Jacky Power
Appears in 43 Episodes
In conversation with Leslie Davies about emotional eating
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 ...
In conversation with John Giordano about addiction
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 ...
In conversation with Vanessa Belleau on belonging
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...
In conversation with Caro Gomez about creativity
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 ...
In conversation with Jenny Alexander about bullying.
Joining me on The Therapeutic Poet podcast today is Jenny Alexander. Jenny is a prolific author and some of the books that she has written about tackle the subject o...
In conversation with Dr. Paula Croxson on memory and storytelling.
Today on The Therapeutic Poet podcast I am joined by neuroscientist, science communicator and storyteller Dr. Paula Croxson. Paula is also an open water swimmer regu...
Skilful suffering
Something that none of us want to experience, and yet we all do, is suffering. In our western mostly secular society it is easy to see why we see suffering as an aff...
Writing to process and heal trauma
In this episode I am joined by For Women Who Roar founder Megan Febuary. She describes how writing a poem to reconcile the silence of her rage and grief lead to the ...
Boundaries
How are you with boundaries? Do you know how to set them and how do you deal with the consequences when your boundaries are pushed or crossed? Are they something you...
Decluttering
Joining me today is professional declutterer Belinda Knox Spinks. On her website Home of Hidden Treasures Belinda says ‘I help people find the hidden treasures of sp...
Eco-anxiety
Today I am joined by Susan Earlam. Susan has been a very successful blogger in the past and her short fiction has appeared in publications and anthologies including ...
Thriving through trauma
Joining me to talk about trauma and how we can thrive despite, or perhaps because of the trauma we have endured is trauma specialist Lou Lebentz. Lou is founder of t...
In conversation with Clover Stroud on grief
Today we talk about grief, something that Clover is very familiar with. Her mum was brain damaged in a horse accident when Clover was 16 and her mum died 22 years la...
Loving 'our horrible rotten selves'
Brad is co-founder and clinical Director of Evoke Therapy Programs. Evoke’s evidence based Wilderness Therapy is based Oregon and Utah and works with the outdoors, r...
In conversation with Michelle Catterson about dyslexia.
Do you or someone you know have dyslexia? Then listen up!In this podcast I speak to Michelle Catterson. Michelle is not only executive head at the Moonhall schools i...
In conversation with Harriet Brown about estrangement.
I speak to Harriet Brown about her book 'Shadow Daughter: a memoir of estrangement' which details Harriet’s own account of the destructive relationship with her moth...
The process of rehumanising ourselves
I’m so delighted that joining me on the Therapeutic poet podcast today is the proprietor of Onsite, Miles Adcox. Miles is an extraordinarily kind, thoughtful, and hu...
In conversation with Terrell Lewis
In this podcast I talk to award winning poet Terrell Lewis. Terrell only started writing poetry a few years ago as a way to handle his feelings during an isolating t...
Loneliness
Show notes:The poem I reference is 'how to be alone' by Pádraig Ó'Tuama.Books I reference:'Together' by Vivek H MurthyJournal of a Solitude by May SartonArticles:Dr. J...
