Episode 29: Paula Haddock - Mindfulness For Social Change

Paula Haddock is the co-founder of the Mindfulness and Social Change Network which is a collective of international academics, activists, humanitarian workers and socially engaged mindfulness practitioners who are exploring the potential for secular mindfulness training and practice to contribute to more sustainable, caring and socially just societies. Prior to teaching mindfulness, Paula spent ten years working in international development – initially for Oxfam GB, and later joined INTRAC (a civil society strengthening organisation) as their Training Manager, working with specialists to support hundreds of civil society organisations worldwide with their capacity building needs. For the last few years, Paula has been delivering on a range of courses, including Mindfulness for Social Change and Transformative Collaboration with the European-based training organisation The Ulex Project which delivers training on movement building, impact and resilience for European based change makers and activists. She has delivered social-mindfulness related sessions for the Atlantic Fellows Programme, University College London, The Mindfulness Association and written for the Transformation Series of Open Democracy: Mindfulness and Social Change and Don’t wait for the future of Mindfulness – it’s already here