Currently I’m living in the Nene Valley, Northamptonshire on a narrowboat called “White Tara”, named after me, my cat and as luck would have it, a Buddhist Goddess of healing and longevity. The sunsets here are Divine. I am also often in the Christchurch area where the sunrises over the ocean are Divine.

I resonate very much with Vianne in the 2000 film Chocolat, a favourite of mine. Yes I’m in love with the character Roux (Jonny Depp).

As well as being a lover of chocolate and cacao (of which I share with you at many of my offerings), I often feel that sneaky North Wind blowing me towards new and natural landscapes. The call to feel my bare feet on the ground, get my hands in the Earth, submerge my body in rivers and lakes is strong. Nomadic blood flows through me, eager to explore the beauty of these and other mythical lands, awakening to the stories and legends (that I like to perform at my Poetry and storytelling events) of those that have walked the Dragon lines before us.

Talking of Dragons, I have a deep love and reverence of them. I’m equally comfortable traversing the upper and lower worlds, communing in my Shamanic work with Dragons, Angels, Spirit animals and Fae, the latter also being a bridge to my creative Muse. What is my role in Soul Sessions?

A light in the dark
Tending your Divine Spark

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Whats On..

Poems & Blogs

Have fun exploring my poetry and musings by using the tag cloud at the bottom of this page. You’ll find many blogs and poems, some that inspire, some that are funny, some that address difficult topics, some that encourage self reflection.

You might like to start with the featured one above, Dancing In-between the I’s. It’s had two standing ovations to date as a spoken word piece and is very revealing of my history of anxiety, ptsd, sensory processing disorder and the sensory overwhelm that accompanies them. All this led me to practice and train in Yoga, Meditation, Holistic Therapies and Shamanism as support for my (what I know now as) neurodiverse challenges, which was not available when I was a youth in the 1970’s!

On this journey of Self discovery I realised that once I stopped trying to fix my ADHD brain (that I lovingly call BRIAN cos’ the A and the I got mixed up) and once I stopped thinking something was wrong with me, that I was somehow broken (as that is the overwhelming message many a non-neurotypical child receives), life has become a lot more fun! I still face many executive functioning challenges and yet my relationship with my mind has changed. I still need reminders, yet my practices support me through the tough days and in ways that make life infinitely more meaningful and Joyful. I would love to share them with you.

I see my life is an ongoing evolution of consciousness. Revelations, poems and songs arrive quite spontaneously and through much trial and error. I often sense them “bubbling in the cauldron” before they emerge. A living parable, I share from the Wisdom of direct experience that has oftentimes been uncomfortable. And yet here I AM, standing on a stage, sharing my poetry. Not bad for kid that didn’t speak. If I can do it, I believe you can too.

My poems range full spectrum from Mystical to Mundane. The most requested poem at open mics has been God and Cheese. Most laughs.. Ode to Jeremy Clarkson and Divorcee’s Shame. If you’re of a Spiritual nature, please don’t read Spiritual Bollocks unless you’re able to laugh at yourself. Spirit Imposter has helped at least two people make the choice to go into rehab and it’s also been the one most trolled. Another popular poem is I See You, that I often revisit when overwhelm hits. It’s very revealing of how I experience the world empathically and how seeing and feeling what others hide is not always welcome!

Because my brain takes in too much information at once, I find Haiku poetry very wonderful! It’s like mental gymnastics trying to condense ten thought streams into 5,7,5 syllables. I invite you to give it a try.

Oh, too many thoughts
Whirling around in my head
Ah, there you are, feet 

I’m available for Poetry commissions, performances, podcasts and talks on poetry, mysticism, the nature of consciousness and any subject on which I am adept.

Appreciation

Please take a moment to press the “like” button and share in the comments if you enjoy, relate to or are inspired by any of my poems or blogs. Genuine appreciation has an uplifting effect on our nervous system for both giver and receiver. It helps keep my fire of inspiration alive to want to write more and helps me form a connection to you whom is reading. Know that I very much appreciate your time in reading and commenting on my posts.

I look forward to connecting with you more deeply through shared words, in the Silence if you join me in Meditation Cafe and maybe someday in person at events.

Blessed Be 💫