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Tessa Cooper

Tessa Cooper

My beautiful abortion

At the start of this year I chose to have an abortion even though I became pregnant in a deeply loving relationship, and with a lot of hard…

May 7, 2022

May 7, 2022

Tessa Cooper

A loveless world built on possession

It’s important to state that I’m going to get a lot of stuff wrong in this post. I am not an expert, an economist, a historian or someone…

Aug 29, 2021

Aug 29, 2021

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Patterns for Change

Bring the Patterns for Change behaviours to life with your team

Tess Cooper, founder of Collaborative Future, brings her experience building equitable and inclusive organisations to share a short guide…

Jun 23, 2021

Jun 23, 2021

Tessa Cooper

The pain and joy of unravelling my identity: pride 2021

My dad commented the other day on the seemingly long-winded journey I’d taken to come out as a Gay. But I said to him that it was exactly…

Jun 10, 2021

The pain and joy of unravelling my identity: pride 2021

Jun 10, 2021

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Patterns for Change

Listen and share bravely

This is a fundamental practice to master. True listening requires us to go deeper and allow more time than most of us are comfortable with.

May 10, 2021

Patterns for Change behaviour 3: Listen and share bravely. Written in black text on a grey background with a green circle made up of 5 sets of dashed lines

May 10, 2021

Tessa Cooper

Money is just a currency — resonance is power

“Money is just a currency” my coach said to me the other day when I was having a mild panic attack about how little of it I felt we had at…

Apr 1, 2021

Money is just a currency — resonance is power

Apr 1, 2021

Tessa Cooper

A life framed by rape

Trigger warning: Rape, sexual assault and harrassment.

Mar 29, 2021

Mar 29, 2021

Tessa Cooper

Are you really helping? — Lessons from a “social entrepreneur”

I’ve always been cautious of someone who wants to ‘help me out’. So much so that I almost actively blocked out any offers of help when I…

Mar 2, 2021

Mar 2, 2021

Tessa Cooper

Birthing our new existence: reflections on 2020

When I was due to give birth to my second child in 2019 my therapist said to me they thought I was in the process of rebirthing myself too…

Dec 31, 2020

Dec 31, 2020

Tessa Cooper

Pride 2020: The person who made me proud of who I am

Today is mine and my partner’s wedding anniversary. 8 years of friendship, 4 years of kids and 2 years of marriage and I couldn’t be…

Jun 29, 2020

Pride 2020: The person who made me proud of who I am

Jun 29, 2020

Tessa Cooper

Tessa Cooper

Founder of Collaborative Future. Proud Mum of Sally & Frank. Posts generally on things like inclusion, work, collaboration, social change etc.

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