STOP MANAGING your feelings
and learn how to decode their wisdom

Because your feelings were never the problem.

They were the signposts.

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Poem by Jacky Power 'Shame crawled up my back to whisper in my ear. Love leapt up to cry 'You're not welcome here'

Hey you little 'I'm fine'-er, you!

Want to say 'fck it' to 'fine'? Ready to move from hulp* to HOPE?

We were meant to feel all of it: the howls, the shame, the fear, the joy, the hope. To treat the feelings we have about our human experience as signposts, not symptoms. As wisdom to decode, not problems to medicate.

Definition from Jacky Power of the word Hulp: Hulp (verb) a howl and gulp combined

WHAT YOU'LL FIND HERE:

Permission to feel

Feelings are fantastic at signalling what we need. Here you get to pull off the mask of 'fine 'and get curious about what is really going on. We use feeling reference, not reverence - looking as emotions as macronutrients for the soul.

A language for the 'hulp'

We try to deny our 'hulp' moments - the times we felt alone and condused with no one to reckon things out with. So we become isolated, dysregulated and often medicated on mind numbing behaviours or substances.

It's possible to move from hulp - to hope - I'll show you how.

A way through, not around

When we are frustrated we often move to a position of blame, self-shame and attempts to "up your game" - something I call The Frustration Triangle. Learn how to stop freewheeling around these roles and gain true traction in your life.

Poem by Jacky Power: I hulp. A howl and gulp combined A technique I mastered long ago To make sure my shame was not on show As I sat in my heap of hulps. Oh you won’t see me, no. For I’ll say ‘never mind’ And put on a smile I honed for show A lie I learnt so long ago As I sat in my heap of hulps I won’t reach out - that’s madness But burn alone In a silent chant of ‘I am wrong’ That gets carried away with its own song Serenading my heap of hulps For I am so very wrong That’s what I figured - so it must be so When my mistakes were put on show Cos ‘Oh! They’re so funny, don’t you know!’ Those moments that made me hulp.

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Image of Jacky Power's poem: 'What if it all goes wrong?' You ask yourself in the middle of the night. But oh my dear also wonder, what if it all goes right?

When you need a witness

For when you're tired of trying, tired of saying "never mind," and tired of traditional therapy.

You've done the awareness work. You've read the books. You can name your patterns — possibly better than most therapists can.

What you don't have is a way through.

That's what we build, together, in an Intensive.

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Image of Jacky Power's poem: If you find it hard today, want to admit defeat. Take a breath, then breathe it out and do that on repeat.

When you need a poem

A free workbook of my poems, prompts and practices - specifically curated to help you get clarity around your hulp moments (you even get the chance to give them your own name) and understand what you need to have more hope.

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Image of Jacky Power's poem: To be an overnight success requires some preparation; about 10,000 hours or so is my rough estimation.

When you need a speaker

I bring my poems and the therapeutic understanding behind them to wellness festivals, women's networks, mental health conferences, university wellbeing programmes, and organisations ready to do more than another lunchtime wellness talk. Audiences leave with something they can actually use.

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I'm Jacky, human, poet, therapist (in that order).

I'm a therapeutic poet. I help cycle-breakers turn the feelings they've been managing into the wisdom they were always meant to be.

Through speaking, workshops, one-to-one intensives, and poetry collections.

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POET, THERAPIST, MUM OF BOYS, PIANO PLAYING NEWBIE.

"

Jacky Power

has a big heart and a huge felt sense

of the human spirit.

Her observation of humanity

is sharp and tender

at the same time.

"

~ Judy Apps, TEDx Speaker and author of The Art of Conversation ~

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HULP TO HOPE

A gentle guide to reclaiming your voice

Inside: the poem that names the gulp-and-howl combo you've been doing since childhood. A reflection tool that maps where you are right now. And journaling prompts for the things you've been carrying alone.

For when you're ready to start seeing your feelings as data to decode.

THE PODCAST

'Words in the Wilderness', a podcast for anyone tired of flatlining their existence with "fine."

Each episode uses poetry as a foundation for exploring the wobbly, lonely terrain of becoming - of unlearning and unlayering.

This isn't a podcast about 'five steps to fix yourself'. You're not broken. Your feelings are wisdom to decode.

It's about having a cheerleader in your pocket when the path gets lonely and everyone else is questioning your choices.

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The Way Out Of Self- shame & Upping Your Game

Introducing the frustration triangle - the three places we go when frustration hits. The blamer. The self-shamer. The up-your-gamer.

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Why Words Help

A conversation with Dr. Stephanie Aspin that might just change how you think about language, feeling, and what it means to be witnessed.

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What Our Kids Are Actually Telling Us

You are more powerfully positioned to help your child than any professional will ever be. That's what Nicole Runyon - a therapist who has 23 years of clinical experience with children and families - wants you to know.

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PREVIOUS SPEAKING EVENTS INCLUDE...

21 DAY AWAKENING TO PRESENCE

Explore different doorways into presence and discover what works for you personally through varied daily practices over 21 days.

"Truly thank you for igniting my love and desire for every day poetry creating more presence and awareness about the gifts in the day to day life." ~ Cortney

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DEEP DIVE

1:1 Intentional Sessions

I work one to one with those who are tired of trying, tired of saying "never mind" and tired of traditional therapy. I bring innovative frameworks, practical tools, and a no nonsense attitude, all held with care, love and attention. You get to bring your truth in all its glory.

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"Stop The World I Want to Get Off simply emanates warmth, humour and compassion. Some poems are laugh-out-loud funny while others had me in tears. In them I see the world in all its messy beauty, but I also see myself. When I read them, I feel understood, I feel liked – loved even – I feel I am not alone."

~ Carolyn Gillespie, Author ~

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MUSINGS FROM

The Therapeutic Poet

Essays and observations on every emotion imaginable - with poems to punctuate.

Writing a no send ' letter to those who have hurt you

Have you heard of writing a ' no send' letter ? A no send letter is a letter you write to someone you are upset with, in which you write all the gumf and turmoil and hurt that you wish you coud say...

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The opposite of depression is expression

To hear people expressing all kinds of views on love, Trump, relationships, living alone, grief, shopping, it fills my heart with hope. For here was a place where, through mutual respect poets were

‘Carrying what’s heavy on the wings of a melody

That is sweeter to the ear

In the hope that it helps someone to listen,

And not just hear.’

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The Passive Activist

I’ve been listening to a lot of Thich Nhat Hanh recently; particularly his book on communication. I have included some links to some of his teachings embedded within this missive which I hope may be of some use.

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Poem by Jacky Power: We won't achieve world peace by scrolling our way through stress, but through processing our trauma that needs to be addressed.

~ Andrea ~

"I think this has been a real gift to me, I really don't know where I would be without you, and honestly appreciate it so so much, I don't think there are enough words! Thank you!!!!"

Check out my

Insight Timer

channel.

Poetry recording and meditations focusing on trust, boundaries, and finding peace amidst the beautiful chaos of human existence.

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Poetry recordings and meditations on Insight Timer by Jacky Power

Fancy a poem in your pocket?

Psychological insight and original poetry, several times a week. For the feelings you can't quite find shape for.

STOP MANAGING your feelings
and learn how to decode their wisdom

Because your feelings were never the problem.

They were the signposts.