by Lisa McCrohan | Mar 16, 2015 | Cultivating Compassion, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
My friend, Jennifer Leach, taught me that there are miracles every day. As the cancerous tumors grew in her body, Jennifer – a mom to two little girls, a faith-filled woman, and a dear Light – showed us all that there are miracles everywhere. Every...
by Lisa McCrohan | Feb 13, 2015 | Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Love heals. We tend to over-complicate it — looking for complex solutions to our suffering, heartaches, and worries. We can busy ourselves with looking for solutions outside of ourselves, when, really, we can turn inward to our own hearts and bring loving...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jan 26, 2015 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Parenting with Compassion
“Briaaaaaaaan,” I found myself saying the other day. My tone was filled with frustration over something I don’t even remember right now. That evening, I went to sleep angry. The next morning, I woke up before everyone. In the quiet darkness of...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jan 5, 2015 | Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Soulful Poetry
Today, the kiddos are heading back to school. Maybe you are thrilled, maybe you feel sad, maybe you are breathing in the spaciousness, maybe you are feeling the familiar “rush to get out the door.” Maybe you don’t know what you feel but you’ve...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 31, 2014 | Mindfulness in Everyday Life
For the past several years, I’ve chosen a word for the year. Some years it has been a few words or a phrase. Other years, just one word. Out of a quiet moment of journaling and meditation, a word comes across my heart and it feels like, “Yes, this is my word for the...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 15, 2014 | Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Parenting with Compassion
Every December, as the days get “shorter,” I am so very aware of lighting…the sun setting by 5 p.m., the lighting in our home, the holiday lights. It’s known about me that I never like to use the overhead lights and instead prefer the soft...
