by Lisa McCrohan | Oct 7, 2013 | Mindful Motherhood, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
This past weekend I taught the midday yoga at the Achieving Optimal Health Conference at Georgetown University sponsored by GUWellness (where I work!) and BB&R Consulting (Therese Burch, Doro Bush Koch, Patricia Reilly Koch and Patrice Brickman). Beautiful,...
by Lisa McCrohan | Oct 3, 2013 | Cultivating Compassion, Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Mindful Motherhood, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
I softly whisper it to myself every day. Several times a day. A hundred times a day on the harder days – days I’m super triggered, feeling alone, feeling like I’m messing up, feeling like I’m carrying the world on my shoulders. I whisper it softly in my head to remind...
by Lisa McCrohan | Oct 1, 2013 | Cultivating Compassion, Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Mindful Motherhood, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
She felt lost. She didn’t know who she was anymore. She came to compassion coaching feeling overwhelmed and lost. She felt scattered – pulled in a hundred different directions — all before 9 a.m. Where was SHE in all this? She wanted to figure...
by Lisa McCrohan | Sep 30, 2013 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Mindful Motherhood, Parenting with Compassion
I hurriedly stuck my hand into my bag looking for my keys. Rushing, feeling frustrated, feeling like there were too many things to do and not enough time, getting irritated with myself for not being compassionate with myself because “I should know better”...
by Lisa McCrohan | Sep 20, 2013 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Mindful Motherhood, Parenting with Compassion
Last night, my daughter and I were out front going for an evening scooter ride.” My son called to me, “Mom, I’m leaving for scouts” as he leaped down the front stairs and he and Brian jumped into the car. “Wait!” I called out to...
by Lisa McCrohan | Sep 18, 2013 | Cultivating Compassion, Mindful Motherhood, Parenting with Compassion
This morning, I woke up early. Everyone was still asleep. I wanted to have some time alone before I teach yoga outside at our park downtown. I made myself some breakfast without hurrying. While I was standing at our kitchen sink washing the dishes, I looked at the...