Just Breathe

The 30 day meditation and reflection series to help busy leaders and their teams find calm within the chaos of trying to change the world.

Discover how this ordinary action can help you to have an extraordinary impact, in just 20 minutes a day.

Like a swan, from the outside you look like you're gliding along, handling anything that life and work throws at you with unflappable ease. Other people would say you're doing great.

But underneath, you're desperately trying to paddle harder to keep up.

You’re compulsively thinking about work when you’re doing something else, like taking a shower, having dinner with your family or on those rare occasions you try to relax

You often feel like you’re letting someone else down.

To make those feelings go away you put everyone else first and neglect some of your most basic needs:

Skipping meals (or binge eating biscuits), booking dentist appointments far too late and not switching off properly to rest at the weekend or on holiday...

You know you work with or for decent people, but you still find it difficult to set and keep boundaries or speak up when needed.

You can't go on like this any longer and you know it's YOU who needs to change first from the inside out.

You can't go on like this any longer and you know it's YOU who needs to change first.

YOU WANT TO:

You want to:

Stop feeling so exhausted and stressed by your job and the overwhelming challenges you are trying to solve.

Stop feeling so exhausted and stressed by the day-to-day of your job and the overwhelming challenges you are trying to solve.

Be less blown about by the actions and opinions of others and break free from compulsively replaying or rehearsing conversations.

Be less blown about by the actions and opinions of other people and not get stuck compulsively replaying or rehearsing conversations outside of work.

Let go of the person you were and take radical responsibility for who you could become.

You feel like a hamster trapped on the wheel of your To Do list. You can't just step off and risk wasting precious time on courses or activities that take hours each week.

But you know that if you don’t find a way to start making incremental improvements, you’re heading for burnout and all its consequences for yourself, your colleagues and your loved ones.

What if you had a short practice every day to help you...

Calm your nervous system before, during and after challenging situations
Find joy, inspiration and meaning again so that you want to get to work everyday
Build bridges not barriers with people you find difficult
Think more clearly and communicate more effectively
Find yourself again, when you've got lost trying to help everyone else

Do you think you could start turning things around?

INTRODUCING

The 30 day meditation and reflection series to help you find calm within the chaos of trying to change the world.

When you feel this stuck, you just need to start making consistent effort, every single day, to break free from the unhelpful habits you feel trapped in. You don't want to spend loads of time scrolling through YouTube and other apps to find something that will work for you.

That's why I created this series of short but powerful guided meditation and reflection practices. Set aside 20 minutes every day to "do the work" - you don't need any prior experience - and discover the effect for yourself. I've removed the overwhelm and time-wasting by setting them up to land in your inbox every day at 6am for a month.

There's no "getting behind" - if you miss a day or more, simply pick up where you left off. You'll get lifetime access to a dashboard with all the resources and more, so you can come back to them as much as you like.

When you feel this stuck, you just need to start making consistent effort, every single day, to break free from the unhelpful habits you feel trapped in.

You don't want to spend loads of time scrolling through YouTube and other apps to find something that will work for you.

I've removed the overwhelm and time-wasting by setting them up to land in your inbox every day for a month.

There's no "getting behind" - if you miss a day or more, simply pick up where you left off.

You'll get lifetime access to a dashboard with all the resources and more, so you can come back to them as much as you like.

Discover how the breath is a mirror

of and doorway to power.

The content is based on my favourite coaching and training concept of 2023: The breath is a mirror of and doorway to power.

The quality of your breathing = The quality of your mindset, your communication and your capacity to influence.

Simply noticing your breath gives you critical information about how you are and what you need to do next. You can change how you are breathing to better regulate your nervous system and access your thinking and communication skills.

You can also use the breath as an incredible doorway into reflecting on your life, work and the ups and downs that come your way. This can help you access a much bigger perspective, freeing yourself from the polarisation and narrowness that fuels so much of your anxiety, stress and frustrations.

The content is based on my favourite coaching and training concept of 2023: The breath is a mirror of and doorway to power.

The quality of your breathing = The quality of your mindset, communication and capacity to influence.

You can also use the breath as an incredible doorway into reflecting on your life, work and the ups and downs that come your way. This can help you access a much bigger perspective, freeing yourself from the polarisation that fuels so much of your anxiety, stress and frustrations.

Create a calm, steady foundation from which you can start addressing the underlying causes of stress.

Just Breathe is NOT going to solve all your problems.

It's not going to make all those anxious, unpleasant or simply endless thoughts about your To Do List and difficult relationships disappear over night. I'm a leadership coach, meditation teacher and Buddhist - not a magician.

What it will do is give you some essential tools and perspectives that you can draw on for the rest of your career and in all other aspects of your life. It will help you calm your nervous system, think more clearly and communicate more powerfully, so you can start identifying and addressing the root causes of stress right now.

Rinse and repeat.

Just Breathe is not going to solve all your problems.

It's not going to make all those anxious, unpleasant or simply endless thoughts about your To Do List and difficult relationships disappear over night. I'm a leadership coach, meditation teacher and Buddhist - not a magician.

Rinse and repeat.

This is what you'll get for £27

A 10 minute guided meditation or reflection practice, straight to your inbox, every day at 6am for 30 days.

Two days of guidance on setting up supportive conditions for completing and getting the most out of the course.

Lifetime access to a dashboard with the course content and bonus material like "Create your Wellbeing Warning System".

Take a look inside Just Breathe

The 30 day curriculum

Day 1: Noticing and deepening your breath

Day 2: Diaphragmatic breathing to reduce cortisol levels

Day 3: Suffusing yourself with the qualities you need

Day 4: Taking back your power

Day 5: The joy of connection

Day 6: Creating calm, clear energy

Day 7: The Box Breath

Day 8: How to become grounded

Day 9: Love is in the air

Day 10: Kindness is a powerful choice to make

Day 11: I am really f*cking angry

Day 12: An eternal spring of joy

Day 13: The breath is always in the present moment

Day 14: The breath is an anchor for our attention and kindness

Day 15: We all wish for something more

Day 16: You can never be too calm

Day 17: How to stay mindful at work

Day 18: If you can't say no, you can't say yes

Day 19: This precious life

Day 20: The autobiographical breath

Day 21: A doorway to a bigger perspective

Day 22: A doorway to letting go

Day 23: The breath as friendly witness

Day 24:The best case scenario

Day 25: Practice makes perfect

Day 26: Don't forget to breathe!

Day 27: How to unfreeze

Day 28: When not to focus on your breath

Day 29: What you can learn from Taylor Swift

Day 30: Just Breathe

Extract from Day 4: Taking back your power

"I see real power as our ability to stay true to our mission and values, whatever life and other people throw at us.

Like standing still in the midst of a storm, choosing to move in any direction we wish, despite the strength of the winds pushing the other way.

It's so easy to say "You made me feel like X" or "I'm frustrated because that person did Y." But every time you blame your mental states, actions and communication on someone else, you're basically admitting your don't have control over yourself.

Without that, however can you hope to be a significant positive influence on others?

When you can see that no one really makes you do, say, think or feel anything, and act accordingly, THEN you have taken back your power.

In today's guided practice, I'm going to show you how simple it can be to just relax around someone you've found challenging."

Click here to listen to an extract from the audio recording

Extract from Day 21: A doorway to a bigger perspective

"Are you feeling emotionally positive and robust today?

If so, I'm inviting you to reflect on how the breath has been a companion to you from the moment you were born, and will be until you die.

While you will be able to recollect moments from your childhood, you don't know how long you have in the future. Reflecting on this in even just a very light way can help bring a bigger perspective to your life - allowing greater clarity, gratitude, energy, integrity and courage to emerge.

Tomorrow, you'll see how it can help you let go of things that just aren't serving you anymore. All of this can then be harnessed on your mission to leave the world a better place than you found it.

BUT, and I really mean this, it's important to do this only if you are feeling up for it, and notice what the effect is. While it's important to take responsibility for your own mental states, do please contact me if you have a difficult experience and would like some pointers - make sure you are wishing yourself well throughout the rest of your day."

Click here to listen to an extract from the audio recording