Parenting and educating your child isn’t easy. But if we are able to regulate our thoughts and emotions, and manage our behaviour, we will find that this journey is more manageable. Research has shown that 20 mins a day of mindfulness meditation can change the brain and more calm. In this Self-directed Life’s Guest Speaker session, we will speak with Erin to learn more about why mindfulness works, how we can incorporate mindfulness in our daily lives, and how children can also experience and benefit from mindfulness. We will also do a short practice session to experience mindfulness meditation.

About Erin

Erin is a Mindfulness and Wellbeing Coach and an advocate of mindfulness as a way of life. She is dedicated to supporting individuals and communities in improving their mental health and wellbeing, and developing skills of mindful awareness and self-regulation for better resilience, mental flexibility and emotional balance, through the integration of attentional skills in both personal and professional lives.

Erin has worked with close to 100 organisations across public and private sectors to design and introduce mindfulness-based initiatives and interventions as a preventative approach to mental health, as well as encourage a culture of being well at the workplace. She also works with practitioners one-on-one and in small groups to strengthen their skills and deepen their insights on mindful living. 

Erin is certified to teach the research-supported 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program through the Mindfulness-Based Professional Training Institute at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Center for Mindfulness, as well as the .b mindfulness program to teenagers and young adults as recognized by the Mindfulness in Schools Project. Erin holds a Master of Science in Studies in Mindfulness with the University of Aberdeen, UK, and is a Professional Certified Stress Management Consultant as recognized by the Institute of Motivational Living.

Erin is regularly invited to share her expertise in mindfulness-based wellbeing at conferences and podcast shows, and has most recently been featured as a keynote speaker by the Oxford Mindfulness Centre. Erin started niàn Life, a community platform for people who aspire to live better and committed to help one another live better. Erin also founded Take A Pause, an online mindfulness practice session on Insight Timer, and co-initiated The Big Sit, a global community that inspires the use of urban spaces for the collective practice of mindfulness and the fostering of good mental health.

Ways to practice mindfulness at home

Interview with 933 FM (In Mandarin)