Christine Poole

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

writing

  • 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

  • Mindfulness

    Every time I enter a new chapter in life, I do a spring clean – out with the old & in with the new! I’m sorting through the stack of books in my writing room that I haven’t gotten around to reading yet and I have just now finished reading Mindfulness-A practical guide to finding… Read more

  • Finish my memoir – Day 83 (of 90 day challenge)

    As soon as I posted last week about my 90 challenge to finish my first draft, I went downstairs and asked ‘what have I done?’ Eddie & Oisín (prompted by Eddie) said in unison, ‘We believe in you!’ What more could I ask for 🙂 The next morning, I woke at 5am and started writing.… Read more

  • Self care (when writing your memoir)

    Did I mention before that memoir writing is hard? Well, it is! And right now, in this moment in time, this memoir feels like an albatross around my neck. Going back into old emotions and reliving difficult events in your life is one of the most challenging things to do. As you go mining for… Read more

  • Find your writing why

    Writing a memoir is hard! There are many times I’ve wanted to give up, (including today). I decided I needed to help myself by being aligned with my reason why. I sat down this morning to ask myself the question once again…..Why am I writing this memoir? Here is the reasons I came up with.… Read more