Lisa McCrohan

Love Looks

by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 18, 2013 | Cultivating Compassion, Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Parenting with Compassion

“When a kid walks in a room, your child or anybody else’s child, does your face light up? That’s what they’re looking for.” – Toni Morrison I still remember the day I was sitting down on the couch talking on the phone to an old...

Make Time for Love

by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 16, 2013 | Cultivating Compassion, Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Parenting with Compassion, Soulful Poetry

Make Time for Love Make time for love in your day amidst the hurry tackling the “to do” list always waiting for a pause to do what really matters but every night falling into bed exhausted, saying, “I’ll do it tomorrow.” Make time for love when you wake up gently...

Moments

by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 14, 2013 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Soulful Poetry

Moments Tonight I needed to sleep with the windows open and hear crickets and cicadas to feel fall arriving soon to be reminded that nothing is permanent – hot summer days crickets, cicadas emptiness, fullness life, death you, me. Tonight I needed to sleep with the...

Gem of Compassion: Letting go of assumptions

by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 11, 2013 | Cultivating Compassion

Tonight I am reflecting on the assumptions I made today about what was going on in the hearts and minds of others in my family today. I had a story line going in my head – created from my own fears, needs, and insecurities. Turns out I was wrong. Turns out that...

Regard

by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 7, 2013 | Cultivating Compassion, Parenting with Compassion

It was 10:30 PM at the Atlanta airport. We were coming home from 10 days in Costa Rica. Our day had started early and involved hours of driving through pothole after pothole, hungry and tired kiddos, and long lines for customs. And still, here is my Brian with this...