What mindfulness and meditation can do for men.

In March 2025 I stood on the stage at TEDx Tamworth and delivered my first TEDx talk - “what mindfulness and meditation can do for men”.

The theme of the event was community. Twelve speakers came together to share their experience and perspective on a subject that, telling stories to the audience.

I told the story of community in three parts:

• The first about how men struggle to be seen, heard and validated in modern communities.

• The second about how a tragedy can change a community.

• And finally how we created a small community of men built on mindfulness and meditation.

I’ll give you a small trigger warning as it talks about loss, death and suicide.

TEDx held this back from publication with the other talks on the day, as they felt it had a strong message that needed to be heard.

They placed it into the Editors Pick collection, which contains a smaller number of talks with strong messages.

If you do watch this, I would love to know your thoughts, and you can contact me on email or find me on one of the socials.