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January 2024

How to share the heartbeat of a story
Permission to feel: despair
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Jacky Power
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Unlocking the soul: from hopelessness to healing
Start your New Year with an exploration of the mind-body connection and the path to healing.
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Jacky Power
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December 2023

Writing a 'no send' letter to those who have hurt you
Permission to: let it rip.
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Jacky Power
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Saying 'hell yeah' to hope.
'Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Invite one to stay.'Maya Angelou
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Jacky Power
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When you’re more ‘no no no’ than ‘ho ho ho’. Moving from anguish to acceptance.
The anguish that we feel in our lives often isn’t fair. It’s not fair that we experienced what we did, or lost, or never had or won’t ever have. It’s…
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Jacky Power
Embracing paradox, the key to integrating our truth.
Feelings are highly paradoxical. It is rare that we feel just one feeling at a time. When we feel grief and despair, we most likely feel love and care…
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Jacky Power
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Get ahead of the game when planning your New Year's resolutions
Permission to feel: Cognitive Dissonance.
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Jacky Power
Beyond the power of 'now': exploring the power of nostalgia.
Permission to feel: nostalgia
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Jacky Power

November 2023

Making the magical from the mundane
Poetry can hold our secrets through its metaphors, and it can also bring magic to the mundane. Here's a bit of inspiration to make your day magical! All…
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Jacky Power
How about Christmas presence in place of Christmas presents?
A poem to counter the Black Friday frenzie
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Jacky Power
Navigating the bittersweet symphony of parenting imperfectly and breaking intergenerational trauma.
Permission to feel: bittersweetness
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Jacky Power
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