Profile

I am a registered mindfulness teacher with the British Association for Mindfulness-Based Approaches (BAMBA) and have teacher trained with both Suryacitta at Mindfulness Unleashed as well as with Karen Atkinson and her team at MindfulnessUK through which I trained to deliver the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Compassionate Mindful Resilience (CMR) programmes. 

With over 25 years of experience as a mindfulness practitioner, I have taught in diverse settings, including higher education institutions, corporate environments, healthcare settings, and national conferences. I have collaborated with leading figures in the wellbeing field, such as Professor Ron Epstein, Karen Atkinson, Dr. Zoe Williams, and Dr. Kathryn Mannix and interviewed a number of prominent mindfulness and meditation teachers.

Currently, I am also a full-time Senior Lecturer in Medical Education at the University of Sunderland’s School of Medicine, where I help lead the Master of Medical Education programme, chair the university’s annual Medical Education conference, and lecture on mindfulness to undergraduate medical students.

At a national level, I serve as Co-Chair of the Mindfulness in Medical Education (MiME) Special Interest Group for the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME), working to advance mindfulness scholarship in medical education.

I also peer-reviews mindfulness-based research for journals such as Mindfulness, Healthcare, and International Medical Education.

I live in Durham, UK with my family.

See below for information on why I have become a mindfulness educator.

I started my journey in mindfulness in the late 1990's after going through a challenging period of my life. I enrolled on a six-week meditation course and within a few months my life was dramatically transformed.

I did not need to be convinced that mindfulness meditation and the ancient wisdom that underpins it was indeed very powerful. I have practiced it ever since and it continues to surprise and motivate me in ways that I couldn't have initially imagined.

Teaching mindfulness is the most rewarding of all the professional roles I have done and is surely my vocation in life. Helping others to find mindfulness and watching it transform their lives is a privilege that I am profoundly grateful for, and one that I continue to find thoroughly enjoyable and inspiring.