About Me

Mindfulness is one of the foundations of my life and my first explorations with meditation happened almost forty years ago when I was a confused teenager struggling to make sense of my experience of being human!  I have a background in training and learning in the Voluntary Sector and I began teaching mindfulness courses in community settings in 2009.

As well as teaching MBSR for the general public and MBCT for clinical populations, I have an interest in workplace courses that can be offered for people in high intensity, time pressured roles.  I'm currently teaching the Mindful Self-Care Programme for the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at Bangor University, along with a small team of valued colleagues.

I have a passion for making mindfulness accessible for those who might not traditionally find their way into an 8-week course - I'm currently teaching staff in a Wales-wide organisation supporting asylum seekers and refugees and I'm running in person mindfulness courses at Swansea Carers Centre.  I'm also teaching online MBCT and MSCP courses for NHS staff.

Alongside my teaching, I'm fortunate to be a part of the supervision team at the Mindfulness Network.  I have the role of designated safeguarding officer for the organisation and I've designed and delivered mindfulness-based safeguarding training.  Mindfulness is at the heart of my one-to-one work as a psychotherapist and I've completed Level 1 and Level 2 trainings in Internal Family Systems, which is a mindfulness-based approach.  I've recently completed training in Mindfulness and Eco-Awareness and I'm exploring integrating awareness of the pain and suffering associated with climate change into my teaching and one-to-one work.

Mindfulness supports me to be whole-heartedly present in all the different areas of my work - and to connect with kindness and compassion for myself in the moments when I forget.  My personal practice has transformed my life and I love sharing this with others through one-to-one work, through supervision and through teaching.