by Lisa McCrohan | Jan 26, 2015 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Parenting with Compassion
“Briaaaaaaaan,” I found myself saying the other day. My tone was filled with frustration over something I don’t even remember right now. That evening, I went to sleep angry. The next morning, I woke up before everyone. In the quiet darkness of...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 15, 2014 | Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Parenting with Compassion
Every December, as the days get “shorter,” I am so very aware of lighting…the sun setting by 5 p.m., the lighting in our home, the holiday lights. It’s known about me that I never like to use the overhead lights and instead prefer the soft...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 13, 2014 | Cultivating Compassion, Mindful Motherhood, Parenting with Compassion
Recently, a woman wrote to me and said that she wanted to send one of my poetic wrist wraps to a young girl who has cancer. “Which one do you suggest, Lisa?” She asked. “Hmmm….tell me about her,” I wrote back. Often people come to me...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 6, 2014 | Nourishing Our Connections, Parenting with Compassion
Yesterday, I went to a new salon to get my haircut. As I was sitting in the chair and *Tracy was already getting to work on a shorter, cute cut for me, she started to asked me questions – what do you do, how do you know the person who referred you, how many children...
by Lisa McCrohan | Sep 25, 2014 | Parenting with Compassion, Regarding Our Children
(Part 1 of 2) I remember walking into the cafeteria of my new school and it was like someone punched me in the stomach. I was in sixth grade. My family had just moved from Virginia to Ohio. At first, I attended the local Catholic school. Within the first two months, I...
by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 25, 2014 | Parenting with Compassion
Today we are starting the new school year. My son is up and ready to go – suitcoat on (oh yes!). I feel the HURRY returning. I feel the anxiety wanting to creep back into my veins – to hurry and eat breakfast, to hurry and get out the door, to hurry and...