Having a meditation practice for many years I have discovered that meeting difficulties with compassion and kindness is how I can hold myself and my experience in loving awareness. My background includes Training Consultancy, Counselling Supervision and Mentoring. I was Director of a Client-Centered Consultancy Skills Program for a large Telecommunications company for a number of years before training as a psychotherapist and clinical supervisor. My meditation practice started in 2000 with the Insight Meditation Society at Gaia House, Devon and since 2017 I have been a member of a Zen Practice group. I am spearheading a Compassionate Cities movement in my home city, Sheffield, England based on the work of Karen Armstrong.