by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 30, 2015 | Mindful Motherhood, Soulful Poetry
The other day, my youngest child started kindergarten. I woke up that morning feeling anxious. I asked myself, “Did I love enough?” Searching for affirmation that I had done an ok job over the last nine years of parenting my two children, I noticed that I was...
by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 25, 2015 | Mindful Motherhood, Parenting with Compassion
“In an especially chaotic rush out the door to go on a family vacation, I sat in the passenger seat fuming. Mad because I didn’t have time to put the dishes in the dishwasher. Mad because we were late getting on the road. Mad because the garage door was acting up. I...
by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 21, 2015 | Cultivating Compassion, Parenting with Compassion
A year ago, I asked our guidance counselor at our school, Deb, what she thought were the most important messages our boys needed to hear. At that time, I was sitting with the kinds of messages that we send our boys. I wanted to create a wrist wrap with those...
by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 14, 2015 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life
This past spring, Brian and I were up late at night talking. I was frustrated trying to put into words for others what I felt called to be about. “Lis,” Brian asked me, “What do you want to do or be about more than anything?” I looked at him asking me the question,...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jun 25, 2015 | Mindful Motherhood
“You won’t regret this time,” my mom said to me. I was struggling with a big life decision – leaving a full-time, made-for-me position at Georgetown University. Why? I knew it driving up and down 270 to DC, waking up at 5 a.m., rushing, arriving home exhausted...