Christine Poole

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

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  • 📚🐾The First Draft Beast

    I was chatting to my writing friend Anne about first drafts. We both agreed: they are hard. Not just a bit tiring hard. They are a beast of a thing. It feels a little like giving birth to some strange creature that you don’t entirely recognise. You have spent all this time creating it, feeding… 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

  • I feel full of myself

    The Writing for Healing workshop was a huge success for many reasons: And now, looking at this list, I recognise that five out of six reasons have meant I’ve successfully cultivated internal (not external) validation. This shift is huge for me. In Ireland, if we say someone is ‘full of themselves,’ its not a good… Read more

  • Published in a paper

    Two years ago, I set a goal – to write a piece and get it published in a paper. Who knew (not me) I would write about camogie, a joy of mine! The piece I wrote that got a full page in the local paper 31.10.2024 My life is in a state of flow. Read more