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Ilan Cooley

May 26, 2020
3 min

from selfies to selfless

The true influencers of now are the people who worked hard to keep us fed, informed and safe.

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Ilan Cooley

May 19, 2020
3 min

excess vs. abundance

Once we truly know, love and trust ourselves we will have so much more to give and share.

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Ilan Cooley

May 9, 2020
4 min

bug in a jar

I feel like a bug in a jar. Some bratty kid came along and put me in a jar. I am a bug in a jar. Sometimes the kid shakes the jar…

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Ilan Cooley

May 3, 2020
4 min

yes, but at least

I accepted permission to be sad, so I could finally start to shed it, layer by layer, like pulling the individual strands from...

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Ilan Cooley

Apr 9, 2020
5 min

rubber band ball

Her time was nearing. She was frail,but delighted in seeing us, always greeting us by name. She gave us great gifts...

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Ilan Cooley

Apr 8, 2020
3 min

pioneer spirit and the finish line

There is no right or wrong way to get where you are going. Life is an individual trip and an experiment at best, with some ...

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Ilan Cooley

Apr 7, 2020
4 min

thank you for being a friend

I have people in my life today that have known me more than 40 years. I was fortunate to reconnect recently with one of my friends from

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Ilan Cooley

Apr 5, 2020
3 min

making adjustments

I don’t think everything we do for ourselves has to be about growth and personal development. Sometimes it is necessary

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Ilan Cooley

Apr 3, 2020
4 min

mind and body

When I first went for assessment from the pain clinic for my nerve treatments, they were not nice to me and made me feel like I was being

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Ilan Cooley

Apr 1, 2020
3 min

the things inside

More recently, I asked myself why I was not learning to play the guitar that sat dutifully in my home waiting for the day I would pick it up

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Ilan Cooley

Mar 30, 2020
5 min

reclaiming your power

I was told I needed to reclaim my power. I was told specifically to read the book Mary Magdalene Revealed(a book the medium had not read

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Ilan Cooley

Mar 27, 2020
3 min

energy cleansing

I feel that residual energy can be left in your life by people and even things from your past that no longer serve a purpose. I did some ...

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Ilan Cooley

Mar 26, 2020
2 min

taking inventory

For me, the isolation I have gone through in the past year or even two years,if I am honest,has been primarily the result of loss and grief.

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Ilan Cooley

Mar 24, 2020
3 min

flaming ball of fire

When my work events end each summer, I experience what I call “event lag”. Things come to halt and there is an absence of all that energy.

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Ilan Cooley

Mar 16, 2020
4 min

isolation 101

I felt I was prepared to handle whatever came my way. I was wrong.

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Ilan Cooley

Mar 11, 2020
2 min

wild crocuses

She was a witty war bride with a sharp tongue, who always spoke her mind and had earned the right to do so.

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Ilan Cooley

Feb 1, 2020
2 min

a year without air

There is a new quest for living, and being, and thriving, and meaning.

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Ilan Cooley

Dec 29, 2019
3 min

the stranger

It could be the oddest thing that has happened in a while, or one of the most pure and kind things that...

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Ilan Cooley

Sep 3, 2019
2 min

people need people

I am thankful to the amazing people who have chosen to spend time with me, some new friends, some old and some business colleagues that have

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Ilan Cooley

Jul 10, 2019
3 min

legacy and heritage

I will remember my grandfather’s laugh for as long as I am alive. I can hear it ringing in my head. I will remember his hands and his hugs..

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