Lisa McCrohan

How a mom needs sacred space

by Lisa McCrohan | Jun 28, 2016 | Mindful Motherhood

Last night, I was sitting with two friends at a coffee house. “Mother guilt” was still sitting on my shoulder: “Don’t be gone too long. Don’t take too much time away from your family. Don’t put too much on Brian.” I heard that voice and would say to myself, “It’s...

Radical Self-care for mom: when it’s time to nourish your soul and honor yourself

by Lisa McCrohan | Jun 26, 2016 | Mindful Motherhood

“Where am I in all this?!” she asked me…she asked herself. I knew what she was talking about. I could see how she was contacting a Sacred Frustration within her and giving it space to finally be spoken and heard. I didn’t say anything. I didn’t try to explain or...

Completely Free – the sacred invitation of the season

by Lisa McCrohan | Jun 18, 2016 | Following what delights your heart, Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Honoring the Seasons, Soulful Poetry

Completely Free I am barefoot now, feeling the grass between my toes, the warm sun against my shoulders. I watch my daughter snap on her helmet with little hands that seem much older than a week ago and get onto her scooter. My son zips by me on his big-boy bike....

Arrived

by Lisa McCrohan | Jun 7, 2016 | Following what delights your heart, Serving, Healing and Transforming Our World, Soulful Poetry

Arrived By Lisa McCrohan Today, I am here, God. I have arrived. I have walked, panted, ran, crawled and scrounged to reach you – only to now find you here at my own doorstep. In my running and crying, my panicking and searching, bruising my knees and wringing...

Rising

by Lisa McCrohan | Jun 3, 2016 | Soulful Poetry

Rising By Lisa McCrohan There comes a time in a woman’s life when her body won’t be tamed, she won’t lie down and play good, she won’t be appropriate and nice, she won’t sit and be quiet. There comes a time in a woman’s life when she won’t be dutifully still, when her...