Louise Smith: After mindfulness freed her from antidepressants – meet the woman taking it into schools

\”But something really stuck, because when I left the surgery I Googled mindfulness – at that time it wasn\’t really talked about. There was all this stuff about how mindfulness is better for avoiding relapse, which is what I was struggling with, and for relieving insomnia which really sold it to me.\” That was five …

Ruby Wax: \’Mindfulness has proven scientific effects, there\’s empirical evidence it works\’

Ruby Wax‘s career trajectory as comedian-turned-mental health activist is an impressive one. Although plenty of us have seen celebrities get lost in the world of wellbeing and health fads, Wax has spent the past six years proving her worth as a mental health advocate. Aside from getting an MSc in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy from Oxford University, she …