Hi lovely, I have a gorgeous episode for you this week! I got to interview my dear, wonderful friend Eve Lewis on all things meditation and mindfulness. Eve is a mindfulness and meditation teacher and she is the director of Meditation at Headspace (https://www.headspace.com/) .  I have a real soft spot for Headspace, it is the app that taught me how to meditate, around 10 years ago. It’s one of my favourite apps and a firm staple in my self love toolkit 💕 If you’re familiar with Headspace, then you will likely recognise Eve’s voice in this episode as she’s one of the teachers in the app!  Eve and I met around 10 years ago when we both worked in advertising. We actually just celebrated a decade of friendship on a recent zoom date. And on that date, we each took a moment to connect with our younger selves and to celebrate the journey’s that we have both been over this past decade.  Mindfulness and meditation have, without a doubt, played a huge part in my self love and self development journey over this past decade. The practice of meditation has supported me through all kinds of ups and downs in my life and it’s had a big impact on how I relate to myself and how I relate to others too.  In this episode, we talk about: Eve’s journey of how she came to work at Headspace as a teacher and ambassador of meditation.  The power of mindfulness (and the difference between mindfulness and meditation) How to relate to anxiety in a mindful way. How the practice of meditation helped me to cultivate a secure attachment in my relationships.  What a mindful approach to dating looks like  How mindfulness can help our relationships to thrive.  And so much more! Here (http://contemplative-studies.org/wp/index.php/2018/01/06/improve-attachment-style-with-mindfulness/) is the link to the study I mentioned, on the correlation between mindfulness and lower levels of attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance (fascinating!).  Here (https://hinge.co/headspace) are the brilliant dating meditations that Eve did for Hinge.  The two attachment theory episodes I mentioned can be found here (https://loveprojectlove.com/new-blog-1/using-attachment-theory-to-help-our-relationships-to-grow) and here (https://loveprojectlove.com/new-blog-1/7-lessons-learnt-about-anxious-attachment-style-in-love) . And finally, head here (http://headspace.com) if you’d like to try Headspace for free.  I loved recording this episode so much.  I hope you enjoy it too! Love, V xx PS looking for more resources, support and inspiration on all things dating? Pop your name down here (https://vickipavitt.com/sundaylove) and I’ll send you my Sunday love letter each week! ❤️