Welcome to Meditation Inspiration! This podcast is here to inspire you with stories from meditators from around the world, to either start a meditation practice or to keep one going. I will be asking people what inspired them to begin meditating and what inspires them to keep going and we are going to have a good old chinwag about all things meditation, mindfulness and how these practices and ways of being can support us with our wellbeing and relationships with others.
Laura is an educational psychologist and mindfulness lead for the educational psychology service in Cornwall.
She is also a co-director of the CIC Mindfulness Cornwall that runs mindfulness courses and events for the general public and for businesses and the charity sector in Cornwall.
In this episode we talk about...
A new pilot study offering Mindfulness Courses to school teachers and staff in Cornwall.
Can mindfulness support the nervous system of a school?
How mindfulness supported Laura with postpartum anxiety.
Mindful parenting.
How Laura’s personal practice supports her work and life.
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Here is the link to Mindfulness Cornwall through which Laura is running an online 3 Week Introducing Mindfulness Course in January 2027: https://www.mindfulnesscornwall.co.uk/ (https://www.mindfulnesscornwall.co.uk/)
Laura's Cornwall Council email address is:
laura.howard@cornwall.gov.uk
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Thanks for listening!
18 Sept 2026
36. Gratitude: Appreciating the life we have.
In this week's episode, Katie talks about the mindful attitude of Gratitude and how we can cultivate it through our mindfulness meditation practice.
In the episode we cover:
What is gratitude?
The research linking gratitude to improved wellbeing
The dark side of gratitude
How to start practicing mindful gratitude
The Buddhist teaching around gratitude - appreciative joy.
Here is the link to Katie's Free 35min Intro to Mindfulness mentioned in the episode: https://www.katieaustinmindfulness.co.uk/free-mini-intro-to-mindfulness (https://www.katieaustinmindfulness.co.uk/free-mini-intro-to-mindfulness)
And her next in person 8-week mindfulness course here: https://www.katieaustinmindfulness.co.uk/finding-peace-in-a-frantic-world-mindfulness-course (https://www.katieaustinmindfulness.co.uk/finding-peace-in-a-frantic-world-mindfulness-course)
Links to meta-analysis research paper mentioned:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10393216/ (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10393216/)
19 Aug 2026
35. Dr Tamara Russell: Doing mindfulness differently to support ADHD and folks who can’t sit still.
Dr Tamara Russell is an experienced clinical psychologist, martial artist and neuroscientist. She talks to me about her work adapting mindfulness practices to support ADHD and people who can't sit still, particularly through mindful movement.
She is deeply inspired by her own experience of ADHD and how her martial arts and mindfulness practices support her.
The topics we cover are:
Discovering mindfulness when interviewing a person with schizophrenia.
What makes a movement practice mindful.
How triple brain network theory can support our understanding of mindfulness.
Why mindfulness supports ADHD brains.
Advice for folks who can’t sit still who have struggled with mindfulness.
Tips for teaching mindfulness to folks with ADHD.
Ways to connect with Tamara:
Join her mailing list (http://eepurl.com/dvqXI9)to keep in the loop with forthcoming activities.
Connect with her on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-tamara-russell-1712591a/), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/drtamararussell/), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@dr.tamararussell9150).
Find her online training The Dragon Academy here. (https://thedragonacademy.co.uk/)
You can buy her books, #What is mindfulness? and Mindfulness in Motion on Amazon.
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