Hanna Cooper

Coaching for nonprofit and government leaders and teams

Coaching for nonprofit and government leaders and teams

Letting go

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L.A. Reding, an amazing coach I recently had the pleasure of spending some time with, ends her emails with this quote from T.S. Eliot:

If you would save your life, you must lose it.
If you would thrive in the new world, you must dissolve your old form.
Letting go is the only path to safety.

My posting here has been limited lately as I’ve been immersed in just what this quote suggests: dissolving, letting go, and opening up to a new world as a coach and as a person. 

Writing here, while I love it and find that it feeds a certain part of me, has needed to take a back seat as I take on the high stakes, real life high-wire act of stepping into my true self and my true calling.  I’ve been weaving, tottering, falling, and yes, getting back up again to try another day.

So, my dear friends and readers, fear not: I will return again to write, soon and regularly, with luck.  In the meanwhile, enjoy your summer vacation, and sip on this:

What must dissolve in you?
What’s begging to emerge?
What no longer can be denied?

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Take a break

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My posts have been a little sparse this month as I had been spending much of the time gearing up for a big week of out-of-town travel full of meetings, trainings and faciliations – which all took place last week.  Whew! I used to travel a lot for my work, and loved it.  Now I […]

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Are you ready?

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For much of this year so far, I’ve been trying to really put it out there for you, my dear readers: will you take it on, whatever “it” is for you: the job change, the life dream, or just taking a stand?   In fact, seriously: would you please take it on? I’m asking as a […]

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Stepping up and out

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I’ve mentioned before that I’m stepping it up this year in my work as a coach, and pursuing coaching certification through The Coaches Training Institute.  I started this rigorous process of learning and growth last month, and already I can see how I’m stretching and evolving as a coach.  Here’s where I’m headed this month, […]

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Hanna Cooper

Hanna Cooper Coach Before specializing as a professional coach in 2004, I spent more than a decade in leadership, management and program development for state and local government and non-profit organizations.  Now I get to help leaders and teams have more clarity and ability to stand up for what's important in their work and in their organizations. Working with me, leaders and teams find more meaning and purpose, feel happier and more confident, navigate change and conflict, and work together better.