Dr Tanya Tierney is a British educator who has lived in Singapore since 2012. With a background in student wellbeing and teaching communication skills and medical humanities to medical students, Tanya has expanded her teaching interests to include mindfulness and self-compassion. Through her own practice, she has developed strategies to attend to her own wellbeing and thus be more present for her students, colleagues, family and friends. She has taught mindfulness to students, educators, clinicians and members of the public. She is a certified teacher for the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) programme and the “Self-Compassion for Healthcare Communities” (SCHC) adaptation as well as being a facilitator of Mindful Practice In Medicine (MPiM).