Christine Poole

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

Learning

  • 🌀The Work Moves Beneath You

    Through these recent posts I’ve been trying to capture my creative journey, but the metaphor I found to describe this part of the process surprised even me. Sometimes writing feels a bit like dancing on a bouncy castle. You start with an idea. You think you know where you’re going. You put one foot down… Read more

  • ✨ Remembering

    Perhaps the deeper work isn’t becoming who we think we should be. Perhaps it’s remembering who we were before we learned we had to be someone else. For a long time, I thought I was searching for my values. I filled journals, read books, listened to podcasts, and completed more values exercises than I can… Read more

  • 🌙 The Work That Happens After the Work

    After writing about my Creative Operating System (COS) on Monday, I found myself thinking about something I had overlooked. We often focus on the work of creating — but what happens after the work is finished? I used to think finishing a project meant asking one question: What’s next? As soon as something was complete,… Read more