Dr Jenna Macciochi

what meditation really meant.

I do think there's a kind of perception that it's going to make everyone really calm and zen.

And I don't think it's that anymore.

I think it's being able to observe your mind and have a bit more agency over your mind.

But then I had this real kind of rock bottom moment

in my life where I was just like, I can't do anything.

I'm just going to sit.

And it was just after the kids had gone to bed and the house was quiet and I was just on my own.

And I was like, I'm just going to sit and see how long I can sit.

Because I'm literally, I'm out of options, I'm out of ideas.

I don't know what to do with my next step, my next day.

And from that came a daily habit that I just couldn't not do.

And it's just never stopped.

And I look forward to it.

And sometimes I do it for longer.

And sometimes it's in the garden.

Sometimes it's, you know, I have a little area in my house where it's always comfortable with a little rug and stuff so that when it's cold, I want to do it.

And it's been really profound to just get to know myself a bit better and to...

give myself space, like mental space and be able to see the thoughts kind of flowing through and be like, ah, it's fine.

They're just thoughts rather than like clinging onto everything and thinking this is, you know, the end of the world.