If the word meditation and other spiritual practices conjures up images of monks or long-haired hippy types, think again. With everyone from high-achieving CEOs to celebrities now attributing much of their success to regular meditation the stigma is finally being removed and it’s becoming mainstream.

“It is better to have tried and failed, than never to have tried at all.” This is the best piece of advice I was ever given. I was 16 years old, on the verge of tears on a ski slope somewhere in British Columbia, Canada and it has stuck with me ever since…