by Lisa McCrohan | Jun 18, 2012 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Mindful Motherhood, Parenting with Compassion
Here is the first video by the Barefoot Barn! It’s about finding a sacred pause in your everyday life…and making miracles out of the ordinary. Enjoy! Hope it inspires you! Thank you to these awesome women who contributed to this first video. They are...
by Lisa McCrohan | Apr 29, 2012 | Cultivating Compassion, Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Mindful Motherhood, Nourishing Our Connections
One of my teachers shared this video. Oh my goodness. Please, view it right now. Then come back and read this post. http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/04/skip-your-morning-meditation-watch-this-instead I was moved to tears watching this hospital worker bathe this...
by Lisa McCrohan | Apr 28, 2012 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe
“The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis but rather the feeling of not belonging.” – Mother Theresa We all need each other. We are born as vulnerable human beings in need of the care, love, and attention of someone. We would die...
by Lisa McCrohan | Mar 29, 2012 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Mindful Motherhood, Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Parenting with Compassion
I read something the other day that made my stomach turn. A blog chastising moms to “love it all” and “enjoy every minute of it.” There are plenty of moments in parenting that just plain bite. There are plenty of moments when I am not...
by Lisa McCrohan | Feb 2, 2012 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
In the late 1990s there was a movie titled “Hope Floats.” Yes, hope can be buoyant. It can rise to the surface and remain no matter the waters. While I can identify with those “watery” qualities of hope, for me, hope doesn’t float. It sprouts. It grows. It sends...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jan 14, 2012 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe
My birthday is coming up. I woke up with the prompting to write a letter to myself. I’d highly recommend trying this on your next birthday. Dear Lisa, On your 38th birthday… Ahhhhh….Dear One, happy birthday! Do you remember when you were little, on a hot August day,...