About Me

I am a BAMBA (British Association for Mindfulness-Based Approaches) certified mindfulness teacher and completed my Master’s in Mindfulness-Based Interventions at Bangor University, graduating with distinction. My teaching has been assessed using the MBI:TAC criteria by the Oxford Mindfulness Foundation and Oxford University Mindfulness Centre within workplace and leadership contexts.

My work is grounded in mindfulness, compassionate leadership, and evidence-based practice within health and social care. I draw particularly from the work of Michael West, Kristin Neff, Paul Gilbert, Sharon Salzberg, Barbara Doeleman-van Veldhoven, Deborah Lee, Monica Worline, and Stephen Trzeciak. My ongoing professional development has focused on compassionate and inclusive leadership, self-compassion, psychological safety, trauma-informed practice, deep listening, and organisational culture change in healthcare systems.

Alongside formal academic training, I have undertaken extensive CPD through leadership programmes, reflective practice, supervision, and evidence-based learning in mindfulness and compassion-focused approaches. This includes study of Compassionate Leadership Training developed within NHS contexts, integrating mindfulness, self-compassion, humble inquiry, compassionate communication, and psychologically safe leadership practices.

Over the past 25 years, I have worked across international corporations, startups, community organisations, and leadership development settings. My professional background includes business development, key account management, team leadership, partner management, operations, and corporate sales, primarily within telecoms, customer service, training, and organisational development environments. My previous role before establishing my own company was Director of Operations at a US-based e-learning startup, where I began integrating digital learning approaches with mindfulness-based training and leadership development.

Alongside organisational work, I have developed and delivered training within health, social care, education, and VAWG prevention contexts, with a particular focus on compassionate cultures, inclusion, wellbeing, emotional resilience, and trauma-informed leadership. My work aims to bridge research and practice in ways that are practical, human, and relational.

I hold a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Türkiye, an MBA from Suffolk University in Boston, USA, and additional postgraduate qualifications in mindfulness and leadership-related fields.