, MA, LCSW-C, SEP
by Lisa McCrohan | Jan 22, 2016 | Nourishing Our Connections, Soulful Poetry
Love Starts Here Love starts here – gently placing your own hand on your heart, feeling this breath as it arises – full or shallow – and loving what is, however it is, within you. And then, slowly, from such radical acceptance love begins to flow again within...