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The choice you can make for less guilt and more joy

The choice you can make for less guilt and more joy

by Lisa McCrohan | Apr 24, 2018 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Mindful Motherhood, Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Nourishing Our Connections

My son came home from Scouts last night and he had a story to tell me. But I was busy on my computer finishing up a project I had promised a big group. I have a few deadlines looming over me this month. And I felt the pressure to keep going and working, even though it...
The one morning habit to reclaim yourself as CEO of your life

The one morning habit to reclaim yourself as CEO of your life

by Lisa McCrohan | Apr 11, 2018 | living with intention and purpose, Mindfulness in Everyday Life

Earlier this year, I noticed how I had slowly dropped my morning habit of quietly journaling, getting grounded, and setting my intention for the day.  Instead, I started to work. And I gave away my power first thing in the morning to the pressure of productivity. “Oh...
Soul-Nourishing Sunday Gem: the anecdote to “decision fatigue” for a focused, soulful life

Soul-Nourishing Sunday Gem: the anecdote to “decision fatigue” for a focused, soulful life

by Lisa McCrohan | Mar 4, 2018 | Mindfulness in Everyday Life

When we moved to our new home last August, I had a vision for the front of our house. The former owners had done an incredible job of keeping things beautiful and manicured, but I had a different vision. While our yard was lovely, it wasn’t what I wanted and...
Noticing Beauty in the Ordinary

Noticing Beauty in the Ordinary

by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 1, 2017 | Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Soulful Poetry

Beauty in the Ordinary I had been out with my son going around the neighborhood selling popcorn for Scouting. We had to head back inside to get ready for soccer. It was a full day. But as I walked through our front yard, I stopped when I saw this sunset. My God, may I...
Regard

Regard

by Lisa McCrohan | Sep 6, 2017 | Cultivating Compassion, Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Parenting with Compassion

I still remember this moment of total appreciation for my husband, Brian.  It was 10:30 pm in the Atlanta airport. We were coming home from ten days in Costa Rica. Our travel had started early and involved hours of driving through potholes, tending to hungry and tired...
I’ll still choose to notice and linger

I’ll still choose to notice and linger

by Lisa McCrohan | Apr 17, 2017 | Mindful Motherhood, Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Parenting with Compassion

The other day, my son asked if I sit with him and work on some school work with him. I sat there, watching him. I had been taking pictures earlier of spring flowers and my camera was sitting next to me as we worked at the kitchen table. I watched my son working math...
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Instagram post 2198039794412219405_1648793457 The Soul’s Way You think that you can control what will come by planning and striving, reaching and being ever so organized. When you have “everything in place,” you have the illusion of control. For a while, you may feel satisfied, the hunger seems quelled, and all is quiet and neatly arranged. But yet I call you into the unknown, to not have it all planned out, to just hear my voice and leap into the mystery. I have plans for you that you cannot plan, organize or plot out with colorful markers, progressive steps, and a linear timeline. This is not my way. It is not the way to true freedom. Freedom is here, right now, surrendering, trusting, believing in the possibility that I can delight your soul more than any planning could ever offer you. . Lisa McCrohan, MA, LCSW-C, SEP . I am taking my own (poetic) advice today. I’d really love to have somethings super planned out. But that’s not what I’m being really called to. I’m being called to surrender, openness, surprise, and delight. I am being called to leap into the mystery and trust I’ll be held and delight will flow through me. . How about you? . #poetrywithlisa #poetsofinstagram #poetry #soulnourishingpoetry #listentothatsmallstillvoice #listening #healing #droppingperfection #divinetiming #evolving #innerlistening #quiet #nourishyourself #trust #leap
Instagram post 2197426515226912237_1648793457 Recently someone said to me, “I never feel beautiful.” . Five minutes before she said this, I was sitting there looking at her thinking, “God, she is so beautiful.” . It made my heart wilt. How many years - maybe even decades - did I waste thinking I wasn’t beautiful, critiquing myself in the mirror, comparing myself to others and treating myself so harshly? . Whenever I would tell my mom how drab or not pretty I was, my mom would always tell me how lovely I am. She kept reflecting my goodness. She’d say, “Lisa, you are stunning.” But I’d dismiss her opinion. . When I heard this person say she never felt beautiful, I thought about how my mom must have felt when I’d critique myself. I imagined she’d long for me to see me how she sees me. Because I longed for this person to see herself the way I did: absolutely stunning. . I refuse to waste my precious time nit-picking myself. It’s so much wiser to put all that energy into loving ourselves and loving others. . We’ve been socialized to keep in this constant self-critiquing mode so we don’t really embrace our power. Well, enough. . I took this selfie this fall and I noticed how happy and shining my eyes are and how they reflect what is on the inside of me. My soul IS shining. I really AM happy. And that includes happy with this lovely body of mine, too. I am making peace with her. And she is flourishing in such new “living conditions.” . #selflove #beauty #youarebeautiful #midlife #noticeyourbeauty #selfcompassion #womenempoweringwoment
Instagram post 2196578487666411794_1648793457 Today I’m heading down to @georgetownuniversity with @guwellness for the monthly Mind-Body Connections workshop I facilitate for faculty and staff. And today we are talking all about BOUNDARIES! I love love love this embodied awareness practice of noticing when you are joining, merging, or disconnecting from a person in any given situation and building up that interception (felt sense, body awareness) of what you are doing when you are doing it so you have a CHOICE and agency in how you want to be living and interacting. . Healthy boundary-setting and awareness - perfect timing before the holidays when all our stuff gets triggered! . Need some healthy boundaries in your life? Go to my website, search “boundaries” and you’ll see an article on Four Essential Ways Wise Women Set Healthier Boundaries. I got you covered! . #therapywithlisa #somaticexperiencing #boundaries #boundarysetting #selfcare #inregardstomyself
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Instagram post 2195081326147604556_1648793457 I woke up around my usual time this morning - way before everyone else. It was dark outside. We had a full weekend, and this morning I just wanted to lay in the darkness and silence before the day began. I often do this. Even though I love being with people, I need the quiet. I need the silence. In the sacred silence, we can hear our heartbeats. We can connect with our breath. We can sense the Divine whispering to us. I have a long “to do” list - for home and work. But I have found that I get less overwhelmed when I take these moments of quiet, when I cultivate some silence throughout my day - starting in the morning. I know life is hectic. I know the list of things we have to do is long. And yet, these moments of quiet nourish us and fortify is to do what we have to do. I have 7 Sacred Practices for Healing the Overwhelm. You can find them on my website. Search “stillness” and the blog post will come up. . Blessings, Lisa McCrohan Somatic Experiencing Psychotherapist Integrative Coach Author: Gems of Delight . #stillness #mondaymotivation #nourishyourself #startyourdayright #meditation #quietmorning #healtheoverwhelm
Instagram post 2194656308691335612_1648793457 It’s Time for Beauty . When your heart is heavy, when your eyes are tired, when you’ve been working too much and too hard, when your anxiety runs high, when you’ve read about yet another cruelty happening in our world… let it be time for beauty. Yes, pause just wherever you are – in the office or at the kitchen sink – and look around you. She’s always here – sometimes ever so quietly calling you to watch your son’s eyelashes as he does his homework, sometimes ever so grandly like a sunset of the most magnificent shades of oranges, reds, and yellows. Let her soften you and open your heart. Let her soothe your strained eyes and weary heart. Let her remind you that there is good in the world – even miracles. Let beauty save you from turning apathetic or numb. Let her pull you offline and out of the world of likes and comments. Let her guide you back into connection – harmony – with what is sacred and true. Let her reawaken our humanity. Lisa McCrohan, MA, LCSW-C, SEP . #reclaimingbeauty #beautysavestheworld #poetrywithlisa #soulnourishingpoetry #poetry #natureheals
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