Hi! Thank you for popping by! I wanted to use this space to welcome you and tell you a little bit about what I’m doing here.
A very long time ago, ten years now in fact, I woke in the early hours of one random morning and found words swirling around in my head about how I was feeling at the time. It turns out those words led me to writing my first poem. It just kind of came out, but then I found myself and others saying things like “that’s actually pretty good!”
At that time and for many years to follow, I dismissed any compliments I received, thanks to my very loud inner critic. She sounds a bit like this… “What makes you think you’re so good”, “why would anyone want to hear what you have to say”, “oooo, you think you’re so great don’t you”, “get your head out of the clouds you idiot”, “be realistic for goodness sake”, “shut up and stop being silly”… etc, etc… you get the idea!
That voice, that harsh critical bully has always been there, for reasons I am still learning to understand. However, after years of living, growing, becoming a wife, a mother, a divorcee, surviving cancer and experiencing many many highs and lows… somewhere along the way I’ve learnt to quiet that harsh critical voice and slowly replace it with a kinder, more compassionate one.
With the help of some encouragement from my closest friends and family, that new kind and loving voice somehow got me here today. Maybe you’ll like my writing, maybe you won’t, but either way I’m here and feeling very happy and grateful that I have found a space where I can share my poems, thoughts, feelings and little insights and finally have the confidence to do so… and be proud… without cringing too hard… eeew! I’m still working on that one! 😆
Just a little reminder for anyone who (like me) is having a little trouble with that pesky inner critic. Be kind to yourselves! ❤️