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Podcast: Behind The Shield
Episode: Andy Puddicombe (Buddhism, Meditation and Creating Headspace) - Episode 189
Description: Andy Puddicombe is the creator of the meditation app Headspace. We discuss his childhood trauma, becoming a monk in India, the many benefits of mindfulness and meditation, mental resilience and much more.Andy is a meditation and mindfulness expert. An accomplished presenter and writer, Andy is the voice of all things Headspace.In his early twenties, midway through a university degree in Sports Science, Andy made the unexpected decision to travel to the Himalayas to study meditation instead. It was the beginning of a ten year journey which took him around the world, culminating with...