Dawning: Photopoetry to Revive Your Soul

Following the success of Journeying – Photopoetry to Revive Your Soul, Siobhan Maher returns with Dawning – Photopoetry to Revive Your Soul, the second book in her photopoetry series. Through striking mountain photography and soul-stirring poetry, Maher captures moments of stillness, resilience, and renewal — inviting you to pause, breathe deeply, and reconnect with your own quiet strength.

Open these pages and step into the hush of a new dawn — where mountain light, sky, and verse rise together to awaken wonder, courage, and possibility. A book to lift the spirit and remind you that every dawn carries the promise of beginning again.

About the author

Siobhán Maher is an Irish photopoet, photographer, complementary therapist, and Doctor of Food Science whose work brings together nature, healing, and mindful awareness. Raised on Montpelier Hill in Dublin, she spent her childhood roaming forest paths, riding horses, and writing her first poems beneath the trees that shaped her lifelong connection with the natural world.

Despite dyslexia and years of unexplained health challenges, Siobhán pursued science with determination, earning a Higher National Diploma and degree from Aberystwyth University, a Master’s degree from the University of Aberdeen, and a PhD in Food Science and Technology from University College Cork in 2004. Her scientific career included research, product development, and technical work within the food manufacturing industry.

Living with fibromyalgia eventually led her beyond the laboratory and into a deeper exploration of healing. Through kinesiology, meditation, mindfulness, and breathwork, she discovered practical ways to live well with pain while restoring balance and resilience.

Today her work brings together photography, poetry, and contemplative practice. Through her photopoetry and books on mindful living, Siobhán invites readers to slow down, reconnect with nature, and rediscover the steadying power of breath and awareness.