Eloise Skinner is an Existential Therapist, Author, Teacher and Business Founder
Studying at Cambridge and training at Oxford, Eloise began in corporate law before spending a year in a Monastic Community training as a monk and now focusing on Existentialism (living with intention).
Eloise is also a Yoga, Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher and has presented a TEDx talk about life meaning, purpose and wellbeing.
She has come onto the pod to talk about the various practices she’s trained within throughout her life, and how they’ve enabled her to learn ways to live her life with meaning.
This episode explores:
-What Existentialism is.
-What living with intention, depth and purpose looks like.
-The benefits to finding depth and purpose in our everyday lives.
-Ways we can give our lives more meaning, purpose and intention.
-Small steps we can take to improve our daily wellbeing.
-How yoga, meditation and mindfulness can contribute to wellbeing.
-Ways to manage difficult transitions, such as mid-life crisis, adult children leaving home and marriage.
-Eloise’s personal journey to finding her own meaning and intentions.
-What Eloise learnt from her time within Monasticism and how this adds to how she lives with purpose and intention.
-Understanding the importance of forming intentions.
*Trigger warning*
Contains conversation about ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, Depression, Monasticism, Anthropology, Liminal Space, Midlife Crisis, Divorce and Quarter-Life Crisis.
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Eloise can be contacted via her website or Instagram.
Eloise’s book, But Are You Alive? can be purchased here.
Other books mentioned during this episode:
Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl.
Grit by Angela Duckworth.
Music by Lesfm from Pixabay