Approximate reading time: 8 min Written: 18th of July 2022 It feels pretty amazing To write a poem again I haven’t written in ages It feels good to dive in Even if it’s one That’s brimming with rage Things always feel better When they are down on the page So, I’ve had COVID (The bug …
Category: Internal Family Systems (Parts work)
And so it begins again…
Approximate reading time: 8 min So, I had a date on Friday. I know, I know …a bona fide date…..unfucking believable:-) These last couple of months, I have been feeling a wee, little bit disheartened about the whole dating thing. (It comes and goes in cycles – but this cycle, entwined with being a newly …
When Connection Takes a Backseat
Approximate reading time: 13min Wednesday 16th July It has been another week of coughing, so I haven’t been able to teach much. I tried to go back to school yesterday, but by the end of the day, I had no voice, so alas, today has been another day off, trying to rest. On the plus …
Goodbyes and New Beginnings
Approximate reading time: 10 min I realise sometimes my poems must make me sound like a stark raving lunatic. All these different characters and voices. A nut job who talks to herself….I’m pretty sure in some countries I could be locked up for that. The beauty is, I am past caring. It was a relief …
My family of Parts
Approximate reading time: 10min 31st October 2021 I awoke this morning With that familiar dread A headache A stuffy nose Anxious thoughts in my head I notice a voice Bitterly say “So much for the calmness You preached yesterday!” I peer outside The rain is pouring down No garden this morning “Fuck it!” I frown …
Mara-Kares
Approximate reading time: 8min Written on the 30th October 2021 Last night I watched a mini-series (On Netflix) About a boy tortured by his parents (It’s enough to make you feel sick) Gabriel Fernandez, a gorgeous 8-year-old child Who for 8 months of his life Was so unbelievably defiled Until it ended with his fatal …
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Approximate reading time: 10 min Typed post will be posted tomorrow xxx Written 1st October 2021 It hasn’t honestly been The coolest of weeks I’ve been sick again Unable to speak I had to cancel a job That was booked yesterday My body’s checked out Quietly gone astray Yesterday I was in the deepest Of …
The Possession
Approximate reading time: 12 min It feels like my inner children Lila, Lola and Mara-Keres are currently fighting to the death for the possession of my body. Frankly, I would rather not be writing anything in this state. How I have handled them in the past is to simply fall off the radar until I …
Nat, Snickers and a little bit of ‘Negging’
Approximate reading time: 10 minutes (I apologise, I am a whole week behind but I am not giving up on this post!) Last Saturday night I went to see a comedy show with an old friend that I hadn’t seen in almost 4 years. I call him Geezer. He calls me Geezer. (With a brommie …
Expanding My Repertoire
Approximate reading time: 7 minutes It has been a pretty great week😊 Lots to report. Where to begin, where to begin. Mmmm…. It needs to be said that I have been ever so proud of myself this last week, for a couple of varied reasons. You are not going to believe this, but I, Gayle …