Mona Cooley
What's Happening?
“Addiction. Self-Sabotage. Procrastination. Laziness. Rage. Chronic Fatigue. And Depression. All are ways that we withhold our full...
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Mona Cooley
- Oct 25, 2019
- 4 min
Family, Family, Family
“Family participation has also led to decreased psychotic symptoms, recurrent hospitalizations, burden of care, as well as the overall...
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Mona Cooley
- Oct 18, 2019
- 2 min
Rescue or Heal?
“You can’t heal the people you love You can’t make choices for them You can’t rescue them You can promise that they won’t journey alone...
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Mona Cooley
- Oct 11, 2019
- 3 min
Conversations Rumbling
People are talking but more conversations need to happen, which leads to the following questions: I don’t know what to say OR how do I...
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Mona Cooley
- Oct 4, 2019
- 2 min
Shifting Gears
“There‘s a shift that takes place when you’re talking about the possibilities more than you’re talking about your issues”, Michael...
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Mona Cooley
- Sep 26, 2019
- 2 min
Nourish Relationships
“ Our relationships are nourished or die in the sea of communication. (Patricia Morgan) This resonated with me as soon as I read it. Why?...
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Mona Cooley
- Sep 26, 2019
- 3 min
Living a Purposeful Life
Attending the Recovery Conference in Calgary, Sept 11, 2019, the speaker David Sheff, shared his harrowing journey through his son’s...
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Mona Cooley
- Sep 26, 2019
- 2 min
Rise Up and Show Up
Brene Brown inspires me! Tears flow when reading or hearing her wisdom. In her family manifesto, one of the statements that struck my...
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Mona Cooley
- Sep 6, 2019
- 2 min
Motivated to De-Clutter
This September long weekend, I started decluttering my office. This is a spot that has papers, bags, and stuff everywhere. I said to my...
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Mona Cooley
- Aug 30, 2019
- 2 min
Lively Conversation Opens Doors
Seven days of rich, heartfelt, and soulful conversations with others has spiraled into opening doors for more conversations. When you...
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Mona Cooley
- Aug 23, 2019
- 3 min
Birthday Wishes
Turning 71 was filled with wishes from family and friends. I am more than grateful for all the wishes and comments such as, “We are not...
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Mona Cooley
- Aug 16, 2019
- 2 min
Are You Ready?
Picture this… family situations in total chaos, drama with everyone snapping at each other and you can’t escape fast enough. Sound...
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Mona Cooley
- Aug 12, 2019
- 2 min
Treasure Family Memories
How much family time do you take to have fun, play cards, camp or just hang out with each other? There was a time that our family...
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Mona Cooley
- Aug 2, 2019
- 3 min
Making Decisions
When a family attends the 10-week session, it takes time to make progress with making decisions about difficult situations, but when the...
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Mona Cooley
- Jul 26, 2019
- 2 min
Compassion and Boundaries
The conversations that happen in our 10-week sessions go beyond the expected. Such as how does compassion and boundaries come into the...
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Mona Cooley
- Jul 19, 2019
- 2 min
Women in War Zones
Listening to Oprah this morning, Zainab Salbi wrote this very powerful poem. Her book is mentioned as well, which talks about her life...
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Mona Cooley
- Jul 12, 2019
- 3 min
What Is Wisdom?
“That knowledge is the accumulation of facts, insight is an understanding of what we might do with the facts, and wisdom is the judicious...
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Mona Cooley
- Jul 5, 2019
- 1 min
Something To Think About
ISSUES – when fears and panic cloud thinking, this is what happens: · Fixing · Not giving your best · Spread self too thin · Slipping...
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Mona Cooley
- Jun 21, 2019
- 3 min
Juno - Setting Boundaries
Juno is Chad and Heather’s (my son and daughter-in-law) dog who sets his own boundaries. Wow, if Juno can set boundaries, you can do it...
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Mona Cooley
- Jun 17, 2019
- 2 min
Talking About Vulnerability And Shame
“Vulnerability is the birth place of innovation, creativity and change,” according to Brene Brown. Think about this statement. Innovation...
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