Jamie Bristow is the director of the Mindfulness Initiative, a think tank which has been instrumental in bringing Mindfulness into the political mainstream and affecting public policy. Last year the Mindfulness Initiative took the step of examining the evidence for the positive effects of mindfulness beyond its familiar Wellness application, by producing a paper called, “Mindfulness: Developing Agency in Urgent Times” which looks at qualities that can be cultivated through mindfulness, that might be foundational toward creating social and societal change. In this podcast I'll be speaking with Jamie about his new paper, and how our understanding of Mindfulness is developing.