by Lisa McCrohan | Apr 25, 2013 | Mindful Motherhood
Gem of Truth today: right now, in your life, are you being called to “play it safe” and stick to what is known and can be expected and predictable? There is a time for that. Or are you being called to take a risk, to go into the “unknown,” to...
by Lisa McCrohan | Apr 10, 2013 | Cultivating Compassion, Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Mindful Motherhood, Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Parenting with Compassion
When is the last time you talked to someone and they didn’t say they WEREN’T busy?! A conversation usually goes like this: “How are you guys?” “Oh you know, we’ve got such n such going on and then there’s such n such coming...
by Lisa McCrohan | Mar 15, 2013 | Cultivating Compassion, Mindful Motherhood, Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Parenting with Compassion
I’m a mindful parent. I also work with parents every day to bring more compassion and mindfulness into their lives, including their parenting. I think it’s fabulous how much attention parenting is getting these days. What drives me nuts are posts on some parenting...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jan 15, 2013 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Mindful Motherhood, Parenting with Compassion
(A poem for me, to me, on my 39th birthday, shared as prayer with you)… Embodied The other night, I watched a video of me that Brian recently filmed. It was me leading a meditation. Half way through, I stopped and paused it. I sat there, staring at the still...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jan 3, 2013 | Cultivating Compassion, Mindful Motherhood, Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Parenting with Compassion
One evening in December, our bedtime ritual started out like to does every night: brushing teeth, pjs, a book, a few songs, a prayer, and me laying with our two year old daughter while Brian lays with our five year old son. Our son, he is asleep in like two minutes. ...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 10, 2012 | Cultivating Compassion, Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Mindful Motherhood, Parenting with Compassion
‘Tis the season…for overwhelm. Every Xmas, I tend to get overwhelmed. My love language is NOT gift giving – especially in “have to” gift-giving times. I am not one of those moms who knows the “right” toys for certain ages. I don’t know the “cool gifts”, heck...