by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 10, 2018 | Cultivating Compassion, Professional Development
Self-doubt comes up often in my work with clients in professional and personal coaching. It’s time to talk about a mindful way to deal with self-doubt on the blog so all of us can relate better to it and we can get on with letting our light shine at home, work,...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 4, 2018 | Cultivating Compassion, Soulful Poetry
A Vow of Forgiveness When I feel the desire to be unkind, to judge harshly, to pull away, or to blame, I vow to wake up in that moment and remember that all of us want to be loved, to love, to be touched, to belong, to know we are good, to be seen. I vow to pause, put...
by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 14, 2018 | Cultivating Compassion, Parenting with Compassion, Regarding Our Children
Part 2 of 2: I was that new kid sitting alone at the lunch table. I shared part 1 of the story here. I thought I was the “only one,” but it turns out that this story resonated with millions of people. There’s more to the story. Today, I’m sharing what...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jul 4, 2018 | Cultivating Compassion, Regarding Our Children, Serving, Healing and Transforming Our World
“Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jun 18, 2018 | Cultivating Compassion, Regarding Our Children, Serving, Healing and Transforming Our World
“Mom,” my son asked me one day as we were stopped at a light. I looked in the rear view mirror and I saw that he was looking at the homeless man who stood at the island in the middle of the road with a sign that read, “Homeless veteran. Please...
by Lisa McCrohan | Apr 21, 2018 | Cultivating Compassion, Nourishing Our Connections, Soul-Nourishing Sunday Gem
It was an ordinary moment on vacation in Key West. We were just hanging around at the beach. My dad is an introvert. So when he started to share a story from his early years of being married to my mom, working hard, and going through college, we all tuned in. With...