Mind Cake: Wandering Through Wellbeing10 Nov

Len Pennie: Poetry, Trauma, Love & Learning to Believe in Yourself

This week on Mind Cake, I'm joined by poet, author and champion of the Scots language, Len Pennie, for a conversation that goes absolutely everywhere. And I mean everywhere.

We talk about creativity, trauma, the difference between poetry and therapy, finding love, learning to believe in yourself, and what it really means to feel safe, happy and loved.

Len opens up about her experiences, the power of having someone believe in you, and the complicated relationship between creativity and healing.

But it's not all deep and meaningful. We also find time for films, video games, crafting, a possible Grammy, and a surprising amount of discussion about things that have absolutely nothing to do with poetry.

More tangents than a Hannah Fry fever dream.

And believe it or not, this is the abridged version.

Was this an episode of Mind Cake or an unofficial pilot for Craft Club? I'm still not entirely sure.

So grab yourself a cuppa, settle in and enjoy a wonderfully honest, funny and occasionally chaotic conversation with the brilliant Len Pennie.

Epsiode Links:

Poyums by Len Pennie

Poyums Annaw by Len Pennie

Delusions Article in the Glasgow Times

Len's Instagram

Len's TikTok

Outer Wilds Computer Game

Widow's Bay on Apple TV

Stitch Fiddle

Follow Len online for her brilliant Scots Word of the Day.

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