Christine Poole

Scientist. Writer. Facilitator. Artist. Curious about what helps us grow.

  • 🧩 From Post-it Board to Creative Operating System (COS)

    For years I’ve been trying to find a planning system that actually works for the way my brain creates. I’ve tried notebooks, digital apps, and endless to-do lists. They all helped for a while, but eventually they became places where tasks accumulated rather than places that inspired action. A few weeks ago I pinned a… Read more

  • 🌳 Everything is practice

    I’ve been thinking about my writing practice recently. Every Monday evening, I meet with my writing buddy. We set goals, encourage each other and, most importantly, keep writing. Recently, one of my writing goals came to a natural end. As I thought about what might come next, I found myself asking a different question. What… Read more

  • 🌱 The Things We Bring to Life

    Reflections on Motherhood and Writing Today is my son’s 9th birthday, and it feels like a fitting day to reflect. There’s something incredible about watching a child grow—knowing that someone so full of personality, curiosity, and possibility began as something so small. A seed, in a way, needing time, care, patience, and love. A few… Read more

  • Focus is Power

    I’m an eclectic writer – from poetry to children’s stories, scientific papers to memoir- but what I have trouble doing is finishing pieces to a quality I am proud of…or if I’m really honest – finishing pieces….like this post for example, its been sitting as a draft since January (which made me laugh today when… Read more

  • Hi

    19th December 2025 Hi! Its been awhile. I always find starting again difficult to do. But here I am, starting again. Read more

  • Pink Balloon

    I’ve been writing poetry, and here is my first paid poem that was accepted and displayed at Poetry Day Ireland on 1st May 2025 and throughout Féile na Bealtaine, Dingle, Ireland. What a thrill! Pink Balloon. Photo & poem by Christine Poole Read more

  • Begin again

    My last post was….Friday 13th December 2024!! 6 months ago, and so much has happened in that time. This fallow period of not publishing has allowed me to settle into myself, and I have become very clear about what it is I want to create. And now, on Friday, 13th June 2025, I will begin… Read more

  • Friday 13th, 2024

    I’ve previously set myself a 90-day challenge to do a first draft of my memoir. But without being fully conscious of it, I went and set myself a new challenge…. to finish a book and release it on Friday the 13th….and I did it in 54 days! There’s my ebook cover (currently pending review on… Read more

  • The Shadow

    I bent my uniqueness into shapes I thought would be more palatable for the world to digest. But these awkward contortions kept me shackled, stopped me from growing into the person I was meant to be. Now, in the transition between the old and the new, the pieces that were hidden are starting to break… Read more

  • Dreams can come true!

    Exciting news! After years of hard work, on myself, on my craft, I’m preparing to release my first book into the world. It is the fulfilment of a lifelong dream of mine and I look forward to sharing it with you. Read more