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This episode is a 5 minute meditation with Jiva Masheder.It is designed to be used almost anywhere, at any moment to help you feel calmer and more grounded.Time to Meditate? Make time for practice and it will make time for you. Join The Mindfulness Project for one of their donation-based drop-in mindfulness sessions every week online. Join here. Weekly Time SlotsTuesday | 6.00 - 6.30 pm GMTWednesday | 12.30 - 1.00 pm GMTThursday | 6.00 - 6.45 pm GMT

In this episode, Alex sits down with mindfulness teacher Jiva Masheder.Jiva has been practicing mindfulness since 1996. She teaches at the Mindfulness Project in London and Brighton - and has been supervising other teachers since 2014. She also works for Journey Live which is a US-based service which teaches mindfulness in 30-minute sessions to businesses.Time to Meditate? Make time for practice and it will make time for you. Join The Mindfulness Project for one of their donation-based drop-in mindfulness sessions every week online. Join here. Weekly Time SlotsTuesday | 6.00 - 6.30 pm GMTWednesday | 12.30 - 1.00 pm GMTThursday | 6.00 - 6.45 pm GMTOther hlpful resources in this episode:The Mindfulness ProjectMatt Killingsworth TEDx talk - 'Want to be happier? Stay in the moment'Book recommendation: What Happens in Mindfulness by John TeasdaleSara Lazar - Havard ScholarLow cost mediation:https://www.headspace.com/Palouse Mindfulness

This week, Alex interviews Alain de Botton. Alain is known widely as a writer of essayistic books that have been described as a ‘philosophy of everyday life’.  He’s written on love, travel, architecture and literature and has bestsellers in 30 countries. Alain also started and helps to run The School of Life, dedicated to a new vision of education. He is also currently training as a psychotherapist.Alex and Alain discuss some of the philosophical questions around therapy.Helpful resources:The School of Life

Matt Phelan is Co-Founder of the Happiness Index and author of Freedom to Be Happy: The Business Case for Happiness.In this episode, we talk about what it can mean to be a good boss and ways mental wellbeing can be prioritised at work.In the show we reference various resources: https://thehappinessindex.com/Matt's TEDxBrighton talk: https://youtu.be/AHhwiLTKXiQBook: The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel Van Der KolkBook: Tom Nixon - Work with Source

In this episode, Alex sits down with Holly Cassidy who is an integrative therapist and works with bereavement.Holly shares an overview of psychodynamic and existentialist therapy.She also talks about how people experiencing bereavement may experience therapy and gives tips on how to have conversations with people in our daily lives that are going through bereavement.Helpful resources:St John's Hospice - bereavement supportCruse - bereavement support

This week, Alex speaks with Jo Woodhurst who is Head of Nutrition at Ancient + Brave.They discuss how our nutrition can impact our overall mental wellbeing; including how our routine can impact our fight or flight response and supplements that can support symptoms of anxiety.Helpful resources:Ancient + Brave nutrition quizComplementary and Natural Healthcare CouncilBritish Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine