{"id":695,"date":"2021-12-08T20:18:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T20:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rayoflightthemes.com\/wordpress-themes\/talking-minds-wordpress-theme\/?page_id=695"},"modified":"2026-05-11T15:42:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:42:58","slug":"about-lucy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mannstech.com\/presenceofmind\/about-lucy\/","title":{"rendered":"About Lucy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"695\" class=\"elementor elementor-695\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0196b93 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0196b93\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-86b769e elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"86b769e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8bc096 elementor-widget elementor-widget-rttalkingminds-banner2\" data-id=\"f8bc096\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"rttalkingminds-banner2.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n  <div class=\"banner2\">\r\n    <div class=\"banner2-text-wrapper\">\r\n      <H2><span>A bit about <\/span>Lucy Ranger...<\/H2> \r\n      <p>Before I taught mindfulness, I was a Training Manager for two major newspaper and magazine publishers for over 20 years. Having always sought to \u201cfix\u201d my own anxiety and pain issues, I discovered the benefits of practicing mindfulness about 12 years ago.  After redundancy, it seemed fated that I should combine my training skills with my passion for the transformational effects of mindfulness. I qualified to teach Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction with Mindful Academy International, and I went on to complete the 4 year Masters in Teaching Mindfulness from Bangor University (Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice) studying under some of the most renowned experts in mindfulness in the UK.<\/p>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>   \r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a4db65 elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"3a4db65\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1de5f79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1de5f79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"637\" src=\"https:\/\/mannstech.com\/presenceofmind\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mindfulness-classes-North-London.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6427\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mannstech.com\/presenceofmind\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mindfulness-classes-North-London.jpg 820w, https:\/\/mannstech.com\/presenceofmind\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mindfulness-classes-North-London-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/mannstech.com\/presenceofmind\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mindfulness-classes-North-London-768x843.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8561259 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8561259\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a43fee7\" data-id=\"a43fee7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0be22c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0be22c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">My Frazzled Story&#8230;<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a63f8db elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a63f8db\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6434311\" data-id=\"6434311\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-897b499 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"897b499\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p1\">Living life on high alert and frazzled!<\/h3><p class=\"p2\">For years I had lived life on high alert, and being a single mother and the only breadwinner had taken its toll. I was, to use a word used regularly by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rubywax.net\/frazzled.html\"><span class=\"s1\">Ruby Wax, \u201cFrazzled\u201d.<\/span><\/a><\/p><p class=\"p4\">Thanks to someone recommending Ruby Wax\u2019s books to me, I listened to one of her audio books. She spoke extensively about how mindfulness had helped her and I was hooked. Everything resonated so deeply and it felt like this could be the answer.<\/p><h3 class=\"p5\">Mindfulness changed my life<\/h3><p class=\"p4\">I began to consume everything I could find about mindfulness and took an <span class=\"s1\">8-week course<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/presenceofmind.life\/mindfulness-8-week-course-kabat-zinn\/\"><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0I can honestly say it changed my life. My perspective changed, I was calmer, I was happier, and I was more confident to make the decisions in life that were best for me.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ead3af\" data-id=\"4ead3af\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6227237 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6227237\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>The opportunity of redundancy<\/h3><p>When the opportunity for redundancy arose, it was an easy decision to know what I would do next. I had trained people for the best part of 20 years and I wanted to share mindfulness with anyone who might benefit.<\/p><p>I retrained to teach Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction with Kathy Ward from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mindfulacademyint.com\/\">Mindful Academy International,<\/a>\u00a0and subsequently began a Masters in Mindfulness with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangor.ac.uk\/mindfulness\/\">Bangor University (The Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice)<\/a>\u00a0studying under some of the most renowned experts in Mindfulness in the UK.<\/p><p>I am now dedicated to helping others through teaching mindfulness and will always give people the option to try a meditation\u00a0free of charge before they commit. As well as teaching courses to groups and individuals, I regularly work with three difference cancer support centres, a carers organisation, a cerebral palsy charity and I run a bi-weekly meditation group online which is in-person once a month. 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