by Ashley Cooper | Oct 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
Last Wednesday I was watching the weather. There were two storms coming, one big one on Wednesday and then the hurricane predicted to hit Thursday night. I was supposed to have a follow-up colonoscopy on Friday the 27th so I was watching closely because I didn’t...
by Ashley Cooper | Nov 15, 2021 | Education, Emotional Health, Feedback, Personal Reflections
There are so many perceptions of reality orbiting through existence, sometimes clashing, sometimes running parallel, sometimes uniting for collaboration and care. And most of the time, inside my own little brain (and likely in the brains of others), I think that how I...
by Ashley Cooper | Nov 9, 2021 | Pandemic, Personal Reflections
I used to travel a lot for work and professional development, frequently participating in gatherings of 15 – 6,000 people. Sometimes as a facilitator, other times a participant, always as a learner. And then COVID. I still interact regularly with groups....
by Ashley Cooper | Aug 16, 2021 | Emotional Health, Noticing, Pandemic, Personal Reflections, Relationships, System change, White Supremacy Culture
I’m fascinated by culture. How culture is created, how cultures shape our every thought and action, how similar or different cultures can be. In the journey to grow a more loving and just society, culture is an essential part of strategies for lasting change. If...
by Ashley Cooper | Aug 2, 2021 | Emotional Health, Grief, Media, Noticing, Pandemic, Personal Reflections
Moments when my heart hurts or feels tension I’m frequently noticing the ache my heart is feeling as I navigate this moment in life. I use moment in a stretched sense. Not a polaroid moment, but a stream of experiences that encapsulate a sense of now, this time,...
