Approximate reading time: 2min Written 7 September 2022 Something amazingHappened todayIt’s nothing giganticIn any kind of way I was walking to the shopsThis warm glow in meWhen I passed workmen buildingOn the other side of the street When they dropped a massiveHumongous steel barWhich fell to the groundSo incredibly hard And as the loud bang …
Category: The highly sensitive person
It comes in waves
Approximate reading time: 2min Written 3 September 2022 This morning was lovely I meditated for so long It’s usually 20 minutes And then my body’s done But today I sat comfortably A full 40-minute slot More able to relax Less anxious about the knot That clenches my heart That grips it so tight More able …
The Smile
Written 18 August 2022 Sometimes this world Absolutely petrifies me When I’m struggling Feeling down It’s only bitterness I see Empty blank faces So many people look the same Veiled Masked Concealed frustration and pain Dull Lifeless Staring at their phones Ignoring their children Making their way home And my head understands it My heart …
A Happy Snowflake
Approximate reading time: 14 min Written Wednesday, 9th July It’s Wednesday afternoon, and lo and behold, I actually feel like writing for the first time in weeks, so I thought I would grab the bull by the horns and run with it! It’s going to be one of those random connect-the-dot posts that seems to …
I can’t sleep
Approximate reading time: 7 min 15th April 2022 I can’t sleep!!! This easter break away Has simply been The most amazing couple of days Away from my routine And I have noticed I feel Slightly different in my skin Free from the internal turmoil That continual inner spin That has accompanied my holidays (Since forever …
Perhaps, maybe…
Approximate reading time: 8 min Written 29 March 2022 Today I’m a little tearful Not sure what’s going on inside But I showed up I meditated (In my beautiful garden outside) Halfway through the tears started When in popped my mum I didn’t hold them back I just let them come Because for all of …
The Highly Sensitive Person revisited
Approximate reading time: 23 minutes So, I have been thinking a lot these last couple of weeks about what it’s like being a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). This has been prompted by a number of experiences which were all going to be unpacked this weekend in one super long post. However, then life happened…. ….the …
Hold the line
Approximate reading time: 6 min Written the 23rd May 2021 Avicii is dead!? Three years ago! How can this be? How did I NOT know? Well in fairness I know the answer to that Ten years ago I made myself a pact to stop watching the news reading newspapers and magazines which only fuelled my …
Dysregulation
Approximate reading time: 6 minutes I find it very interesting how so much of my life at the moment, somehow seems to link in with each new poem at hand. Same life lessons, different contexts. ****** So, last week was pretty great. I was a happy mummy to one doggy child. While walking Bailey …
A walk with an HSP
Approximate reading time: 5 minutes Written the 18th April 2021 I woke up this morning feeling so light Free from the anxiety That has gripped my chest tight Not one single dream Well not that I remember Nothing to analyse (or meticulously dismember) Just happiness Relief I will get through I have the tools I …