Episode Synopsis "Chris Ruane, politician and MP on a 30 year interest in meditation and mindfulness"

Chris Ruane is an MP with the Welsh Labour Party and is also co-chair of the Mindfulness all-party Parliamentary Group. He first discovered meditation as a teacher in the 1980s and has been interested in it ever since. We talk about his personal routine for maintaining a happy mind, how he dealt with the devastation of losing seat in the 2015 elections after being in office for 18 years and his thoughts on the future of mindfulness.

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