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Maureen Cooper
@maureen-cooper.bsky.social
Previously school teacher for sec and then primary students - got out in the Thatcher years. Now coach, author, workshop-giver, blogger, aspiring textile artist,Tibetan Buddhist-aiming to flourish in a challenging world and share with others doing the same
Read my story of how even the hairdressers can make you feel like a second class citizen if you’re over 50 www.awarenessinaction.org/blogwherethe...
October 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Are you feeling your age? Are you self-conscious about it? Does that make it hard to talk about? Try my free course: Different Approaches to Ageing—it offers a gentle way in to open up a process of claiming your age.

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Sign up page - Different Approaches to Ageing — Awareness in Action — Awareness in Action
This is the page you need to sign up for the free online course, Different Approaches to Ageing.
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September 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I am delighted to announce that my new website is ready and now online! Do take a look and see if you would like to join in the conversation.

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Awareness in Action
Waking up to our lives through awareness, connection and clarity—focusing on flourishing at all stages of life, finding meaning and ageing creatively with dignity and humour.
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September 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Four Seasons Tree - my latest painting
September 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Very much looking forward to giving this online course in the autumn

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How to Flourish in the Second Half of Life - Maureen Cooper
How to Flourish in the Second Half of Life, A 6-Week Course with Maureen Cooper […]
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July 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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NEXT WEEK!
How to Help Your Clients Learn to Trust their Moments of Joy - LIVE event with Maureen Cooper ( @maureen-cooper.bsky.social‬ )

You can join in LIVE or purchase the recording. Use the link below to choose.
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How to Help Your Clients Learn to Trust their Moments of Joy
How to Help Your Clients Learn to Trust their Moments of Joy Workshop with Maureen Cooper
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June 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Disturbing article in The Guardian this morning—it’s almost impossible to imagine the situation in Gaza getting worse but it just did. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Strikes on Iran ease pressure on Israel to end starvation in Gaza
Critics of war will be more reluctant to press for its end while missiles from Tehran are killing people in Tel Aviv
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June 15, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I am following this upcoming event in fear and trembling that they will give it all away …

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Conference to recognise Palestinian state to weaken scope of its ambition, diplomats say
UK, France and other western states will not recognise Palestine at New York meeting, instead focusing on agreeing steps towards it
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June 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I’m offering this online workshop next month - why not join in? onlinevents.co.uk/event/how-to...
How to Help Your Clients Learn to Trust their Moments of Joy
How to Help Your Clients Learn to Trust their Moments of Joy Workshop with Maureen […]
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May 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I just signed this - please join me

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Eurovision: united by... war crimes?
URGENT: Click here to ban Israel until this dirty war ends
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May 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I missed this article when it was first published but saw it today—here is what we’ve suspected laid out clearly and bravely. This is what Starmer needs to address and not treat us all as if we don’t notice!

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I saw illegality and complicity with war crimes. That’s why I quit the UK Foreign Office | Mark Smith
Ministers and senior officials protected arms deals facilitating death and horror in Gaza and Yemen. I urge my former colleagues to resist them, says one-time Foreign Office policy adviser Mark Smith
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May 4, 2025 at 7:24 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... So simple and obvious but politicians miss it all the time - except for the right wingers
Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature | George Monbiot
Economic inequality breeds resentment and a desire to get even. That’s what fuels support for even incompetent regimes, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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May 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Did you know that in 2010 the Library of Congress selected this film for the US National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”? There was a time when holding truth to power DID happen!

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All the President's Men (film) - Wikipedia
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April 27, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The late Pope’s final published piece in which he reiterates his support for Palestine www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article...
Pope Francis: The bloodshed in Palestine/Israel must end
Writing before his death on Easter Monday, Pope Francis called for safety and dignity for everyone in Palestine and Israel. Waging peace takes more...
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April 23, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Netanyahu is travelling to Hungary this week despite the international arrest warrant against him for war crimes in Gaza. It’s time for EU leaders to take a stand: he must be arrested and tried.
Join me in signing this urgent call to arrest Netanyahu now: secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
April 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I just signed this—please join me!

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Gaza: Not in our name
Israel is raining bombs on women and children -- but this could end the mass murder!
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March 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This should be standard reading in secondary schools—this kind of information simply talks about human beings!

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A day in the life of an asylum hotel: inside the UK’s most controversial accommodation
The media often stigmatises asylum hotels – and they are sometimes physically attacked too. But behind closed doors are people who dream of work, wheels, security and the simple freedom to choose what...
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March 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM