by Lisa McCrohan | Feb 13, 2018 | Cultivating Compassion, Following what delights your heart, Regarding Our Children
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” – Maya Angelou It might sound hokey if you announced, “This week, I’m going to love myself!” But the older I get, the less I care about appearing “hokey” and the more I care about things...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 16, 2017 | Cultivating Compassion, Nourishing Our Connections
Last year at the time, my dear college friends and I were gathered around our friend, Keith, who was dying in the hospital. Friends flew in from the west coast. We all drove several hours multiple times to be with him. Though he was unconscious, we all hoped and...
by Lisa McCrohan | Nov 21, 2017 | Cultivating Compassion, Regarding Our Children
In the United States, many of us are gathering with family and friends for Thanksgiving. This can be a lovely and welcomed time. And it can also be a triggering time. It brings up old hurts, old resentments, and old patterns of relating. To change things, it takes one...
by Lisa McCrohan | Nov 9, 2017 | Cultivating Compassion
{I’d like to share with you an experience in Compassion Coaching with a client to give you a feel for the slow, organic, spaciousness of how it can be to not feel alone anymore…to feel a sense of inner freedom. This session is used with her...
by Lisa McCrohan | Oct 20, 2017 | Cultivating Compassion
Many of you may have seen or heard about the “Me Too” Initiative on social media. I wrote a Facebook post about it that you can read here. I appreciate this initiative. Sitting with clients in psychotherapy and Compassion Coaching, I hear intimate stories – ones...
by Lisa McCrohan | Sep 6, 2017 | Cultivating Compassion, Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Parenting with Compassion
I still remember this moment of deep appreciation for my husband, Brian. It was 10:30 pm in the Atlanta airport. We were coming home from ten days in Costa Rica. Our travel had started early and involved hours of driving through potholes, tending to hungry and tired...