About Me

I am a dual qualified Registered Nurse (RN), having trained in mental health and adult nursing. I trained as a mindfulness teacher in 2015 at the Sussex Mindfulness Centre, having come to to mindfulness in 2000, after personal experiences of anxiety and overwhelm. I was inspired to train to teach after finding it so transformative and helpful for my own wellbeing.

I have 25 plus years of experience working in health services in the UK and Australia, mainly in mental health, substance misuse and end of life care (Hospice and HIV Nursing). I continue to work as a nurse, very part time with service users living with HIV in my home town of Brighton. My nursing experience informs my mindfulness teaching and I teach in many settings including clinical populations in the NHS and charity sectors, Substance Misuse Services, HIV services, workplace and general public.

I teach a mixture of online and face to face courses and enjoy both for their different characteristics. I am also trained to teach Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention-MBRP (for participants with addiction issues) and Mindfulness Based Compassionate Living -MBCL. I am a trainer for MBRP and teach regualarly for Ser Intrgral. I have also been involved in helping to develop and teach an adapted MBCT for participants with Long Covid (MfLCR-Mindfulness For Long Covid Recovery).

I am a supervisor for the Mindfulness Network in MBCT, MBCL and MBRP as well as being an MBI-TAC assessor for mindfulness teachers in training for the Oxford Mindfulness Foundation.

I feel very privileged to be able to do this work and I feel passionate about accessibility for everyone. I try to teach in organisations and places where people might otherwise not have access to mindfulness.