S2 #20 Poetry As Therapy; An Interview with Jacky Power

Jacky Power is a Poet (as well as an addiction specialist Psychologist but that's on pause for now) whom I met via Substack. Jacky is also a Mother to three boys/young men and is based in Surrey, UK.Jacky and I get on so well as poets, mothers and women who have overcome some tough stuff. I just love our conversations.Do listen and let me know what you get from this episode.In this episode we speak about:Jacky's purpose, passion, who she is and the work she doesher new hobby of learning to play the piano (with a poetic lense!)trauma; and recovering verses assimilatingJacky's journey with work, parenting and poetryteaching our children resilience and that they have resources other than usemotional lonelinessJacky's three different birth experienceswhy we write and not bypassing the human experiencematrescence being honoured at lastThemes: poetry, parenting, healing, shame, grief, matrescence, birthWe mention Mata Hari, Deb Dana and Jenny Evans.At the end, Jacky reads a beautiful poem of her own called 'Parental Reflections', which is the closing poem this time.To learn more about Jacky and her offerings see here on Instagram, her Substack and her podcast 'Words In The Wilderness'. Jacky is also on Insight Timer (so lovely and relaxing) plus her website is www.jackpower.com.Did you enjoy this episode? If so, I would really appreciate it if you could please leave a review on the platform that you listen.For more insights and to contact me you can find me on Instagram, and/or on my website: www.lucywyldecoaching.com