The Therapeutic Poet

In January 2017, Lara came out of a long-term relationship, and felt

broken, lost, stuck, lacking in direction and purpose. In November She read

a book about vision boards, created her own and 4 months later she was

running her own, with 10 participants. She has since trained in NLP and

expanded her knowledge with studying about neuroscience. Last year she

published her first book The Mighty Book of Motivation Magic and she is

here to chat with me about vision boards and motivation.

When faced with an empty nest, Kari Gillespie decided to spread her own

wings. She gave up a job that she loved and set off to walk across Spain

and then she wrote a book about it called Pilgrim. I loved the book and am

excited to share this conversation with you. In this episode I started with

my poem I start from where I am today.

When faced with an empty nest, Kari Gillespie decided to spread her own wings. She gave up a job that she loved and set off to walk across Spain and then she wrote a book about it called Pilgrim. Her book is more than about just walking, it’s about friendship, gratitude, and learning to take off the layers that life has put on you; the layers of grief and responsibility and uncertainty.

Pilgrim is a contemporary take on an ancient experience, an entertaining and moving memoir of Kari’s 900km walk to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.  Battling through sun and snow, mud and mountains, blisters and bedbugs, her real destination turns out to be "deep peace".

I loved the book and am excited to share this conversation with you. In this episode I started with my poem I start from where I am today. You can find out more about Kari on Instagram , on Twitter, on Facebook or on her website www.carolyngillespie.co.uk

Many times she had to trust the mantra ‘The Camino provides’ and she is here today to tell us about her experience and what she gained from it.

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Leslie Davies, author of ‘You can’t eat love: learning to love yourself can

change your relationship with food’ is here to talk about her relationship

with food and how she realised that the emptiness that she was feeling

inside and trying to fill with food was to do with her relationship with

herself. She shares how she used her relationship with food as a signpost

for changes that she needed to make in relationship to herself, healing the

wounds that she had encountered through emotional neglect in her childhood.

Is there anyone in Western society who hasn’t told themselves that they are too something? Too fat, too thin, thighs too wobbly, boobs too small? With increasingly sophisticated filters on our phones, people are reaching for quick fix solutions to attain an unrealistic ideal. 

Almost 70 % of people have said that they are concerned about their weight, yet for over 95% of people diets don’t work. Factors like genes, our resting metabolic rate and our leptin levels are just a few things that can affect our weight.

Whilst changing our weight or shape can be incredibly tricky, what we can change is our behaviour and our relationships with our body and with food. 

My guest today, Leslie Davies, author  of ‘You can’t eat love: learning to love yourself can change your relationship with food’  is here to talk about just that. When Leslie examined her relationship with food she realised that the emptiness that she was feeling inside and trying to fill with food was to do with her relationship with herself and she is with us to talk about how she used her relationship with food as a signpost for changes that she needed to make in relationship to herself, healing the wounds that she had encountered through emotional neglect in her childhood.

In this episode I started with my poem 'I love my long legs'  We spoke about what happens when you get emotionally shut down and the lasting impact that this can have on our lives. Lesley shared her favourite tips from her book and her experience of the 12 step group ACA or Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families. You can find out more about Lesley at www.youcanteatlove.com or on Facebook at  https://www.facebook.com/youcanteatlove/

You can buy her book here.

Information about ACA can be found here:  https://adultchildren.org/

You can find the transcript of the show at www.jackypower.com

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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.

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Or buy me a coffee 🤗.

John was the son of a heroin dealer, and he himself ended up falling into

drugs and alcohol and became homeless. In 2012 he sold his own drug

treatment facility for $45 million dollars and he has helped 1000s of

people in their own addiction recovery.

In this episode, we discuss addiction and the story behind the label of

being an addict. John shares how he turned his life around from growing up

amongst a family that seemed like it had come straight out of an episode of

The Sopranos to now being an international speaker on science based

holistic treatments in addiction, recovery, and mental health.

Joining me today on  the Therapeutic Poet podcast to talk about addiction is John Giordano.

John was the  son of a heroin dealer, and he himself ended up falling into drugs and alcohol and became homeless. In 2012 he sold his own drug treatment facility for $45 million dollars and he has helped 1000s of people in their own addiction recovery. 

 In this episode, we discuss addiction and the story behind the label of being an addict. John shares how he turned his life around from growing up amongst a family that seemed like it had come straight out of an episode of The Sopranos to now being an international speaker on science based holistic treatments in addiction, recovery, and mental health. In this episode, we discuss violence, childhood sexual abuse, drug taking, but this story is about more it's about resilience, tenacity, service, surrendering to the what is and creating from there. This is a story of the psychological, social and biological contributors to addiction and to recovery. We also talk about John's most recent book, The kid from the South Bronx, who never gave up, details of which are in the show notes and we start with my poem Labels.

 John  is an expert in the treatment of addiction, mental health, and the founder of The National Institute For Holistic Addiction Studies (NIFHAS). He is the author of “Proven Holistic Treatment For Addiction & Chronic Relapse”, “How To Beat Your Addictions And Live A Quality Life”, and his most recent book is the acclaimed: “The Kid From The South Bronx Who Never Gave Up,” and is the co-author of “Molecular Neurobiology of Addiction Recovery: The 12 Steps Program and Fellowship.” Over twenty years ago Giordano founded the prestigious G & G Holistic Addiction Treatment Center in North Miami Beach, Florida — a 62 bed in-patient/out-patient JCAHO accredited addiction treatment facility.

Support the show

Click here to go to my Substack page.

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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 about belonging with Vanessa Belleau I started with my poem

The Secret to Belonging. We discuss the evolution of diversity and

inclusion as buzzwords to the necessary action that's needed in order to

help people feel like they belong. Vanessa shares her own personal

experiences of the importance of representation from a random man on the

street to her own mum, and how that can be life changing. I certainly

learned so much from Vanessa about how we need to strive for unity, but

also the importance of celebration of each other. So listen in, I think she

is a bubble of joy to listen to, and I hope you do too.

Joining me on The Therapeutic Poet podcast today is Vanessa Belleau, founder of High Fifteen. Vanessa is a storyteller of social truths. Vanessa’s credentials are impressive with an MSc in European Business Administration and an MA in Business Management. She is also a qualified executive coach and mentor and works with the likes of British Fashion Council, Gym shark and Walt Disney Studios. She works with companies on their business strategies, leadership, diversity and belonging. 

 In  this episode  on  belonging we discuss the evolution of diversity and inclusion as buzz words to the necessary action that is needed in order to belong. Vanessa shares her own personal experience of the importance of representation from a random man on the street to her own mum and how that can be life changing. I certainly learned a lot from Vanessa about how we need to strive for unity, but also the importance of celebration of each other. So listen in, I think she is a bubble of joy to listen to and I hope you do too!

You can find out more about Vanessa at www.highfifteen.com, 
on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessabelleau/ 
or on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vanessabsmiles and https://www.instagram.com/highfifteen.

Vanessa spoke about the Cultural Iceberg. This is based upon the work of Edward T Hall and an example of it can be found with this link: https://uca.edu/training/files/2019/09/Culture-as-an-Iceberg.pdf

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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 on creativity, we began with my poem, Nothing rhymes with

purple. Caro Gomez shared her creative path which involves tenacity, grit,

criticism, self doubt, and concrete blocks, metaphorically, not literally.

I think that the take out of this episode is the importance of consistency

and perseverance and that we cannot not be creative. When creating there

are no endings, just detours. But as Caro has shown, each detour can

enhance our creative output.