by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 5, 2013 | Cultivating Compassion
Go into this holiday season with a lighter heart. Here’s my latest post on forgiveness at GUWellness, a University-wide initiative that provides faculty and staff at Georgetown University with the tools, resources and support they need to achieve their wellness...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 2, 2013 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Mindful Motherhood, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Today I am not rushing. Even as I write this, I feel the old familiar desire to speed up and check things off my “to do” list before I pick the kiddos up from school. I look around me – the sliding glass door in our kitchen that leads to the...
by Lisa McCrohan | Nov 25, 2013 | Cultivating Compassion, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Before you peel the apples for your famous apple pie, run to the store to pick up last minute munchies, or vacuum the house (again), this holiday season, make a P.A.C. with yourself. What’s a P.A.C.? It’s your intention, cue, prompt, wake up call to getting grounded,...
by Lisa McCrohan | Nov 19, 2013 | Cultivating Compassion
Our six year old son had just gotten home from Cub Scouts. It was late. I had just tucked our daughter into and bed and she was fast asleep. I was tired. But I had a full day at work and I was looking forward to a little time just with our son doing our nightly...
by Lisa McCrohan | Nov 11, 2013 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life
“Do you want to get real with yourself? Do you want to really know what’s most important?” My meditation teacher asked me one day in session years ago. “Definitely!” I said, with bated breath, waiting to hear what he was about to share. “Start to ask yourself, ‘What...