There was an awkward silence between us. This conversation was not going well. 

We’d been here before. 

For him, information in the...

I love decluttering. But letting go of books … that’s hard for me. 

Especially poetry books!

I love poetry. It’s one of the...

I got the biggest birthday present - ever - this year.  

It was unexpected. Magical. And totally in line with my vision.  

After living...

170 years ago in Ireland people died by the side of the road in their thousands.

The main potato crop repeatedly failed. A people already on the...

Stop the world, I want to get off!

How often have I heard that cry from myself and others over the years.

We’ve been living in the time of...

I sat at my laptop, my mind utterly blank. Aargh. It was like walking through toffee.

I knew what I wanted to say. So why was my brain frozen? Why...

As I munched my salad, the familiar shrinking feeling came over me. A knot in my belly. A small sad voice asking: ‘What about me?’ The...

Recorded on International Women's Day 8th March

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Hello and welcome to Poetry Alchemy Infusions. We're celebrating International...

On this day 19 years ago, it was also a full moon in February.

I’ll never forget that day.

It was the day I married my beloved.

Being with...

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Hi, I'm Rionach Aiken, visibility mentor and poetry alchemist.

I help visionaries - practitioners, coaches, creatives,...

When you have to show up, speak up or share your message with others ...

... does it light you up?

... or is it a 'grit-your-teeth' job that has to...