Keynotes, workshops and poetry performances on mental health, wellbeing and emotional resilience - from a therapist and performance poet who's spoken internationally and on Edinburgh Festival stages.
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Jo Watson
~ Founder of A Disorder 4 Everyone ~
Jacky has a rare way of bringing depth without heaviness. She creates spaces where people can be together, and learn in a new way that feels deeply human. Anyone interested in more humane, thoughtful and creative approaches to mental health and distress would benefit from working with her
Chula J Goonwardene
~ Co Founder and Clinical Director of Attune ~
Jacky delivered a fabulous workshop. All audiences would benefit from Jacky’s warm and charismatic style of workshop delivery, but especially those in the creative industries who would connect with her more artistic techniques, which is what makes Jacky such a great fit for Attune
WHAT'S AVAILABLE
From Performance to Presence: a keynote on mental health and emotional resilience
Signature Keynote · 45–60 minutes
Keynote with poetry and reflection moments.
Your audience knows mental health matters. They've done the campaigns, the workshops, the awareness days. So why isn't anything shifting?
Because we've developed feeling reverence instead of feeling reference - we revere our feelings, but we don't actually use them as the signposts they're meant to be. Instead, we dial up the parts of us that prove, perform, and protect.
In this keynote, Jacky uses poetry, neuroscience, and her Frustration Triangle framework to show audiences how to move from performance to presence, from awareness to actual change.
Best for: Conference keynotes, festival main stages, leadership events, mental health conferences
Bring this talk to your eventThe Hulp-to-Hope Workshop: poetry, presence and the patterns we perform
Interactive Workshop · 90 minutes
From frustrated to free - using poetry to navigate what's actually going on
Includes facilitated writing exercises and pair sharing.
A more personal version of the keynote. Participants identify their own pattern on the Frustration Triangle (Up Your Gamer? Blamer? Self-Shamer?), use guided poetry prompts to access what's underneath, and leave with a felt sense of presence instead of performance.
People are often surprised by how much they share with strangers in 90 minutes. Poetry has a way of bypassing the parts that protect us.
Best for: Conference breakouts, team development days, retreats, leadership programmes
Bring this workshop to your teamAn Evening with the Therapeutic PoetÂ
Performance Set · 30–60 minutes
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Poetry that meets the moment
For festivals, fundraisers, openings, and closing events that want something memorable. A curated set of Jacky's poems - the ones that have your sniggering in recognition to the gut-punch honest - woven with the stories behind them. No framework teaching, just felt experience.
Best for: Wellness festivals, fundraisers, arts events, evening receptions, retreat openings or closings
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For enquiries about keynotes, workshops, performances or panel appearances, book a short call or send a brief about your event.
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A Thought I Kept Podcast
Jacky speaks to Claire Fitzsimmons. A great one if you’re feeling so many confusing things, like you kind of want the world to stop for a moment so you can get off and yet you still believe in hope and the magic of being human in spite of it all.
Creativity in Captivity Podcast
Jacky speaks to Pat Hazell about poetry as therapeutic technology – a tool to bear witness to unpalatable truths. That creativity isn't self-indulgent; it's how we process what we can't otherwise reach.
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The Dad Project
In this powerful episode of The Dad Project Podcast, host Naroop Jhooti sits down with therapist, poet, and addiction specialist Jacky to explore the emotional depths of men's mental health, shame, and vulnerability.
Full Fat Podcast
For this Full Fat chat, Sam and Jacky talk about things like social media addiction, the obstacle of perfection, and of course, dip into Jacky’s vast archive of poems
Soulful Sauna
In this episode we speak with Jacky Power about her journey of unlearning, unlayering as a process of growth and self-development. Â
Fuck It Button Podcast
Jacky has not only juggled her private work, creativity and motherhood, and her own life challenges; she has performed three one woman shows including an epic performance at Edinburgh Festival.Â
Jacky Power is a UK-based therapist, performance poet and keynote speaker on mental health, emotional wellbeing and breaking the patterns that drive burnout. She works with conferences, wellness festivals, women's networks, corporate wellbeing programmes and university wellbeing teams across the UK and online. Recent speaking includes Story, Nashville 2025, Drop the Disorder (online), Finding your Footing in a Wobbly World, Dorking.   To book Jacky for a keynote, workshop or poetry performance, send an enquiry below.
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