Lisa McCrohan

Dear Daughter: my calling as your mother

by Lisa McCrohan | Oct 30, 2017 | Parenting with Compassion, Soulful Poetry

My Calling as Your Mother Dear Daughter, My calling as your mother is to lead you in the art of seeing yourself as a Beloved, to show you how to regard your body as a Temple, to hold space for you to find your voice, and to be a nourishing light on your path of...

The Importance of the “Me Too” Initiative

by Lisa McCrohan | Oct 20, 2017 | Cultivating Compassion

Many of you may have seen or heard about the “Me Too” Initiative on social media. I wrote a Facebook post about it that you can read here. I appreciate this initiative. Sitting with clients in psychotherapy and Compassion Coaching, I hear intimate stories – ones...

How a Big Mistake Became a Blessing

by Lisa McCrohan | Sep 27, 2017 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life

Back when I was in the middle of publishing Gems of Delight, I made a big mistake. After many edits had been done on GoD, we ran our hard-copy proofs and mailed them out to my pre-readers. I was so excited to finally hold GoD in my hands in book form! We did some...

Regard

by Lisa McCrohan | Sep 6, 2017 | Cultivating Compassion, Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Parenting with Compassion

I still remember this moment of deep appreciation for my husband, Brian. It was 10:30 pm in the Atlanta airport. We were coming home from ten days in Costa Rica. Our travel had started early and involved hours of driving through potholes, tending to hungry and tired...

When searching for “why” doesn’t bring healing (or peace…or change)

by Lisa McCrohan | Jul 17, 2017 | Cultivating Compassion

Everyday Resurrection By Lisa McCrohan There comes a moment when you know that you can no longer keep digging in the past searching for the magical golden “why” that you think will finally heal that one tender wound. There comes a defining moment when you are standing...