People often ask me how mindfulness actually helps me in daily life. Not in theory - but in the real moments when life gets messy and difficult, when you feel squeezed by the chaos of life. This is one of those stories. It was one of those days when everything piles up at once. One thing after another, arriving before you can take a breath. I was already at capacity, unable to think how I could possibly complete the tasks on the to-do list. And somewhere in the rush and blur

Recently, my family experienced a tragedy. An event of deep, unimaginable heartbreak. Something of such intensity that you have absolutely no choice but to be fully drenched by the storm. As I find my way back to the ‘everyday’ I took a moment to reflect and pause and ask if - and how - the mindfulness practices I share with others helped me navigate this shattering event. What I found is that mindfulness didn't stop the pain, but it changed how I could be with it. The grou

For the past year, I’ve been sitting with the topic of kindness - exploring it through stories and research. When we first gathered to discuss this, someone asked a key question - what kindness actually is. As people started to share their perspectives we realised how diverse and multi-layered it could be - and how interesting it would be to explore this through the research and stories. I feel a deep sense of gratitude for that decision as it opened up such a wide and varied

In recent times a lot of my mindfulness practice has centred on the inquiry into curiosity versus certainty - a yearning to broaden my understanding and consciousness. So when I found myself in a place of solid, righteous certainty on a recent trip to the UK it was a powerful physical, mental, and emotional moment that became a new teaching on the path. The incident happened as I was heading to visit a dear friend who’s been ill. So I was in a space of tenderness, care and an