by Lisa McCrohan | Feb 9, 2017 | Cultivating Compassion, Nourishing Our Connections, Parenting with Compassion
Reflection from Early Winter: The wind is blowing hard this afternoon but my son still wants to go outside and kick the soccer ball together. Sundays can often be hectic for us — Brian works at the parish and we often both teach on Sunday evening. But this...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 8, 2016 | Cultivating Compassion, Nourishing Our Connections
I’m standing at the hospital bed of one of my dearest friends. There are tubes every which way, machines making noises. I don’t know if he will “pull through” or not. So I take this precious moment as an opportunity to bless him, kiss him on...
by Lisa McCrohan | Sep 20, 2016 | Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Nourishing Our Connections
“I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.” ~Abraham Lincoln This morning we were hustling out the door. We weren’t late (bonus!) and we weren’t hurrying, but we were moving. I...
by Lisa McCrohan | May 11, 2016 | Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Nourishing Our Connections
A little while ago, I woke up with a heavy heart. Everyone was still asleep. I laid there in the quiet, in bed, noticing what was on my heart. Tears started to well up: I had touched a tender, sad place within me. There’s a reality to motherhood that I haven’t gotten...
by Lisa McCrohan | Apr 27, 2016 | Nourishing Our Connections, Parenting with Compassion
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi I watched a girl who was about nine years old get out of the car and she forgot to close the door as she looked excited to go into Target. “Close the door!” her mom said, in a tone that rattled my...
by Lisa McCrohan | Mar 18, 2016 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Nourishing Our Connections
The Invitation By Lisa McCrohan There is a sacred moment right now when you awaken, you open your eyes, and you can answer “yes” to the invitation of your soul to freely be who you are, as you are, standing or dancing in your power. Because today, today, you are...