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		<title>When Nothing Comes Back: Grief, Disconnection and the Space Between Us</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have been thinking about loss and absence recently. Mainly through the lens of the space between us...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Twelve Artists &#8211; and one of them is me!</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Arts Council Wales posted yesterday about the twelve artists who were successful in this year&#8217;s Creative Steps for...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Almost Clear</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m exploring how sound can support those transitional emotional moments. Like the space between letting go and stepping...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Feeling lost: the fog before clarity</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Happy Monday, I hope this finds you well as you ease into a new week. It was quite...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Creating Space by Letting Go: An Autumn Reflection on Flow</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 14:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Autumn and letting go Hello and happy Monday, How was your week? I hope you managed to find...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Letting go</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 11:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This week I have been thinking a lot about the feeling of letting go and how nature does...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why I Added Bilateral Stimulation to My Flow Cycle Audio</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[This week I launched my first Flow Cycle Guided Audio. My first product combining my therapeutic understanding of...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Relief</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Morning Drive, 3rd Oct 25 Today&#8217;s emotions are &#8216;Relief&#8217; mixed with a &#8216;Warm Glow&#8217;. Because emotions are often...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 14:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Morning Drive, 30th Sept 25 This morning&#8217;s feeling was &#8216;hope&#8217;. So I composed a little tune for my...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Creative Struggle: The On-Ramp To Flow</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 12:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking about creative struggle and procrastination and wrote some thoughts on this. I feel moved to...]]></description>
		
		
		
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