by Lisa McCrohan | Apr 23, 2014 | Cultivating Compassion, Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Parenting with Compassion
“Mom, this dress is itchy!” my four year old daughter said as she tugged at her Easter dress. I heard my son from the other room, “Mom, I know you want me to wear this, but I can’t bend in these pants.” We were at my parents’ house and we were going to Easter mass. I...
by Lisa McCrohan | Mar 16, 2014 | Cultivating Compassion, Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe
“You are not too old and it is not too late to dive into your increasing depths where life calmly gives out it’s own secret” ― Rainer Maria Rilke As I turned 40 a few months ago, I felt a call to “let go.” I was carrying too much — too...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 13, 2013 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Parenting with Compassion
The other night, I was talking to one of my dear friends who is a mom with a teenager. We were talking about the holiday season. “Lisa, isn’t it awesome to have a three year old at Christmas?! Everything is magical!” She said. I stopped. Earlier that day, we had been...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 2, 2013 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Mindful Motherhood, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Today I am not rushing. Even as I write this, I feel the old familiar desire to speed up and check things off my “to do” list before I pick the kiddos up from school. I look around me – the sliding glass door in our kitchen that leads to the...
by Lisa McCrohan | Nov 11, 2013 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life
“Do you want to get real with yourself? Do you want to really know what’s most important?” My meditation teacher asked me one day in session years ago. “Definitely!” I said, with bated breath, waiting to hear what he was about to share. “Start to ask yourself, ‘What...
by Lisa McCrohan | Nov 6, 2013 | Delightful Podcast, Gems of Delight, Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Soulful Poetry
A True Happiness You have panted for rest – to discover a place where you can finally feel whole. You have gone out looking for happiness in places that have left you empty, anxious and alone only to return to the inner landscape of your heart and discover that the...