The Team

Andy used to be a Buddhist Monastic living in a Tibetan Monastery in France from 1998-2007. Over the years he has devoted thousands of hours and long retreats to Meditation and Mindfulness practices. Now returned to the secular life, Andy enthusiastically brings the skills of his extensive training to helping busy professionals access their innate resources of mental space, calm and clarity.

For the past 5 years he has been pursuing his purpose and passion working as a London based Mindfulness Trainer, Coach and Facilitator in business, corporate and community environments. Andy delivers Mindfulness workshops, courses and one-to-one sessions.

Karen’s work is underpinned by a philosophy of empathic understanding, honesty and respect. She has in depth training and experience which enables her to provide safety and support for people to work at the fringes of their awareness where they are enriched and challenged by their own discoveries.

Karen has over twenty years experience in a wide range of coaching, facilitation and team development interventions. Clients span the independent and public sectors and include cross-boundary working with politicians. She has also worked with Finance Departments, Executive Boards and Senior Management Teams. Her work focuses on building effective relationships and communication to achieve high performance and fulfilment.

As a coach and facilitator she creates an environment of acceptance, transparency, tenderness, realism, and delight.

Karen and Neil Seligman train together on the Conscious Leadership Program.

Laura decided to become a dietitian combining her love of working with people and her passion for food and the science of nutrition. Laura has expertise in wellbeing and performance nutrition, as well as behaviour-change counselling and specialist expertise in supporting women through menopause.

TV appearances include BBC Breakfast and ITV1’s ‘The Biggest Loser’.

Laura leads Conscious Nutrition workshops for The Conscious Professional.

MaryAnn’s coaching and training work is founded on 13 years of personal senior leadership experience at three multinationals. Since then, MaryAnn has been coaching leaders from different sectors for the last 11 years in Milan, Bogota, Quito, Japan, Madrid, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the Philippines.

MaryAnn’s expertise lies in coaching individuals through developing self-awareness, self-regulation, social awareness and a mindset shift from the inside out for long lasting impact. Her areas of coaching include leadership skills, personal branding, resilience, stress management, role change and personal effectiveness. The foundations of her work are emotional intelligence, mindfulness and positive psychology.

Shalini collaborates with leaders and professionals, helping them to solve complex challenges and to develop their skills and resourcefulness. She brings a deep empathy, sense of humour and honesty to every interaction, and strives to do excellent work focused on the needs of each individual or group. She creates a supportive environment for people to think and to connect to their own experience, leading to insight and solutions, and higher performance for both individual and organisation.

Shalini has over 25 years experience of living and working in different countries, as a lawyer, as a leader, as a facilitator of learning and a coach. Her work in the corporate world is complemented by not for profit work. She has been involved in many business sectors and has worked with leadership teams, senior managers and CEOs. She brings her varied experience of the world, and her unique perspective, to all her work.

Her passion is in seeing people at all levels develop and grow, enjoy more of what they do, and work smarter.

Having worked in many corporate positions for the first chapter of her career, among others as a Global Brand Development Manager at Unilever, Tuire’s own personal challenges with burnout brought her to a point where she decided to follow her calling. Today she is an experienced senior Mindfulness Trainer, Supervisor and Coach helping people who may be exposed to high stress, have symptoms of exhaustion, or have difficulty managing the demands of work and life.

Through her personal burnout journey, she brings not only her professional skills but a deeply compassionate and practical approach to help others avoid burnout, or successfully recover when burnout arises. Tuire works with organisations educating staff and bringing awareness to the risk factors that can lead to employee exhaustion.

Most of Tuire’s time is currently spent training Mindfulness teachers both in Spain and Russia as well as working as trainer and facilitator for private and corporate clients, delivering workshops, courses and private coaching sessions. Tuire’s work is based on authenticity, openness and appreciation for our shared human experience, always with a touch of humour.

Caleb Jude Packham is an internationally renowned yoga teacher with 25 years experience in the wellness industry. He is on a mission to assist men to achieve their highest potential through yoga, media and events.

Like many who find yoga, Caleb discovered the ancient practice following an injury in 2014. He traveled to India to train as a Sattva Yoga Master, qualifying under world- renowned Yoga Master, Anand Mehrotra, at the Sattva Academy in Rishikesh.

Successfully leading the charge in the men’s yoga revolution, Caleb is flipping the traditional female-heavy ratios to see men outnumber women in many of his classes. He is passionate about making yoga more accessible and appealing to men. It helps that a class with Caleb is far from run of the mill, with his events set to live music proving hugely popular in venues such as Ministry of Sound, Paddington’s Floating Pocket Park and the View From The Shard.

Currently Caleb is developing a TV format in the space of men’s mental health alongside a self-help book for men. He is delighted to lead corporate yoga trainings through The Conscious Professional and can also be engaged for 1:1 sessions.

Sarah Bedi is a director and writer, having trained first in acting at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Sarah has worked with Harold Pinter, Dominic Hill and Tim Carroll and credits included ETT, National Theatre and the Traverse.

In 2012 Sarah became co-artistic director of BAZ Productions and since has created work for the likes of Shakespeare’s Globe, the Young Vic and BBC Arts.

As an experienced theatre coach, Sarah appears regularly on faculty for leading drama schools and facilitates dynamic training sessions for corporate clients.

As well as delivering sessions on behalf of The Conscious Professional, Sarah has worked through CMS, Teach First and MindGym.

Barrister, Stephen Lue is Co-Lead of the Family Group at Garden Court Chambers and has established a strong reputation as a skilful advocate in the Family Court and Court of Protection.

Alongside his practice, Stephen is a regular speaker at client events, and trains solicitors in a variety of professional skills including advocacy and negotiation. Stephen is an elite swimmer, team coach, and keen meditator. Through his role in chambers, work with athletes, and his dedication to his own personal development, he has established himself as an expert in both Wellbeing and Professional Resilience.

Stephen is delighted to offer Professional Skills and Resilience training through The Conscious Professional.

Whether in a webinar or on the stage, Hansen, who has interviewed over 1,000 people around the globe explains conversation strategies in a realistic, relatable, and witty way. She has been helping professionals have more productive, conscious, and memorable conversations at work after rising to fame with her TED-x speech Talking to Strangers is my Self Care. Lily is delighted to offer her inspiring workshops through The Conscious Professional.