Big news, I’m now earning enough from my online work to pay the rent. That’s right, my poems are paying the bills baby!

Breaking this milestone came as somewhat of a surprise. Given that I have multiple sources of income, it took until tax time for me to do the math, and realise that I had, after five years, in-fact ‘made it’.

True, I’m not living off my work, I’m not uber wealthy or well known, but the fact remains, the rent is paid, and next year is looking even better.

It’s with this in mind that I wanted to give you a rundown of my approach. What follows are the techniques, strategies, and mindsets that I am currently employing…

One of the benefits of this podcast is that I can talk freely, using this medium as a form of therapy.

If you are interested in listening to me break down my woes and come to some semblance of sanity, perhaps take a listen. But be warned, I am offloading my issues here, not providing solutions.

Escape from the stress of the world with this amazing guided meditation. Using a combination of mindfulness, breath work, body scanning, and visualisations, this session will serve as a mini day spa for the mind. Use it whenever you are feeling overwhelmed, or in need of a recharge. Enjoy.

What worries me more than the details of the latest controversy is the cycle of controversies that we are continually exposed to.

Wait a week and that issue will be replaced by another one - just as ‘offensive’, just as ‘important’, just as ‘impactful’.

I don’t buy it.

This episode explores some of the recent issues from a meta-perspective, focusing on the value of detachment and introspection to determine how we really feel about a topic, and using ‘offence’ as a way to learn more about ourselves.
I wish you well for the year to come!

Writing therapy saved me this Christmas. My therapist recommended that I take note of all of the things causing mental duress. Doing so was revolutionary. Most of the anxiety and rumination simply disappeared and I was left with a list of stimulus overloads that I could now see clearly and thus manage.

In this episode I reflect on the Christmas season, discuss the process of writing therapy, as well as discuss my creative plans for 2022.

I wish you well for the year to come!

It’s that time of year again, when festive joy is replaced by obligation and overwhelm.

In this episode, I share how December is something for me (and many of you) to endure. Survival is put at a premium and strategies to maintain some semblance of normality are introduced.

I also have a meta discussion as to the point of this podcast, coming to the conclusion that I use it as another form of writing therapy - offering up a model for you to potentially replicate for your own healing (it never has to be shared of course).

Is something missing from your life? Some undefined hole that simply can’t be filled? Perhaps it a bug of our society.

A structural fault caused by the interplay between goals, technology, geography, values and opulence.

If left unchallenged, these influences can produce a feeling of a lacking something of meaning, connection, identity and purpose.

I operate under the paradox of striving for stability whilst balancing the chaos that comes my way.

Recent global events have collided with a collection of challenging personal tragedies that has left me feeling rocked.