Lilli Cloud

St. Louis, MO, USA
Certified UM Trainer/Teacher

I love finding ways to bring mindfulness into everyday experience, from sneezing to bird watching to sitting in the dentist’s chair.

Like many, I came to meditation during a time of great emotional suffering. After a morning of guidance from Shinzen Young, I was hooked by the relief I didn’t know was possible. That was in 2008

In 2023, I went through most of the major life stressors all at once. It was hard and I did suffer, but I turned out to be amazingly resilient, which I know is the result of nearly two decades of practice. This was just one of at least seven major re-starts in my life.

In my thirties, I acquired an impressive title from a prestigious consulting firm, but gave up the grind decades ago to create a business and life that works for me – one with more flexibility and far fewer hours. During one of my re-starts, I learned the real reason why: I am an HSP, a highly sensitive person. I’m also an ENFJ, an Enneagram 7, with the following StrengthsFinder themes: Connectedness, Strategic, Activator, Maximizer, Belief.

In addition to teaching meditation, I still enjoy a career as a communications consultant, which includes strategy, ghostwriting and presentation coaching for C-level leaders and luminaries, who I invite to tap into their natural storytelling strengths. I also help people uncover, discover and sometimes recover what makes them extraordinary and help them communicate that.

With all my coaching, including mindfulness, I always strive to help people become who they really are, perhaps more than they’ve ever been before.

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