Lisa McCrohan

Risk living your life based on what is most sacred to you

by Lisa McCrohan | Sep 10, 2016 | Following what delights your heart, Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Serving, Healing and Transforming Our World

I hear it. I sense it. Within you. Within me. A fire growing. A wave forming. A revolution of the heart-body-mind-spirit rising. We are done putting our attention (effort, energy, time…our sacred time) into what doesn’t serve us, what doesn’t feel like “right...

Give into the Wildness

by Lisa McCrohan | Sep 3, 2016 | Following what delights your heart, Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Soulful Poetry

There is a holy wildness growing louder within each of us. I hear it in my clients. I hear it pushing against my own ribs. The beginning of September can still be hot here in the D.C. area and, at this point, many of us are tired of it and ready for the cooler...

Walking the rocky path – lessons from hiking in Kauai, Hawaii

by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 7, 2016 | Following what delights your heart, Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life

It was our last day on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. We had tried to hike up the Sleeping Giant mountain when we first arrived, but the rain started to pour down in buckets. As we looked at the mud running down the path, we knew that the further we climbed up, the...

Love or Hate: It starts closer to home

by Lisa McCrohan | Jul 12, 2016 | Cultivating Compassion, Serving, Healing and Transforming Our World

Hate is taught. Love is our true nature. Awhile ago, my son asked me what “gay” meant. I didn’t know what prompted him asking. I also thought he knew – we have family and friends who are gay. He has met their partners before. But I decided to answer his question. So I...

Radical Regard…for Yourself – With “MY SACRED SPACE TIME”

by Lisa McCrohan | Jul 5, 2016 | Following what delights your heart, Mindful Motherhood

In my last two blog posts I offered two questions that support you in honoring YOU. “What will you do this summer (or any season you are in) to honor yourself?” “What Sacred Space do you need in this season of your life?” In Compassion Coaching and Psychotherapy, the...