Siobhan MaherSiobhán arrived on Montpelier Hill, Dublin, just before her eighth birthday, and it was as though the land itself welcomed her home. She blended into its wild edges, wandering forest trails for hours, dreaming on horseback or curled beside a loyal do. Nature became her first language, animals her earliest friends.It was on this hill-beneath whispering trees and shifting skies-that she remembers penning her first poem. A child's offering, shaped from the quiet stories of two strangers: a man known locally as the Ice Man, living rough in an old icehouse, and a gentle-faced woman sleeping on cardboard outside a city hospital. Siobhán had spent long spells behind those same hospital walls, and something about their presence lingered in her heart, asking to be written.Though words often danced out of reach at school, tangled by dyslexia, she pressed on. She earned a Higher National Diploma and Degree from Aberystwyth University, followed by a Master's from Aberdeen. In time she became Dr Siobhán, completing her PhD in Food Science and Technology at University College Cork in 2004.Her career unfolded across laboratories and factory floors-from chocolate to bread, from research papers to product launches. But the pace was relentless, and her body, already burdened by fibromyalgia, began to slow.Motherhood arrived like a turning tide. With the birth of her first child in 2007, Siobhán made a promise-to heal, to be present, and to build a life that honoured both her children and her spirit. She retrained as a Touch for Health Kinesiologist and journeyed deeper into the healing arts: Reiki, Feng Shui, mindfulness, and shamanic practice. Each path became a thread, weaving her gently back to herself.Through every chapter, writing remained her quiet heartbeat. Scientific journals gave way to rhymed bedtime stories, and those playful verses deepened into more mindful reflections.In 2022, she began the work she had long envisioned-uniting poetry with nature photography. The book you now hold is the fruit of that returning.Siobhán offers it with a simple wish: that it brings a moment of stillness to your day, and helps your gaze settle gently, like a leaf on water. Read More Read Less