Helen Cottee
The earth beneath your feet
I'm excited to announce that I'm going to be releasing a book collating some of the poems I have written over the pandemic.
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Helen Dillon-Cottee
writing
This is where I share my writing - poems, essays, and thoughts on life and how we can create something new and better in the world.
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Helen Dillon-Cottee
- Nov 25, 2021
- 3 min
The thing about cracks...
The first 'reform' journey I went on was in my faith. I had hit a point where there seemed so many 'cracks' in the faith of my youth that...
Helen Dillon-Cottee
- Nov 15, 2021
- 6 min
Stop being who you should be; start being who you are.
For 35 years, I lived my life being who I was supposed to be. Much of my ‘supposed to’s’ came from spending my formative years in the...
Helen Dillon-Cottee
- Nov 11, 2021
- 4 min
The world is changing
Something is happening around us. This ‘something’ is happening in our world, in our countries, in our institutions, in families and...
Helen Dillon-Cottee
- Oct 28, 2021
- 7 min
Why we can't get back to normal just yet.
This seventh year was where divine wisdom required our ceasing, not our work, a release from toil and tilling.
Helen Dillon-Cottee
- Sep 5, 2021
- 2 min
SUNDAYS: Sabbath
For years I worked in an Evangelical Church as a Worship Pastor and then as a teacher and preacher. Understanding and communicating...
Helen Dillon-Cottee
- Jun 16, 2021
- 3 min
To the One at the Start of a Long, Hard, Road
I expect you’re still trying to catch your breath now this world you thought you were living in has been shattered to reveal a new reality.
Helen Dillon-Cottee
- Jun 8, 2021
- 2 min
My children are not from a broken home
I was raised to believe that divorced parents meant a ‘broken home’ but I had no idea until this past year just how wrong that term is.
Helen Dillon-Cottee
- May 26, 2021
- 2 min
How to Turn the Volume Down on Gaslighting
Many of us have adopted these poor beliefs about ourselves from comments thrown out by people we thought we could trust.
Helen Dillon-Cottee
- May 24, 2021
- 7 min
My story of deconstruction
Deconstruction is a hard road: it can be scary and you can feel like you're risking everything.
Helen Dillon-Cottee
- May 18, 2021
- 3 min
The anniversary after
In the past the 'form' of today was celebrating love with one man; today I celebrate love in all the ways it shows up in my life.
Helen Dillon-Cottee
- May 13, 2021
- 2 min
A different kind of hard
Staying in something toxic is hard, leaving or reforming is just a different kind of hard.
Helen Cottee
- May 4, 2021
- 2 min
What a five year old taught me last week
Keep moving. Keep changing your mind. Keep evolving forward. The 'you' who will exist in ten years' time will thank you for it.
Helen Cottee
- Apr 27, 2021
- 3 min
Learning to create a life giving rhythm
My plate was way too full and I had little time left at the end of my day for rest or play or downtime.
Helen Cottee
- Mar 30, 2021
- 2 min
seasons
I have taken life-giving rhythms to a new level as I recognise the season shift I not only see outside my window but also within myself.
Helen Cottee
- Jan 13, 2021
- 1 min
When grief took its seat
I wish I could have whispered
‘I’m here, my friend
This is not okay,
But you’ll be okay’
Helen Cottee
- Jan 11, 2021
- 1 min
A Blessing: January 2021
Blessings as you try to find firm ground
Whilst the world crumbles underfoot.
Blessings as you watch a new world
Emerge from the ashes.
Helen Cottee
- Jan 10, 2021
- 1 min
free, in fact
It’s a curious position
To be in when you suddenly
Find yourself detached enough
To discover
You are not trying to prove yourself
To anyone,
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