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Words in the Wilderness
by Jacky Power
The Words in the Wilderness podcast is for those who have the conviction to make changes in their life as they drag their feet through the messy middle, crying into the void "it ends with me." Led by Jacky Power - The Therapeutic Poet - these are conversations that look underneath the label, the diagnosis, the tidy explanation, at what's actually going on.If you've made a decision to change your life and now you're in that wobbly, lonely bit where nobody quite gets what you're going through, I made this for you. Because I've been there. Many times.Each episode starts with one of my own poems, using therapeutic poetry to set the scene. Sometimes it's just me, unpacking human tricky things. Sometimes it's a guest - a therapist, a coach, someone whose lived experience has taught them something worth passing on. We talk about leaving what doesn't fit anymore, about breaking the patterns you inherited and don't want to leave as your legacy, about all your human tricky things that yo
Episodes
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Nutrition, Trust and the Overwhelm of Looking After Our Health with Becky Lavers
Nutrition, Trust and the Overwhelm of Looking After Our Health with Becky Lavers How do we know what to believe about our health when we're surrounded by conflicting health advice, supplements promising miraculous results and endless suggestions about what we should be doing to feel better? In…
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Poetry as emotional alchemy
In this episode Jacky Power shares three practical ways poetry can shift mood, process change, and make sense of big life transitions. Inspired by a conversation between Claire Fitzsimmons and Deborah Alma on A Thought I Kept, this episode explores how poems can be both something we read and...
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The Positive Psychology of Poetry
Jacky Power explores how poetry and positive psychology can help us find awe, gratitude, and positivity in everyday life, especially during challenging times. Key Topics The broaden and build theory by Barbara Fredrickson Using poetry to foster positive emotions like gratitude and awe The role of...
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Helen von Dadelszen on courageous action, nervous system regulation, and speaking with confidence
Helen von Dadelszen on courageous action, nervous system regulation, and speaking with confidence. I (Jacky Power) speak with Helen von Dadelszen, voice and communication coach and author of Courageous Action, about what it really takes to communicate well when you are nervous, under pressure, or...
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When words fail us
How can we write when words fail us? When we face extreme stress or trauma the part of the brain that helps us to put words around the experience goes offline as our brain goes into survival mode. Often we are told 'It's good to talk' when we're experiencing difficulty but that is not always...
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Why do you choose a heart that’s scarred? Love, Healing, and Self-Discovery with Dufflyn Lammers, author of 'You Had Me At Bonjour'
In this episode, Dufflyn Lammers shares her journey toward embracing vulnerability, love, and authenticity through her personal stories, writing, and spiritual reflection. We discuss stories from her book You Had Me At Bonjour as she shares how she has navigated complex relationships,...
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'There's a thin line between the sanity of poetry and the insanity of existence.' A conversation with poet Mohammed Moussa
In this episode, Jacky Power talks with Mohammed Moussa, a Palestinian poet, journalist, and founder of the Gaza Poets Society, about the role of poetry in bearing witness to displacement and grief, writing across English and Arabic, the link between place and memory, and the art of noticing. Moe...
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From Fighting to Fair Play
Most couples struggle with invisible labour, resentment, and unspoken expectations - until they discover a simple, powerful system that transforms their relationship. In this eye-opening episode, Dr. Sharmila Logothas reveals how the Fair Play method, created by Eve Rodsky, offers a clear,...
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The Thing No One Wants To Talk About With Sophie Olson
Content note: this episode discusses childhood sexual abuse, addiction, self-harm, psychiatric systems, and suicide attempts. Please take care of yourself as you listen. What happens when the unspeakable has no language? When every time you try to speak, someone turns away? Sophie Olsen is a...
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The Wound Isn't The Rupture
Every parent asks some version of the same question. Am I damaging my child? Have I already damaged them? This episode is Jacky's answer. It's not an answer that reassuringly bypasses the truth, but an answer that holds the truth. Because the question isn't how do I never hurt my child. The...
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What Our Kids Are Actually Telling Us with Nicole Runyon
Wait! Before you read another article about screen time, before you spiral about whether you're doing enough, before you outsource your child to a therapist and hope they come back fixed Jacky and Nicole Runyon want you to hear something first. You are more powerfully positioned to help your…
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The Way Out Of Self Shame And Upping Your Game
The standards expected in motherhood are impossible. And most of us don't even notice we've signed up to it until we feel burned out and miserable. . This episode starts with a poem Jacky wrote called 'Yummy Mummy' - all the ways in which we can try to show we have 'got out shit together' as...
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The Becoming of a Mother with Lucy Wylde
'Matrescence' is a word that has been around since 1973. It only made it into the dictionary in 2022. That gap tells you almost everything you need to know about how well we've been holding the experience of becoming a mother. Lucy Wylde is a matrescence activist and coach who works with women...
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From Hulp To Hope
Do you ever feel the urge to cry out, but swallow it back down instead? That specific, lonely feeling when you want to howl but it feels pointless, so you gulp it down instead — and there's no one to reason out your sadness, your guilt, your fear with. This episode maps the journey from that...
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Why Words Help with Dr. Stephanie Aspin
You were probably taught that poetry has a meaning, and your job is to find it. That's exactly why so many of us decided it wasn't for us. In this episode, Jacky is joined by Dr. Stephanie Aspin - poet, therapist, academic, and author of Poetry and Therapy: Why Words Help - for a conversation…
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The Heap Of Hulps
You know that moment when something rises in your throat - a howl, a truth, a need - and you just... swallow it back down? Jacky has a word for that. Hulp. A howl and a gulp combined. And this episode begins there; right in that frozen, swallowed place, because that's exactly where Jacky found...
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Trailer: Welcome to Words in the Wilderness
For the scared souls, the never-dared souls, the lost and double-crossed souls — the ones sitting in the wilderness of change, wondering if anyone else feels this way. Words in the Wilderness is a podcast for people in the messy middle of becoming who they really are. Hosted by therapist and poet...
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The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Thomas Delaney
Understanding Addiction, Recovery, and Transformation In this powerful episode, we sit down with Thomas Delaney, who shares his deeply personal journey from ketamine addiction to recovery and advocacy. During his recovery, Thomas has spoken to audiences in the thousands and reached an online…
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In conversation with Deb Casserly
A mother's journey through addiction and loss. Connect with Jacky: Follow me on Instagram: @the_therapeutic_poet Get my book Check out my website Join my Awakening To Presence course on Insight Timer Get my self-paced course: Permission To Feel Loneliness(Use the code TOGETHER for 10% off)
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In conversation with Aga Kehinde and Jess Mór
EFT practitioners Aga Kehinde, who is originally from that town and and Jessica Mór, who until February 2022 had been living in Ukraine due to her spouse’s work, join me today to talk about their experience of co-creating ‘Support for Slupsk’ The project has now delivered training to more than…
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The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Aga Kehinde and Sharon Osterfield
Connect with Jacky: Follow me on Instagram: @the_therapeutic_poet Get my book Check out my website Join my Awakening To Presence course on Insight Timer Get my self-paced course: Permission To Feel Loneliness(Use the code TOGETHER for 10% off)
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The Therapeutic Poet in conversation with Sophia Lorimer about creative styling sustainably.
In this episode we chat about what sustainable fashion is; how to get off the trend treadmill; Sophia's experiment in which she is not buying any new or preloved clothes (except for vital undies and socks!) and how 'sober dressing' can be creative, empowering and fun. Sophia's mission is to help...
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In conversation with Michael Unbroken
There is much more to his story, so let’s welcome him to share some of that and also to create hope and inspiration with sharing how he moved through such severe intergenerational trauma and adverse childhood experiences to be the inspirational coach he is today; from trauma to triumph. As he…
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In conversation with Dr. Debi Silber about betrayal
We talked about her 3 discoveries with the research that she has done, how betrayal is a different kind of trauma because of how it feels so intentional and personal and therefore relates to trust, how it affects one physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally - and she shared some really...
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In conversation with Dan Cardwell about miscarriage
I met Dan when we were at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2022 and I went to his show 'Patience Zero'. The description of his show was: 'Dan's always wanted to be a father. But now he and his wife are going through constant loss and IVF, he starts to ask the question: is he good enough?…
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In conversation with Josh Connolly
Redefining what it means to be emotionally resilient, Josh in an ambassador for NACOA, the National Association for Children of Alcoholics. He works with individuals and corporation to help people improve their emotional resilience. His down to earth, highly informed videos on social media have...
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In conversation with Dr. Ingrid Clayton about complex trauma.
We cover: Trauma Bonding Being on the receiving end of the silent treatment Emotional abuse Narcissistic abuse Covert sexual abuse Addiction Complex trauma Trauma responses Toxic shame Going from not having a voice, to reclaiming it Parenting The healing power of writing. Connect with Jacky…
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An overdue update.
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. Connect with Jacky: Follow me on Instagram: @the_therapeutic_poet Get my book Check out my website Join my Awakening To Presence course on Insight Timer...
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In conversation with Lucinda Gordon Lennox
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…
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In conversation with Julia Warren about bereavement through overdose
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...
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In conversation with Julia Warren Part 2
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...
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In conversation with Lara Doherty about vision boards and motivation.
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...
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In conversation with Kari Gillespie about walking the Camino de Santiago
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…
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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 how she realised that the emptiness that she was feeling inside and trying to fill with food was to do with her relationship with...
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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 $45 million dollars and he has helped 1000s of people in their own addiction recovery. In this episode, we discuss addiction and the...
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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 to the necessary action that's needed in order to help people feel like they belong. Vanessa shares her own personal experiences of...
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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 doubt, and concrete blocks, metaphorically, not literally. I think that the take out of this episode is the importance of…
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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 of bullying. Some of these are for children, like her book '70 ways to bully proof yourself’, and others for adults, such as ‘When…
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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 regularly swimming marathons, a flautist with the band Marlowe Grey, senior producer of the science based storytelling platform...
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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 affront to our human rights. We all want to live tidy, prosperous, fulfilled lives and can see why we would regard suffering as a…
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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 creation of a movement to help other women tell their stories. We spoke of the importance of the healing process through writing,...
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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 shy away from or embrace with gusto? Whatever your experience with boundaries so far you are in for a treat today because I am…
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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 space, time and happiness. We start with my poem ‘All at Sea’
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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 Pure Slush, Feminist Surrealism Journal, The Debutante, Mslexia, Reflex Function and Cabinet of Heed. This year she released her…
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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 the group ‘Trauma Thrivers’. Lou’s mission is to make trauma therapy accessible to all and go beyond that to thriving in life. She…
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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 later. Clover has also lost her dear sister Nell to breast cancer. We look grief in the face in this episode and I hope that it gives...
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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, reaching deep and accomplishing growth that just can’t be achieved in a therapist’s office or hospital setting. Thousand of...
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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 in Surrey, she is also a Vice Chair of the British Dyslexia Association. Moonhall school specialises in teaching children with dyslexia.
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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 mother and how this led to their estrangement.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Words in the Wilderness podcast is for those who have the conviction to make changes in their life as they drag their feet through the messy middle, crying into the void "it ends with me." Led by Jacky Power - The Therapeutic Poet - these are conversations that look underneath the label, the diagnosis, the tidy explanation, at what's actually going on.If you've made a decision to change your life and now you're in that wobbly, lonely bit where nobody quite gets what you're going through, I made this for you. Because I've been there. Many times.Each episode starts with one of my own poems, using therapeutic poetry to set the scene. Sometimes it's just me, unpacking human tricky things. Sometimes it's a guest - a therapist, a coach, someone whose lived experience has taught them something worth passing on. We talk about leaving what doesn't fit anymore, about breaking the patterns you inherited and don't want to leave as your legacy, about all your human tricky things that yo
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