The ADHD-Friendly Way to Meditate (That No One Talks About)
Meditation advice often fails people with ADHD. “Just focus on your breath.”“Clear your mind.”“Sit still.” For many of us, that feels like trying to hold back a waterfall with a teacup. I know, because I’ve been there. Watch the video or read on. A Mind That Wouldn’t Stop I was twenty, exhausted from sleepless nights. My mind was racing—filled with ideas, excitement, and endless loops of thought. I asked my dance teacher, a meditator, if she had any advice. She offered a simple image: “Imagine your thoughts like leaves falling off a tree. Let them drift through space and dissolve into the ground.” I tried it. And something shifted.My thoughts softened. My mind quieted. I slept. That moment changed everything. Why Traditional Meditation is Hard for ADHD Minds Before that, I’d tried the usual breath-focused methods. But they felt claustrophobic. My curious, fast-moving mind couldn’t stay confined to a single…
It’s Here! ‘Psychemagination: Into the Underworld’ is Now Available
I can hardly believe I’m writing this. After a long and winding road—through formatting labyrinths, layout refinements, and platform peculiarities—Psychemagination: Into the Underworld is finally available in stores. In ebook, paperback, and hardback. It’s real. It’s ready. And it’s beautiful. This book marks the beginning of a series that feels like my life’s work. It brings together everything I love: the tactile beauty of well-crafted books, the evocative power of visual art, the depth of mythic and imaginative storytelling, and my desire to use creativity as a path to awareness. Because awareness, I believe, is the key to a happy life. Into the Underworld is more than a story—it’s a journey. A modern myth illustrated with AI-generated art and infused with introspective exercises designed to help you explore your own psyche. It’s a book to read slowly, to reflect with, to feel into. Where to Get It If you’re watching…
All Is Stillness – A Video Song Born from Meditation
A couple of years ago, I used animated AI art to illustrate a poem about meditation I wrote called All Is Stillness—a quiet reflection on the nature of thought and the spaciousness of mind. At the time, the tools available for AI-generated art and video were limited compared to the capabilities of AI generators today. The result was meaningful – at least for me – but I wished I could do the idea more justice. Now, with the evolution of generative technology, I’ve revisited the piece. This time, I didn’t just illustrate the poem—I turned it into a song. The original video featured my voice reading the words aloud, but the new version carries them in a soft, meditative melody. It’s gentler, more immersive, and far closer to the feeling I wanted to evoke. The lyrics speak to a particular experience in meditation: the moment when thoughts rise and fall…
Navigating Emotions Through Art: A Story of Inner Transformation
Emotions can arrive unannounced—heavy, unnamed and persistent. On one such day, I turned to AI art. Not with a plan, but with a feeling: miserable. That single word became my prompt, and what unfolded surprised me. I didn’t know what I was feeling, not exactly. But as I played with imagery, adjusting prompts and watching the visuals shift, something began to clarify. The process—gentle, intuitive—led me to a word I hadn’t yet named: hopelessness. And with that recognition came a kind of release. As an autistic person, naming emotions can be elusive. But seeing them externalized—on a screen, in symbolic form—allowed me to say hello to the feeling. Not to push it away, but to acknowledge it. And then, with intention, I invited in something else: hope. The transformation wasn’t instant, but it was real. Through visual exploration, I moved from darkness to light, from confusion to clarity. The final…
Writing Round-up and New Podcast for Authors
If you’re an author who has followed my blog for a while (it’s been going for 15 years now) you may recall that I used to post mostly articles on my books and my writing and publishing journey here, then it morphed into writing tips. Now I’m back to writing about themes related to my books, particularly my new Psychemagination Series – neurodivergence, modern mystic journeys, meditation & therapeutic art, and I publish posts on writing and publishing on the Alkira Publishing blog. Those blog posts are always connected to a YouTube Video in Alkira Publishing’s ‘The Writing Journey’ playlist. This post is just to let you know that those kinds of posts are still available, and if you sign up to the Alkira Publishing’s Writing and Editing mailing list, you’ll get notifications whenever one of those articles comes out. (You’ll also get a Novel Revision Checklist, which is very…
Optimising a YouTube Channel for Book Promotion
This post is for the authors that follow me. Yes, I haven’t forgotten you. Like all creatives, I’m on a journey following my inspiration wherever it takes me, and I appreciate those who have stuck with me. Book promotion is a constant problem for all authors and having returned to writing and being at the start of a new series of rather unique books, I’m faced with the question, ‘How am I going to tell people about it?’ The Low-Key Approach to a Book Launch Unfortunately, the sheer volume of books available means that the odds of people even seeing my book are stacked against me, and like many creatives, I don’t have a lot of money, so paying for adverts isn’t on the cards. Social media is my only tool, so I rely on it to get the word out. Book promotion can be stressful if you’re hoping for…
Put Down Your Device: A Poem-Song for Presence
What if the next time you reach for your phone, you let it rest—and listened instead to your own breath? During a recent meditation, I wrote a poem I called In Moments of Stillness and I’ve used an excerpt from it as the basis of my latest video artwork. I used Suno to turn the words into a hauntingly simple but memorable song that helps me recall the words when I need that reminder. And I used Midjourney to conjure the imagery and Kling and Hailuo AI to bring them alive. I don’t believe we must abandon smartphones forever—but we can choose not to let them fill every spare moment. Let this two minute piece be an invitation: to see the world around you without a screen, to feel your own pulse, and to remember that true connection often begins in stillness. I wrote the poem to help me remember…
The Art of Seeing What Drives Us
Have you ever felt the pull of something you can’t name, an undercurrent steering your choices, your words, your moods, long after the moment that first sparked it? That’s the echo of being at work, what drives us without us our knowing. The emotional energy of past events reverberates through your life until you notice it, and choose differently. In my new artwork – see below – I used an AI music generator to turn my poem The Echo of Being into a song, which I illustrated with imagery created with an AI art generator and then turned into video. In this piece I ask: “Do you sense the echo of being reverberating through time?Past actions following us through life,And propelling us into the future,Their emotional energy remaining,Like ghosts of possibilities.” Those lines point to a simple truth: none of us emerges from childhood untouched. Maybe it was a harsh…
What if Cats Ruled a Magical Kingdom?
Where do cats go when they dream? This question lingered in my mind like incense smoke—soft, curling, elusive. From it emerged a visual tale: a gypsy caravan, a crystal ball, and a white cat who becomes a goddess. No narration. Just imagery and music, unfolding like a lucid dream. In this 6-minute video, you’ll journey through medieval towns, royal courts, and sacred temples—all inhabited by feline beings who walk upright, mix potions, and worship the divine. It’s a luminous fantasy, a meditation on the spiritual lives of animals, and perhaps a reflection of our own. Watch it slowly. Let it seep in. And stay to the end for a winged surprise.
Introspective AI Art and the Unconscious Mind: A Path to Self-Awareness
Why should I delve into the unconscious mind? And how does introspective AI art help me do this? (Video version below.) You might be wondering why anyone would want to look beneath the surface of their thoughts and feelings. Isn’t it easier just to stay positive, stay productive, and not stir up what’s hidden? But if you’ve ever found yourself repeating the same painful patterns, reacting in ways you don’t fully understand, or feeling stuck no matter how hard you try to change—then you’ve already met your unconscious. It’s shaping your life whether you realise it or not. And that’s where introspective AI art—the practice I call Psychemagination—can become a powerful, creative ally. It opens a doorway into your inner world and helps you explore it gently, symbolically, and with curiosity. Here’s why this kind of exploration matters. The Unconscious: What You Can’t See Still Affects You As Jung wrote,…