Walking the rocky path – lessons from hiking in Kauai, Hawaii
It was our last day on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. We had tried to hike up the Sleeping Giant mountain when we first arrived, but the rain started to pour down in buckets. As we looked at the mud...
Love or Hate: It starts closer to home
Hate is taught. Love is our true nature. Awhile ago, my son asked me what “gay” meant. I didn’t know what prompted him asking. I also thought he knew – we have family and friends who are gay. He has...
Radical Regard…for Yourself – With “MY SACRED SPACE TIME”
In my last two blog posts I offered two questions that support you in honoring YOU. “What will you do this summer (or any season you are in) to honor yourself?” “What Sacred Space do you need in...
How a mom needs sacred space
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...
Radical Self-care for mom: when it’s time to nourish your soul and honor yourself
“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...
Completely Free – the sacred invitation of the season
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...
Arrived
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...
Rising
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...
It’s Time Now
It’s Time Now By Lisa McCrohan It’s time now to believe that you are good and whole perfect just as you are. Yes, that’s right - exactly as you are. Not only when you have patience, you are Zen...
life is hard — letting love in and doing it together
A little while ago, I woke up with a heavy heart. Everyone was still asleep. I laid there in the quiet, in bed, noticing what was on my heart. Tears started to well up: I had touched a tender, sad...
The Privilege to Be Alive
It was a little, “nothing out of the ordinary” moment the other night. My husband had just left for a meeting. My daughter was over a neighbor’s house and I was taking our son to practice. We were...
When We Are Mean: Healing the Harshness Within You and Between You and Your Dear Ones
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” - Mahatma Gandhi I watched a girl who was about nine years old get out of the car and she forgot to close the door as she looked excited to go into...
