In this episode of the Mindspace podcast, Dr. Joe Flanders interviews his mentor, Dr. Patricia Rockman. Dr. Rockman is probably the Canadian authority on mindfulness teacher training and has a strong international reputation in this field. She has taught close to 150 Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) groups, trained dozens of mindfulness teachers through the certification programs at the Centre for Mindfulness Studies in Toronto, and brought mindfulness to many organizations. She’s an associate professor with the University of Toronto and the Director of Education and Clinical Services at the Centre for Mindfulness Studies.

In this conversation, Dr. Rockman tells Joe about what contemplative dialogue is, her work at the Centre for Mindfulness Studies, power and politics in the mindfulness field, what a good mindfulness teacher is, and how her students have influenced her life and practice.