January - March 2026: End of the Repton Oak sit-spot project & navigating hell
Minimal Elegant Steps, Mixed Media Art, SylvotherapyGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and ArtistMary Oliver, trees, sylvotherapy, artistry, artist, sylvotherapist, forest therapist, poetry, suicidal ideation, unpaid carer, dementia, severe depression, the samaritans, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, choosing myself, green building, community-led, deep retrofit, high-rise social housing, gardening, peace garden, Forest Farm Peace Garden Hainault, dreams, Etsy seller, Etsy shop, Gem in the Mud, Repton Oak sit-spot project, oak tree, youtuber
June 2022: Selling out of my bottles of homemade organic red wine
Community CreativityGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and Artisthomemade wine, car boot sale, mixedmediaart, mixedmediaartist, artisticjourney, artistic process, artist, the poetry project, poet, off-grid living, Mina Smallman, Two Daughters
March 2022: Keeping alive my soul’s desires
Mixed Media ArtGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and Artistartisticjourney, artistic process, artist, digital art, digitalartist, mixedmediaart, mixedmediaartist, allotmenteer, allotment, cob building, sacred space, recommended film
October 2021: Near giving up
Mixed Media ArtGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and Artistincompetence, lies, gaslighting, narcissism, devaluing, disrespect, artist, artwebsite, artisticjourney, trauma, collective trauma
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
June 2021: Relinquishing the fight
Letting GoGemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and Artistcovid19, gratitude, safety, choice, depression, selfhatred, stoicism, OCD, WISDOM, trauma, joy, allotmenteer, allotment, artisticjourney, artist, musician, mixedmediaart, mixedmediaartist, villagebuilder
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
August 2020: "When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves." - Viktor E. Frankl
Gemma Boyd: Musician, Writer and Artisttravelling, musician, writer, artist, entrepreneurship, feldenkrais, pandemic, norway, ecovillage, onlineworkshops, webinars, innercritic