by Lisa McCrohan | Sep 1, 2010 | Parenting with Compassion
A dear friend’s dad died in July. (Stop the world for a moment. Don’t we all want that when someone we love dies?). Throughout the year of his illness, Aidan would finger paint “art projects” for M. (our friend) because “M. is sad. I...
by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 27, 2010 | Cultivating Compassion, Parenting with Compassion
Our three year old son is a fix-it man. A chip off the ol’ Bob the Builder block. Every morning he gets up and puts his tool belt on. Got a leaky faucet? Not a problem. Our son is on the job. Need to lay cable wiring? A. would shout, “Can we fix it? Yes we...
by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 24, 2010 | Cultivating Compassion, Nourishing Our Connections
In a Single Day There are a million chances in a single day when we have the power to create or destroy, to build someone up or tear them down, a million chances to pull away or move toward, to be right or be kind, to act out of fear or choose Love. Lisa A. McCrohan ©...
by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 20, 2010 | Nourishing Our Connections
I often see couples in therapy who really do care for each other – but what they are experiencing is, as Jack Nicholson said in A Few Good Men, “a failure to communicate.” What’s happening? Sometimes it may be that they are speaking different love languages. One...
by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 17, 2010 | Cultivating Compassion, Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Parenting with Compassion
This is the usual send-off I get when I go to work on my long day: “Mom, wait! I’ll walk you out!” Our three year old, in his full workman gear, runs to the front door, opens it for me, lets me through, and then stands on the stairs. “Wait! I...