I spent 30 years in the Caring and Education sectors of local government in the UK, starting my career as a social worker and moving on to Teaching Adults. I feel that my working life, in different settings, involved enabling people to find their own solutions and move on from the challenges they faced in their lives. Whilst working within the resources of the organisations, I often felt frustrated that I couldn’t spend enough time listening to and supporting people.

My life was transformed through experiencing health challenges in my mid life, when my usual coping strategies of working hard and pushing through emotions were no longer working for me! Discovering mindfulness and becoming more aware of my emotions living in my body has been a revelation to me. I am passionate about sharing the TWM tools to enable people to live life more fully and joyfully and move through their challenges. I have always been fascinated by people and how different we are and am also reminded constantly of how much we share in
common!

I qualify as an older person and I am proud to be a grandmother as well as a mother! I have cared for and lived through the death of both my parents and have supported clients through their grieving process.
I am semi-retired and live most of my days in Crete, Greece with my partner and little rescue dog. I love to be in the mountains here in Crete and in the Lake District in the UK. I love walking and am exploring pottery and gardening, as well as learning Greek and being with my grandchildren who teach me a lot! I practice yoga and meditation to keep me grounded and balanced in this challenging and beautiful world.

“Hazel has encouraged me to be kind to myself – to speak to myself as I would to my best friend. She has helped me to deal with a bereavement and to acknowledge each of a complicated set of emotions which threatened to engulf me. Also, I greatly value the time we spend in meditating together.”