About Me

I’m a psychologist and ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow at Swansea University. My research asks what helps people live well, and how health services, communities and governments can support wellbeing in ways that are also good for the planet.

My work has included helping an NHS Wales brain injury service rebuild its care around wellbeing, evaluating community-based support across England and Wales, and looking at how Wales’s Well-being of Future Generations Act works in practice. I use a mix of methods, from trials and surveys to participatory approaches that involve the people the research is about.

Research interests: wellbeing in healthcare and communities; wellbeing policy and governance; nature, climate and wellbeing; mindfulness and contemplative practice; systems change.

Alongside research, I teach. I’m a Breathworks mindfulness teacher and a 500-hour yoga teacher, having trained in Synergy yoga at Lanka Yoga in Sri Lanka (200 hours) and at Vinyasa Yogashala in Rishikesh, India (300 hours). I’ve also spent time in Asia learning about Eastern philosophies and contemplative traditions, and how they understand human flourishing.

These two sides of my work come together in one question: how can we look after ourselves, each other and the planet at the same time?

You can find my publications on ResearchGate or get in touch.