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 crying, my panicking and searching, bruising my knees and wringing out the...
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 comes a time in a woman’s life when she won’t be dutifully still, when her...
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 calm, and you have it all together. But also when emotions run high, you...
Go Gently
Go Gently Go gently into your day. Before you jump out of bed and brace yourself to meet the world again, pause and feel your breath. Gently allow your hands to instinctually offer comfort to the places on your body that have already started to fill with tension - a...
The Space to be Seen
The Space to be Seen Those harsh edges - let me soften them. The hurrying and striving - let me show you how to rest. I’m alongside you. My hand is here to gently take yours. Sweetly, I’ll tuck your hair behind your ear so we can see those magnificent, brilliant eyes...
That One Glorious First Step
One Glorious First Step By Lisa McCrohan There comes a time in your life when you have to finally follow that One Desire that has been here, inside your heart, your bones, the very fiber of your being, for possibly decades. Before you do anything else or put energy...
One Day She Realized: a mom’s radical commitment to self-compassion
One Day She Realized By Lisa McCrohan One day she realized that the person she needed to tend to the most was her own self. Even as a mom, a lover, a healer, a friend, she understood that where she needed to put her attention - every single day – was on her own...
The Way Home
The Way Home I am quiet now Listening to my heart beat. My breath leads me home. Lisa McCrohan, MA, LCSW-C, SEP
Love Starts Here
Love Starts Here Love starts here - gently placing your own hand on your heart, feeling this breath as it arises – full or shallow – and loving what is, however it is, within you. And then, slowly, from such radical acceptance love begins to flow again within you and...
The Invitation to be Held
It was an ordinary Monday. But the stories I heard - in one day - were anything but ordinary. A husband has stage 4 cancer. A wife lost her job. A woman is saying "enough" to abuse. A teenager is cutting. Parents lost their baby. A divorce might turn nasty. I turn on...
The Year of Nourishing MOM: The start of a revolution
It’s time we start caring for ourselves with the same deep devotion we care for our children. My baby started kindergarten on Monday. I am starting a “nourish mom” revolution. Drop the mom guilt and join me in “nourishing mom.”
Dads and Devotion
My husband, Brian, is a man of presence rather than words. His presence is kind, service-filled, and quiet. I know he’d prefer to talk less and read more. I know he’d love to wake up late and go to bed late. I know he’d definitely appreciate moving slower in the...