Hi everyone,
I post a Weekly Insights article each week. Each article is a compilation of the insights I posted the previous week across all my social media platforms. Each insight is a micro-learning post offering practical guidance on mindfulness, meditation, and resilience.
The focus for January remains on resilience.
In addition to the usual roundup of the previous week's micro-learning posts, here's a quick update on the January training, which runs this coming weekend.
January Training
January Day Retreat
*Note: This retreat is now open only to current and former students.
- Date: Sunday 18 January
- Time: 10:15 am – 4:00 pm
- Location: West Malling, Kent
We return to our regular retreat centre in the beautiful Kent countryside. The day includes guided meditation, mindfulness practice, nature connection, and a walking meditation in the adjacent country park (weather permitting).
Lunch and refreshments are included. A stream runs past the door of the venue. It's a peaceful setting for a day of stillness and calm.
There are only a few spaces left, so please contact me directly to enrol.
Sleep, Rest & Energy Course
Starts: Monday 19 January
Time: 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm on Zoom
Dates: Mondays 19, 26 January & 2, 9 February
Do you struggle to get a good night's sleep? This four-week online course teaches practical techniques for better sleep, rest, and energy.
The course combines meditation, pranayama, yoga nidra, and mantra. You don't need any prior experience. Each session is recorded if you can't attend live.
You'll also receive two optional one-to-one coaching calls and one free month on The Meditation Course.
Visit the information page to learn more or enrol.
Mindfulness-Based Resilience Course
- When: Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00 PM
- Dates: January 20, 27 and February 3, 10 & 17
- Format: In-Person (Bromley) or Live Online (Zoom)
Our flagship five-week course has been running for over ten years, serving thousands of students and earning only five-star reviews. I teach practical mindfulness and resilience skills. You'll learn techniques for managing stress, anxiety, and worry. These are skills that last a lifetime.
Each week includes a two-hour group training session. You also receive two optional one-on-one coaching calls and three months of free access to The Meditation Course's online classes for new members.
The course covers focus, calmness, relaxation, and building your personal resilience toolkit. No previous experience required.
Click below to learn more or enrol.
Learn Resilient Optimism
There are two kinds of optimists
Fragile optimists
and
Resilient optimists.
Fragile optimists hope or believe that things won't get worse.
Resilient optimists know that things can get worse, but...
They know they can get stronger faster than things can get worse.
New Podcast Episode
The Path to Optimistic Resilience
🎙️ The Path to Optimistic Resilience
This episode is a recording of a class I taught on my online meditation course on Thursday, the 8th of January 2026.
There is a 10-minute talk explaining how our cultural perspectives on gratitude and optimism work against us and how we can adopt a more helpful perspective by training our minds through meditation.
We then moved on to 30 minutes of focused-attention meditations, which underpin the mindfulness and resilience practices I teach.
