by Ashley Cooper | Apr 26, 2020 | EJI, Grief, Pandemic, Personal Reflections
I will find the words… for now my whole body is humming – a cross between numb and overflowing with feeling…I’m listening. Learning. Feeling. Reckoning. Loving. May we stay on the side of love. We are in such holy company.April 26, 2018 I wrote those...
by Ashley Cooper | Apr 10, 2020 | Emotional Health, Grief, Pandemic
This is a time of grief. I am feeling my own grief, the grief of people close to me, and the collective grief. Some folks are aware that they are feeling grief, others are having grief responses but don’t know how to identify what is going on. I don’t...
by Ashley Cooper | Apr 8, 2020 | Economy of Care
A few facebook posts over the years about supporting and valuing an economy of care. April 8, 2020 Thank you to those who have always invested in the economy of caring for the well-being and development of one another. Profound gratitude to those who are now investing...
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by Ashley Cooper | Mar 30, 2020 | Emotional Health, Media, Pandemic
How are you practicing social media (and regular media) distancing? I continue to hear the principle from Racial Equity Institute — Maintain hope in the face of the brutal facts. It’s important for me to be informed about and facing the brutal facts. And then to...
by Ashley Cooper | Mar 25, 2020 | Emotional Health, Pandemic
What are you imagining? When your mind wanders off into possibilities of a now other then the one happening in the moment, what’s the quality of your imaginations? I’m being diligent about watching my mind and conversations. Seeding and feeding healthy images,...
