On the Cushion with Bill Paterson

Bill Paterson is a long-standing member of the Mindfulness Association, having begun his journey in 2011 and completed the Mindfulness-Based Living Course teacher training in 2017. Over the years, he has undertaken extensive study in mindfulness, compassion, insight, supervision, and person-centred approaches, and has taught the MBLC to more than 60 diverse groups across Scotland in the public, private, and third sectors.In 2017, Bill developed a Fife-wide mindfulness-in-schools project - later adopted by Fife Education and supported by Fife CAMHS - and in 2019 played a key role in launching Mindful Nation Scotland at the Scottish Parliament. He now integrates his mindfulness and compassion training into his counselling work, offering walk-and-talk therapy in natural settings. Bill has also published research exploring how mindfulness and compassion training influence men’s perceptions of masculinity.In this episode, I talk with Bill about his lived experience of mindfulness, and how it shapes both his teaching and his therapeutic work in the world.