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Andy Puddicombe

Andy Puddicombe

Andy Puddicombe is the co-founder of Headspace, a platform for guided meditation and mindfulness. He is a former Buddhist monk.

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Founder of
Headspace
Headspace
Birthdate
September 23, 1972
Birthplace
London
London
Educated at
De Montfort University
De Montfort University
Occupation
Bhikkhu
Bhikkhu
Businessperson
Businessperson

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United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Wikidata ID
Q16214139

Andy Puddicombe is the co-founder of Headspace, a guided meditation and mindfulness platform. He is also a former Buddhist monk.

Early life

Puddicombe was born in London and raised in Bristol. His first career path choice was sports science, which he pursued as a degree from De Montfort University. When Puddicombe was twenty-two, he suffered through the deaths of several loved ones in a series of accidents. These events ultimately resulted in his study of Buddhism, which he turned to in grief. He dropped out of his program of study and traveled to the Himalayas, where he stayed for over a decade as a practicing monk. Some days, he would meditate for up to sixteen hours. Puddicombe returned home in 2005 and started a business in London, teaching and practicing meditation. One of his clients was Rich Pierson, who worked in advertising at the time and dealt with a lot of stress. The two formed a partnership after Pierson discovered how much meditation helped him and how he could use his business skills to help Puddicombe expand his practice.

Headspace

Puddicombe and Pierson launched the Headspace app in 2010. It first provided users with ten-minute guided meditation exercises. Now meditation and mindfulness exercises are available in a variety of lengths, with some available as short as one minute. They moved business operations from London to California in 2013 to suit their personal lifestyles. Puddicombe is the face of the brand and uses his own voice for the guided meditation exercises on the app. Headspace has partnered with hundreds of businesses to provide meditation tips and practices to employees.

In January 2021, Puddicombe's animated mini-series Headspace: Guide to Meditation premiered on Netflix. The show discusses the science behind meditation and its benefits. A sequel series was released in April 2021, Headspace: Guide to Sleep, which discusses sleep facts and myths, provides tips on sleeping well, and ties the topic into mindfulness and meditation. The third and final installment of the Headspace series was released in June 2021, Headspace: Unwind Your Mind.

In October 2021, Headspace coupled with the company Ginger to form Headspace Health, a company focused on bringing mental health care to employees with on-demand services including therapy, psychiatry, and behavioral health coaching.

Books

Puddicombe is the author of the following books: The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness (originally published as Get Some Headspace, 2011), The Headspace Diet (2013), and The Headspace Guide to...a Mindful Pregnancy (2015).

Personal life

Puddicombe was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2013. He has accredited meditation to helping him get through the stress of his diagnosis and treatment. At the very end of 2020, Puddicombe and his family moved from Los Angeles to Lisbon, Portugal.

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Author
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Date

All it takes is 10 mindful minutes

Andy Puddicombe

https://www.ted.com/talks/andy_puddicombe_all_it_takes_is_10_mindful_minutes

Web

November 2012

Andy Puddicombe, Monk-Turned-Tech-Mogul, Still Eats the Same Breakfast Every Day

Ali Francis

https://www.bonappetit.com/story/andy-puddicombe

Web

November 14, 2018

Hurdle: 88. Andy Puddicombe, Co-Founder & Voice of Headspace on Apple Podcasts

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/88-andy-puddicombe-co-founder-voice-of-headspace/id1330434098?i=1000460534559

Web

December 23, 2019

Meditation is thriving under Trump. A former monk explains why.

Eliza Barclay

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/6/19/15672864/headspace-puddicombe-trump

Web

June 19, 2017

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