Alison Cohen

"Alison was a godsend to our school."

"Alison, you are the best. It is hard to describe the tremendous impact working with you has had on me this year. Thank you for your patience, cheerfulness, encouragement, and support."

"Alison, you are an absolute pleasure to meet and work with. You have helped me on both personal and professional levels and I am very grateful for the time we had together! Thank you, thank you, thank you for all of your feedback, resources, and understanding."

“You have truly helped me in finding myself as a person. Before mindfulness I was very nervous all the time about my sports, but now I encourage myself and tell myself that I can do it.”

"Our teacher…every time one student does something to get her mad…before [mindfulness] she would scream at him, but now, this mindfulness, you could see her, she is in control of her mind…”

“I also think everyone else should learn [mindfulness] because I know there’s a lot of people out there who need it desperately. Adults do need it … it’s just really good to make yourself feel better- it’s like taking all of the stresses of your life and putting it to the side for this moment … takes the sadness out of their head and puts some happiness into their lives.”

"I really appreciate Alison's wisdom and gentle humor. Her insights have been very kind and helpful.”

"I so appreciate Alison's capacity for holding space, for creating an inviting and inclusive environment in a short time, and for modeling mindfulness with her presence and supportive responses.”

"Both student and teacher evaluations about the program [that you helped me design] were amazing! I just could not believe how much they appreciated and felt mindfulness has been useful for their lives... Your contribution has been very very valuable, no words to express my gratitude."

"The mindfulness training was huge for me! I found Alison inspiring from a professional and personal perspective. I hope to integrate some of her tips into my personal life and use them to create a more mindful relationship with my clients."

"This is a great class! I really appreciate Alison's very careful and intentional use of language, along with her validating each person's experience as normal and her clear social justice orientation."

"Alison’s facilitation skills are literally the best I have ever seen in practice. It is clear that she is intentional in everything she does while leading workshops. It was refreshing and I learned just as much about training from her example as I did about growth mindset."