Experience

Champion Health

• United Kingdom
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Mindfulness

  • Jan 2022 - Present



Mindfulness Skills4Life

• Lincolnshire, UK (formerly the Scottish Borders and Edinurgh)

• Mindfulness Consultant, Scientist and Coach

  • May 2016 - Present

  - Preparation of a dynamic and insightful 8 week, experiential learning course structured around the principles of MBCT and MBSR. - Confident and considered delivery of mindfulness training courses to client groups - Development of 6 week intimate and nourishing compassion and kindness course (and delivery to client groups) - Preparation and assessment of course feedback questionnaires - Delivery of bespoke 1:1 client coaching sessions. - Teaching paws b and .b curriculum (developed by the Mindfulness in Schools Program, MiSP). --------------------- Origins: I created this image by accident, however reflectively, I seem to write and use language in daily life around growing, nurturing, cultivating, a sense of really being with and understanding myself. I also love being in my garden, hands in soil, feeling connected to the earth. So, this 'logo and strapline' grew from those feelings and what mindfulness has offered me. It's in or hands to be our very best, underpinned and supported by training mindful awareness and compassion for self and others.



University of Lincoln

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Research Fellow & PhD Supervisor

  • Sep 2019 - Present



Mindfulness Association

• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mindfulness Tutor

  • Jul 2020 - Present



Mindfulness in Schools Project

• United Kingdom
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) accredited teacher

  • Jun 2016 - Present

  - Trained to teach the lively and engaging paws b (7-11 year olds) and .b (11-18 year olds) curriculum. - Developed by highly acclaimed MiSP team and well established and skilled research staff at Bangor University. - Offering young people skills and techniques to notice undercurrents of difficulty within their lives and to respond more skilfully. - As the MiSP headline states ' for the flourishing of young minds': highly relevant in todays society. - Trained to teach the lively and engaging paws b (7-11 year olds) and .b (11-18 year olds) curriculum. - Developed by highly acclaimed MiSP team and well established and skilled research staff at Bangor University. - Offering young people skills and techniques to notice undercurrents of difficulty within their lives and to respond more skilfully. - As the MiSP headline states ' for the flourishing of young minds': highly relevant in todays society.



Live Mindfully Ltd

• Mindfulness Teacher (group work)

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

  - Delivery of MBCT / MBSR-based mindfulness training - Facilitation of inquiry with client group - Assisting personnal development and positive change management - Delivery of MBCT / MBSR-based mindfulness training - Facilitation of inquiry with client group - Assisting personnal development and positive change management



The University of Edinburgh

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Leader

  • Jun 2006 - Oct 2014



The Institute for Animal Health and The Roslin Institute

• Berkshire and Edinburgh

• Senior Post-Doctoral Research Scientist

  • Feb 2001 - Jun 2006



World Health Organization

• Switzerland
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Expert Consultant in Prion diseases, World Health Organisation 2005

  • 2005 - 2005

  "The WHO Guidelines of 2003 encouraged authorities to consider introducing precautionary measures to minimize the then-theoretical risk of transmitting vCJD by blood and blood products while not compromising an adequate supply. While acknowledging that transfusion-transmitted vCJD is no longer just a theoretical possibility, experts in the 2005 WHO Consultation again advised authorities to assess the vCJD risk in the context of their own national situations, weighing the potential benefits of adopting precautionary policies to reduce that risk against the impact that those policies might have on the supply of blood"