by Lisa McCrohan | Jan 27, 2016 | Mindful Motherhood, Parenting with Compassion, Soulful Poetry
One Day She Realized By Lisa McCrohan One day she realized that the person she needed to tend to the most was her own self. Even as a mom, a lover, a healer, a friend, she understood that where she needed to put her attention – every single day – was on her own...
by Lisa McCrohan | Sep 4, 2015 | Cultivating Compassion, Parenting with Compassion, Serving, Healing and Transforming Our World
Over the past week, I have had hundreds of thousands of people reading and sharing this message of “being an includer” on one of my blog posts. So much so that my server couldn’t handle all the traffic. I had hundreds of emails and many comments on...
by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 25, 2015 | Mindful Motherhood, Parenting with Compassion
“In an especially chaotic rush out the door to go on a family vacation, I sat in the passenger seat fuming. Mad because I didn’t have time to put the dishes in the dishwasher. Mad because we were late getting on the road. Mad because the garage door was acting up. I...
by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 21, 2015 | Cultivating Compassion, Parenting with Compassion
A year ago, I asked our guidance counselor at our school, Deb, what she thought were the most important messages our boys needed to hear. At that time, I was sitting with the kinds of messages that we send our boys. I wanted to create a wrist wrap with those...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jun 18, 2015 | Nourishing Our Connections, Parenting with Compassion, Soulful Poetry
My husband, Brian, is a man of presence rather than words. His presence is kind, service-filled, and quiet. I know he’d prefer to talk less and read more. I know he’d love to wake up late and go to bed late. I know he’d definitely appreciate moving slower in the...
by Lisa McCrohan | May 9, 2015 | Mindful Motherhood, Parenting with Compassion
“Mom!” my son said, running through the front door after school. Handing me an brightly colored hand-drawn invitation he made, he said, “It’s for our Mother’s Day Tea at our school on Friday!” I looked at the invitation and my heart...