Cedar Koons, LCSW
Reclaim Your Mind
Is 2023 the year you'll lose weight, stop drinking, exercise more or pay off your debts? Will it be when you begin to feel happier and...
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Cedar Koons, LCSW
- Dec 13, 2022
- 2 min
Winter Solstice Meditation
The days are short, the nights are long. Most places in the northern hemisphere it is very cold and getting colder. Many of us are...
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Cedar Koons, LCSW
- Nov 18, 2022
- 2 min
The Mind of Thanksgiving
The long harvest is finished. The garden is laid by under its blanket of vetch and clover. The hens go to roost early, the eggs diminish....
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Cedar Koons, LCSW
- Sep 28, 2022
- 3 min
Gaining Perspective
Recently I spoke with my teacher, Prem Rawat, at five day event I attended in Australia. Standing up to the microphone my intention was...
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Cedar Koons, LCSW
- Aug 18, 2022
- 2 min
No Wonder We're Crazy
When I was born in November 1950 there were 2.5 billion people on Earth. In November of 2022 the total world population will hit 8...
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Cedar Koons, LCSW
- Jun 21, 2022
- 3 min
Murder at a Zen Retreat? Yikes!
This week my second book and first novel had its official release. It’s called Murder at Sleeping Tiger and appears under a pen name, C....
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Cedar Koons, LCSW
- May 5, 2022
- 4 min
Abortion Story
In 1968 I was a senior at a Catholic high school for girls. I was also exploring what it meant to be a girl, including my sexuality. ...
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Cedar Koons, LCSW
- Apr 19, 2022
- 3 min
Bewildered
One afternoon about three weeks ago I received a call from Bob, the master carpenter who helped to build our house fourteen years ago who...
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Cedar Koons, LCSW
- Feb 25, 2022
- 2 min
War and Peace
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is the largest of its kind in Europe since World War II. It is an unprovoked war of choice, like the...
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Cedar Koons, LCSW
- Nov 10, 2021
- 1 min
Looking for a good book? Check this out--
Hear Yourself How to Find Peace in a Noisy World by Prem Rawat is a resource for people who want to experience self-knowledge in these...
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Cedar Koons, LCSW
- Oct 5, 2021
- 3 min
A Blind Cat Who Loves Life
Last July, over a space of about a week, our seventeen year old cat, Natalie, went blind. Her veterinarian said the blindness was the...
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Cedar Koons, LCSW
- Jul 6, 2021
- 3 min
Acknowledging Existential Dread
Do you ever awaken in the night afraid? Every human life has its’ share of dread. We all fear sickness, financial ruin, the loss of loved...
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Cedar Koons, LCSW
- Jun 21, 2021
- 2 min
Mindfully Transitioning Back to the Workplace
If you are one of the lucky people who was able to work from home for the past fifteen months you are now likely to find yourself called...
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Cedar Koons, LCSW
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
Mindfulness, Politics and Turmoil
Many of us have experienced the time between the November 3rd election and today as borderline traumatic. Against the background of a...
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Cedar Koons, LCSW
- Nov 30, 2020
- 2 min
The Pandemic Retreat
It's hard to believe it sometimes, but we will get through this time of forced solitude. It's certain. The pandemic, like all other...
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Cedar Koons, LCSW
- Jul 5, 2020
- 2 min
Mindfulness to Racism, Discrimination and Hatred
My inventory of internalized racism continues. I admit I’d like to put it all aside and focus on something easier to contemplate such...
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Cedar Koons, LCSW
- Jun 7, 2020
- 3 min
We Must Take Fearless Inventory
Seeing the life go out of George Floyd's face while a white policeman, hand in his pocket, knelt nonchalantly on his neck, was a wake up...
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Cedar Koons, LCSW
- Apr 26, 2020
- 2 min
Don't Miss Out on Spring!
Don’t Miss out on Spring T. S. Eliot wrote, "April is the cruelest month" because spring reminded him of loss and grief. This year...
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Cedar Koons, LCSW
- Apr 20, 2020
- 4 min
Lessons on Impermanence from the Pandemic
by Kathryn Patrick, LCSW, Guest Contributor I am pleased to post this contribution from my colleague Kathryn Patrick, a LBC certified DBT...
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Cedar Koons, LCSW
- Apr 13, 2020
- 2 min
Vigilant Against the Darkness
For this blog I have been determined to focus on the light—on that which is loving, hopeful and positive, because I’ve felt that was what...
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