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Hi, I’m Alicia

Hi, I’m Alicia

I teach meditation, I’m an economist, and I’m mum to three boys under 10. Most days I’m trying to work out what it takes to feel well while all of that is going on.

I’m a 400-hour qualified meditation teacher and yoga teacher. I trained with Jacqui Lewis at The Broad Place and Charlie Knoles at the Veda Centre, and I also hold a qualification in lifestyle and wellbeing coaching from the Endeavour College of Natural Health.

Why wellbeing? Why me?

Since uni I’ve been fascinated by two things that don’t usually share a room: how to be well, and how governments make policy. So I have a PhD in public policy, a stack of books beside the bed, a coffee habit, and a permanent case of study-itis. I’m also a wife, sister, daughter, nature-lover and professional connector of people.

I keep coming back to the same questions. What does wellbeing mean for me, for you, for your neighbour, for the whole street? And how could we shape things so Australia is a better place to live, for everyone?

I live on Ngunnawal land in Canberra with my family, two cats, an overgrown garden and a muster of peacocks (yes, that’s the collective noun) who drop in to eat my vegetables.

My Approach

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How I work

Modern life is a lot. We all wear many hats, and the trick isn’t finding more hours - it’s working out which hats to keep on and which can go to the back of the cupboard for a season.

I treat wellbeing as a series of small experiments. I’ve been testing these tools on myself for years, and I read the research to find out why they work (or don’t), so you get the useful bits without the fluff. Meditation is the base. From there it depends where you are:

Frazzled? Meditation first, then a few experiments with self-leadership, nutrition and gut health to see what helps.
Drowning in the mental load? Daily and seasonal rituals for calm, and ways to share the load at home or at work.
Going fine and want a bit more? Mantra meditation, breathwork, new approaches to work and relationships, and fresh ways to set goals.

Follow along on Substack and start wherever you are, with whatever you’ve got, and build a practice that fits your actual life rather than the one in the wellness ads. The aim is a higher baseline: calmer, clearer, with more room to move.