Our Wellbeing Ambassadors

Karen Liebenguth has worked as a holistic coach, mindfulness teacher and trainer since 2010. She integrates her extensive experience in mindfulness and compassion training with her expertise as a holistic coach to support wellbeing, sustainable change and meaningful growth in individuals, teams, organisations and communities. Karen deeply cares about our relationships: to ourselves, others and nature. In more recent years and to meet the demands and needs of the fracturing times we live in, she has trained in restorative facilitation for conflict resolution and repairing relationships. 

Shamash Alidina has taught mindfulness for over 25 years and is an award-winning community builder. He’s the author of Mindfulness For Dummies, now in its third edition, and nine other books, and he has trained nearly 500 mindfulness teachers around the world. He founded the Daily Mindfulness Club, where people meet online every weekday morning at 7.30am UK time to meditate together. His teaching weaves together MBSR, MBCT and Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) with warmth, humour and a quiet love of nondual philosophy. His message is simple: mindfulness tells you what’s going on, ‘kindfulness’ heals.

Brenda Pollack became a life coach and wellbeing trainer after over 35 years of working in the social and environmental sector. As a qualified transformational life coach, trainer and speaker, she helps people stress less and live happier, more fulfilled lives. She’s passionate about wellbeing at work and loves giving talks and running workshops to help organisations lift their staff to do great things.

Over the last 40 years Dr. Chris Johnstone has taught self-help skills for resilience and wellbeing in a wide range of settings – as a medical doctor, addictions specialist, university teacher, freelance trainer, workshop facilitator, activist, speaker and coach. He has pioneered the role of wellbeing training in healthcare, adult education and the workplace. Now living in the north of Scotland, Chris set up the College of Wellbeing so that he can continue his training work from the comfort of his home. His books include Seven Ways to Build Resilience and Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in with Unexpected Resilience and Creative Power (co-authored with Joanna Macy, published in 18 languages and revised 2022).

Savan Shah is the founder and co-director of an NGO called EPIC (Every Person Is Capable), which focuses on empowering people to achieve their true potential through arts, culture and education. He is a company manager, fundraiser and change maker with a passion for creating sustainable social change through arts & culture. Savan has over 10 years’ experience as a programme manager and creative producer within the arts & culture sector. His passion and areas of expertise include youth led civic engagement, and community outreach.