2025 was a year of facing down my demons and finally settling down in Bristol, opening to support and learning to receive more of it, diving deeper into Internal Family Systems (IFS), recommitting to Fooling, continuing to explore where Fooling meets IFS, Fooling in Nature, Fooling and The Body, Fooling and The Voice, running longer, deeper courses and residential retreats, developing my creative facilitation training, beginning to offer training for therapists, councillors and coaches, continuing to offer one-to-one support online and in person, exploring collaboration, co-creation, being an equal member of a group, peer support, becoming visible again in the media, stepping back onto the stage and remembering that I am a performer, musician, singer, Fool and public speaker!

Here follows a breakdown of my 2025 projects with some thoughts around how they might develop in 2026. 

I am the luckiest Fool alive! In November, I got to spend another couple of days Fooling in the Forest of Dean, with a gorgeous gang of Beyond The Ridiculous Fools!

I want to share some of the richness that we discovered with you, dear reader, in words and pictures, so that you may vicariously feast on our playful discoveries and maybe even take inspiration to find more play and creative inquiry in your own life. 

To support you with this, I’ve sprinkled in some mindful / embodied / creative / nature-connected play invitations for you to try along the way. May they bring you presence, insight and joy.

Here's what's coming up in Spring 2026!

I got to chat with Daniel Mandel on his Creative Engagement Podcast...

We covered a lot of ground, from my circus beginnings to my most recent fascination with embodied approaches to Internal Family Systems (IFS)... 

I am delighted to announce that I will be presenting a performance-lecture (in person) and a workshop (online) at the British Association of Dramatherapists (BADth) annual Conference, 2026.

The theme of the conference is Shadows To Strength; transforming group dynamics in Dramatherapy.

Nobody knows when the cats appeared at The Barn retreat centre, but they were ancient when I was there in 2022-23. Brother and sister, chalk and cheese, dark and light, sweet and spicy; Cirrus was tabby, frail and nervous and Nimbus was black, muscly and naughty as they come.

This is the third part of a 3-part series of blogs, charting my journey through the Glitter Heart performance lab, lovingly held by Liz Clarke and Company and funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, summer 2025. 

This blog follows my progress through the second and final weekend of the Glitter Heart lab. It contains:

• A catch up of what happened since the last weekend

• Three important conversations that shaped my final piece

• Notes from a largely unwitnessed extended improvisation, exploring what happens when I drop the words and express grief through my body (I got stuck in an infinite loop of suffering)

• My descent into the Shame Hole - exploring what led up to this.

• Preparation and notes from my final performance - playing from the Shame Hole.

• Afterthoughts - thoughts on grief, shame, trauma, my parts and how they’ve tried to look after me over the years, healing through creativity.

• My takeaways from the whole project - what happened, what difference it made and what I’m going to take forward.

This is the second part of a 3-part series of blogs, charting my journey through the Glitter Heart performance lab, lovingly held by Liz Clarke and Company and funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, in summer 2025. 

This blog charts my progress through the first Glitter Heart weekend performance lab. Here’s what’s in the blog:

• A little musing about my journey since my last full-length theatre show in 2017 (a semi-improvised performance-lecture where I embodied many of my inner parts on stage)

• Notes from my first 10 minute solo improvisation at Glitter Heart, where I tried to bring my grief onto the stage.

• Notes from my hour-long improvisation at Glitter Heart, where I continued to explore my grief, with support from my inner cast and a small audience.

• My afterthoughts - the joy of playing, my inner protectors controlling the content, the audience love my critic.

• Some IFS theory - the importance of working at the pace of the protectors.

• A whole bunch of questions around putting grief on stage.

This is the first part of a 3-part series of blogs, charting my journey through the Glitter Heart performance lab, lovingly  held by Liz Clarke and Company and funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, in summer 2025. 

This blog focuses on our first two evening sessions; 1.) exploring our own performance practices, drawing on inspiration from the Live Art Archives and 2.) an investigation of our relationship with collaboration through discussion and play. 

On Wednesday 17th September 2025, I presented an online session for World Childless Week. 

The session was called Exploring Childlessness Through Creative Approaches To Internal Family Systems (IFS).