Midlife brings mental as well as physical challenges for women. I help you find the best version of you. That’s my why.
My goal in life is to live with gratitude, acceptance, consciously and with courage. To embody, as Mohandas Gandhi put it, the change I wish to see in the world.
Health and wellbeing come from inside. Only when we have tools to help ourselves can we take responsibility for creating the lives we want.
I teach mindfulness and meditation to individuals and groups. I also train mindfulness teachers. All of us face challenges and upheavals. Mindfulness can help us deal more skilfully and proactively with whatever life brings.
I have practiced meditation for more than 25 years. My own journey came about from recognising the problems of an overthinking mind. A desire to stop the cycle of ruminating about the past, and/or worrying about the future, that takes joy from the present.
For my practice, I draw on neuroscience, neuroplasticty, pain science, evolutionary biology, epigenetics and emotional intelligence. My work is informed by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion Focused Therapy, and traditional philosophy.
I also draw on my experience as a communication consultant, in chiropractic, and a business owner in the UK and India. Founding and growing a therapy business in a foreign country required integrity, perseverance, dependability, and a sense of adventure.
When I am not working, I run half marathons, practice yoga, love to travel, cook, learn Portuguese, read, study philosophy, stitch, go to the cinema and the theatre. I enjoy riding horses, snorkelling, and walking.
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