~The Soulfaring Library~
All my posts and essays categorised for easy reading
If you are new around here and want to find the next thing to read, here are all my essays categorised so you can find what you like.
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Introduction
About me and my publication Soulfaring.
Recovering from burnout through nature, writing, and a small sailboat
A letter of thank you to my subscribers, a welcome to new faces and gifts to new paid subscribers
Nature Writing
Stories about belonging and finding connection to ourselves and the world, through sailing and the elements.
Living off the Land in the Inner Hebrides
I have just returned from a slightly different sailing week for me. Instead of being on Kismet I joined the Sail Britain boat Merlin as first mate for a week of coastal foraging.
On finding deep connection with nature through the cadence of rivers
In which I dream of deep time and belonging as I sail to the Summer Isles
Reflections on our place in the world from the Isle of Skye
A soul healing sailing voyage around Scotland where myths and legends come alive
Memoir & Mental Health
Stories from the sea and my life about burnout, my sailing boat Kismet, and sailing her around Scotland to heal.
In Case of Despair, Read This.
I usually hate writing definitive advice or anything approaching firm rules. Instead I try to express how I relate to my own experiences in the hope that it will resonate and trigger thoughts and ideas for anyone who reads it that pertain to their lives.
An exploration of the relentless pursuit of external worth
The cost of a PhD – losing yourself in pursuit of a dream – burnout
Quitting a corporate job and rebuilding a broken sailboat finally taught me what it means to be enough.
My unlikely journey into sailing, and how you could do it too.
Read the prologue for my memoir on the beauty and difficulties of being alone at sea
The transformative power of a passion project and the “free” boat that saved my soul
Poems
Lyrical poems about nature, mental health, belonging and the sea.
![[Poem] One Day on Earth](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1591123195933-b2df071f444b?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxfHxmYXduJTIwaW4lMjBncmFzc3xlbnwwfHx8fDE3ODQ5NjUzNjh8MA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=1080)
A prose poem on life, death and paying attention
![[Poem] Passage Through Night](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cYui!,w_140,h_140,c_fill,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff96c725b-80cb-439d-8204-5764b047e29e_2016x1512.jpeg)
A villanelle written as a companion piece to my essay The Soul of the Sea
![[Poem] A Wounded Bird](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!b-B9!,w_140,h_140,c_fill,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c774270-1970-4ae6-9d2d-7cdc07671227_2643x2686.jpeg)
An Ode to my sailing boat Kismet written in blank verse
