The Therapeutic Poet

A podcast episode detailing Jacky’s experience of performing her show,

‘Stop the world I want to get off’ at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2022.

I kept on promising to get around to do an update about the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, but never did...but now I have. The inside track on performing at Edinburgh Fringe. How badly the preparation went before hand, why I ended up crying in Wagamamas, how budgie smugglers were my wake up call, why my flyers were pointless and what I thought about my review. 

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In this episode we begin with my poem 'Tell me your story' I wrote it about

trauma; how trauma needs to be acknowledged in all its grittiness, not

diminished or dressed up as ‘not that bad’ in order to be healed.

As today’s guest Lucinda Gordon Lennox says, we all have some trauma and

trauma can be healed. Part of what can hinder that healing is the denial of

that trauma. Other people, or even ourselves can try to minimise, justify

or rationalise what has happened to us and the impact that it has had.

What if we let our stories out? What if we look its wild wickedness in the

eye and start from there? If you are interested in the idea of that then

I’m sure you’ll get a lot out of the conversation today.

Encouraging a deeper conversation about our trauma is trauma therapist,

writer and lecturer Lucinda Gordon Lennox. She is author of ‘Nobody is

broken’ a book which helps to explain what trauma is, how it happens and

why it remains hidden for so long.

In this episode we begin with my poem 'Tell me your story' I wrote it about trauma; how trauma needs to be acknowledged in all its grittiness, not diminished or dressed up as ‘not that bad’ in order to be healed. 

As today’s guest Lucinda Gordon Lennox says, we all have some trauma and trauma can be healed. Part of what can hinder that healing is the denial of that trauma. Other people, or even ourselves can try to minimise, justify or rationalise what has happened to us and the impact that it has had.

What if we let our stories out? What if we look its wild wickedness in the eye and start from there? If you are interested in the idea of that then I’m sure you’ll get a lot out of the conversation today.

Encouraging a deeper conversation about our trauma is trauma therapist, writer and lecturer Lucinda Gordon Lennox. She is author of ‘Nobody is broken’ a book which helps to explain what trauma is, how it happens and why it remains hidden for so long.

You can find out more about Lucinda here , buy her book or find out more about EMDR.

We mentioned Dr. Dan Siegel in this episode.

My book is also out for sale now and I have a couple of performances lined up, more details of which at www.jackypower.com

Support the show

Click here to go to my Substack page.

Click here to buy my book

Click here to buy my a coffee and show your support

Listener support: I love making The Therapeutic Poet podcast, but it does cost time and money. If you have enjoyed it, been informed by it or found it helpful then I would greatly appreciate your financial support. You can do this by:

Taking a paid subscription on my Substack - a weekly newsletter helping people have 'Permission to feel'. You'll receive tips on how to navigate our human tricky things, recorded poems and other goodies.

Buying my book ‘Stop the world I want to get off’

Or buy me a coffee 🤗.

This episode is the second part of a conversation that I had with Julia Warren. Julia is a mother, yoga teacher, writer and recovering addict. In September 2021, she lost her husband Doug when he relapsed and died of a drug overdose. In this episode, Julia shares her own writing, documenting her thoughts and feelings as she grieves her husband.

We talk about what's helpful and unhelpful when someone is grieving. What the shittiest things are about grief, and how through fully surrendering to our grief, it's possible to find joy, and hope.

Human connection is about not turning our faces away when the going gets tough. It's about sitting with our own sense of inadequacies that may surface when we are faced with a situation that we don't know how to deal with. Saying 'I don't know, but I'm here and I'm staying here' is a really simple, but profound thing that we can offer to someone, anyone when they are going through a difficult time.

I hope that through talking with Julia today, we have given you courage if you need it to not turn away from the difficulties in life and face them. Yes, maybe with fear and uncertainty but the way to get through is to continue in spite of that fear, because it's the path to human connection.

Resources for the UK:
https://www.ataloss.org/faqs/bereaved-by-an-addiction
https://www.changegrowlive.org/
https://alcoholchange.org.uk/
https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/
For Punjabi communities: https://www.nomorepretending.co.uk/about

gov.uk/browse/benefits/bereavement
gov.uk/government/publications/ guide-to-coroner-services-and-coroner-investigationsa-short-guide
cruse.org.uk/drugs-and-alcohol
https://www.drugfam.co.uk/
samaritans.org/sites/default/files/kcfinder/files/press/
Samaritans%20Media%20Guidelines%202013%20UK.pdf

For families of addicts:
https://nacoa.org.uk/
https://www.al-anonuk.org.uk/

Specifically for children:
childline.org.uk
hopeagain.org.uk

You can find out more abut Julia on Instagram: www.instagram.com/juliainvisions or at her website www.juliawarrenyoga.com

As I mention at the end of the podcast, I have a new book out called 'Stop the world I want to get off'. More details here

Support the show

Click here to go to my Substack page.

Click here to buy my book

Click here to buy my a coffee and show your support

Listener support: I love making The Therapeutic Poet podcast, but it does cost time and money. If you have enjoyed it, been informed by it or found it helpful then I would greatly appreciate your financial support. You can do this by:

Taking a paid subscription on my Substack - a weekly newsletter helping people have 'Permission to feel'. You'll receive tips on how to navigate our human tricky things, recorded poems and other goodies.

Buying my book ‘Stop the world I want to get off’

Or buy me a coffee 🤗.

This episode is the second part of a conversation that I had with Julia

Warren. Julia is a mother, yoga teacher, writer and recovering addict. In

September 2021, she lost her husband Doug when he relapsed and died of a

drug overdose. In this episode, Julia shares her own writing, documenting

her thoughts and feelings as she grieves her husband.

We talk about what's helpful and unhelpful when someone is grieving. What

the shittiest things are about grief, and how through fully surrendering to

our grief, it's possible to find joy, and hope.

Today I am talking to Julia Warren. Julia is a mother to her two boys, a

trauma informed yoga teacher and a writer. She is also in recovery from

drug addiction and recently stepped into the role of widow as in September

2021 her husband Doug overdosed when he relapsed from his own addiction

recovery.

In this episode we talk about Julia’s recovery from drug addiction. She

talks about how she went from the loneliness and isolation of addiction to

recovery with the help of fellowship from other women in recovery. We talk

about Doug’s relapse and what that was like for her not only as a wife but

also as a recovering addict herself.

Today I am talking to Julia Warren. Julia is a mother to her two boys,  a trauma informed yoga teacher and a writer.  She is also in recovery from drug addiction and recently stepped into the role of widow as in September 2021 her husband Doug overdosed when he relapsed from his own addiction recovery. 

In this episode we talk about Julia’s recovery from drug addiction. She talks about how she went from the loneliness and isolation of addiction to recovery with the help of fellowship from other women in recovery. We talk about Doug’s relapse and what that was like for her not only as a wife but also as a recovering addict herself. 

We discuss how fear can stop us from connecting to those who can understand but how stepping through that fear can be life saving. We talk about how someone’s presence is what is needed when we are processing grief, not having the right words or right message in a card.

Julia’s story is heartbreaking, but it’s not uncommon. Through her bravery of sharing her story we hope that it helps other people to walk through their fear, open up and share,  what is really going on. You may be feeling quite a lot after this conversation. That’s natural and know that it is possible for things to get better. I wanted to have this conversation to lift the lid on some of these issues.

Addiction is full of fear, shame and isolation. If you are dealing with addiction, know that it isn’t your fault, but it is your responsibility. If someone you love is dealing with addiction, fully getting to grips with how powerless you are over that is very hard, but it will help you to gain clarity and set boundaries so that you can manage your own life, which is vitally important.

Resources for the UK:
https://www.ataloss.org/faqs/bereaved-by-an-addiction
https://www.changegrowlive.org/
https://alcoholchange.org.uk/
https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/
For Punjabi communities: https://www.nomorepretending.co.uk/about

gov.uk/browse/benefits/bereavement
gov.uk/government/publications/ guide-to-coroner-services-and-coroner-investigationsa-short-guide
cruse.org.uk/drugs-and-alcohol
https://www.drugfam.co.uk/
samaritans.org/sites/default/files/kcfinder/files/press/
Samaritans%20Media%20Guidelines%202013%20UK.pdf

For families of addicts:
https://nacoa.org.uk/
https://www.al-anonuk.org.uk/

Specifically for children:
childline.org.uk
hopeagain.org.uk

You can find out more abut Julia on Instagram: www.instagram.com/juliainvisions or at her website www.juliawarrenyoga.com

As I mention at the end of the podcast, I have a new book out called 'Stop the world I want to get off'. More details here

Support the show

Click here to go to my Substack page.

Click here to buy my book

Click here to buy my a coffee and show your support

Listener support: I love making The Therapeutic Poet podcast, but it does cost time and money. If you have enjoyed it, been informed by it or found it helpful then I would greatly appreciate your financial support. You can do this by:

Taking a paid subscription on my Substack - a weekly newsletter helping people have 'Permission to feel'. You'll receive tips on how to navigate our human tricky things, recorded poems and other goodies.

Buying my book ‘Stop the world I want to get off’

Or buy me a coffee 🤗.

So hands up, I didn't manage to record a conversation this week. Not one to let that stop me, I thought I'd share a bit about me and my foray into the world of writing and performance. I share about when I was turned down by literary agents, how I used writing to deal with it and how I managed to turn pride, self righteousness, self pity, and judgement round to modesty, humility, self esteem and gratitude. I mention Brené Brown in this episode and talk about 'The Wilderness' which is something that she describes in her book 'Rising Strong'. 

The poems that I share in this episode are 'Bitterness' and 'A wobbly kind of day'.

'Bitterness' features in my soon to be released book (whoop) called 'Stop the World I want to get off'.

Hope you enjoy!

Support the show

Click here to go to my Substack page.

Click here to buy my book

Click here to buy my a coffee and show your support

Listener support: I love making The Therapeutic Poet podcast, but it does cost time and money. If you have enjoyed it, been informed by it or found it helpful then I would greatly appreciate your financial support. You can do this by:

Taking a paid subscription on my Substack - a weekly newsletter helping people have 'Permission to feel'. You'll receive tips on how to navigate our human tricky things, recorded poems and other goodies.

Buying my book ‘Stop the world I want to get off’

Or buy me a coffee 🤗.

In this episode I speak to Lara Doherty, a motivational coach specialising in vision boards and author of the Mighty Book of Motivation Magic. To be honest I’ve been skeptical about vision boards (which you’ll be able to tell from the poem I use in this episode!) but Lara talks about the neuroscience behind them, why they are not a symptom of 'toxic positivity' and how vision boards are in fact a great tool to give us the time to become really aware of what we need and want. Listen in…

You can find out more about Lara Doherty at www.motivationclinic.co.uk or buy her book

Support the show

Click here to go to my Substack page.

Click here to buy my book

Click here to buy my a coffee and show your support

Listener support: I love making The Therapeutic Poet podcast, but it does cost time and money. If you have enjoyed it, been informed by it or found it helpful then I would greatly appreciate your financial support. You can do this by:

Taking a paid subscription on my Substack - a weekly newsletter helping people have 'Permission to feel'. You'll receive tips on how to navigate our human tricky things, recorded poems and other goodies.

Buying my book ‘Stop the world I want to get off’

Or buy me a coffee 🤗.