Learning to be embodied and listen from the heart – Lessons from Kauai
Morning in Hawaii Resting here with you, I listen to this moment. Breath, rain, ocean - peace. Lisa McCrohan, © 2016 I stood there on the shore in Kauai, Hawaii, watching the powerful waves crashing onto the shore and then receding back out into the vast ocean. I was...
Connecting Before You Go: A Family Prayer/Meditation Ritual
"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life." ~Abraham Lincoln This morning we were hustling out the door. We weren't late (bonus!) and we weren't hurrying, but we were moving. I saw my husband come outside in...
Risk living your life based on what is most sacred to you
I hear it. I sense it. Within you. Within me. A fire growing. A wave forming. A revolution of the heart-body-mind-spirit rising. We are done putting our attention (effort, energy, time…our sacred time) into what doesn’t serve us, what doesn’t feel like “right...
Give into the Wildness
There is a holy wildness growing louder within each of us. I hear it in my clients. I hear it pushing against my own ribs. The beginning of September can still be hot here in the D.C. area and, at this point, many of us are tired of it and ready for the cooler...
Walking the rocky path – lessons from hiking in Kauai, Hawaii
It was our last day on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. We had tried to hike up the Sleeping Giant mountain when we first arrived, but the rain started to pour down in buckets. As we looked at the mud running down the path, we knew that the further we climbed up, the...
Love or Hate: It starts closer to home
Hate is taught. Love is our true nature. Awhile ago, my son asked me what “gay” meant. I didn’t know what prompted him asking. I also thought he knew – we have family and friends who are gay. He has met their partners before. But I decided to answer his question. So I...
Radical Regard…for Yourself – With “MY SACRED SPACE TIME”
In my last two blog posts I offered two questions that support you in honoring YOU. “What will you do this summer (or any season you are in) to honor yourself?” “What Sacred Space do you need in this season of your life?” In Compassion Coaching and Psychotherapy, the...
How a mom needs sacred space
Last night, I was sitting with two friends at a coffee house. “Mother guilt” was still sitting on my shoulder: “Don’t be gone too long. Don’t take too much time away from your family. Don’t put too much on Brian.” I heard that voice and would say to myself, “It’s...
Radical Self-care for mom: when it’s time to nourish your soul and honor yourself
“Where am I in all this?!” she asked me…she asked herself. I knew what she was talking about. I could see how she was contacting a Sacred Frustration within her and giving it space to finally be spoken and heard. I didn’t say anything. I didn’t try to explain or...
Completely Free – the sacred invitation of the season
Completely Free I am barefoot now, feeling the grass between my toes, the warm sun against my shoulders. I watch my daughter snap on her helmet with little hands that seem much older than a week ago and get onto her scooter. My son zips by me on his big-boy bike....