Arrived
Arrived By Lisa McCrohan Today, I am here, God. I have arrived. I have walked, panted, ran, crawled and scrounged to reach you - only to now find you here at my own doorstep. In my running and crying, my panicking and searching, bruising my knees and wringing out the...
Rising
Rising By Lisa McCrohan There comes a time in a woman’s life when her body won’t be tamed, she won’t lie down and play good, she won’t be appropriate and nice, she won’t sit and be quiet. There comes a time in a woman’s life when she won’t be dutifully still, when her...
It’s Time Now
It’s Time Now By Lisa McCrohan It’s time now to believe that you are good and whole perfect just as you are. Yes, that’s right - exactly as you are. Not only when you have patience, you are Zen calm, and you have it all together. But also when emotions run high, you...
life is hard — letting love in and doing it together
A little while ago, I woke up with a heavy heart. Everyone was still asleep. I laid there in the quiet, in bed, noticing what was on my heart. Tears started to well up: I had touched a tender, sad place within me. There’s a reality to motherhood that I haven’t gotten...
The Privilege to Be Alive
It was a little, “nothing out of the ordinary” moment the other night. My husband had just left for a meeting. My daughter was over a neighbor’s house and I was taking our son to practice. We were getting into the car when I saw that our neighbor was calling. I...
When We Are Mean: Healing the Harshness Within You and Between You and Your Dear Ones
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” - Mahatma Gandhi I watched a girl who was about nine years old get out of the car and she forgot to close the door as she looked excited to go into Target. “Close the door!” her mom said, in a tone that rattled my insides, a...
Go Gently
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 - a...
Instead of fighting it…
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...
When You Need a Midwife for Your Soul
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...
My Dear Daughter
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 Within. My Dear Daughter,...