Posts in Minimal Elegant Steps
September - November 2024: Navigating challenge and change
May - August 2024: Solo wild camping and walking in and around Aberdeen, Scotland
Minimal Elegant StepsGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and Artistlife journey, Mary Oliver, youtuber, wild camping in Scotland, Aberdeen, Deeside Way Aberdeen, complex post traumatic stress disorder, healing from incest abuse, samaritans, Survivors Of Incest Anonymous, resilience, gardening, hope, Kiko Denzer, earthen building, cob building, house clearance, precious books, permies.com, antique books, angels, Eric Gill
October - December 2023: ‘Fearless Living’ by Rhonda Britten
Minimal Elegant StepsGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and ArtistFearless Living by Rhonda Britten, Albert Camus, thriving after abuse, sexual assault, Etsy scam, menopause, family expectations, wheel of fear, wheel of freedom, incredible women, Diana Nyad, Natalie Sands, Angela Madsen, essential nature, wholeness, Rhonda Britten, focused, personal power, wild camping overnighter, homestead, organic food from the garden, organic gardening, composer, compositions, improvisations, musician, musician life, OCD, healing from CPTSD, covid anxiety, covid19, busking, guitar, youtuber, gemma boyd musician, gemma boyd writer, gemma boyd artist, yoga, meditation, living yin, mindful self-compassion, center for mindful self-compassion
March and April 2023: The regrowth of my 'musician' limb, and a wild new chapter
Minimal Elegant StepsGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and Artistmusician healing from injury, doing what we fear, what are you afraid of, wild camping, solo wild camping, stealth camping, personal freedom, OCD, CPTSD, artistic journey, artistic process, musician life, music, composer, wild camping tips, recommended music, living with mental illness, covid19, asking for help, loneliness, not coping with the pandemic, wild camping kit, map and compass navigation, marti pellow, marty morissette, natalie merchant, nick cave, microadventures, Incest Survivors Roar, incestsurvivor, adult incest survivors, healing art, healing from incest abuse, music improvisation, art film, art animation, Gemma Boyd Musician, Writer & Artist YouTube, Incest Survivors Roar YouTube
January and February 2023: Map and compass
Minimal Elegant StepsGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and ArtistCPTSD, outdoor adventuring, digital art, wild camping, tent life, ordnance survey paper map, base plate compass, ilford, hiking, solo walking, angels
November and December 2022: Consistently pushing through a sense of being undeserving
Minimal Elegant StepsGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and Artistsolo wild camping, bursitis, yin yoga, yoga, yoga teacher, poet, poetry, poems from 2020, covid19 poetry, leaving an allotment, how to feel deserving of happiness, self-compassion, patience, feeling undeserving, incestsurvivorsroar, incestsurvivor, incestabusesurvivors, adult incest survivors, healing art, child sex slavery, happenstance, inspirational, inspiration, inspirational people, Heinz Stucke, Christine McVie, Songbird
May 2022: Preparing for my first car boot sale at Forest Farm, Barkingside
Minimal Elegant StepsGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and Artistcar boot sale, forest, tiny living, poetry, the poetry project, sound poems, poet, mixedmediaart, mixedmediaartist, hormone health, womens health, menopause, Jean Shinoda Bolan, plants, organic gardener, organic gardening, grief, angels, intercropping, slugs and snails, stimulus and response
December 2021: Music influencing poetry influencing life influencing film influencing my body influencing art
Minimal Elegant StepsGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and Artistartisticjourney, artistic process, influences, music, life, body, pain, art, poetry, film
September 2021: Crystallizing my ideas and putting myself first
Minimal Elegant StepsGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and Artistmusician, practising, self-compassion, shoulderbirsitis, mixedmediaart, mixedmediaartist, incestsurvivor, incestabusesurvivors, adult incest survivors, Collective Trauma Summit 2021, forest, pianist, violinist, double bassist, affirmations, intentions, visions, truths, dreams, tiny house, tiny living, t-shirt, original art, digital art, digital artist, allotment, allotmenteer, organic gardener
August 2021: Mindful Self-Compassion Circles of Practice meditations
Minimal Elegant StepsGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and Artistblackcat, gratitude, BAPAM, shoulderbirsitis, violinist, yinyoga, birsitisexercises, mixedmediaart, mixedmediaartist, digitalart, digitalartist, art, artist, artisticjourney, twitteraddiction, allotment, allotmenteer, eco-living, tinyhouse, tinyliving, brexit, covid19, centerformindfulselfcompassion, mindfulselfcompassionmeditation, mayaangelou, bagneux, exhaustion
May 2021: Sticking to my path no matter what
Minimal Elegant StepsGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and Artistdepression, inspiration, creativity, eco-living, villagebuilder, villageinthecity, mixedmediaart, mixedmediaartist, organicgardener, allotment
March 2021: Being hope
February 2021: Do I have a future?
Minimal Elegant StepsGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and Artistmixedmediaartist, mixedmediaart, artwebsite, incestsurvivor, domesticabusesurvivor, lockdown, covid19, encounteringanewnormal, neurodiverse, comforteating, collectivepresencing, allotment, allotmenteer, ecovillage, Norwegian
January 2021: Lemon flowers in winter
Minimal Elegant StepsGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and Artistthepoetryproject, yearlongproject, poetry, socialmedia, socialdistancing, poet, writing, spontaneouspoems, audiodescription, dreams, villageinthecity, lockdown, reimagineleadership, personaltruth, frustration, lemontree, hope, doublebass, doublebassist, veganecovillage, norway, norwegian
December 2020: Resilience
Minimal Elegant StepsGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and Artistpoem, poetry, norabateson, warmdata, ocean, soil, forest, cello, busking, busker, livemusic, covid19, lockdown, selfemployed, artist, courage, doublebass, doublebasist, yoga, yogateacher, mixedmediaart, mixedmediaartist, stanislavszukalski