Christine Poole

Scientist, Writer, Facilitator, Artist on a journey of self discovery

writing

  • 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

  • Imposter syndrome

    I haven’t been writing much and certainly haven’t been posting on my blog. My Writing for Healing workshop was a dream of mine from two years ago – inspired by Natalie Goldberg’s book ‘Writing down the bones’ where she talked about how much she learnt about herself as a writer – by teaching. It intrigued Read more

  • Finish my memoir draft – Day 70 update

    What I learnt from this challenge from Day 1 (06.03.24) to now Day 70 (15.05.24) What next for the memoir project? Great job Christine – now go ahead and do that dance of joy to celebrate your achievements! Thanks for reading/liking and best of luck with your own creative endeavours. Read more

  • Go with the Flow!

    Last week I was singing the praises of my writing group ‘Write on’. We met at an online writing course in April 2021 called ‘Finding your flow’ – based on an idea by the Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’ who wrote in his book “Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience” that during flow, people typically experience deep Read more

  • Book review – The Tools

    Ok, my first book review, and I’m going to rave about a book – The Tools by Phil Stutz and Barry Michels. I watched and enjoyed the documentary Stutz with Jonah Hill and Phil Stutz, a funny, emotional glimpse at the dynamic between a psychiatrist and his patient. Wanting to find out more about the Read more

  • Finish my memoir draft – Days left 27/90

    I haven’t posted for the last two weeks. I didn’t post because I didn’t write. I didn’t write because I couldn’t, I got stuck and so I stopped showing up. I was reading my journals from 2021, and I released that while writing a memoir with themes of chasing your dreams, and living to your Read more

  • Finish my memoir draft – Days left 48/90

    Christine Poole 17th April 2024 This week has been interesting and I’ve learnt two things about writing this memoir! I was feeling tired & unmotivated & probably still a bit jet lagged so progress was slow – in fact it was not happening. Wednesday = 0 words, Thursday = 0 words. Friday= 0 words & Saturday Read more

  • Finish my memoir draft – Day 55/90 (update)

    Christine Poole 10th April 2024 We went to New York City for a week & I took time off writing the memoir. Now I’m finding it excruciatingly difficult to get started again. But the only way to start again….. is to start again! The deadline is definitely helping – I’m aiming for 80,000-90,000 words, and Read more

  • Finish my memoir draft – Day 76/90 (update)

    I’ll start with the good news – I’m here, I showed up, I am being accountable to the challenge, hurrah for me! But for my writing – not such a great week. I only added an extra 1091 words to the draft. I could say life got in the way (it did) & it was Read more