by Lisa McCrohan | Mar 7, 2013 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
“Dare to drop the perfect and find the miraculous in your everyday life. We are about living courageously right here in the middle of crazy mornings, mounds of laundry-folding, tantrums (ours and our children’s), deadlines, heartaches, and the quietly content...
by Lisa McCrohan | Feb 16, 2013 | Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Can you imagine a liberal priest is elected the next pope? And in his first address to the faithful, he says: “…and on the matter of gay marriage: Yes. Starting now gay men and women are embraced by this church and their partnership will be recognized, celebrated...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jan 3, 2013 | Cultivating Compassion, Mindful Motherhood, Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Parenting with Compassion
One evening in December, our bedtime ritual started out like to does every night: brushing teeth, pjs, a book, a few songs, a prayer, and me laying with our two year old daughter while Brian lays with our five year old son. Our son, he is asleep in like two minutes. ...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 23, 2012 | Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Parenting with Compassion
Moms. We are a powerful bunch. Blood, vomit, skinned knees and elbows, broken bones, broken hearts, lost lovies, middle of the night hugs and holding. Can’t find your favorite blanket? No problem. Want to play basketball this winter? We’ll get you...
by Lisa McCrohan | Nov 14, 2012 | Mindfulness in Everyday Life
I’m laying here on my yoga mat taking a break snickering to myself as I realize the irony taking place in writing this blog post: I have a page of notes all crossed off as I try to perfect the opening lines of this post. Yes, perfecting a post about dropping...
by Lisa McCrohan | Sep 19, 2012 | Mindfulness in Everyday Life
This fall, I am drawn to pause. Summer had us out and about, playing in the sandbox and on the playground, swimming and hiking, meeting up with friends, and looking at bugs (oh yes.). We had our “Summer Activities Board” up in our kitchen from May til...
