by Lisa McCrohan | Nov 4, 2013 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Soulful Poetry
There is a beautiful Taoist adage that I have carried with me over the last several years of being a parent: “When in doubt, do less.” I have found that when I do less — when I come into stillness, when I’ve done enough of asking for advice...
by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 25, 2013 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Regarding Our Children, Soulful Poetry
Here The holy is right here in this moment. Linger here watching your daughter’s eyelashes flutter as she pulls you closer in her fairy dress and pearls, cups her little hands so softly around your ear, and whispers a magical secret. Linger here watching your son’s...
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 | Dec 29, 2012 | Cultivating Compassion, Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Parenting with Compassion
Today, is it possible to look at all people with the eyes of compassion? To practice looking at even those who frustrate you, annoy you, anger you, disgust you with softer eyes? To see beyond the exterior mask they wear? Some times it’s helpful to imagine...
by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 16, 2012 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
I had a hard day. You all know how it goes – something doesn’t go as planned, people don’t respond the way you’d like, you felt just “off”, your child threw up or is having a rough day. We’ve all been there. The specifics...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jun 18, 2012 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Mindful Motherhood, Parenting with Compassion
Here is the first video by the Barefoot Barn! It’s about finding a sacred pause in your everyday life…and making miracles out of the ordinary. Enjoy! Hope it inspires you! Thank you to these awesome women who contributed to this first video. They are...