Lisa Molluso, LCSW

03/13/2026

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03/12/2026

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🍀 What’s done is done. No amount of regret can rewrite the past, and no amount of sadness can change what has already unfolded. Instead of carrying it as a burden, try to release it with compassion for yourself.

Let the past be your teacher, not your prison. Take the lessons it offers, then move forward with a clear heart—carrying wisdom with you instead of sorrow.

May you and all beings be well, happy and at peace. 🙏✨

03/06/2026

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✍️ Our Minds Deserve Our Care
We each carry two precious parts—our physical body and our inner mind. It is beautiful how naturally we care for our bodies; when they are hungry, we feed them; when they are cold, we warm them; and when they are hurting, we tend to them with such instinctive, gentle care.

But our minds—these soft, sensitive spaces where we hold our deepest joys and sorrows—often do not receive that same devoted attention. We move through our busy days leaving our minds untended, and then we wonder why we feel so restless or so far from the lasting peace we are longing for.

Our minds are the source of everything we experience. Peace or anxiety, joy or sorrow—it all begins there. We can have every physical comfort our bodies need and still ache deeply inside if our minds are neglected. Without caring for our minds, we leave ourselves open to unnecessary suffering. We carry heavy burdens that could be lightened with just a little bit of inner tenderness.

Starting right now, we can make a gentle, firm commitment to care for our minds with the same love we give our bodies:

• Practice Mindfulness: Let us pay kind attention to what we are doing, thinking and feeling. Let us be present with ourselves instead of always running.

• Breathe Consciously: We can use our breath as a safe harbor to return to whenever our minds feel scattered or afraid.

• Choose Wholesomeness: We can focus on thoughts that nourish rather than harm, and actions that invite peace rather than pain.

Our minds deserve this care. They have always deserved it. Tending to our inner world is not a luxury; it is one of the most profoundly loving things we can do for ourselves and the world.

May we all learn to tend our minds with patience and gentleness. May we discover the peace that has been waiting so quietly for us there all along.

May you and all beings be well, happy and at peace. 🙏

02/22/2026

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✍️ Finding Peace in What We Cannot Control - Everything in life unfolds in ways we cannot predict. We wake each morning not knowing what the day will bring, what emotions will surface, or what circumstances will shift without warning.

Even our own happiness can feel elusive—arriving and vanishing like weather we cannot command. Our emotions rise and fall like tides, often defying our wish to feel differently than we do. If guiding our own hearts feels this difficult, how much more futile is it to try to control others? To demand they think or feel exactly as we wish?

The truth is both humbling and freeing: everything happens in its own way, following rhythms we did not write.

But here is what we can do: We can be at peace when things happen. We can meet whatever arises—joy or sorrow, gain or loss—with a steady mind and an open heart.

• If something can be changed: We do not need to worry—we simply take action with clear intention.

• If something cannot be changed: We also do not need to worry—we accept what is and save our energy for what we can actually influence.

This doesn't mean we stop caring. It means we stop adding unnecessary suffering to our lives. We stop exhausting ourselves trying to control the uncontrollable and focus on the one thing we can genuinely influence: our own response.

We do this through mindfulness. By returning to our breath, we anchor ourselves in the present. We notice when we are reacting unconsciously and choose to respond with understanding instead.

This is how we bring peace back to our inner landscape. We cannot control the storms that come, but we can learn to remain peaceful within them. We cannot dictate how others behave, but we can always choose how we respond.

May you and all beings be well, happy and at peace. 🙏