Tamsin Shendi joins Tick as a guest on Dreaming Awake. Tamsin is a poet, circle holder, and mum. In this episode Tick and Tamsin discuss daisies, The Great Gatsby, finding one’s own voice, and so much more.

Find more of Tamsin’s writing on her blog. You can purchase Tamsin’s debut poetry collection, See My Voice, here. Follow Tamsin on Instagram and Facebook.

Discovering what the changes of season can teach us, whether it's the equinox we celebrate or Michaelmas, there is something to take from our environment to fuel us for the time ahead.

Poems read:

To Autumn, John Keats

Letting Go, Annie Heppenstall

D.L. White AKA Danny Boy is an Anglo-Irish novelist, writer, and poet. He has published several works – from poetry collections to full-length novels. Outside of writing, he finds joy with friends, family, and thoughts of travel.You can find him on Instagram: @dlwhite_author X: @DL_White_Author Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dannyboywrites/

Exploring what the eclipse seasons means. Using poetry, creativity, astrology, and spirituality to ground your experience and let the energy move through you.

Poems read:

At a Lunar Eclipse, Thomas Hardy

I have been a thousand different women, Emory Hall

In this episode Tick reflects on how our most joyful moments can encourage us to integrate and release our past experiences. She discusses how her journaling turns into poetry and how she has reignited her therapeutic aid in coming back to her poetry after a long break.

In this episode Tick discusses what it is like navigating life through the lens of "Darkness" and what tools we can use to help us during these times as well as hopes for what this might look like in the future. As always the episode uses poetry to further explore this theme.

Tick explores themes and feelings around Imbolc and the coming of Spring through different ideas and perspectives as well as poetry.

In this episode Tick discusses the power and magic of water, specifically the energy of waterfalls. As usual the discussion is accompanied by poetry readings. This time around there is also a little science too.

https://www.webmd.com/balance/features/negative-ions-create-positive-vibes

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6213340/