Author: Kaye Heyes

In her practice Kaye Heyes promotes the power of words to transform mothers’ experience of post natal depression and traumatic births. She focuses on three areas: use of language when talking about lived experience, changing self-talk and creative writing as therapeutic practice. From November 2013 Kaye will be based at the University of Kent's Innovation and Enterprise Department.

Silenced

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I have not written properly – or indeed done anything to fuel my creative life – for several months now. The reasons are many – and none. Times and situations have changed; I have too. Rather than a list of … Continued

A web of words

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The spider silk of my love failed me today. Dangled taut over breakfast table chaos Daring acrobatics and impossible feats then Snap I lie broken-legged upside down Amidst spoons and milk and a fraying school run.   I snipped and … Continued

Writing the truth

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This week I have discovered – once again (I am a slow learner sometimes!) that I am a better person when I write. I’m a better mum too. At Friday’s Mewe meeting I brought along the one piece of writing I … Continued

Acknowledging the pain and reality of childbirth

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In our society we do not openly acknowledge the physical and psychological pain endured in pregnancy and birth or even the real possibility of death during labour. In many ways as a society, we’ve handed over all responsibility for childbirth … Continued

Invisibility and coming undone

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The invisibility of motherhood For me, one of the hardest adjustments to motherhood has been the gradual dissolving of my boundaries and an underlying feeling of invisibility. I write this shortly after opening yet another job rejection email – at the end of … Continued